(Continuing from interview ①) Actor Jeong I-chan shared his candid thoughts on the ending of "Doctor Shin."
Recently, at the OSEN office in Mapo-gu, Seoul, a wrap-up interview was held with Jeong I-chan, the lead actor of the TV CHOSUN weekend drama "Doctor Shin."
"Doctor Shin" is a medical thriller drama about a genius doctor who challenges the realm of the divine and a woman whose brain is damaged overnight, causing her to lose her soul. Jeong I-chan played Shin Ju-shin, the director of neurosurgery at Noua Hospital and an authority in brain surgery.
On the day, regarding the fact that the protagonist Shin Ju-shin meets his end in death, Jeong I-chan said flatly, "Ju-shin is punished. In the writer's world, you cannot avoid retribution. Anyway, didn't I commit a sin? First, (brain change) is a taboo operation, and we knocked out Ran-hee (played by Song Ji In), who was in Momo (played by Baek Seora)'s body, and proceeded with the (brain change) surgery on Jin-joo (played by Cheon Young-min). Those are all sins."
About the ending he confessed, "It's sad," and said, "We didn't receive the script all at once; we received episodes 11 and 12 and got them bit by bit. At rehearsal we gathered and read the script together and thought, 'So this is how one is punished.' In the writer's worldview, aren't there many characters who die after fulfilling their lifespan? We said, 'As expected, in the end Ju-shin is ruined too.' What I still remember is the writer came in and asked, 'What do you think after seeing Ju-shin's ending?' I calmly said, 'He committed a sin,' and sipped my coffee bitterly. The writer chuckled a little and playfully teased, 'How could he die?'" recalling his reaction when he first learned the ending.
When asked what the writer Im Seong-han told him after the broadcast aired, Jeong I-chan said, "Toward the end of (filming) the writer changed her number. So the actors couldn't ask. There are many questions I would like to ask if I meet her later. After filming Ju-shin's final scene and going home, I contacted the writer saying, 'We filmed Ju-shin's death. We sent him off well,' and by then the writer had already done all the monitoring and told me, 'You did well,'" adding, "I hope she was satisfied? I hope she was satisfied."
[Photo] OSEN reporter Choi Gyu-han
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