Two men with a checkerboard in front. A man in a suit speaks first. “I think it would be more detrimental to cling to something irreversible than to gain from revenge… .” Another man sitting across from him asks. “How many things do you think victims can get back? My glory and honor, that’s all, right? (Omitted) Only when you find that is the starting point, and only then will Dong-eun (Song Hye-kyo)’s junior year of 19 begin.”
Writer Kim Eun-sook, who wrote the Netflix original drama ‘The Glory’, picked this scene in episode 13 as a famous scene. ‘The Glory’ is the story of Moon Dong-eun, who was devastated by school violence and domestic violence, taking revenge on the perpetrators. On the 29th, writer Kim said through Netflix, “I liked the origin of the victims that Yeo-jeong (Lee Do-hyun) talked about. “That line is the theme of ‘The Glory,’” he said, adding, “Actor Lee Do-hyun conveyed the (theme) perfectly, even breathing.”
‘The Glory’, which caused the nation to fall into a craze for ‘Yeongjin (instigator of school violence in the play, Lim Jiyeon),’ came to an end on the 10th with the release of the first part of Part 2. The reaction is hot. According to Netflix on this day, ‘The Glory’ ranked first in terms of viewing time in the non-English speaking TV category for the past 3 weeks in a row. In the first week of release, the worldwide viewing time was 124.46 million. It is twice the first week watching time (63.19 million) of Netflix’s ‘Squid Game’, which heated up the world last year. ‘The Glory’ exceeded 100 million viewing hours in the second week (13th-19th) of Part 2 release. ‘The Glory’ was the only work that exceeded 100 million playing time during the same period, both in English and non-English speaking countries.
Writer Kim said, “I don’t think I’ll be able to say thank you until I die,” and said, “Viewers, I’m so excited right now!” This is a parody of the part where Dong-eun visits Yeon-jin and says, “I’m very excited right now.” Author Kim is said to have started writing ‘The Glory’ after being inspired by a question from his daughter, a high school student. She said that she started writing ‘The Glory’ when she was asked, “Mom, which one would be more heartbreaking, beating someone to death or being beaten to death?” The title, which means ‘glory’, is related to the origin mentioned by the journey. Writer Kim said at the press conference for the production of this drama last year, “I have to apologize to get back what I can’t see like glory, and finally it becomes the starting point.”
The famous scene of ‘The Glory’ that writer Kim chose was also deeply related to the victim’s return to origin. The scene where young Dong-eun (Jeong Ji-so), who was determined to kill her, met her neighbor’s grandmother (Son-suk), who made an extreme choice. Her grandmother tells Dong-eun, “Let’s die in the spring, in the spring.” Writer Kim referred to this scene as a famous scene and confided, “As soon as Teacher Son Sook spoke her lines, she sobbed at the same timing as the young Dong-eun.” He said that the last scene where Yeo Yeo and Dongeun say “I love you” to each other is also memorable. “I want to live with Dong-eun as an excuse, and for Dong-eun, who wants to live with the journey as an excuse, ‘I love you’ is another expression of ‘I want to live,’” he explained.
Song Hye-kyo, who played Dong-eun, is said to have devoted herself to the point of fainting. In the commentary video released the day before, writer Kim hinted, “She said that Hye-kyo shot the scene where her house was burning and she almost burned out.” The perpetrator of violence, ‘Dong Eun-five Jeok’, was equally devoted to her body and mind. Actress Lim Ji-yeon, whom I recently met with Cookie News, said, “She felt like her heart was breaking after filming the final prison scene.” Actress Heera Kim, who plays the role of Isara, told her story after filming the scene where she stabbed Choi Hye-jeong (Cha Joo-young) with a pencil at the funeral of Son Myeong-oh (Kim Kun-woo), saying, “I felt so bad.” My colleagues said, ‘Let’s not play this role for the time being. It is said that they had a conversation saying, “This is going to be a big deal.”
Writer Kim said, “In addition to the adult actors, all the mothers who appeared in the play, from Ye-sol (Oh Ji-yul) to Son Sook, the child actors who played ‘Dong Eun-five Jeok’, and all the actors who filled it up without a single empty spot. I sincerely thank you.” To the viewers, “Whether you save it, watch it all at once, or watch it in the very distant future, please watch it until the end. So, please support the origin of the victims.” The last greeting he left for Dong-eun was also affectionate. Writer Kim said, “My dear Dong Eun-ah. It must have hurt a lot. You must have cried a lot. I would have liked to die more. But thank you so much for coming all the way here.” “It must have been difficult, but I want you to know that all the roads you walked have become a ‘map’ for someone. So, some spring… I hope you bloom in full bloom, Dong Eun-ah.”
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