What happened after the K-Drama aired?
When actor Kim Jung Hyun he apologized for “times when [he] he misbehaved and did things [he] I should never have done that.” at the “KBS Drama Awards 2024”…
…his said “bad behavior” in the press conference and on set in 2018 MBC K-Drama, Timeresurfaced.
Actor Kim Jung Hyun’s much-discussed “apology” finally airs: here’s what he actually said
After showing blatant rudeness towards his co-star, Generation of girls‘S SeohyunKim Jung Hyun apologized, saying he was too immersed in his complicated and dark character. But in 2021 Shipping exposé, it was revealed that his relationship with the actress Seo Ye Ji led to such behavior.
After a long hiatus and multiple apologies, Kim Jung Hyun finally returned to the entertainment world. However, there is someone who has never recovered from what happened during the production of Time and Kim Jung Hyun’s actions during filming.
A viral post highlighting where he is Time screenwriter Choi Ho Chul garnered a lot of attention following Kim Jung Hyun’s acceptance speech at the “2024 KBS Drama Awards.” Before TimeChoi had successfully written 2013 Secret and 2015 Mask, becoming one of the hottest emerging K-Drama writers on the scene.
So, the thing is, Choi Ho Chul is usually not the type to publish screenwriting books, but soon after Time finished, released one. There have been many reviews that the script is actually filled with many romantic scenes.
— Netizens
According to this post ea TENASIA 2021 article, however, Choi Ho Chul stopped writing the script after that Time and abandoned his K-Drama production career forever.
As I write Timescreenwriter Choi Ho Chul suffered a ruptured appendix but continued to work with a drainage bag attached. Choi had to revise the script several times due to Kim Jung Hyun’s request to remove all romantic/intimate scenes. After TimeChoi stopped his writing activity.
— Woo Bin, TENASIA journalist
Under the post, K-Drama fans complained that they missed a “classic romance writer” like Choi Ho Chul to the scandal and, inevitably, blamed it on Kim Jung Hyun.
- “Time The screenwriter was a classic romance writer. We don’t understand them now… It’s unfathomable how exhausting that must have been.
- “I will boycott Kim Jung Hyun forever, for heaven’s sake. What’s your problem?”
- “Stop throwing it. Nobody wants to see his face.”
- “I feel terrible for the writer… All because he was set up to write for the wrong male lead.”
- “It kind of makes me think, though. Kim Jung Hyun was an up-and-coming actor who had never played many leading roles before. How did he manage to get away with such strong intervention from power?”
- “Kim Jung Hyun and Seo Ye Ji made so many people suffer, especially the female lead Time and the screenwriter.”
Meanwhile, Seohyun sent a Bubble message to his fans that has since been speculated to be about the controversial speech. Read more here:
Girls’ Generation’s Seohyun’s message is speculated to be about actor Kim Jung Hyun’s speech
