”My Name is Kim Sam-soon” returns after 19 years... Director: ”Even I thought Hyun Bin's character was terrible... I reduced his lines as much as possible”

Kim Yoon-cheol, the director of the TV series "My Name is Kim Sam-soon," is reworking this work for the first time in 19 years and revisiting the character of the main character "Hyun Jin-non," played by actor Hyun Bin.
On the afternoon of the 5th, at the CGV I'Park Mall in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, Wavve's New Classic Project "
Director Kim Yoon-cheol and actresses Kim Sun A and Choi Jin-sun attended the press conference for "My Name is Kim Sam-soon 2024 (4K)" (hereinafter "Kim Sam-soon 2024")
Wavve's "New Classic Project" is a project that brings together the masterpieces of the 2000s and the representative TV series of the 2000s.
This project is to make a new version of the original in 2024. The main staff of the original will be directly involved in the production, and while maintaining the existing quality, it will also reflect current viewing trends.
The existing 16-part TV series will be reinterpreted into an OTT series of 6-8 60-minute episodes.
"My Name is Kim Sam-soon" is about to embark on the project.
The first film is scheduled to be released on Friday the 6th. "My Name is Kim Sam-soon" stars Kim Sun A, Jung Ryeo Won, Hyun Bin, and Daniel H.
In the early 2000s, he was a representative work that gained the full support of female and young viewers of the time and sparked a "romantic comedy boom" in living rooms across the nation.
When it was first aired, it recorded a viewership rate of over 50%. Director Kim Yoon-cheol reconstructed "Kim Sam-soon 2024" and focused on the main character, Kim Sam-soon.
He attracted attention by revealing that the character was "Hyun Jinnon," played by Hyun Bin, who was unable to attend today's event.
Hyun Jin Won's character has handsome looks, wealth of a conglomerate, a confident personality and charm.
When the show was first aired, the viewers saw it as a "prince on a white horse" or a "Mercedes man," and it garnered popularity like a syndrome. However, Kim Sam Soon (Kim Sun A) and Yoo Hee Jin (Jung Lee
The attention has been drawn again to the image of Yo Won being torn between the two women and her selfish and harsh words that hurt her, and in this day and age, there are so-called "slang-kun" (a trashy guy who is devoted to love).
Even with the nickname, he continues to be criticized for being too bad. Director Kim responded, "Compared to the current generation, I think this character is too bad for the viewers.
I was a little nasty and thought, "Can I watch it?" At that time, there were a lot of characters from the wealthy families, and they were known by terms like "prince on a white horse" and "bad guy."
"I think the people in the cast seemed to accept it," he said, "but looking back at it now, even I thought it was too bad. So I tried my best to hold onto Hyun Jin Won's character."
"The truth is that I thought that the attitude, speech, and posture of the characters I portrayed were completely out of sync with the sensibilities of today," he said.
"There are some parts where Hyun Jin Won's lines and cuts have been reduced as much as possible," Kim Sun A said, "The character Hyun Jin Won is a little immature,
I felt like she was a little younger. Sam-soon is a character who is honest about her feelings and takes a straightforward approach to love, but Hyun Jin-non is torn between two women.
However, I think there were certainly elements in my character that made viewers uncomfortable back then because I was immature," said the actor who played Kim Sam-soon.
She also revealed her thoughts on the matter, saying, "I interpreted it as Jinon being too young and too frank about his feelings. I think that's why the other person thought that we should be alone in our relationships.
"I think the feelings I have are relative because I don't have any experience with him," he said, but when asked by MC Park Kyungri-mu, "Will Samsung choose Hyun Jin-un in 2024?"
She responded to the question with a sigh, drawing laughter. She ended her answer with a funny response: "Of course love is always difficult, but frankly, I think it might be a bit troublesome and difficult."
Jung Ryeo Won also said, "At that time, Yoo Hee-jin was trapped in the desire to get back the memories of her previous love, regardless of the changes in her situation, and that's how she fought."
But if Yoo Hee-jin were the one she is today, wouldn't she have sent Hyun Jin-un off in a good way? Would she have sent him off safely to Sam-sun? Would she have sent him off without much of a fight?
"I think so," he said, drawing laughter from the set. "Kim Sam-soon 2024," which has returned for the first time in 19 years, is based on the original footage and has been uploaded in 4K with the help of artificial intelligence (AI).
After scaling up, it has been reborn as an 8-part OTT series, which will be released on the 6th through Wavve.