Ladies’ Technology’s Seohyun and 2PM’s Taecyeon, the celebrities of the upcoming drama “The First Evening With The Duke,” got here collectively for a pictorial and interview with Esquire Korea!
Following a photograph shoot impressed by their drama, the 2 actors sat down for an sincere dialog.
After briefly concerning their hobbies—Seohyun enjoys taking part in the piano, whereas Taecyeon has an curiosity in cooking—the dialog shifted to their off-screen dynamic. When requested in the event that they have been beforehand shut, Seohyun defined, “Fairly than being shut, we have been extra like acquaintances who exchanged greetings from time to time. Again once I was selling on music exhibits, I used to be the youngest in my group and far quieter than I’m now, so I discovered it onerous to strategy different teams. “
Taecyeon added, “I had seen her face lots, so I internally felt a way of familiarity, however we’d by no means actually had a correct dialog earlier than.”
They went on to replicate on how their impressions of one another modified throughout filming. “She’s fully totally different from the Seohyun I keep in mind,” Taecyeon remarked. “She used to look very quiet and shy, however now she’s assured and powerful.”
Seohyun additionally mentioned, “Although we’d by no means spoken personally, I’d heard from the opposite Ladies’ Technology members that he was a mild and good particular person. So I wasn’t frightened in any respect earlier than filming; I used to be truly wanting ahead to it. As you most likely seen through the photograph shoot earlier, he’s extraordinarily targeted when wanted, but additionally playful and filled with power in moments in between.”
The compliments didn’t cease there. Seohyun went on, “[Taecyeon] has such nice power. I feel viewers will certainly really feel that too. Even when he wasn’t being filmed by the digicam, he stayed in character and stored up his power in order that his co-stars might stay absolutely immersed within the scene. I particularly admired the sincerity in his gaze. Regardless of having a lot to concentrate on along with his performing, he additionally introduced an important ambiance to the set, like an actual mood-maker, and I used to be very grateful.”
Taecyeon additionally had excessive reward for Seohyun’s efficiency. “Her character Cha Solar Chaek may be very complicated and never straightforward to painting, since she’s the one character who time-travels from the trendy world to the previous. I used to be curious to see how she’d carry it to life after studying the script and the unique webtoon. However she exceeded my expectations—truthfully, I used to be fairly impressed.”
When requested about probably the most memorable scenes throughout filming, Taecyeon hesitated to offer an excessive amount of away. “The fireworks scene… properly, speaking about it is likely to be a spoiler. The battle scenes have been additionally memorable, however because the drama hasn’t aired but, I can’t go into an excessive amount of element.”
Seohyun, however, shared a second that stood out in her reminiscence. “Given the title of the drama, the scene the place we spend our first evening collectively positively stands out in my reminiscence,” she mentioned. “It’s a pivotal second within the storyline, so everybody on set put in a number of effort to get it proper.”
When requested how they ready to movie the interval drama, Taecyeon defined, “Because it’s a fusion historic drama, the performing fashion is extra versatile in comparison with conventional interval items. Personally, I discover the archaic language fashion simpler in some methods.”
Seohyun added, “Apparently, my character doesn’t use interval language in any respect, since she comes from the current. On a barely totally different observe, we wore hanbok [traditional Korean clothing] all through filming. We shot from fall by means of spring, so it received actually chilly, however what’s nice about hanbok is that you would be able to put on tons of thermal layers beneath with out anybody noticing.”
Seohyun and Taecyeon’s full pictorial and interview will be discovered within the June challenge of Esquire Korea. In the meantime, “The First Evening with the Duke” will premiere on June 11 at 9:50 p.m. KST.
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