What is the one thing you like most about your character? 

What Attracts you to accept the role?

Kim Bo-Ra: In the drama, Doo Ah fills up the various voids and lives happier by dating three separate men. However, her childhood friend Han Yool finds out about her relationships. In the process, she gets to understand deeper about friendship and love, while remaining true to her bold self. I found that very attractive.

Ryu Hwa-Young: Ban Ya appears to be like someone you can’t break. She appears bold and a very intelligent. But if you get to know her better, she is one who easily gets hurt and has an innocent side to her, and that’s what got me attracted to this role.

Shim Eun-Woo: I could go back to the time when I was 29. It felt like I was reliving life as my friend or even as myself.

Hwa-Young, you played the 35-year-old Ban Ya. In your opinion, do you find a huge difference in relationships between those in their 20s and 30s? Why do you say so?

Bo-ra, do you find it difficult to portray the character as Doo Ah as she is involved in secret relationship with three different men?

How was the atmosphere on set? Share some interesting episodes that viewers wouldn’t know of.

Kim Bo-Ra: The atmosphere was really good for me, and I hope the rest feels the same too. Even though it was a really short time, I got to finish the project with no obstacles. There were scenes that could have been potentially embarrassing but it all went well as they made it a very comfortable environment to film those scenes. In fact, we got so close that the director was still holding me back even after my last scene. It’s sad because you only got to spend such a short time with them, and you do want to spend more time with these group of people but the project had to come to an end.

Ryu Hwa-Young: Our experience on set is very good. There are a lot of fun moments so it’ll be tough to pick one.

Shim Eun-Woo: It was really good. I enjoyed my experience acting with with Yoon Yu Seon who acted as Sun Hwa, as well as Han Joon Woo who acted as Jeong Suk as we had very good chemistry.

What would you like the audience to take away from the drama?

Ryu Hwa-Young: There are times when things don’t go your way, but don’t give up during those moments. Find the small contentment in life and you will slowly find happiness at the end of that journey.

Shim Eun-Woo: Continuously ask yourselves questions. I’d want for viewers to know that we are living our happiest when we make decisions for ourselves.

The drama tells story of four different women at their turning points in life, so how about yours? What’s your turning point in life?

Shim Eum-Woo: I think I had my turning point in life when I turned 29. I was able to appear in Running Man because of ‘The World of Marriage’, and was then cast as Ha Ram as the director for Love Scene Number# was watching that Running Man episode.

Ryu Hwa-Young: Instead of a turning point, I feel like all my choices and paths have brought me to become who I am today. I’ve grown to become the person I am today with all the little and big things that have come along my path.

Any message to fans and viewers in Malaysia and Singapore?

Kim Bo-Ra: Hello this is Kim Bo-ra who plays #23 Nam Doo Ah. Thank you for showing your love towards our drama by reading this article. I will work hard to become an actress who you will be able to relate to via my various roles. See you again in the next production.

Ryu Hwa-Young: Thank you to my fans in Malaysia and Singapore. Please show us some love and support Love Scene Number#!

Shim Eun-Woo: Thank you for watching Love Scene Number# from so far away. It’s amazing to know that we can all connect through a drama.

Catch the stories of a university student who is secretly involved in polyamorous relationship with three men; an elementary school teacher who runs away from her own wedding after undergoing a sudden change of heart; an adjunct instructor at a university; a furniture designer who discovers that her husband of 20 years is having a spiritual extramarital affair. New episodes of Love Scene Number# premieres on every Tuesday, 7.40PM on Oh!K (Astro Ch.394), while full marathon series will air on 13 March, 6PM.

photo credit: Oh!K, MBC

Q: Which was the most fun scene to act or your favourite scene in the drama?

Kim Bum: In episode 4, the scene in Joseon era where Lee Rang was stabbed by Lee Yeon was the most memorable to me. From that onwards, Lee Rang went astray and started to lose his belief in ‘kindness’. Personally, I think it was one of the best scenes.

Q: How was the setting and atmosphere during the filming?

Q: The cast seems to have a really close friendship. Tell us more about the friendship with your co-stars.

Kim Bum: I'm in the same company with my senior Lee Dong-wook and we know each other for a long time but this is our first time to film together in the same drama. I can really learn a lot things from him. Jo Bo-ah has a very bright energy so it was always fun to film with the two actors on set.

