The broadcast of MBC’s entertainment program “Radio Star” aired on January 26th featured “The Red Sleeve” main cast, including actors Lee Jun-ho, Lee Se-young, Jang Hye-jin, Oh Dae-hwan, Kang Hoon and Lee Min-ji.
On this day, Lee Se-young shared, “I was taking a break after my previous work ‘Kairos’ ended then my friend told me that an online community article named me in the 1st place for the casting of Seong Deok-im in ‘The Red Sleeve’. As I kept looking at it, I became more interested in the role”, adding, “Then, two months later, the casting offer was sent to my company, so I thought this was really my destiny.”
Upon hearing this, Lee Jun-ho shared, “I didn’t have a single vote. I was not even mentioned in the discussion because I was serving in the military at that time”, saying he envied Lee Se-young.
Lee Se-young revealed, “I gained weight to make a slight difference in visuals from when my character was 18 years old until she became a concubine. At first, I put on about 3kg with no problem. But I lost 3kg after just a day of filming. I had to run in hot weather and sweat a lot”.
She then said, “When I became Uibin Seong, I should have looked more stylish and elegant, but I lost too much weight. I kept eating to gain extra weight on my face, and I gained up to 8kg. I learned from Jun-ho that cheesecake is good when gaining weight. So I continued to eat it with fried bread, sugar, jam, butter, and mayonnaise.”
In response, Lee Jun-ho confessed, “Lee Se-young ate like that for half a year while I kept eating chicken breast.”