On the official Instagram of the drama series “Eye Love You” (TBS) starring actress Fumi Nikaido, a making video of the seminar scene depicted in episode 5 (broadcast on the 20th) was released. Korean actor Choi Jong-hyeop, who co-stars with Nikaido, has expressed admiration from fans for his high level of concentration during the long lines in Japanese.
Ever since the incident 12 years ago that caused her father, Makoto (Shiraku Tachikawa) to become bedridden, Yuri Motomiya (Nikaido) has the ability to be a “telepath” and can hear the voices of others when they make eye contact. meets Yoon Tae-oh (Choi), a younger, super-straight Korean student, and begins a new love story.This drama series depicts a fantastic love story with an original script full of love and humor. In addition to Nikaido and Choi, Taishi Nakagawa and Mizuki Yamashita will also appear.
Theo, who was working as a food delivery worker while devoting himself to researching endangered animals at graduate school in Japan, met Yuri and they became interested in each other. After that, he started working as an intern at the chocolate shop “Dolce & Chocolat.” where Yuri is the president.
In episode 5, the shop decides to hold a seminar for students to convey its corporate philosophy of being “environmentally friendly,” and with the kindness of their homeroom professor, they end up renting Theo’s university. On that day, Theo stood in front of a large group of students and explained about the increase in the number of endangered animals using slides. So he asked how many species of animals are at risk of extinction each year. He revealed the correct answer: “40,000 species,” which was much more than the students had expected, and told the surprised students, “There are many reasons for that, but the first one is global warming.” โ he began to explain.
On the Instagram updated on the night of the 26th, a making video of this scene was released. Choi, who was speaking on stage with a microphone in hand, missed her line when talking about her first reason, and after a moment of silence, she whispered, “Please do it again,” begging for a retake. As Choi looked a little embarrassed, a warm smile spread across the room, and Choi closed her eyes and told herself over and over again, “Concentrate, concentrate…” In the take right after that, she successfully delivered the line “Global Warming” and looked relieved when the staff yelled “Yes, cut!”.
Many fans were impressed by the way Choi showed great concentration and corrected the difficult Japanese lines, even though he had difficulty with them. On Instagram, she wrote, “It’s difficult even for me as a Japanese person, but I really respect him,” “I can only say that it’s amazing how he puts his heart into acting in a different language,” and “I thought it was difficult to say those long lines.” “You really tried your best.” “Seeing him working so hard makes me want to cry.” “When I watched it in real life, I was nervous, wondering if I could speak properly. Hyup-kun’s effort was amazing.” There were many comments such as, “The way he is concentrating is so professional” and “Hyup-kun’s effort and hard work can be felt.”
Regarding Choi’s Japanese, Keisuke Nakajima, the program’s producer, said, “In the beginning, I really didn’t know any Japanese.” “He learned Japanese very quickly, and before the interpreter could translate it, he said, “Oh, OK, Kenchana.” ),” he said. In recognition of his progress, drama fans have commented, “When I think of the scene where we had to redo the scene in “I Love You,” I feel and respect Hyup’s extraordinary effort.” “Please do it again.” “It’s so precious to hear him say this in Japanese so naturally,” and “I’m so moved by watching the drama that I can see that he’s learned a lot of Japanese.”
