In a recent white speech on his YouTube channel Lee ji -geum (IU office)IU revealed its emotional connection with the Ae-Soon character, which he plays in the original Netflix series “When life gives you mandarins“(I was deceived).
The video, entitled “[Mini Palette] Their chemistry is as sweet as chewing “Gum’🍊 (with Park Bo-Gum) ep.1” And released on March 22, he presented IU together with his co-protagonist Bo-Gum. During their conversation, Park Bo-Gum asked, “Between AE-Soon and Geum-Myung, for which character do you feel more affected and do you want to comfort?”
To this, iu replied without hesitation, “Of course, AE-Soon.” Then he developed, saying, “They are both AE-Soon and Geum -myung, no? I also understand Geum -myung, but when he says something a little tough, it seems that he is talking to me and hurts me.”
IU also reflected on the difficulties of AE-Soon, stating, “(Ae-Soon) has gone through a lot of sadness from a young age. His school life, the era in which he lived-was all hard. That’s why I tend to lean more emotionally towards AE-Soon.”
On the other hand, iu sounds ae-soon from his adolescence to thirty years “When life gives you mandarins”, who obtained praise for his delicate representation of the life of a woman in decades. The acclaimed actress Moon So-Ri takes the role of the 1940s of the character onwards.
The sincere confession of the IUS highlights its profound emotional investment in both roles and sheds light on the personal resonance it has found in the AE-Soon struggles.
