Jeong Eul-yeong (정을영)

Producers of Popular TV Series 'Mom's Dead Upset' in Dilemma

Source | 2008/07/16 | Permalink |

"Mom's Dead Upset" is a popular drama series on KBS 2TV that boasts a high viewer rating of 30 percent. The producers of the drama, however, are facing a dilemma regarding when to end the series, as the cast and crew of the show are showing signs of fatigue and physical meltdown.

Writer Kim Su-hyun, the pillar of the show, underwent surgery late last year to remove breast cancer. Fortunately, the cancer was at an early stage so the operation was successful, but doctors say that the writer needs to rest.

Producer Jeong Eul-Yeong as well as actresses Kim Hye-ja and Sin Eun-kyeong have been complaining of extreme fatigue.

The show was originally planned to end at episode 69 at the end of September, but the cast of the show are asking to end it at episode 61 at the end of August.

Samhwa Production says when it signed the contract with KBS, the two sides agreed to end the show at episode seven, but present circumstances are calling for further negotiations....| More

Sin Eun-kyeong Comes to Terms With Her Inner Child

Source | 2008/07/09 | Permalink |

Mothers with grown-up daughters look with some trepidation on the prospect of seeing everyone's favorite movie gangster Sin Eun-kyeong play a lawyer determined to marry a divorced man with a child in KBS2 TV weekend drama "Mom's Dead Upset". In eyes of many, she is an alpha girl, but to her mother (Kim Hye-ja) she is just a pain in the neck who is making the wrong choice.

The character Sin plays is supposed to be strong, yet viewers sympathize with her too. "I can understand her as if she were me", says one comment on an Internet forum. "She is the reason I watch the drama". This may be because there are some overlaps: Sin herself is a divorced mother with a son.

In an interview with the Chosun Ilbo, Sin nods along to these comments. "Right, I may look like a successful woman like (her character) Young-soo, but to my mother I am a troublesome daughter too", she said. "Actually, the drama has made me look back on my life".

That was one reason she was cast in the role. Jeong Eul...| More

"We Depicted a Family That Stayed Together Through All the Ups and Downs"

Source | 2005/06/06 | Permalink |

"While we were shooting this soap drama, I thought a lot about my son that I lost five-and-a-half years ago. But I tried hard to get over those feelings by instilling him in my heart".

The Korea Broadcasting System's weekend drama "Letters to Parents" (written by Kim Soo-hyun and directed by Jeong Eul-yeong), which gripped the hearts of audience members and recorded more than a 30 percent share of viewers, marked its finale yesterday.

Since first airing on October 16 last year without putting up any arousing subjects and settings, the drama got comments that it helped viewers realize the importance of family and humane warmth by simply showing trivial happenings occurring in Vice Principal Ahn's family, composed of Ahn', his wife, and his four sons and daughters. Also people say that the drama became another chance for writer Kim to prove her talented capability.

The epic center of warmth was from actor Song Jae-ho (66 years old), who ardently played Ahn. He, who writes to h...| More