Actor Lee Joo-been expressed her affectionate feelings for Spring Fever.
Lee Joo-been held an end-of-series interview for the tvN Monday-Tuesday drama Spring Fever (writer Kim A-jung, director Park Won-guk, planned by CJ ENM STUDIOS, produced by Bon Factory) on the 13th at a café in Cheongdam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul.
Spring Fever is a drama that depicts a hot pink romance of spring days that will melt the frozen hearts of teacher Yoon Bom (Lee Joo-been), who feels a biting cold wind, and the man Seon Jae-gyu (Ahn Bo-hyun) who has a burning heart. As of the fourth week of broadcast it recorded a cumulative 410 million views, achieving one of the highest levels of performance among tvN Monday-Tuesday dramas aired since 2025, and episode 12 recorded an average nationwide rating of 5.7% on paid platforms combining cable, IPTV and satellite (based on paid platforms combining cable, IPTV and satellite, provided by Nielsen Korea).
Spring Fever concluded its grand finale with episode 12, which aired on the 10th, and Lee Joo-been delivered excitement with a passionate performance as Yoon Bom. With her distinctive urbane and sophisticated image layered with poignant sadness to deepen the character, Lee Joo-been demonstrated that beyond her previously bubbly or aloof image she could flawlessly handle classic melodrama and lyrical drama genres.
Lee Joo-been said she chose Spring Fever because Seon Jae-gyu is a cartoonish character and Ahn Bo-hyun digested the role well. She thought Yoon Bom was as strong a character as Seon Jae-gyu. There were many cartoonish elements, and because Seon Jae-gyu had more of those elements she felt they created a synergy. When she first received the script she heard that Ahn Bo-hyun had already been cast. Thinking that made the script read smoothly. She also felt more drawn to Yoon Bom. The script itself was fun, she said.
After debuting in 2017 and rising to lead roles, Lee Joo-been had many worries and burdens around the time she chose Spring Fever. She said that although it had been several years since her debut as an actress, being the lead felt different. Even though she had done lead roles before, she felt confused about whether she was the right person for this. Experiencing it in reality the weight on her mind was a burden but she was also ambitious. So she agonized a lot alone. She said she blamed herself a lot alone. She wondered, 'Did I do wrong? Was I lacking?' but that too was arrogance. It wasn't like she was filming alone; everyone's skills and careers were reflected, and blaming herself for everything felt like an arrogant thought. She tried a lot to let go of that. She said she approached the work by focusing on the project, the script and the set without thinking about external things.
As a result of overcoming her worries, Lee Joo-been gained confidence and finished Spring Fever splendidly. Numbers like 400 million views proved her worries and efforts, and Lee Joo-been said she couldn't grasp the concept of 400 million views, so when she asked around how significant that was people told her it was a very good figure. She was very grateful for that. People around her actually saying they enjoyed watching it made her feel Spring Fever had received a lot of love, she said.
She added, in her view acquaintances said among the works she had done Spring Fever was the most enjoyable after Queen of Tears. She had gone for a pictorial shoot and a mother and her daughter who said they enjoyed Spring Fever gave her homemade Dubai jjondeuk cookie. Flight attendants also said they were sad there were only a few episodes left, so she felt everyone had enjoyed it, she said.
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