Q: Any message to fans and viewers in Malaysia and Singapore? Many have responded they enjoyed watching the show!

LDW: I am very sorry for not being able to meet you in person due to COVID. But I am thankful for receiving the warm welcome during each of my visit, and thanks for always supporting me from afar. I really want to see your smiling faces in person soon. Please stay healthy until we meet again. Thank you.

Kim Bum: I believe everyone is going through a hard time. Thanks for showing your love from afar for 'Tale of the Nine Tailed' and thanks to that I am able to finish the filming well. I hope we can meet soon in the near future.

JBA: 'Tale of the Nine Tailed' is a drama with lots of special setting and stories embedded in it. Appreciate if you love and have fun watching our drama. 

Questions of Lee Dong Wook

Q: You have many action scenes in the drama, which scene you think is the most difficult to film?

Q: You have acted in a couple of fantasy dramas, any other fantasy or superhero characters you would like to take up? Or can we look forward to see a human-character for your next project?

LDW: Will I get to play another fantasy role? Haha, if it is a new character that I have not tried before, it will be good.

Q: Whenever you have a new drama, your natural red lips are always a hot topic on social media. Do you put extra care on it? Many fans have been asking to share your secret tips for lip care.

LDW: No, I am born with it haha.

Q: What is one thing you were satisfied about and one thing you were regretful about ending the drama?

LDW: I am satisfied that the long filming has completed without any accident, while regretful that I could have tried harder.

Questions for Kim Bum

Kim Bum: Filming a drama after a long time brings me more thrill in a pleasant way rather than strains. Lee Rang from 'Tale of the Nine Tailed' is a very charming character, you will feel his loneliness and wish to stay by his side.

Questions for Jo Bo-Ah

JBA: It was very fun during the filming. The nine-tailed foxes were handsome and the children were cute. Applying special makeup like the Imoogi’s scales and blood was also refreshing and very fun. But as I watched it on TV, it was scary like the first time I am seeing those scenes.

Q: This is your first time working with Lee Dong Wook and Kim Bum. What’s your thoughts before and after working with them?

JBA: I think both the two of them are perfectly match with the nine-tailed fox image. When acting with them, they had good manners and took care of me, I was able to film relaxedly.

Q: The character Nam Ji-A has a strong personality and is brave to seek for truth. Then how about your character in real life?

JBA: In real life, I think I'm not that brave and strong compared to Ji-ah, so I was able to learn those parts during my acting.

Q: Has being part of ‘Tale of the Nine Tailed’ made you desire to be in a fantasy drama again?

JBA: Yes. I had a lot of fun filming 'Tale of the Nine Tailed'. The action, special makeup and fantasy setting involved a lot of reactions which was really fun to act. I hope to challenge another piece of work with a different type of fantasy.

Q: If mint choco is for Lee Yeon then what about Nam Ji-a? Are you a fan of Mint Choco as well?

JBA: Mint-chocolate is also my favourite.

Q: As the drama is coming to the end, what is one takeaway you have and what’s the one thing you hope viewers to remember after watching the drama?

JBA: I learn different things and gain different feelings every time I film a piece of work. This time I also felt and learnt a lot from people that I worked with. We all did our best in our own characters. I hope you could have fun watching and gain a bit of healing from it.

'Tale of the Nine-Tailed' offers a unique take by mixing Korean folk tales with a relatable modern setting. Lee Dong Wook starring as a modern day male nine-tailed fox, Lee Yeon who was once the mountain spirit of Baekdu Mountain. He sacrificed his life to resurrect the life of the woman he loved and now living among humans for thousand years as a human form of nine-tailed fox. 

Meanwhile, Jo Bo-ah starring as a fearless, young TV producer who goes by the name of Nam Ji-ah. She sets her sights on Lee Yeon for a story and as their lives intertwine, they find themselves entangled in a thrilling romance. Kim Bum however starring as Lee Rang, the step-brother of Lee Yeon who's also a nine-tailed fox. 

Final two episodes will be airing next week so be sure to watch 'Tale of the Nine Tailed', the thrilling tale of legends and love on tvN Asia (Astro Ch.395) and Unifi TV (CH 211) on Thursday and Friday at 9.50PM.

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