On February 3, a press projection and a conference for the “Newtopia” play of Coupang series was held in Megabox Coex in Gangnam-Gu, Seoul. Director Yoon Sung-Hyun participated in the event and shared various intuitions on the project.
“Newtopia” is set in an air defense unit for the Seoul building. The story follows the soldier Jae-Yoon and his girl Young-Ju, who have recently broken. They try to get together following the emergence of a focus of zombies that exceeds South Korea.
With Jisoo and Park Jeong-Min, “Newtopia” has aroused interest, in particular because of Jisoo’s return to acting. Director Yoon Sung-Hyun expressed her passion for the actress, “I felt lucky to have worked with Jisoo. It appears in episodes 1 and 2, but when you reach episode 8, you will see that this character could only be played by her. “
As for Jisoo’s acting, he admitted, “Since it hadn’t been active for a long time after “Bucaneve”, I was initially worried. He is not an actress who has constantly recited, so at the beginning I had some concerns.“However, he added,”He gave me four days a week, so those concerns disappeared. When filming began, it was fully ready. It was an extremely hard recovery, but did a great job. “
“Newtopia” is intended for premiere on Coupang Play on February 7 at 20:00 KST.
