'Lovers in Paris' Stars Reunite: Park Shin-yang, Kim Jung-eun, and Lee Dong-gun Share Behind-the-Scenes Stories 20 Years Later on 'My Little Old Boy'

The three leads of "Lovers in Paris" promised to meet again.

On the July 19 broadcast of SBS "My Little Old Boy," Lee Dong-gun met with Kim Jung-eun for the first time in 20 years.

During the broadcast, the two stars, who were the leads of the drama "Lovers in Paris," reminisced about the show. Kim Jung-eun mentioned the ending, where it was revealed that everything was a novel written by the female lead, Taeyoung, which shocked the entire nation at the time. She said, "Many people were angry at me back then. They were angry asking why it was fake."

She continued, "Actually, I made excuses back then, but looking back now, if I were asked again, I would say I was wrong and apologize."

The two also recalled anecdotes involving the male lead, Park Shin-yang. Kim Jung-eun recalled, "This is the scene where senior actor Park Shin-yang sang 'Can I Love You,' but that song was decided suddenly. So, the senior actor didn't know the song well."

Kim Jung-eun added, "When we arrived on set, everyone was lying on the floor writing something. They were writing the prompter to be used when the senior actor sang," revealing the behind-the-scenes story of how they created the iconic scene with the help of a makeshift prompter.

Kim Jung-eun then asked Lee Dong-gun, "Weren't you a bit awkward with senior actor Park Shin-yang back then?" Lee Dong-gun replied, "To me at the time, he was such a perfect actor. It wasn't a role where I could say, 'Wow, I respect you so much.' So I focused on practice without even having time to get close, and I think that helped me a lot in my acting later," drawing attention. Hearing this, Kim Jung-eun also agreed that she received a lot of help in her acting from Park Shin-yang.

Kim Jung-eun then said, "But I was a bit angry because there was a scene where the two of you talked about what was good about Taeyoung. It was a scene where you were cutely criticizing her back and forth, but when I watched the broadcast, it was a mess with content that wasn't in the script. I was watching the broadcast and it felt strange, so I looked for the script, but there was no such story," questioning him about the ad-libs.

Lee Dong-gun revealed, "That was senior actor Park Shin-yang's idea. He wrote it all down for us to do," drawing attention.

After hearing this, Kim Jung-eun made a video call to Park Shin-yang, and for the first time in 20 years, the three leads of "Lovers in Paris" were captured in one frame.

Kim Jung-eun asked Park Shin-yang about the behind-the-scenes story of "Can I Love You." Park Shin-yang said, "I memorize it now," and added, "There was no song in the script. There was no song, and we decided to sing a song of our choice."

Kim Jung-eun asked why he chose a song he didn't even know the lyrics to, when he could have chosen his favorite song. Park Shin-yang explained the behind-the-scenes story of the song selection, saying, "I said I would sing 'My Way' because Han Ki-joo would sing it. But our staff was dead set against it. So we decided to have each person recommend 5 songs, and that song was finally chosen."

Kim Jung-eun then questioned them about the ad-lib scene between Lee Dong-gun and Park Shin-yang. Park Shin-yang tried to avoid answering, saying, "Hang up now." Kim Jung-eun asked, "They said you planned it all, what happened?"

Park Shin-yang said, "It's so hot here that I'm sweating, it's not that I'm nervous," and added, "Dong-gun laughed so much back then that we had an NG," pointing out that although he planned the ad-lib, Lee Dong-gun also agreed with it. Lee Dong-gun laughed and quickly smoothed things over, saying, "I did that because it was so different from the truth."

On this day, Kim Jung-eun also addressed the rumors that her husband looks a lot like Han Ki-joo, saying, "He does always wear glasses and suits."

Kim Jung-eun then revealed the story of her husband's proposal, saying, "My father-in-law passed away, so he suggested we visit the grave. So we went together, and he proposed there." Kim Jung-eun joked, "My husband told me later that when he asked me to marry him at my father-in-law's grave, I stayed still, but when he put a ring with a large stone on my finger, I shed tears," making everyone laugh.
※ Please note: This article was translated by AI and may contain errors. 

(SBS Entertainment News | Kim Hyo-jung)