Netflix announced to eDaily on the 28th that “Netflix is making continuous efforts to create a better production environment with its Korean production partners,” and that it is ”We are currently confirming the facts of the situation at that time," the company stated.
Thay continued, "We will closely examine the confirmed details to ensure that similar cases do not recur."
From the 26th, revelations of power harassment on the SNS (social networking service) X (formerly Twitter) on the set of 'When Life Gives You Tangerines' continued.
Netizen A explained that this was the set of 'When Life Gives You Tangerines', saying, "I got in trouble for stenciling on a borrowed bus with lacquer spray, and they shifted the blame and yelled at me, saying, 'Why don't you just use lacquer thinner to erase it?'"
Netizen B, who went to the 'When Life Gives You Tangerines' set as an extra, said, "'When Life Gives You Tangerines' was a famous schedule to avoid among extras. They even forced me to cut my hair,“ she claimed, ”They even left the older performers out in the cold winter, didn't feed them anything, never provided them with a tea table or catering car, and made them eat within 30 minutes of being randomly thrown out in the dining area."
B also said that the costume team did not even allow the extras to wear underwear, even when filming at dawn in the winter, adding, “This is really the first time they made us wait outdoors on a day when it was snowing heavily and the actors on the set were taken to the heaters first.”
C, who said he went to the set as a bus conductor, said, “I am biased because I also had a falling out with the director of ‘When Life Gives You Tangerines',” adding, "He yelled at me without giving me a cue sign, and when I said, ‘There was no cue sign,’ he got furious. When I told him that I had already overstayed my rental time, I moved the bus and said, ‘I can't do it anymore,’ he called the contractor and bad-mouthed me until the next day."
C explained, “I drove the bus because they asked me to because they were short on people, but who would feel good if they yelled at me without giving me any money? They tried to cut my rental fee, tried to cut my wages, and tried to turn a blind eye to my overtime pay,” he said.
He continued, "They said they would film all day last week, all day in Beolgyo, and all night in Andong for three days in a row, all on different buses, but they didn't give me any money for lodging, and I had only one meal for dinner, a hamburger and a can of Coke."
'When Life Gives You Tangerines' is a Netflix series that depicts the adventurous lives of Ae-sun, a firm rebel born in Jeju, and Gwang-shik, who is as stubborn as cast iron, as they go through the four seasons.
2025/05/28 16:32 KST
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