Seo Hyun-jin stars in series on woman whose face keeps changing
SEOUL: Fancy falling in love with a lady whose face keeps changing. Spooky, right? That’s the challenge for actress Seo Hyun-jin, who stars in the new drama series Beauty Inside.
The character has a secret — her face changes into that of another person for a week every month.
Co- star Lee Min-ki plays a successful director of an airline firm who also has a secret — he cannot recognise anyone’s face. For him, it is always as if he is meeting a new person. The drama is inspired by a popular 2015 film of the same name, starring Han Hyo-joo. The film and the drama are produced by the same production company.
In the film, Han’s character falls in love with a male furniture designer whose face changes every day.
“I myself watched the film around 30 times because I like it so much. That’s part of the reason behind how I could work with this production company,” producer Song Hyun-wook said at a media briefing in Seoul.
The producer added that he had to change certain details to adapt the story into a drama series, as some of the film’s details were impossible for drama production.
“But I still tried to keep the film’s warm sensibility and detailed touches,” Song said, adding that more humour has been added to the drama version.
“Also, the secrets of the lead characters are disclosed in the first and second episodes. The strategy was to reveal the fantastic setups and to focus more on the process of getting to know each other and falling in love.”