K-drama
Song Kang, Lee Siyoung & Lee Dohyun boast their chemistry in Netflix's 'Sweet Home' Press Conference
Wednesday, December 16, 2020 |
| Sweet Home to premiere on Netflix on 18 Dec |
Cast of Netflix's upcoming thriller series 'Sweet Home' - Song Kang, Lee Siyoung, Lee Jin-wook, Lee Dohyun, Park Kyu-young, Go Min-si, Go Yoon Jung and Kim Nam-hee attended the virtual press conference along with Director Lee Eung Bok this morning. In line with the COVID-19 guidelines, the press conference was held virtually and the cast and director Lee joined from their remote locations and greeted the press with their warm smiles through their webcams.
The highly-anticipated Netflix original series ‘Sweet Home’ talks about a story of a high schooler named Hyun-soo (played by Song Kang), who lives in the shabby and tattered Green Home apartment after losing his entire family in an accident. At the apartment complex, Hyun-soo experiences bizarre and shocking incidents where humans turn into monsters overnight.
Check out what went down during the press conference.
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| Director Lee Eung Bok |
Lee Eung Bok: In every episode, all of the elements really intrigued me, I have seen other content that have monsters and creatures, but never seen any that turn into monsters that turn into monsters based on their desires. Also having a boy turn into monster who thought about wanted to take his life one day, that is the day that he finds himself having to survive and ends up saving other people and the world, so I thought the whole storyline was very intriguing when I first met Hyun-soo the character. I thought of Hyun soo as someone who had a very pure heart and also has a cold-blooded image.
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| Song Kang starring as high schooler Hyun-soo |
When asked how the cast felt when they first read the script for ‘Sweet Home’, Song Kang, who is a huge fan of the webtoon, mentioned that he really wanted to see how the monsters came to live in the action series. “The trailer was really impressive and I can’t wait to see the whole series!” the main actor expressed.
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| Lee Jin Wook starring as Pyun Sang Wook |
Lee Jin Wook, who plays Pyun Sang Wook in the series, expressed his excitement for ‘Sweet Home’ as he has never seen such a story before. The character Pyun Sang Wook is a former solicitor in murder and he tries to punish the villains with his violence. Lee Jin Wook mentioned that he prepared very thoroughly, both in his appearance-wise and efforts, to show a completely different side of himself for ‘Sweet Home’.
Q: Did you train very extremely for the action scenes? |
| Lee Siyoung starring as a former firefighter, Seo Yikyung |
Lee Siyoung: I did weight training and martial arts training, compared to my previous works, it was still challenging physically.
Lee Siyoung plays Seo Yikyung, a character not from the original webtoon. Seo Yikyung is a former firefighter. In the series, the brave and courageous Seo Yikyung will be the one making quick and clever decisions along with her strong survival skills when Green Home is in danger.
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| Lee Dohyun starring as Lee Eun Hyuk |
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| Go Min-si starring as Lee Eun-yoo, the younger sister of Lee Eun Hyuk |
Director Lee Eung Bok: Everyone was so passionate to get the role and I wanted to cast them, I think it was a wonderful coincidence on how well we all came together.
Lee Siyoung: I tried to act as a very confident and strong female character. Besides my acting which I focused on, I tried to build a fit physique. I did pull ups, rough workouts, even rope training and received personal training. Every show does help me as an actress and I am learning every moment of it.
Siyoung also thanked the director for capturing her efforts on the screen and hopes that viewers will enjoy it.
Q: ‘Sweet Home’ has a completely different vibe compared to your previous works. Was there anything that you did in particular to prepare for the show? Was there anything that you love about this genre specifically?
Lee Dohyun: This is my first time acting while wearing glasses, it was kind of a new experience for me. I had to be someone very cold and somewhat lacking emotions. ‘Sweet Home’ is a thriller, horror genre, but the series has a unique charm, it gives lessons to the audience that they can take away a lot. I hope that after watching this series, viewers can think about the desires of human beings and look at people around them with fresh perspectives, in that sense it is meaningful.
Song Kang: There was a sense of burden but it also made me want to do better in creating the character, Hyun-soo. I constantly thought about the life that Hyun-soo had to live and tried to be like him.
“We are all living in hard times and we hope that ‘Sweet Home’ will provide some consolation. See you on 18 December!” – Song Kang
Check out the behind-the-scenes and making video of ‘Sweet Home’ below!
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