[단독] Re-lighting in 3 years…Drama’Time’ Kim Jung-hyun getting off, what happened

[SBS 연예뉴스 l 강경윤 기자] Actor Kim Jung-hyun is having an exclusive contract dispute with her agency O&N Entertainment, and the ’11 month hiatus’ in which Kim Jung-hyun was not active has emerged as a key issue. In particular, attention is again being drawn to the background of the drop-off of the drama three years ago, which was the direct trigger of the 11-month gap.

Kim Jung-hyun suddenly dropped off before the 4th episode of the 16-part drama’Time’, which began airing in July 2018. Kim Jung-hyun announced that he was suffering from eating disorders and sleep disorders due to excessive immersion in the time-limited character, and announced that he would get off the drama according to the opinion of a specialist.

The sudden drop off of the male protagonist brought about a big change in the synopsis of’time’. The writer had to rush to revise the script, and the actors and staff had to change the shooting schedule. The content of the drama was also changed to the story of the female protagonist Seohyun remaining alone and taking revenge, and the completion of the drama was also greatly affected.

SBS Entertainment News met a number of people involved in the drama production to cover the situation at the time when there was only rumors, and I was able to hear a little-known backstory. The direct reason Kim Jong-hyun dropped off will be revealed during the dispute resolution process, but it is true that it is true that Kim Jung-hyun was uncomfortable with the actress throughout the filming process of the drama, and consequently dropped the enthusiasm of the filming site as a whole. Was.

“Even though there is a frame that was originally planned for the drama production, Mr. Kim was very sensitive to the scene of affection with the actress, and he conveyed the meaning of’minimize’ to the artist through the company. I remember being asked to revise the script several times, and the actor complained of pain, so I remember listening to it several times. When I said that I got off, the direction of the work changed completely, so the writer was also very difficult,” he explained.

Seohyun, who was the opposite actor of Kim Jung-hyun, seems to have had great troubles as well. Mr. B, who was in charge of Seohyun, said, “Seohyun cried a lot at the shooting site. It is a setting of a man and woman who should fall in desperate love, but Kim Junghyun did not meet Seohyun’s eyes at the shooting site, did not say hello, and only in the car when resting. At one time, Seohyun’s hand touched him and as soon as the acting ended, he roughly wiped his hand with a wet wipe, and I don’t know if it was a misunderstanding, but Seohyun burst into tears at the set when he saw it. I once apologized to Seohyun, but the behavior hasn’t changed much since then,” he argued.

The uncomfortable atmosphere of the production process seems to have started with the production presentation. At the production presentation held on July 20 of that year, Kim Jung-hyun showed a different expression and behavior than usual. After stepping on the stage, he showed an expressionless appearance from beginning to end, and when Seohyun tried to cross his arms to Kim Jung-hyun toward the camera, the appearance of refusing it was directed. As Seohyun’s embarrassing expression was conveyed to the reporter’s camera as it was, Kim Jung-hyun’s profane attitude was on the cutting board of the public.

Seohyun’s close friend said, “It was okay when I was reading the drama, and I was enthusiastic even at the beginning of the filming. In fact, there were signs in the photoshoot of a magazine a couple of days before the production presentation. There was a case where I asked for a revision of the storyline saying that I couldn’t pose for a couple. I had to shoot. “I changed the pose for the couple’s pictorial shot, so I could only take one shot.”

According to officials, rumors arose around the filming site that Kim Jong-hyun’s change in attitude was due to her girlfriend, an actor at the time. There were times when fellow actors asked Kim Jeong-hyun directly if the rumor was true, but it was reported that Kim Jeong-hyun replied “It’s not true.”

After getting off the drama’Time’, Kim Jung-hyun made a successful comeback with tvN’Crash Landing on Love’ in about 11 months. Although a long time of three years has passed, interest in Kim Jong-hyun’s drop-off in the middle of the drama has not ceased.

SBS Entertainment News contacted Kim Jeong-hyun several times by phone and text to see if the actress and the rumors were true, request for script revision, etc., based on the contents reported to the staff. I didn’t hear the answer. O&Entertainment also inquired about the same content, but replied that it cannot be disclosed because it is already in dispute.

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