Published By: Dishya Sharma
Last Updated: March 20, 2024, 17:39 IST
Queen of Tears stars Kim Ji Won and Kim Soo Hyun in key roles. (Image Credits: Instagram/geewonii)
Queen of Tears star Kim Ji Won disclosed that she refrained from eating heavy food items for an entire year.
The recently released K-drama Queen of Tears, starring Kim Ji Won and Kim Soo Hyun, debuted with impressive ratings. The show captured viewers’ attention for its gripping storyline and cast performances. In the show, Ji Won plays the role of a heiress to a conglomerate, while Soo Hyun is shown as an ordinary employee. Despite their contrasting backgrounds, they fall in love and marry each other.
To play her high-profile character, Kim Ji Won followed a strict diet to maintain her appearance. Recently, the actress appeared on the YouTube show, Salon Drip 2 with Kim Soo Hyun and Park Sung Hoon, where Kim Ji Won revealed that she religiously followed the diet not only for health but also due to her character’s outfit demands and other reasons. The actress disclosed that she refrained from eating heavy food items for an entire year and had decided to eat delicious food after filming concluded. However, her promotional activities delayed her plans.
Kim Ji Won explained, “Since I have to wear a lot of outfits for this drama and there are a lot of external things I had to demonstrate, I was super thoughtful for one year. I didn’t eat anything too heavy. I don’t think I had Chinese food in 1 year. So I have Sacheon Jjapaghetti that I promised myself I would eat once done shooting two months ago, but there were a lot of promotional schedules. I still have to use my face. It’s such a hard job.”
Despite her efforts to maintain her diet, the actress revealed that the long shooting schedule in Germany often left them tired, due to which they ate a lot of food while in the European nation. Kim Ji Won said, “When we were shooting in Germany, it was during the white night season. Usually, we can only shoot when the sun is out but the sun was out until like 7-8 PM. We had to shoot from the morning until like 8 PM. Since it was tough, we couldn’t help but eat a lot in Germany.”
Kim Soo Hyun added, “I was doing well, but I lost in Germany. Street sausages and Schweinshaxe. I let it all out there. The sausage is salty too. Since it is salty, I kept eating bread. It couldn’t be helped.”
Apart from Kim Ji Won, Kim Soo Hyun and Park Sung Hoon, Queen of Tears also features Kwak Dong Yeon and Lee Joo Bin in key roles.
