K-drama actors undergoing physical transformations for a role isn’t unheard of, and the case remains the same even for chaebol characters. Queen of Tears star Kim Ji Won even experienced this, as she revealed her weight loss to prepare for her leading role as an heiress.
READ: How Kim Ji Won Lost Weight for Her Role in “Queen of Tears”
The K-drama actress made a guest appearance on the Korean YouTube show Salon Drip, where she was interviewed alongside her Queen of Tears co-stars Kim Soo Hyun and Park Sung Hoon. During the segment, the topic delved into Kim Ji Won’s diet change for her health.
The star, who plays conglomerate heiress Hong Hae-in in the show, clarified that there were more factors for the change in her eating habits. This included the different outfits she had to wear in each episode. “I was super thoughtful [about my food choices] for one year,” she said. “I didn’t eat anything too heavy. I don’t think I had Chinese food [for] one year.”
Among the dishes she opted out of was jjapaghetti or Korean instant black bean noodles. To motivate her further, Ji Won vowed to treat herself to the dish after Queen of Tears had wrapped up. “I have Sichuan jjapaghetti that I promised myself I would eat once [we were] done shooting,” she said.
However, she has yet to fulfill that personal promise due to the show’s ongoing promo tour. “I still have to use my face. I’m waiting to have it once I’m done promoting it!”
Meanwhile, the host directed the question to Ji Won’s co-star Kim Soo Hyun, who plays her lawyer husband Baek Hyun-woo. According to the actor, he also had a diet plan, but it may have flown out of the window early on. “I was doing well, but I lost it in Germany because of street sausages.”
The two stars shot certain scenes in Germany, which went on for long, grueling hours due to the location’s late sunset. Because of this, the cast treated themselves to some German street delicacies, including Schweinshaxe or roasted pork knuckle. “We had to shoot from the morning till 8 p.m. Since it was tough, we couldn’t help but eat a lot in Germany,” Ji Won said.
Queen of Tears is streaming on Netflix.
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