Red Moon, Blue Sun mini rant part 1/2:

So I was watching the old promo videos and press conference for Red Moon, Blue Sun and I’m still trying to wrap my head around how it’s possible for Kim Sun-ah to look like such a regal queen while amongst her co-actors and yet be 100% okay with them hitting her in fits of laughter. Like at one point Gyu Ri was shaking Sun-Ah so hard she accidentally pulled her jacket off, which Sun-Ah hilariously didn’t notice for a good few seconds cause she was too immersed in smacking the heck out of Yi Kyung’s back, and then when she did notice she just turned it into another comedic moment and didn’t so much as bat her eye otherwise.

What’s even more shocking is that I thought for sure Gyu Ri would have snapped to attention and start begging for forgiveness since she just ripped off her revered sunbae’s clothes, but the whole lot of them couldn’t have cared less about the mishap. They just laughed even harder and Yi Kyung very casually got up to help put the jacket back on all whilst continuing to laugh his head off. The rest of the main cast are all 10-15 years younger and still basically rookies in the acting world so Sun-Ah must have worked hard to make herself approachable and comfortable to be around. You’d expect them all to be politely restrained around her, but they actually have great friendly chemistry and you can tell whenever Sun-Ah talks about them that she really loves this project and her cast.

It’s so sad and infuriating that despite how great this ensemble works together the press conference for the show had a very distinct “The Sun-Ah And A Couple Extras Show” vibe. 90% of the questions asked were for her and the director and I think even Hak Yeon may have gotten more questions than Yi Kyung, which isn’t saying much since none of the actors besides Sun-Ah were asked more than 3 questions (poor Gyu Ri got only 1…). I get that she’s the bigger star so they’d want to hear from her more, but it’s annoying that they kept pelting her with questions about ratings, her past works, and comparing her cast with the competition of Hye Kyo/Bo Gum and Na Ra/Jin Hyuk and pretty much the only question they could think to ask her co-actors was a standard “how did you prepare for this role?”

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