Lee Chung Ah talks shocking pregnancy twist in Honor: Her court: ‘Maybe it was still her husband’s child’

On March 12, Lee Chung Ah met reporters at a bar in Cheongdam-dong, Seoul, for an interview after the final of Honor: Her courtroom (tentative English title)’ (written by Park Ga Yeon, directed by Park Gun Ho), aired its last episode on March 10. The drama ended on a high note, recording its highest viewership rating of 4.7% nationwide according to Nielsen Korea.

In the series, Lee Chung Ah played Hwang Hyun-jin, an action-oriented lawyer at the law firm L&J (Listen & Join) who specializes in defending women victims of crimes. Known for her fiery personality and tendency to act before thinking, Hyun-jin often finds herself at the center of the story’s major conflicts.

One of the most dramatic plot points involved Hyun-jin accidentally spending a night with her ex-boyfriend Lee Jun-hyuk (played by Lee Choong-joo) and later discovering that she was pregnant, leaving the identity of the baby’s father uncertain. The character also caused trouble by losing a laptop containing crucial evidence related to the case.

Reflecting on the role, Lee Chung Ah explained that Hyun-jin was designed to carry forward the main events of the drama.

“I have rarely seen a drama end with only peaceful and beautiful stories,” he said. “There are always conflicts and incidents that shake the characters. When I read the script, I felt that Hyun-jin was a character whose role was to create events that push the story in the direction it needed to go.”

Despite often being scolded by her friends in the drama – including Yoon Ra-young (Lee Na-young) and Kang Shin-jae (Jung Eun-chae) – the characters ultimately continued to trust her. Her husband Gu Sun-kyu (Choi Young-joon), although deeply disappointed, also reaffirmed his love for her.

Lee Chung Ah said that making Hyun-jin likable despite his mistakes was something he discussed extensively with the director.

“I wanted viewers to continue to empathize with her,” he explained. “If the audience couldn’t identify with my character and abandoned him, it would have been a problem.”

The plot became even more complicated when Hyun-jin conceived during a time when she and her husband were trying to have a child, but the timeline overlapped with the night she spent with her ex. This left both the characters and the viewers shocked.

Lee Chung Ah noted that Hyun-jin’s decision to speak out about the divorce before her husband even did so was tied to a deleted scene.

“There was actually a scene that was cut,” he revealed. “Hyun-jin went to the police station to meet Sun-kyu and saw the divorce papers on the desk. They actually belonged to someone else, but she thought he wanted a divorce but was too kind to say so before.”

In the drama, the baby is ultimately lost due to a miscarriage, leaving the mystery of the baby’s father unsolved.

Sharing his own interpretation, Lee Chung Ah offered an interesting theory.

“If the baby had been born, we could have found out” he said. “But no one actually answered who the father was.”

She added that one scene made her think the baby could still be her husband’s.

“There’s a moment when Hyun-jin can’t eat anything due to morning sickness, but she manages to eat the food Sun-kyu made for her and says, ‘Why can I eat this?’ When I saw that scene, I wondered if maybe the baby could have been her husband’s after all.

The drama’s finale also left open the possibility of a second season. However, Lee Chung Ah said no official discussions on the matter Season 2 have already taken place.

However, he expressed interest in returning if the opportunity arose.

“Creating a character that audiences love isn’t easy,” he said. “When a well-crafted character disappears after just one drama, it feels like a bit of a waste. If there’s a good story, I’d be absolutely happy to come back for another season.”

Sources: Daum | Xports News

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