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| ▲This photo, provided by Number Three Pictures show the poster of 'Unintentional Love Story.' (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) |
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| ▲This photo, provided by Number Three Pictures, show photo of actor Gongchan. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) |
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| ▲This photo, provided by Number Three pictures show scenes from Tving's 'Unintentional Love Story.' (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) |
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| ▲This photo provided by Number Three Pictures show photo from the press conference of 'Unintentional Love Story.' (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) |
SEOUL March 17 (Yonhap) -- “BL (Boys Love) genre is new to me, however when I first read through the script it was like reading through a romantic comedy.” addressed Gongchan from South Korean boy group B1A4,.
From protagonist who has very callous personality in order to hide his emotional scares, to how he meets kind and heartwarming character and heals emotional wounds, it showcases various traits of romantic comedy, however throughout the upcoming drama series “Unintentional Love Story,” it showcases the love between two of the male figures.
Regarding the Tving’s upcoming series “Unintentional Love Story” South Korena actor and singer Gongchan participated in an press conference regarding the drama and addressed “Although it’s a love story between to male protagonists, however nothing seemed to be out of place or odd.”
Gongchan will act out the protagonist character Ji Won-young who is very extroverted and bright and filled with energy. Throughout the upcoming series, Ji Won-young approaches Yoon Tae-joon acted by Cha Seo-won intentionally, however he falls in love with Yoon Tae-joon.
“Won-young is a very outgoing character,” adding “I tried to act out the character with a bright and exciting dog full of energy in mind.” addressed Gongchan throughout the press conference.
Moreover, actor stated, “The way two of the protagonists heal one another’s emotional wounds which seemed beautiful in my perspective.”
South Korean actor Cha Seo-won who could not participated at the press conference due to the fact that he is currently serving in the military, addressed “Yoon Tae-joon withholds grave emotional scares, however through encounters with Won-young his scares get healed, and becomes more caring and warm,” adding “I thought I would be suitable for such role.” through a pre-recorded video.
The upcoming series “Unintentional Love Story” which will premiere on Friday, is based on a very famous comic known for picking out the detailed emotional fluctuation between two character.
“Unintentional Love Story” is a collaborative piece between the writer of the first South Korean BL drama series “Where your Eyes Linger” and director of the film “Peach of Time.”
Director Jang from “Peach of Time” addressed “I feel like the drama came out to be more realistic and relative to people and more towards pop culture where people can easily enjoy the series,” adding “Although the genre BL is respected as a minor genre within the film industry, we have tried our best to make it as generic and acceptable to everybody.”
Up until 2022, BL genre was for those with unique taste where people would enjoy such genre behind the street, it had the strong reputation of contents which people would hide in order to read.
BL contents which were hidden behind the shadows was brought into the sunlight by Watcha’s BL series “Semantic Error.”
“Semantic Error” which decided to use the idea of same gender love story up front topped Watcha’s chart for 8 consecutive weeks after its initial released, and it has led the audience to buy the related books and goods.
After finding out the potential buying power within the minor genre such as BL, various OTT services and production companies are hopping into creating various films using minor genres.
(This article is translated from Korean to English by Joonha Yoo)
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