Actor Jung Kyung-ho was greatly embarrassed by a suggestive "date" question.
On the afternoon of the 2nd, tvN's new weekend drama PROBONO held an online production presentation via live streaming. Director Kim Sung-yoon, actors Jung Kyung-ho, So Joo-yeon, Lee Yoo-young, Yoon Na-moo, Seo Hye-won and Kang Hyung-seok attended the presentation and spoke.
PROBONO is a human courtroom drama about a social-climbing, materialistic judge who unwillingly becomes a public interest lawyer and, trapped in the corner of a giant law firm and a zero-revenue public interest team, experiences a series of chaotic events.
In the drama, Jung Kyung-ho plays Kang Da-wit, a national judge who becomes a public interest lawyer. Kang Da-wit is a high school graduate who, through skill and flattery, rose for 15 years to become director general of the anti-corruption division and was on the verge of becoming a supreme court justice. But after a mistake he barely remembers, he falls disastrously overnight and, on the condition that achieving a 70% win rate will provide a platform for recovery, begins working as a public interest lawyer on the public interest litigation PROBONO team at top firm O&Partners.
Director Kim Sung-yoon said the difference from other legal dramas is that it deals with public interest cases and services for disadvantaged people who cannot afford legal services, and explained that as the stories of people with painful histories expand, they raise issues in Korean society.
He added that Kang Da-wit is an issue maker, saying a very small case is expanded into an episode that shakes all of Korea, and that the process is thrilling and worth watching closely.
Afterward, MC Park Kyung-rim suggested to Jung Kyung-ho, in line with his role as an issue maker, that he make a first announcement at the production presentation, and Jung Kyung-ho waved it off saying "there is none." Later during closing remarks, MC Park Kyung-rim brought up the same topic playfully, and Jung Kyung-ho, sweating, said "I can't think of any issues at all."
In addition, director Kim Sung-yoon joked "at least a date," which embarrassed Jung Kyung-ho. Jung Kyung-ho has been dating Girls' Generation member Sooyoung for 14 years since 2012. In a situation that could be interpreted as referring to a wedding date, Jung Kyung-ho denied it, saying "what date? don't say useless things," and "there is nothing like that," and Park Kyung-rim asked him to at least say the first broadcast date or his birthday. Jung Kyung-ho replied, "The first broadcast is Dec. 6. My birthday is Aug. 31," drawing laughter.
PROBONO will premiere at 9:10 p.m. on the 6th.
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