The drama is very anticipated as a result of it marks the reunion of actress Kim Hye Ja with director Kim Suk Yoon and writers Lee Nam Gyu and Kim Soo Jin, all of whom beforehand labored collectively on the 2011 sitcom “I Reside in Cheongdam-dong” and the 2019 drama “Radiant.”
The newly launched behind-the-scenes photographs seize Kim Hye Ja on the set of “Heavenly Ever After.” Regardless of the summer season warmth, she smiles warmly on the digital camera with none indicators of fatigue, displaying her unwavering ardour for appearing even after 64 years within the trade. Throughout breaks, she diligently evaluations her script, and earlier than filming, she listens attentively to director Kim Suk Yoon’s steerage.
Director Kim Suk Yoon shared, “This undertaking was created with Kim Hye Ja in thoughts because the lead. Again when she filmed ‘I Reside in Cheongdam-dong,’ she was nonetheless unfamiliar with comedy, however by the point she filmed ‘Radiant,’ she was starting to get pleasure from it. In ‘Heavenly Ever After,’ she delivered an excellent comedic efficiency with ease.”
Writers Lee Nam Gyu and Kim Soo Jin referred to “Heavenly Ever After” because the completion of Kim Hye Ja’s trilogy, saying, “As writers, it’s an honor to have been capable of full this undertaking with Kim Hye Ja, an actress beloved by the nation and a revered determine of our time.”
In the meantime, Kim Hye Ja’s co-star Son Suk Ku revealed that her casting was a deciding consider his alternative to look within the drama. Expressing honest admiration for the veteran actress, he mentioned, “It’s exhausting to elucidate in phrases, however watching Kim Hye Ja, I usually thought, ‘She is the essence of appearing itself.’ I apprehensive that overthinking my efficiency would possibly maintain her again, so I attempted to get pleasure from day-after-day of filming as if I have been simply having enjoyable. But I discovered a lot by watching how she by no means rushed by means of even a single rehearsal.”
Director Kim Suk Yoon added, “Kim Hye Ja is unparalleled as an actor, and her very presence evokes any director. On set, she makes you neglect you’re directing—fairly, she attracts you in as a viewer, utterly absorbing you in her efficiency. She is a real actress, wholly dedicated to her craft.”
“Heavenly Ever After” will premiere on April 19 at 10:40 p.m. KST.
