Let’s find out about the lesser known details behind “The Glory” starring Song Hye Kyo.
Airing since last year, “The Glory” has still been receiving much attention from the audience, especially now that the second part is nearing its airing date.
1. Writer Kim Eun Sook had the idea for the drama after giving birth to her daughter
While Song Hye Kyo deserves praise for her performance on “The Glory,” the writer herself who penned the drama also deserves recognition for a quality script.
When asked of the inspirations for the drama, Kim Eun Sook said it was from the question of her daughter that went: “Mom, would you be more heart broken if I beat someone to death or if I got beat to death by someone else?”
2. Writer Kim Eun Sook receives a “tremendous” salary for each episode
Prior to the airing of “The Glory,” Kim Eun Sook was already considered one of the most successful writers in Korean TV. Therefore, it is not surprising that for each episode, Kim Eun Sook receives a salary of up to 81.000 USD.
3. Why does Moon Dong Eun play Go?
In Go, the player’s goal is to quietly plan to capture the opponent’s territory and build his own. This is similar to what the main character Moon Dong Eun wants, which is to quietly arrange events to slowly destroy the lives of her highschool bullies.
4. Song Hye Kyo took 2 months to prepare for the “undress” scene
The scene where Moon Dong Eun took off her clothes and revealed the scars was probably one of the most impactful scenes. According to the screenwriter, Song Hye Kyo took 2 months to lose weight to create the “haunting” image. To lose weight, Song Hye Kyo used konjac (a type of food extracted from yams that is popular in Japan and often used in meals to lose weight).
5. The school violence scene in The Glory was based on real events
In the early stages of filming, the audience shuddered at the sight of school violence that occurred to highschool Moon Dong Eun. These scenes in fact were recreated from an incident that happened in 2006. At that time, a female student in Cheongju was assaulted by her classmates many times with iron curls pressed in their arms and scratched in the chest with hairpins. The victims were also blackmailed.
6. Song Hye Kyo wanted to make her character look as old as possible
Song Hye Kyo gave suggestions when bringing her character to live, she wanted to make her character “as old as possible” by unbottoning her shirt or wearing natural makeup, so that it implied Moon Dong Eun was using every ounce of her time to plot this revenge.
7. Shin Ye Eun impressed director Ahn Gil Ho with her smile
Only taking on a supporting role (Park Yeon Jin when she was young), but Shin Ye Eun made viewers obsessed with her evil smile. And according to the recent revelations of the actress born in 1998, it seems that this smile helped her pass the casting.
Shin Ye Eun said, “When I met the director at the audition, I said hello with a friendly smile. He said, ‘Oh, I like your smile’. I laugh because he’s someone I’ve admired for a long time, but maybe he’s thinking in a different way.”
8. Park Yeon Jin is Lim Ji Yeon’s first villain role
“The Glory” is considered a “career gamble” for Song Hye Kyo when so far, the 41-year-old star has always been fixed to a image. With the incarnation of a sinister woman and living with only one ideal of revenge, the audience received countless praise from the audience and the critics.
But the work penned by screenwriter Kim Eun Sook not only has a special meaning for Song Hye Kyo but also gives the “hot scene queen” Lim Ji Yeon the first villain role in her career.
9. Banned from showing in China, “The Glory” still receives a lot of attention from the C-netizens
In 2016, China banned entertainment content from South Korea and “The Glory” was not an exception. Nonetheless, the appeal of the film is still extremely large and many people looked the series up on pirate websites. As of January 5, 2023, more than 60000 reviews have appeared on Douban.
The second part of “The Glory” will premiere on March 10th on Netflix.
Source: k14
