‘New Form’ Lee Jong-suk Shares First-Time Transformation Acting Experience: “Performing Naked Was a Burden” [Star On-Site]

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• On-site at the production briefing for Disney+’s “The Remarried Empress”

Actor Lee Jong-suk shared his thoughts on performing a transformation scene for the first time, stating, “It was a burden.”

On the morning of the 3rd, a production briefing for Disney+’s “The Remarried Empress” was held at the Conrad Hotel in Yeouido, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul. The event was attended by actors Shin Min-a, Joo Ji-hoon, Lee Jong-suk, and Lee Se-young, as well as Director Jo Soo-won.

“The Remarried Empress” is a romance fantasy epic in which Navi (played by Shin Min-a), the perfect empress of the Eastern Empire, is notified of a divorce by Emperor Sovieush (played by Joo Ji-hoon), who has fallen for a runaway slave named Rasta (played by Lee Se-young). In response, she accepts the divorce but demands approval to remarry Heinrey (played by Lee Jong-suk), the prince of the Western Kingdom.

In the drama, Lee Jong-suk played both Prince Heinrey and the new queen that Heinrey transforms into. When asked about his experience performing a transformation scene for the first time in Korea, Lee Jong-suk said, “I always felt a great deal of anxiety. I was in a position where I did not know how the bird would look or what the final result would be. That was always a source of unease.” He added, “I also found the depiction of Heinrey to be burdensome. There were many descriptions such as ‘she faints when our eyes meet’ and ‘his voice is pleasant to hear,’ so I had to pay more attention to my physical appearance than in any other work, which was a burden.”

The appearance of the new queen revealed earlier drew attention for closely resembling Lee Jong-suk’s actual look. When asked whether Lee Jong-suk’s real face was referenced for the bird CG, Lee Jong-suk laughed and said, “Thank you for noticing. I do have a bit of a bird-like face. To give the impression that the bird and Heinrey are the same person, I understand they put effort into the bird design by utilizing hair color, shape, and gestures.”

Lee Jong-suk stated, “Personally, it was burdensome because I am naked when transforming from a bird to a human. That was a burden, but I believed this scene was important for the work to gain persuasiveness, so I remember asking the director for just one month of time before appearing naked.” He added, “I’m glad you find the queen cute. While I am who I am, I wonder if it wasn’t difficult for senior Shin Min-a, who had to act with a bird.”

Meanwhile, “The Remarried Empress” will be released on Disney+. The series was originally scheduled to release episodes 1 through 4 on the 4th, but has been moved up by one day to the 3rd. It will subsequently be available in two episodes each Wednesday, for a total of 10 episodes.

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