"Perfect Crown" actor Byeon Woo-seok shared his thoughts on the epithet "21st-century Prince Suyang."
On the afternoon of the 6th, at the Josun Palace Seoul hotel in Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, an MBC press conference was held for the new Friday-Saturday drama "Perfect Crown." Present were the drama's lead actors IU, Byeon Woo-seok, Noh Sang Hyun, Gong Seung-yeon, and Yu Su-bin, as well as Lee Yeon and director Park Jun-hwa. They spoke about the work under the moderation of broadcaster Park Kyung-lim.
"Perfect Crown" is a drama set in a 21st-century constitutional monarchy that depicts a social-status-breaking romance in which a woman who has everything as a chaebol but is annoyed because her status is merely commoner, and a man who is the king's son but cannot have anything and is sad, carve out their destinies. In this, Byeon Woo-seok plays Prince Ian Daegun Iwan, a prince who cannot have anything.
Iwan is the late king's second son and the young king's uncle, and within the story is a figure who is called "21st-century Prince Suyang." Recently, public resentment toward Prince Suyang has surged after the film "The King's Warden." How did Byeon Woo-seok diffuse such an image?
Byeon Woo-seok said, "Actually, I didn't think that way. Outwardly, people in the drama call me Prince Suyang, but originally Prince Ian's character looks solid and crooked on the outside, yet internally he has a lot of loneliness and, in a way, wounds, so I tried to focus on those emotions in my performance."
However, regarding the overwhelming presence of Prince Suyang typified by the film "Gwansang," he joked, "Please look forward to Prince Ian's entrance scene. It has a bit of a Prince Suyang feel to it," adding to the anticipation.
"Perfect Crown" will premiere on Friday the 10th at 9:40 p.m.
[Photo] OSEN reporter Min Kyung-hoon.
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