Iu called When life gives you mandarins The most important job of his career and for a good reason. In his moving conversation The proposal of B TV has been deceivedHe reflected on how the drama, which crosses decades of a woman’s life, became not only a story of love and loss, but a heartfelt tribute to life.
The series does not avoid the harsh realities of life. In fact, iu underlined the way in which it constantly contrasts joy and pain. “You finally bought a boat and bought a house … but in the next scene Dong Myeong dies”, he said. “AE Sun is happy that her collection of poems has been published, but her husband dies.”
That emotional whisk blow was deeply influencing. “Even in my real life, I started crying more often”, Iu admits. “But in the end, what remains most with me is how beautiful everything was.”
For her, the most resonant line of the entire show was simple but powerful: “If you continue to live, it will pass.” He believed that a line encapsulated the spirit of the entire history.
As Lee Dong Jin observed, Mandarins It does not concern the great triumphs: it is about surviving, enduring and finding beauty in ordinary moments. The IU agreed, describing his character AE Sun as someone who does not deny pain but moves forcefully. “He takes it all and exceeds it”, Iu said. “This made her feel even stronger.”
Whether he was interpreting pain, laughter or trivial routines, IU’s performance echoed to the central message of the drama: life is hard, but is also deeply precious.
