Lee Sung Kyung, 25, discusses her new role in the upcoming television drama, "Doctors," in which she plays a young adult woman born with a silver spoon in her mouth. The model-turned-actress will play the role of a neurosurgeon, Jin Seo Woo, who resent her childhood friend and colleague, Yoo Hye Jung (Park Shin Hye).
Although the "Doctors" team is not too keen on revealing details, just yet, the uprising actress herself does not seem too interested in staying as quiet. In an interview with Naver TV, Lee dropped a few new nuggets about her character. With a new look and hairdo to fit her character, Lee had this to say to the said publication:
"After growing up with constant love and attention, Jin Seo Woo changes when she meets Yoo Hye Jung and develops and inferiority complex and faces other challenges," said Lee, while noting that her character does not react to those new emotions through heedless and purely villainous means. Instead, Lee's character in the upcoming drama will vaguely depict a young woman who gradually matures through overcoming misery and pain.
Lee then confirmed that a venomous rivalry ensues between her and Park's character and teased everyone by saying that fans can expect a "womance to develop between them," as they seemingly grow as a person through their competition. She ends her notes by saying that she will do her best to effectively portray the diverse sides of her character and convey her cool and charismatic appeal.
With the drama's scheduled release date just a few days away, a slew of latest still cuts from the drama is now making a clamor on the web. Further, the drama's official posters were unveiled earlier today, June 13, K-pop Herald reported.
According to the publication, the first poster highlights the two lead characters - Hong Ji Hong (Kim Rae Won) and Hye Jung (Park) - lying on the floor while listening to a music together in a vintage CD player. It additionally goes with a sign that reads, "Since meeting you, I am becoming a better person."
The second poster, on the other hand, features every one of the four characters - including Jung Yoon Do (Yoon Kyun Sang) and Seo Woo (Lee) - alongside a written, quote: "From each other, we learned how to live differently." The upcoming medical drama is directed by Oh Choong Hwan in view of a script written by Ha Myung Hee.
"Doctors" will premiere on June 20 at 10:00 P.M. (KST), taking over the SBS's Mondays-Tuesdays time slot. It is also set to air in South Asia - Singapore, Indonesia, and Malaysia - through Sony's Pay-TV channel One on Tuesdays-Wednesdays at 20:10 (SST|MYT), 19:10 (WIB) within 24 hours from its first broadcast in South Korea.
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