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[Road No. 1]
So Ji-seob and Kim Ha-neul’s kiss
July
30, 2010 9:33 AM
Airtime: Wed, Thu
9:55 PM
So Ji-seob and Kim Ha-neul’s kiss
- The two actors never
had this many kissing scenes before in any of their previous TV dramas.
Getting into character
for a kissing scene was easy but getting out was another matter...
The show teaser for “Road No. 1” showed a brief kissing scene between So
Ji-seob and Kim Ha-neul, which created a buzz. Their romance blossoms in the
first episode of the show but then the war breaks out, separating the two
lovers.
A touching portrayal of two people who are separated against their will due to
the war. Fighting back tears, Kim Ha-neul embraces So Ji-seob in one scene.
This particular scene took place on March 26th at an outdoor set in
Ilsan, Gyeonggi Province. Only a few members of the production crew were
present during the shoot. The female staff members wondered if So Ji-seob and
Kim Ha-neul were secretly having a relationship after seeing how intense they
were in the kissing scenes. The entire staff fell silent as the emotional scene
was shot with only the two actors.
As the highlight of “Road No. 1” this romantic scene was beautifully portrayed
by the actors and shot wonderfully. But the actual shoot was a different
experience. The plume of pollen in the scene was created by blowing dust into
the set, making it hard to breathe for everyone on the set including the
actors. Whenever the director gave the cut signal, everybody would start
sneezing. Kim Ha-neul was bitten by a mite during this shoot, which left a red
welt on her skin.
In Director Lee Jang-soo’s own words, he wanted to recreate a “war drama that
was like a romantic drama and a romantic drama that was like a war” and that
idea is visually depicted in the kissing scene between Jang-woo (actor So
Ji-seob) and Soo-yeon (actress Kim Ha-neul). To get away from Tae-ho (actor
Yoon Kye-sang), Soo-yeon hides in a cotton gin factory where she has a
passionate kiss with Jang-woo that shows how desperately she wants to be with him.
“It was a challenging scene to shoot because my character Soo-yeon is so much
in love with Jang-woo but they both know they won’t be able to see each other
for a long time,” said Kim Ha-neul. She added, “But So Ji-seob was terrific to
work with and that made things easier to perform my scenes.” So Ji-seob also
complimented his costar by saying, “She instantly got into character as
Soo-yeon for that scene so I was able to easily slip into my character.”
Meanwhile, the mission to destroy Yeongchon Bridge ends in a failure in episode
4, forcing the villagers including Soo-yeon to flee to the south as the North
Korean forces move in. Jang-woo also heads to Busan where he is reunited with
Soo-yeon but they are followed by Tae-ho who is hot on their heels. So Jang-woo
and Soo-yeon duck into a cotton gin factory at the last minute.
In the fierce struggle to win the war and survive, viewers can watch the
dramatic reunion between Jang-woo and Soo-yeon in episode 4, which will air on
July 1st at 9:55 PM.