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Ha Jung-woo says Ha Ji-won turned down casting for 'Chronicle of a Blood Merchant' first

Ha Jung-woo appeared in the talk show, 'Healing Camp, Aren't You Happy' and shared his backstory about casting.

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On the January 5th show of SBS 'Healing Camp, Aren't You Happy', it featured Ha Jung-woo, who is regarded as one of the biggest names on Chungmu-ro these days.

The talk show host, Lee Kyung-kyu said, "I heard the female lead, Ha Ji-won first had turned down the casting for the movie". Ha Jung-woo said laughing "You're right. I believe it must have been hard for her to accept the casting since she had watched my previous work, "Fasten Your Seatbelt"

Ha Jung-woo said "I met Ha Ji-won for the first time during the meeting arranged for the film production. I frankly explained why I believe it's good a young actress should play a mom with children". At the time, Ha Ji-won left without giving him an answer and Ha Jung-woo and the staff members of the production team had to think about other actresses for the role.

But they received a phone call from Ha Ji-won the next day accepting the casting offer. Ha Jung-woo said "At the time, Ha Ji-won had filming schedule for a drama. So there was not enough time until we start filming 'Chronicle of a Blood Merchant'. So we made a magazine that explains what has been done for the filming in order to keep her on track.

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