Korean actress Han Ye-seul will return to her role in the KBS drama series “Myeong-wol the Spy” and finish shooting the 18-part series, her agency Sidus HQ said Tuesday.
"Due to a busy schedule, Han’s body and mind were exhausted, which blurred her judgment. We apologize for this,” the agency said in a statement
“We will make sure that Han returns to the filming scene and finishes shooting,” it said.
The broadcaster has been airing the drama on Mondays and Tuesdays since July 10 and Han was playing the main role of Myung-wol. After Han’s boycott, the 11th episode of the show on Monday night summarized the previous 10 episodes.
Earlier Tuesday, the director of the KBS drama department Goh Yeong-tak said it was unlikely Han could return to the series unless she came back for the 12th episode, due to be aired Tuesday.
The stance of the broadcaster came as multiple news reports in the U.S. said Han was seen at the Los Angeles International Airport on Aug. 15 morning, local time.
"Han’s actions were unilateral, irresponsible and will not be tolerated. It is not true that she refused to shoot due to a dispute with the production staff,” KBS drama department director Goh Yeong-tak said in a press conference.
Jeong Seong-hyo, chief producer of the KBS, said that the rumors that KBS did not fully prepare the scripts forcing actors to memorize the scripts on the spot or went ahead with excessively tough shooting schedules were groundless.
“After the drama began, Han asked us to reduce her parts and we had to make revisions to some scenes where she did not want to act a comic scene. But she was also busy with her commercial shootings,“ Jeong said.
Han has reportedly claimed in an interview that she was unfairly working long hours due to excessively tight filming schedules of the drama.
“The drama-producing conditions were too tough. Now I have put everything down,” Han was quoted as saying at the Los Angeles International Airport by Hankook Ilbo. The daily said she arrived at the airport on Korean Air flight 017 at 10:30 a.m. on Aug. 15, local time.
“I hope that hubae (junior) actors and actresses don’t become a victim like me,” the actress was quoted as saying.
KBS executive producer Lee Gang-hyeon said he received a phone call from Han on Saturday who complained about “being treated like an outcast by other actors and production staffs at the filming scene.”
“Han was supposed to be at the filming scene on Saturday by 8:30 a.m. but she appeared at around 4 p.m. and the producer must have scolded her at the scene. She later said to other staff that day she would not be shooting the drama from Sunday,” Lee said.
Lee Kim Production, the outsourcing production company of the KBS drama, released a statement, saying it will take a legal action against Han.
“The production company has been trying its best to be considerate for Han Ye-seul, when she asked for revisions to the script, filming schedule and even when she was late for shooting time,” Lee Kim Production said.
“We want to make it clear that there was no reason in the filming process to justify Han’s boycotting. Eric, who plays the main male character, had to bear the burden of shooting more scenes since the 5th episode, due to Han’s requests for cuts in the number of scenes,” it said.
KBS said it will go ahead with airing the initially-planed 16 episodes, with a new actress.
Goh said because the drama was based on the script that had won the broadcaster’s drama script contest, it will not change the story but ask viewers’ understanding for changing the actress for the role of Han Myung-wol.
The drama depicts a story of a North Korean spy Han Myung-wol who is on a mission to disrupt the Hallyu Wave by kidnapping a top star, Kang Woo, played by Eric.
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