Lee Sung Kyung Calls THIS ‘Dr. Romantic 3’ Co-Star ‘Master in Real Life’
Lee Sung Kyung dishes on her experience as she talks about her reunion with the cast of "Dr. Romantic 3."
The South Korean beauty will reprise her role as Cha Eun Jae, a cardiothoracic surgery fellow at Doldam Hospital.
She joined the series in the second season alongside Ahn Hyo Seop, who took on the role of Seo Woo Jin.
In the much-awaited sequel, "Dr. Romantic 3" will also feature the legendary surgeon Kim Sa Bu, also known as Teacher Kim by the staff and junior doctors.
In an interview ahead of the "Dr. Romantic 3" release, Lee Sung Kyung spoke about what it feels like to play the role of Cha Eun Jae again for the third season.
Lee Sung Kyung on Reprising Her Role in 'Dr. Romantic 3'
As obtained by a news outlet, the 32-year-old actress expressed her deep affection to her co-stars as they get reunited for the forthcoming sequel.
Calling it "strange" and at the same time fascinating," Lee Sung Kyung described filming "Dr. Romantic 3" as if she had gone in a "time machine and gone back to the day after filming Season 2 three years ago."
Moreover, she also mentioned the challenges that the cast has to put up with to make season 3 possible, especially with the schedule.
"To be honest, all these actors aligning their schedules and getting together is realistically difficult," she said, adding that the "strong desire" of everyone to reunite and appear in another sequel made it happen.
"We were able to get together again because we sincerely loved and missed Doldam," she added.
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In season 2, which was released in 2020, her character, Cha Eun Jae, depicts how she overcomes her fear of performing surgery with the help of her mentor, Kim Sa Bu, played by Han Suk Kyu.
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The actress shared that the whole cast and team treat everyone as a family.
She feels like she could do "even the most difficult shoots" as fun as possible because of her co-stars.
As for her senior, Han Suk Kyu, she described her as a "master in real life."
"He always sets an example and is someone I want to take after and learn from," Lee Sung Kyung said, adding that they call him "master more than 'senior' in real life."
For three seasons, Han Suk Kyu continued to play the role of Kim Sa Bu, who was once a famous city-based surgeon but chose to work in a shabby hospital in the countryside due to an incident.
There, he meets a new breed of surgeons, whom he will teach not only about medicine but also about life.
