[HanCinema's News] Kwon Sang-woo and Lee Se-mi Talk About "Desperate Mr. X"

On October 4th, actors Kwon Sang-woo and Lee Se-mi participated in a joint interview where the discussed their work in "Desperate Mr. X" on wavve. The title character played by Kwon Sang-woo, actually Mr. a, is a middle-aged man struggling with losing his job and then beginning his own start-up, all while struggling with the reality of being in his mid-forties. "Desperate Mr. X" has been noteworthy for its blending of comedy and realism in the drama format.

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Lim Se-mi plays his wife, Mi-jin, who's able to take the disastrous series of events with a warmer, more positive attitude. Kwon Sang-woo mentioned how "Desperate Mr. X" was his first streaming-only project, and discussed the new, fearful experience of waiting for feedback. Despite this, Kwon Sang-woo said that he liked director Kim Jeong-hoon-II as well as his co-stars and that the filming experience was a very enjoyable one.

Lim Se-mi echoed these comments, unsure about how to gauge viewer response without the assistance of ratings reports. Lim Se-mi claims to have received many personal responses on social media whenever she mentioned the drama, with some persons claiming that her story was their story, and that this made them cry. Lim Se-mi said that it put her in a good mood to see that her work had an emotional and healing effect on people.

Despite the importance of the age of his character, an eleven year age gap separates Kwon Sang-woo and Lim Se-mi. Despite this, the two have been noted by fans of the show to have great married couple chemistry. Kwon Sang-woo said that in his first impression, Lim Se-mi was quite pretty. She had healthy energy as an actress and they were able to discuss many topics on set. Lim Se-mi, for her part, described the dynamic between herself, Kwon Sang-woo, Kim Jeong-hoon-II, as being quite familial.

Kwon Sang-woo even described the use of an artificial hairpiece in terms of fun, and appreciated how the goofier aspects of his character contrasted with those of the cooler, more competent roles he's better known for. Kwon Sang-woo also noted that, like his character, he too has always dealt with setbacks by desperately trying to embrace hope. "Desperate Mr. X" airs on the South Korean streaming service wavve from September 2nd to September 9th earlier this year.

Written by William Schwartz

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"Desperate Mr. X" is directed by Kim Jeong-hoon-II, written by Kwak Kyeong-yoon, and features Kwon Sang-woo, Lim Se-mi, Sung Dong-il, Shin Hyun-soo, Park Jin-joo, Lee Yi-kyung. Broadcasting information in Korea: 2022/09/02~2022/09/09, Fri on Wavve.