Director Kim Hee-won of a lighting shop ♥ Reunited with Park Bo-young? It's nothing.

Dec 20, 2024

Actor-director Kim Hee-won (53) has explained his past relationship with Park Bo-young again.

Director Kim Hee-won interviewed Disney+ original series 'Light Shop' (played by Kang Pul, directed by Kim Hee-won) at a cafe in Jongno-gu, Seoul on the morning of the 20th.

Director Kim Hee-won and lead actor Park Bo-young made headlines in 2020 for their romantic relationship rumors. At the time, both sides denied it, saying "Absolutely not", and the romance rumor ended with happening. After that, when asked how he felt about reuniting with the main actor as a director, director Kim Hee-won said, `I got a lot of calls when there was a rumor about love. I caught the flu at the time and thought I was sick and dying. I was sick, but I got so many calls that I put my phone silent at first because it hurt so much, but I didn't answer it. I was sleeping for a long time, but I got 80 calls. When I called the manager, he said, `That's what happened.' 'What's this?' Later, Bo-young called me and said 'What should I do?', so I said 'No, it's okay!' Then I hung up, but the manager called me again and asked for an official position. What kind of formula is that. I was bewildered. 'Official position?' Then he said 'No, it's okay' It's just not. It was funny even to me. It was because I was so sick all day, but later I got a lot of Kakao messages. "

Director Kim Hee-won then said, `It was actually nothing to me and it was no big deal. What do you want me to do. No. So I didn't feel anything after that. I gave the actor the same script as if I were giving him the script, and I said to read it and do it if it was fun. Something that was normal for me."

photo courtesy of Walt Disney Company Korea

It was also my first time participating in the casting process. Director Kim said "It's my first time doing something called a casting meeting. From the producer to the producer, so many people have meetings. I like this person. Make a list. If you look at it like this, they are expressing their opinions. Then, what do you want me to do if you look at me. It occurred to me. I guess my name was written on the blackboard like that. I must have been evaluated too. It occurred to me. But that's what the world is like. Because everyone is judged."

Then "I've refused so many times, so I've actually refused so many times. When I refused, if the director left a grudge against me, I would be more hurt. How can I do three or four when I have only one body. I never thought about that, and anyway, casting is called the director's authority, but in fact, it should be natural. How dare we say that I'm famous directors 'Writing on you' I'm not good enough to do that, and it was kind of fun. I thought everyone wrote it," he said with a smile.

The only place that lights up the end of a dark alley is the lighting shop, which tells the story of customers with suspicious secrets coming to the lighting shop, and it attracted attention as Kim Hee-won's directorial debut in the original work by Kang Pul.

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Director Kim Hee-won of a lighting shop ♥ Reunited with Park Bo-young? It's nothing.

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