‘Delightfully Deceitful’ Goes Viral Upon Premiere Because of THIS Cast Member — What Happened?
Weekday drama "Delightfully Deceitful" finally premiered, and immediately created a buzz because of this cast member.
Curious about what happened? Then read on!
'Delightfully Deceitful' Makes Successful Debut
tvN's Monday and Tuesday evening slots are now being occupied by the mystery drama "Delightfully Deceitful," starring Kim Dong Wook and Chun Woo Hee.
On May 29, the series aired its first episode, and shortly after its broadcast, the drama received tons of comments on social media. People shared their mixed reactions to the newly released drama.
Generally, some said that it was fun. They praised the exciting development of the story and the feast of fresh characters.
The series features the story of a man and woman with completely different temperaments, meeting and taking revenge together to achieve one goal.
In "Delightfully Deceitful" episode 1 introduced the first meeting of Lee Ro Woom (Chun Woo Hee), called a memorization genius, and Han Moo Young (Kim Dong Wook), a lawyer suffering from hyper-empathy syndrome.
Lee Ro Woom had been serving a decade in prison as a murderer, was acquitted when the real culprit Mr. Ye appeared. She was cleared of false charge when Han Moo Young, the attorney in charge of Mr. Ye's case, released a recorded tape of Mr. Ye admitting the crime to the media.
She then hired Lawyer Han to take charge of the lawsuit for national compensation, and the relationship between them began in earnest.
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Impressively, the pilot episode recorded an average rating of 6.1 percent in the metropolitan area, and 5.4 percent nationwide. The drama also took first place in the same time slot in the metropolitan area and nationwide.
Kim Dong Wook Goes Viral for His Overlapping K-Drama Appearances
Despite the successful premiere, "Delightfully Deceitful" lead actor Kim Dong Wook was embroiled in controversy over his overlapping screen appearances. He also stars in KBS2's Monday-Tuesday series "My Perfect Stranger," which aired on May 1.
Originally, "My Perfect Stranger" was scheduled for release in January this year for Wednesday-Thursday slots. Unfortunately, the airing was postponed and moved to May. As a result, Kim Dong Wook's overlapping appearance in both dramas will last for four weeks.
Meanwhile, at the media press conference of "My Perfect Stranger," which happened in the last week of April, the drama's director shared his sentiment towards the unfortunate conflict of Kim Wong Wook's schedule.
"I felt sorry that 'My Perfect Stranger' overlapped with Kim Dong Wook's 'Delightfully Deceitful' drama for a month. It's an unfortunate coincidence. As much as the staff worked hard for this project, we did our best in post-production so that the overlapping appearances wouldn't become an issue."
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