IU, left, and Park Bo-gum pose throughout a press convention for the Netflix collection „When Life Offers You Tangerines“ at Conrad Seoul in Yeouido, Wednesday. Yonhap
The upcoming Netflix collection „When Life Offers You Tangerines“ has garnered consideration from drama followers for its stellar solid and the mix of a author and a director famend for his or her heartwarming tales.
Singer and actor IU and heartthrob Park Bo-gum teamed up with director Kim Gained-suk, recognized for the 2018 drama „My Mister“ and 2014 collection „Misaeng: Incomplete Life,“ and author Lim Sang-choon, who penned the 2017 present „Combat for My Approach,“ to discover 65 years of affection and life unfolding towards the picturesque 4 seasons of Jeju Island.
IU takes on the position of the „rebellious and intelligent“ Ae-soon with massive desires in her coronary heart, whereas Park Bo-gum portrays the „silly and durable“ Gwan-sik, who expresses himself by means of actions moderately than phrases on this big-budget drama with a manufacturing value of 60 billion received. The Korean title of the drama „Pokssak Sogatsuda“ is a Jeju dialect phrase that means „You’ve got labored onerous.“
Kim described the drama as „a tribute to the mother or father and grandparent generations and a cheering anthem for the youthful technology.“
„The script made me snicker by means of my tears. It warmed my coronary heart, but introduced tears to my eyes. I created it with the hope that the partitions between generations and genders would crumble,“ he mentioned.
Park Bo-gum, left, and IU are seen on this nonetheless picture from the upcoming Netflix collection „When Life Offers You Tangerines.“ Courtesy of Netflix
His directing precept is to seek the advice of with the author from casting to postproduction and music.
„The author has their very own sense of the story and I attempt to notice that nicely. The most important directing focus was to seize the essence of characters which might be human. So, I needed to create an setting the place good actors may carry out comfortably, with out their feelings being interrupted,“ he mentioned. „Quite than chopping up scenes with too many cuts, I filmed easily, like flowing water.“
Referencing the 1991 epic drama „Years of Upheaval,“ also referred to as „Eyes of Daybreak“ in Korean, Kim highlighted the challenges of crafting tales that span intensive durations.
„Producing such expansive narratives at present is unusual as a result of they require important monetary sources and a extremely expert crew,“ he mentioned. „Precisely depicting totally different eras is essential for the authenticity of the drama and to realize this, our prime artwork administrators, cinematographers and different technical employees have put in a lot effort, sew by sew.“
The excessive finances enabled meticulous filming methods, the development of units of various time durations from the Sixties to the current, and the usage of superior visible results to boost realism.
Forged members for the Netflix collection „When Life Offers You Tangerines“ pose throughout a press convention at Conrad Seoul in Yeouido, Wednesday. From left are actors Park Hae-joon, Moon So-ri, IU and Park Bo-gum. Yonhap
The setting of Jeju Island performs an important position as nicely.
„It is a place the place you wish to go to the mainland however cannot simply depart. Life inside that setting would not maintain a lot hope for them. Jeju’s distinctive magnificence may amplify their ache,“ the director mentioned. „The tough stones, the sturdy winds and the existence of ‚haenyeo‘ (feminine divers) are all necessary parts within the drama. I believe Jeju was the optimum alternative.“
Whereas IU and Park Bo-gum play the younger couple Ae-soon and Gwan-sik, veteran actors Moon So-ri and Park Hae-joon painting the characters‘ older variations.
IU, who’s returning to the small display after a six-year hiatus, described her character as „a woman with many tears, laughter, a whole lot of rebelliousness and plenty of desires. Though she has nothing, her coronary heart is all the time full.“
Moon So-ri launched her character, the middle-aged Ae-soon, as „a mom who sells squid at a stall, nonetheless carrying the rebellious spirit of her youth and who nonetheless laughs loads and cries loads. She is an individual who lives together with her desires all the time cherished.“
As the 2 play the identical character, Moon mentioned she was very acutely aware of the continuity.
„To match our speech patterns, we even exchanged one another’s strains. And IU has a really small mole on her face and it felt like her signature, so whereas getting my make-up finished, I placed on a mole and thought, ‚I’m IU,'“ Moon mentioned.
IU and Park Bo-gum are the identical age and have recognized one another since their teenagers, however that is their first time starring in a drama collectively. IU mentioned she felt comfy from the very first shoot, similar to their characters, Ae-soon and Gwan-sik, who’ve had a detailed bond since childhood.
„We first met whereas capturing an commercial in our teenagers, briefly met once more in our 20s for a particular look in ‚The Producers‘ and now we have met once more in our 30s. It is fascinating that we’re same-aged associates and we’re appearing collectively as we grow old,“ Park Bo-gum mentioned.
„Our English title is ‚When Life Offers You Tangerines.‘ It is a drama about making heat tangerine tea from even the sourest tangerines life throws at you. I hope you will take the time to observe our drama with a relaxed and peaceable coronary heart,“ IU mentioned.
Netflix will launch the primary 4 episodes of the 16-part drama on Friday. After that, 4 new episodes will probably be launched each Friday, with the ultimate batch dropping March 28.
