Thanks so much Sis Nzida for well saying about our Shin Hye. Love you.
I suddenly feel quite dissapointed when I read that article. Why I feel she being harassed!!
Should the director, camera man and the actor have the discussion esp for this kind of scenes.
Not only just asked them to kiss? Cis!!!! ! !!

Shin Hye Fighting!!!!!

@Sis Elan, don't get so upset. Probably the intend was not delivered correctly.

I just searched ShinHye's interview regarding her grabbing of LMH's shirt while filming the closet kiss scene. It could be she was surprised by the pulling of the chin (or lower jaw) and the kiss itself. The script said to pull CES over with the chin or lower jaw. She probably was not expecting that her co-star would act out the script and director's instruction to kiss when they were filming the first cut. She wasn't sure how to carry out the scene. They did not discuss in detail beforehand. She said she felt nervous as she did not have a lot of experiences in kiss scenes. She unconsciously grabbed LMH's shirt as she was nervous (some translations said awkward). Somehow, they included the hand gesture when they released the episode. She was relieved that the filming was completed without NG (so she was relieved she do not have to do it again *wink*).

I shall not add in how I personally see it. Instead, shall give LMH the benefit of doubt. If SH still sees LMH as a good friend, then +1 to him, else....

Sis Bungi,
may be over sensitive and conservative too.
Actually I feel that way since Shin Hye's statement on 17th December ago.
Ishhh...

Hello my dear Sisters,
Please don't be upset but I am actually glad that the director didn't tell PSH that the kiss was going to be for real.
I think that because of that we got one of the most passionate kisses between SH and MH caught on camera forever there for us to enjoy. Like SH said herself, even though she has been acting for a long time she doesn't have much experience I kissing scenes and if the director would have given her more detail, she would have been more self conscious because it was going to be her first real kiss.
In general, I believe all actors in the scene should aware of what is going to happen but in this case since it was going to be her first time, I am okay with the fact he didn't tell her how deep if was going to be.

Lee Min Ho "'The Inheritors', wanted to keep forever a boy Lee Min Ho

The real Lee Min Ho when not on TV looked rather a little bit calmer than Kim Tan. Maybe it is because not long after SBS ‘He Who Wishes To Wear the Crown, Endure Its Weight – The Heirs’ (Also known as ‘The Inheritors’) is over, it was a calmness that looked like it had a little bit of fatigue also. Lee Min Ho, who is wearing a green knit sweater, left the drama ‘The Inheritors’ and looked like he is quietly saying bye and stepping away from Kim Tan.

‘The Inheritors’ had a high viewer rate of 25.6% (Nilson Korea, Nationwide basis) on its last episode that aired on December 12th and the drama ended. Not only the viewer rate in numbers, it also created various popular words and phrases and it obviously was a work that had a powerful ability to reach out and influence. And in the center, there was Lee Min Ho, who played the role of the main character Kim Tan.

Started in fall and lasted until winter, Lee Min Ho spent two seasons with Kim Tan fever but he was calm and composed than expected. While looking at the snowfall on the day of the last shooting, he said that he thought ‘I think the snow is celebrating our end’.

“Starting from the time after shooting the middle part of the drama, it was tough because of all the schedules. When the drama was over, the snow was falling and I thought that ‘The snow is celebrating our end’. (Park) Shin Hye cried a lot. For me, because I cried a lot in the drama, I did not cry on the last day of the shooting.

The truth is, soon after we met Lee Min Ho, we asked about the kissing scene with Park Shin Hye. Different from our expectations that he is going to be shy about it, he smiled mischievously like a boy and he said he just did what is written on the script. Also, the journalist who asked the question and Lee Min Ho both admitted that the kiss was somewhat ‘Sexual’.

“The kissing after taking off the apron was written as ‘Be sexual’ in the script. I also acted out the part thinking that what I am taking off is not an apron but something else (Smile). When I act, I am not someone who rehearses with an actress in advance. I only said that I am going to be intense when acting out the scene. I prefer an immediate response and interaction. The script sets the concept to ‘Be sexual’ and after that, the rest is all up to actors and actresses.

The story about kiss continued. There were compliments given to him as ‘An actor who does good kisses’. He has taken the hearts of women viewers with his deep and romantic kiss in several of the works he was in. And the kiss that grabbed the hearts of women showed up few times in ‘The Inheritors’ also and it became the center of attention.

