[News] “Pure 19” – no big stars, but a great success (1/6/2007)
[Pusan Daily News] (1/6/2007)
Drama “Pure 19” has been maintaining its basic keynote focusing on “Family”, and the performances of Goo Hye Sun and Suh Ji Suk gain good evaluations.
KBS1 daily drama “Pure 19” has become a mighty power. Especially, it has scored high 40% TV ratings. On 12/31, Suh Ji Suk, Goo Hye Sun, and Lee Yoon Ji won the “2006 KBS New actor/actresses Awards”. Overall, this drama is performed without big stars; however, it has a great success.
The final episode of this drama will be aired on 1/12. During the filming of the final episode, the main leads of this drama express their thoughts.
Goo Hye Sun, who transformed her image through this drama, says, “Obviously, I haven’t realized that this drama is about to end. I always think that I will see them again next week. Time really passes fast.” She is asked the reason why this drama has been scoring high TV ratings, and she answers, “Because of senior actors and actresses’ good acting skills and my colleagues’ great images.” She adds, “This is my first drama playing the heroine, which has special meaning to me. As time goes by, Guk Hwa is 20 years old now.” As to her performance, she says, “I’ve always been encouraging myself that I would like to score the best.”
Suh Ji Suk who plays the role Yoon Hoo and Lee Yoon Ji who plays the role Yoon Jung have gained high popularity due to this special project. Suh Ji Suk states, “I have spent almost 1 year with the whole team of ‘Pure 19’. They are nice people and I don’t know if I have the opportunity to meet them again in the future.” Lee Yoon Ji says, “As an actress, this is my new milestone, and I sincerely thank all of them.” This is the first drama Lee Min Woo performs after he completed his military service, and he states, “Words can’t describe my feeling of missing the whole team.”
The PD Jung Sung Hyo (정성효) states, “This is a drama without storylines about birth secret and flagrant accident. I feel rewarded by receiving TV viewers’ loves. We maintain the original theme of ‘family values’ which scores high TV ratings and we have received lots of loves from TV viewers. I really appreciate it.'
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