April 15, 2021
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Love Alarm actress Kim So-hyun continues her ascent to fame as the female lead in her newest but controversial drama River Where The Moon Rises.
The actress had to shed her pure girl-next-door image and put on a vicious front at the beginning of the drama, where she plays assassin Yeom Ga-jin and has no memory that she is actually Princess Pyeonggang.
In an interview transcript provided to AsiaOne, the 22-year-old actress said: I wanted my action scenes to look brutal and cold-blooded. I thought about how I could look cool and cold-hearted (in them).
She added filming those scenes were memorable for her. It was my first time doing proper action scenes so I made a lot of mistakes. At first, I felt awkward in these scenes, so I was a bit hesitant. I remember that. But it was fun.
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Premiered Feb 15
Born as a princess but raised as a soldier, young Pyeonggang (Kim So-hyun from Bring It On, Ghost) sets out on a tour of the kingdom with her mother the Empress, during which they arrive at a village where they meet General On Hyeop and his son On Dal (Ji Soo from Strong Girl Bong-soon).
Sharing with him her goal of becoming Goguryeo s first queen with her intellect and confidence, the straightforward On Dal laughs at her lofty dreams as women do not engage in state affairs in those times.
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River Where the Moon Rises.
Set to premiere exclusively on Viu on February 15, 2021,
River Where the Moon Rises is adapted from a Korean folktale recorded in The History of the Three Kingdoms and based on Princess Pyeonggang (Kim So Hyun) and her General, On Dal (Ji Soo).
Born as a princess but raised as a soldier, young Pyeonggang sets out on a tour of the kingdom with her mother, the Empress, during which they arrive at a village where they meet General On Hyeop and his son, On Dal. Sharing with him her goal of becoming Goguryeo’s first queen with her intellect and confidence, the straightforward On Dal laughs at her lofty dreams as women do not engage in state affairs, though he means no harm. Meanwhile, the Empress is seeking help from General On Hyeop due to the schemes and conspiracies ongoing in the kingdom, but the two are assassinated in the process. The story follows Pyeonggang’s quest to uncover dark and dangerous conspiracies in the kingdom.