Red Velvet's Joy, Lee Hyun Woo, and the other casts of upcoming tvN's drama "The Liar and His Lover" attended a press conference on March 14 to promote their TV drama that's going to air on March 20. During the press conference, the cast shared some pretty interesting things that they encountered while filming.
If there is one thing that people are excited about this new drama, it's probably the undeniable chemistry between the lead characters, Lee Hyun Woo and Red Velvet's Joy. The chemistry's so strong that the "The Liar and His Lover" casts including Lee Seo Won, Hong Seo Young, and Lee Jung Jin gave a perfect 100 score for Lee Hyun Woo and Joy. However, the idol then proceeded to spill another interesting fact. It was revealed that Red Velvet's Joy once had a hard time working with Lee Hyun Woo since she wouldn't stand to look the actor in the eye, Soompi reported.
Red Velvet's Joy admitted that maintaining eye-contact with new people is not in her specialty, especially if that new person is Lee Hyun Woo, whom she thought was cute and innocent. Joy seemed to be having a grip to handle her shyness towards Lee Hyun Woo, eventually.
As it turns out, the actor has helped a lot to overcome Joy's trouble of keeping an eye contact. Lee Hyun Woo's warm personality towards Joy is, in her opinion, the beginning of their strong chemistry throughout "The Liar and His Lover" filming process. Lee Jung Jin also weighed into Joy and Lee Hyun Woo's chemistry. The actor jokingly said that there might be a dating rumor about the pair once the drama ended.
Besides talking about her chemistry with Lee Hyun Woo, Red Velvet's Joy also talked her difficulties to maintain her schedules between acting and performing with Red Velvet. According to Allkpop, Joy was worried that she wouldn't be able to perform excellently in both fields, especially when she promoted "Rookie" with her group. Thanks to Red Velvet members for being so considerate, Joy was able to do well. The Red Velvet girls even willing to adjust with Joy's member as well as offering their supports.
tvN's "The Liar and His Lover" follows the story of a high-school girl named Yoon So Rim (Joy) and a music composer named Kang Han Kyeol (Lee Hyun Woo), who hides his identity from other people. Kang Han Kyeol gets inspired by So Rim's lovely voice, who's secretly in love with him since the first time they met. The cute story between Yoon So Rim and Kang Han Kyeol will start on March 20.