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Title [Road No. 1] So Ji-seob and Kim Ha-neul’s kiss
Upate 2010-07-23 19:07

[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.