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| yna@yna.co.kr 2022-07-01 16:11:16
SEOUL, July 1 (Yonhap) -- Ryu Yong-jae, the writer of “Money Heist: Korea,” the remake of Spanish Netflix series “La Casa de Papel,” said that the part 2 of “Money Heist: Korea” will hold unique story of Korea, which is different from the original series.
“Money Heist: Korea” which was recently released, is attracting attention from Asia, Middle East, and South America, but it has been criticized for lack of originality in that its overall plot and characters are similar to those of the original series.
On the online interview with the press on the 1st, Ryu said, “I am the one who is responsible for the criticism that “Money Heist: Korea” is similar to the original series.”
Also, he confessed, “Since I loved the original series so much, I thought that I do not need to change something but I can adapt it by taking the setting of South and North Korea, and changing the plot or characters based on it,” adding, “I expected such split between likes and dislikes.”
Meanwhile, Ryu said that the story of inter-Korean relationship and psychology of characters resulting from it are focused on part 2.
“Money Heist: Korea” is composed of a total of 12 episodes, 6 episodes of part 1 having been released in advance, and the rest of 6 episodes of part 2 are in the process of final touch.
Ryu explained, “The story of our own is mostly focused on the latter part of episodes,” adding, “As moving on to part 2, you can figure out many aspects which reflect our unique ideas.”
Moreover, he said, “For those who were disappointed at part 1 with it similarity with the original series, I hope them to look forward to part 2,” mentioning, “Part 2 shows great acting and energy from our actors.”
The most different thing of “Money Heist: Korea” from “La Casa de Papel” is that it takes setting at Korean peninsula ahead of unification.
In the Mint, where the robbery takes place, both robbers and hostages are wearing red jumpsuits, but they are divided into people from North and South Korea, and engage in a subtle war of nerves. Police outside the Mint also set up a joint inter-Korean crisis negotiation team, but they are conflicted with the way they solve the case in the beginning.”
Ryu expected this setting to add interest by taking the conflicts of characters into dual structure.
He also mentioned, it was interesting that conflicts can happen not only between the cops and the robbers but also between people from North and South Korea who have long been stood toe to toe.”
There were a lot of movies and dramas dealing with inter-Korean relationship, but “Money Heist: Korea” differentiates in that it reflects the reality when the unification is getting closer.”
Ryu said, “The unification does not necessarily flow into the ideal situation that we hoped for, and all the problems do not disappear.” He also explained, “Even Woo-jin and Mu-hyuk doubt each other even though they are sharing same goal within the police, which makes it interesting that it is better to join hands when facing a certain situation.”
In addition, Ryu said, “I wanted to show how characters solve conflicts,” further explaining, “The reason why professor schemed on crime is because he wanted to throw a message in inter-Korean relationship ahead of unification, and the specific story will be on part 2.”
Ahead of “Money Heist: Korea,” Ryu have shown “Monstrous” on TVING, which is a genre drama co-written by producer Yeon Sang-ho.
Both works which were released consecutively on the over-the-top (OTT) differ in production size, genre, and material from TV dramas Ryu has written, including “Time Between Dog and Wolf,” “Liar Game,” “Piped Piper,” and “Psychopath Diary.”
When asked of the change that OTT has brought to creators, Ryu answered, “I like that I have the free access to the materials or genres.”
Also, he said, “Dramas have changed during the period when tvN and JTBC started creating fun dramas, and they changed again as OTT became popular these days,” commenting, “We tried to think of fun stories inside the structure, but it is nice that we can freely think of new ideas these days.”
In addition, he said that “Marketing has also changed from the attitude of making the work known and viewed randomly, to making fans look for it,” adding, “The marketing process itself is so interesting that it feels like a part of the work.”
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