tvN X TVING original drama "Wonkyung" confirmed its first broadcast on January 6 (Monday) and released a behind-the-scenes video of script practice with a fierce acting battle. Cha Joo-young and Lee Hyun-wook, who met as a couple of Joseon royal families, will open the new year hot in 2025 with a high-quality historical drama that tvN boasts.
tvN X TVING original drama "Wonkyung" (directed by Kim Sang-ho/scripted by Lee Young-mi/produced by Studio Dragon/JS Pictures) depicts a hot story hidden between the king and queen, husband and wife, centered on Queen Won-kyung, who gained power with her husband Taejong Yi Bang-won while dreaming of a new world. From the perspective of Won-kyung, who dreamed of a new world, the story of the couple, known as political partners, will be created and interpreted to add interest to the play. As a result, it is attracting attention as a work that will continue the success of tvN's well-made historical dramas such as "The Third Master, the Enchanted" and "Shroop."
In September last year, major cast members, including director Kim Sang-ho and writers Lee Young-mi, Cha Joo-young, Lee Hyun-wook, Lee Idam, Isiah, Choi Deok-moon, Park Yong-woo, Han Seung-won, Kim Woo-dam, Park Ji-il, So Hee-jung, Jeong Eui-soon, Kim Jung, Song Jae-ryong, and Hwang Young-hee, filled the scene with heated energy. The Joseon royal couple's narrative, painted in a dense narrative that is swirling from the beginning, lives and breathes with the actors' passion, and the practice alone raised expectations for "Wonder." Cha Joo-young, who plays the role of "Wonkyung," said, "I have a good burden. I will prepare calmly and fiercely. I hope we can make great works together," he said, announcing the beginning of the practice.
Cha Joo-young, who first challenged the historical drama as Queen Min, a woman who dreamed of a new world, was already deeply immersed in the character from the moment she burst her first line. "I didn't live roughly for a moment," she said, bringing out her strong self-reliant appearance in a more three-dimensional way with her calm but elegant way of speaking and charisma that permeates her intense eyes. Lee Hyun-wook, who plays the role of "Lee Bang-won," the third king of Joseon, and Won-kyung's husband and a man who carried the weight of the crown on his own, also exuded a powerful aura with his unique heavy acting, overshadowing his first historical performance. When Lee Bang-won, who finally won the government with purpose-oriented competitive grit, poured out his good and bad lines on a day when every word had bones under the single thought that "we must protect the royal authority," he clearly proved his reputation for acting where good and bad coexist.
Above all, Cha Joo-young and Lee Hyun-wook, a combination of drama fans' "wishful achievement" (wishful achievement), peaked at the real hot love story between husband and wife Bang-won and Won-kyung before they were kings and queens. When the two actors exchanged lines and made eye contact, they exploded the on-site reaction with fierce sparks. From the beginning of pink love that recognized each other, to the heartbreaking moment when they took the crown together, saying, "Let's see the world at the end of the sky," and the promise of "Let's do everything together" led to tragic betrayal and sharp conflict, the love-hate couple chemistry completed by Cha Cha-young and Lee Hyun-wook foreshadowed the birth of an unprecedented "high-quality couple romance historical drama."
Women's enthusiasm, which reveals the desire hidden by Yi Bang-won, who pressures the mirror while taking the concubine, adds firepower to this conflict, and the heat of the field has become more active. Lee Da-dam, who made a strong impression on the small screen as a complete newcomer with both visual and acting skills, played the role of "Chaeryeong," the body of a queen who became a woman of the king. The spirituality and coquettishness hidden in the face of an innocent angel gave me goosebumps when I walked a close tightrope between Wonkyung and the guest room. Isiah, who is active in all directions with solid acting potency, played the role of "Yeongsil," a concubine with a king's child, and expressed his emotions freely, increasing his sense of immersion. As people passed by the street, they enjoyed power with beauty and a prince who was so desperate that they could look back, pressuring the distant landscape, shaking the fierce couple's narrative.
In addition, the stable and in-depth performances of luxury supporting actors caught the attention of the drama. Joseon bureaucrats Ha Ryun, Choi Deok-moon as Lee Sook-beon, Park Yong-woo, Won-kyung's younger brother Min Moo-gu, Han Seung-won as Min Moo-jil, Kim Woo-dam, Park Ji-il as Won-kyung's father Minje, So Hee-jung as Jeong Sang-gung, Jeong Eui-soon as Jeongmil Seo Sang-gung at Junggung Palace, Kim Jeong as Jang-mil Kim Sang-gung, Daejeon, Song Jae-ryong as a blind fortune teller Pan-su, and Hwang Young-hee as Ban Bang-ja's Gyoha's house made them fall into the drama constantly by incre
The production team of "Wonkyung" said, "Every time a new character appeared, the energy was great. The actors' acting competition, which was so fierce, overwhelmed the scene. It was the reason why I was convinced that a great work would come out with living and breathing characters from the first practice." Director Kim Sang-ho and writer Lee Young-mi, who worked together once through the drama "Money Game," projected the psychological warfare of different characters into the narrative of Won-kyung, Lee Bang-won and the couple. The fiery performance of Cha Joo-young and Lee Hyun-wook made it more alive, raising expectations. On January 6th next year, I will visit a new drama that has never been before, a work that will be fun, curious, and long-lasting in my heart," he said.
"TvNX TVING Original" is a drama jointly organized by tvN (TV) and TVing (OTT) in consideration of diversifying audience consumption patterns. The original tvN X TVING drama "Wonkyung" will be pre-released on January 6 (Monday) at 2 p.m. on TVing, and the first episode will be aired on tvN at 8:50 p.m. to maximize the efficiency and satisfaction of each TV and OTT audience. The prequel series featuring the warriors of the drama will also be released as a television original later.