“The place where kiss takes is important. In the case of a kissing scene in the storage, it is storage so it is a sealed space. When two of us are together, there is a mysterious emotion. Back then, even the staff members shoot the drama while hiding and only showing only their eyes in between items that were piled up in the storage. I think the writer Kim Eun Sook used the storage as a place for a kissing scene on purpose.”
The Inheritors’ is a work that is special to Lee Min Ho in two ways. One is working together for the first time with a writer Kim Eun Sook, who is an expert on romantic comedy. Another is that he wore the school uniform once more after KBS 2TV ‘Boys Over Flowers’. Lee Min Ho, who is going from mid-twenties to end of twenties, was a main character of unique and elaborate work with a theme of high school romance that the writer Kim Eun Sook is portraying. However, even when the drama had such an elaborate side, it stayed in the 2nd place in the viewing rate for several weeks because of its early competitor KBS 2TV ‘Secret’. It was a situation that was just too bad.
“Back then, it was looked like the director and the producers not try to express it too much. It was same for me also. When the viewing rate exceeded 20%, the director said to me ‘Thank you for being devoted while not expressing what is on your mind’. The truth is, I see that the drama is becoming much more fun after every episode when looking it from the view of someone who is getting the script. I could feel reactions even when the drama ‘Secret’ is firmly keeping its place. Everyone did not worry too much.


There was also one sorrow that ‘The Inheritors’ gave to Lee Min Ho. Other romantic comedies usually spotlights on the male main character in general. However, in contrast, in ‘The Inheritors’, the amount of attention that is similar to what Lee Min Ho got also went to Kim Woo Bin. So, we asked him directly about whether he was not sad.

“From the beginning, there was feeling of a triangle relationship. In the end of the 5th episode that foretells the triangle relationship, the situation where Woo Bin’s Young Do character and my Kim Tan character is about to fight. Since then, I expected that the powers of Young Do will be strong. When shooting that part, it was my first time acting with Woo Bin and I could feel the energy. Of course, in other dramas, other than the male main character, there were a lot of characters who sacrifice. However, in the work of the writer Kim Eun Sook, there is not even a single character who sacrifices. Moreover, even in my eyes, Young Do character is charming. Tan is a good person and a handsome typical man, but Young Do has charms.”


We talked more about Kim Woo Bin. Because for Kim Woo Bin, before and after ‘The Inheritors’ became clearly different. In just few months, he rose up as the hottest trend. He went from an actor who has a unique mask who was a model to the main figure of ‘Young Do sickness’. It was the gift that ‘The Inheritors’ left to Kim Woo Bin.

“He is someone who is greedy. He also has pains. In my perspective, I think he is someone who went through the tough times. I would say that going through the same thing I have been through when I was going through tough times makes him look like my friend. Since I am of an age where there are a lot of things that I am curious about, I asked questions to Woo Bin honestly and taught him what I know and have been getting along in that kind of a way.”

This time, we switched the mood and asked him about feelings of acting as a high school student wearing a school uniform in the end of age twenties. To the question that has a joke along with it, Lee Min Ho once again laughed like a boy. To this, he said “I felt very guilty” and mischievously confessed his mind.
I thought “Me as a high school student?” While acting with people younger than me, it made me sure look a little older (Smile). It is fortunate for me that I have made it to the end and wrapped things up nicely. It was an affectionate work for me as I thought that it could be the last time that I am ever wearing a school uniform. Even while watching the drama, I thought that this time will be the last. When will I be ever doing a school-based work with younger friends if it is not for now?”

Just like what he said, even if he felt guilty, even if the school uniform might look awkward, what would be the reason Lee Min Ho chose to appear on ‘The Inheritors’? Lee Min Ho gave a romantic answer of because he wants to keep his characters of now forever.

“I felt like my age is an age that is right in between the boy and a man. Before it is too late, I wished to keep my characteristics of now forever. There is an image that audiences want from me. I wanted to appear on school-based works and high-teen works by keeping the looks and my vibe of now forever and that is the reason how I came to appear on ‘The Inheritors’.

In addition, Kim Tan from ‘The Inheritors’ will come back as a wild man through the movie ‘Land gate, Gangnam 1970’. Lee Min Ho, who foretold his extraordinary transformation by going from romantic comedy to noir, put aside the characters of a boy and chose the beauty of man.

I think “Land gate, Gangnam 1970’ is a work that I can do as I am someone who is going to be right in the end of age twenties. I hoped to put aside the boy characters and choose the beauty of a man. Starting from January, I will be cussing crudely (Smile). Until now, I have not shown myself cussing in many works.”

We even asked him a rather hard-to-answer question. We asked what kind of award do you think you will get at the end of the year ceremony, Lee Min Ho once again showed the smile of a boy and Lee Min Ho answered “The most outstanding award?” in a manner pretending as if it is nothing.

