In an interview with SPOTV News on January 8, Chae Soo-bin laughingly said, “My dad can’t watch kissing scenes, so he always turns off the TV. I think it’s hard for him to watch.“
Chae Soo-bin played the role of female lead Hong Hee-joo in the MBC Friday-Saturday drama “When the Phone Rings” (written by Kim Ji-woon, directed by Park Sang-woo and Wi Deuk-gyu).
The drama, based on a popular web novel, is a story that unfolds when a Show Window couple, who have been living without speaking to each other for three years in an arranged marriage, receive a threatening phone call from a kidnapper. In the series, Chae Soo-bin played Hong Hee-joo, a “modern mermaid” forced into mutism following a tragic accident that left her half-sister Hong In-ah (Han Jae-yi) deaf and her younger brother dead.
Chae Soo-bin said that the cast gathered to watch the final episode together. However, he added, “I couldn’t watch it with them because I was visiting my grandmother’s house. Eventually I found myself watching it alone, holding my breath. I couldn’t watch it with my parents. I think my dad wouldn’t have been able to handle it.”
He continued: “My mother seemed to be having a lot of fun. After each episode he would say, “Wow, that was fun.” When we could watch the show live together, my dad always showed up. He would get ready for bed and wait for the episode to end to watch it later on Netflix before going to sleep.”
Chae Soo-bin continued by sharing a funny anecdote: “I thought he did it because he couldn’t watch it with me, but then I found out he was going around the neighborhood telling people “Turn on the TV” and watch it again. But he really can’t watch my kiss scenes. He always turns off the TV. If the kissing scene is about to start, he’ll say, “Ah, no!” and turn it off.”
