In the drama’Penthouse’, Ju Dan-tae (Um Ki-jun) and Cheon Seo-jin (Kim So-yeon) show the end of greed. She makes false love with women as if collecting trophies for money, and pretends to be unaware of her father’s death to become the chairman of the private school foundation. The actors’ distorted desire flashes bizarrely in the gorgeous penthouse surrounding them. Provided by SBS
“Who are you!” As soon as he enters the room, Joo Dan-tae (Um Gi-ji) is sour. A woman who resembles Shim Su-ryun (Lee Ji-ah), her ex-wife, who even had a funeral, is standing there. Did the dead Shim Su-ryun resurrect or did the twins appear? His identity has not been revealed until the broadcast on the 6th, so it is impossible to know his identity.
When the SBS drama’Penthouse’ spreads, the production crew and viewers”Mildang’ begins. The production crew leads the play to a labyrinth every time with an unfolding beyond common sense, and the viewer narrows down the investigation by pouring out all kinds of speculation. The viewers’ interest in chasing the end of the indefinite story is hot. ‘Penthouse’, which first aired in October last year and opened the door of Season 2 last month, is a hot topic with an audience rating exceeding 20%.
When bizarre characters’ actions are exposed to the outside, the sense of tension suddenly drops. The’War Against Spoilers’ is in full swing on the set of’Penthouse’. How will the top secret script be shared? What would a real penthouse look like?
The mysterious woman who first appeared in season 2 of the drama’Penthouse’ broadcast on the 6th (above the photo) and Shim Su-ryun (Lee Ji-ah) who died in season 1. The actor comes out with only different hair styles. The identity of the new woman in Season 2 has not yet been revealed. When and how Lee Ji-ah appeared in’Penthouse’ was top secret. SBS broadcast capture
“The name and number on each script.”
The production crew does not share script files by creating a private staff cafe on the Internet like any other drama. The script is delivered to the actors as’paper’. Actor A said on the 7th, “My name is written on each chapter and a unique number is stamped on the script.” The production crew gives the actors an awareness of the external exposure of the script, and when it leaks to the outside, it is interpreted as a compound eye to easily find the’perpetrator’.
According to drama officials, the scripts of actors dying in the drama are treated like top secrets.
Actor B said, “I received a new script printed on A4 paper on site,” and said, “The script I received at that time had a completely different development of events from what I knew from the beginning.” In the’Penthouse’, 8 people including Min Seol-ah, Minwon-jang, Jo Sang-heon, Yoon Tae-ju, Cheon Myung-soo, Shim Su-ryun, Yang Mi-ok, and Barona died one after another. During this process, the story has changed several times, and as a result, actors who do not know the content even ask each other and follow the story like a puzzle piece.
The production team’s’Operation 007′ to prevent the leakage of the contents of the’Penthouse’ took place last year, before filming. An official from the agency of Actor C said, “At the audition, the scripts of previous works by Kim Soon-ok were given, such as’The Dignity of the Empress’, not’Penthouse’.”
The lobby of a super luxurious apartment in the drama’Penthouse’. Both the fountain and Hera statue were custom made by the production team. SBS broadcast capture
Dan-tae Ju’s house in the drama’Penthouse’. It was splendidly built on the set in Paju, Gyeonggi-do. SBS broadcast capture
Props that sound’billion’… banning the use of external shoes
It is the magnificent’Hera Palace’ that catches the eyes of the viewers. This super-luxurious apartment appears in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, but was actually built as a set in Paju, Gyeonggi-do. The scale is about 4,000m2 (1,200 pyeong). The exterior of the apartment was implemented with computer graphics (CG), but the fountain and Hera statue in the lobby of the apartment were all customized.
According to the production company GreenBam, the production cost invested in the’Penthouse’ is about 27 billion won. As much as the colorful set, the props sound’billion’. The audio at Joo Dan-tae’s house amounts to 600 million won. The rules for using the penthouse are strict as expensive sponsored products are being used. A representative of D actor laughed, “When there is no filming, the prop team notices such as’Please don’t bring coffee’ and’Please don’t sit on the sofa’ etc.’ To enter the marbled Judantae Penthouse, you need to wear separate indoor shoes.
‘Penthouse’ was planned for 40 times in two seasons (20 times in season 1, 20 times in season 2), but expanded to 45 times in three seasons (21 times in season 1, 12 times in season 2, 12 times in season 3). Studio S CEO Han Jeong-hwan, a co-producer of the drama, said, “There are so many things that author Kim has to say, so he can’t finish season 2 with 20, so it will be divided into season 3 and broadcast this year.”
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