“I received the most outstanding award last year also. I am not yet confident to get the most outstanding award. I want to get it when I get more confident. The most outstanding award, I am still lacking and young. I do not want to get such a big award like the most outstanding award when I am in twenties. I will just keep trying hard.” Credit Osen

My note: I highlighted in blue some parts that I thought were interesting. I was blushing when he said he was thinking of taking off something else as he took off the apron
It is great to hear from him what was like when filming those scenes because that is exactly how it came across on the screen. I remember thinking when he was taking the apron off at the party that it seemed like a wedding night scene and I remember a lot of you thought the same thing. Also, the kiss in the closet/storage room, that kiss that we still talking about and re-watching. From the way he talks about it, it seems to me that he had so feelings there. I am not saying he is in love with PSH but that he liked kissing her: she is gorgeous, they are in a enclosed dark space. I think there was something there.

What Lee Min Ho Regrets About Kissing Park Shin Hye

When Lee Min Ho was recently interviewed about his role in "The Heirs," the interviewers asked him about the passionate kissing scene he had with Park Shin Hye in "The Heirs."

Park Shin Hye has already spoken about that scene, saying that she was startled when the director urged Lee Min Ho to actually kiss her."I was really surprised," she said. "During that kiss scene, I grabbed Lee Min Ho's shirt." But as temporarily uncomfortable as it may
have been, her surprise made the scene more interesting and effective. And it seemed to fit in with their relationship in which he was more physically aggressive.

But how did Lee Min Ho feel about the kissing scene? Was he in on the fact that they were actually supposed to kiss?

No. He did not know beforehand. He was as surprised as she was but he recognized the importance of following the director's guidance. Kissing her then felt right.


"Since the kiss was the culmination of all the events and emotions leading up to it, there was no other alternative than to do it for real," he said in an interview with Korea's Daily Sports. "I did regret that no one told Park Shin Hye beforehand. Usually actresses are given an idea of what will happen. So I think Park Shin Hye was caught off-guard by how it played out."


But being a veteran actress, Park Shi Hye understood that the scene required a passionate kiss. Lee Min Ho complimented her on her professionalism and the effort she put into all of her scenes.


"She's younger than I am but she has more experience," he said. "Honestly, I am not so good at talking to actresses about acting or offering them support. I just follow my feelings and I was grateful that she went along with what I did."


Park Shin Hye was actually the youngest actress the 26-year-old actor has worked with. Gu Hye Sun, his "Boys Over Flowers" co-star is three years older. Son Ye Jin, his "Personal Taste" co-star is 31. Kim Hee Sun, his "Faith: The Great Doctor" co-star is 36, while Park Min Young, his "City Hunter" co-star is only a year older than he is.

He loved acting with 23-year-old Park Shin Hye, who he has modeled with in the past.
"I think she's a terrific colleague and consider her a younger sister," said Lee Min Ho.

A younger sister? Fans were maybe hoping that Kim Tan and Cha Eun Sang would continue their romance into real life, but it's nice that they're good friends and respect each others' acting skills.
Credit KDrama stars

My note: from this interview it looks like LMH did not know before hand about the kiss being realistic but he was told in the moment and improvised. I am surprised he said she was like a younger sister?!! Yet from the way he talks, it seems like he really liked acting with her more than the other actresses. Some of them were 10 years older than him.

wow, this is the first drama on which the kissing scene became so popular...

And so from the looks of it, the director trusted LMH can do it right even without telling PSH beforehand. The director might have played cupid this time...haha...we don't know maybe Mr. director sensed LMH have...... you know.....towards PSH, as everyone is saying, it is impossible to kiss passionately and not feeling awkward if you don't even desire it that way in the first place...Which i think attraction can be easily developed but surprisingly, this time the guy might have fallen in love first....because I think PSH has a strong sense of self control since she has been working for 10 years now..

We don't really know what's going on, but PSH is cool about it so lets just be calm, I mean the director just used a different scheme for PSH to come out of her pandora box....

....KWB is a nice guy, too...

I really like all the answers Min Ho gave in the interview. He was criticized initially for choosing a role that was similar to BOF but I think both are so different.

He really nailed the apron scene because I was also one of those people who thought that scene was a wedding night scene. When he took Shin Hye's apron off, it felt like he was taking off her dress!!! This means that his acting is so good that we were able to feel what he wanted us to feel.

I like how he described Shin Hye, and I am happy with their current relationship. I hope they will continue to maintain this relationship in the future, and maybe much further down the road, they may work together again after maturing some more.

I think seeing a crude Min Ho would be great. I am trying to imagine Min Ho cussing and having a goatee and looking rough!!

Sis Mandy, i'm okay with everything except his view of Shinhye as a younger sister. A friend would be nicer to me