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(Seoul, August 30, 2021 Last film shoot of The Penthouse)

(Ju Dong Min, Director of The Penthouse)

(The last shoot for The Penthouse is the scene where Seo Jin dies.)

(In between the busy staff,)

(there are many people who came to record this historical day.)

(There are some familiar faces too. Bong Tae Gyu, Yoon Jong Hun)

Cut. Okay. Good job.

(The last "cut" signalling the end of the shoot...)

Good job, everyone!

(The long journey of The Penthouse is finally over.)

- Good job, everyone! - Good job!

Good job!

(It's time to say goodbye to everyone.)

- You did a great job! - Thank you.

Good job.

(At times they were happy, and at times they struggled...)

(during the past 540 days.)

(The Penthouse 3, the final story starts now.)

(Lee Tae Vin, Jin Ji Hee)

(Kim Hyeon Soo, Choi Ye Bin)

- Good job, everyone. - Good job, everyone.

- Good job, everyone. - Good job, everyone.

- It's over. - Goodness.

Seriously. Has it been over a year and a half?

We all met for the first time...

- about a year and six months ago. - Right.

Yes, that's right.

(March 20, 2020, The Penthouse 1, First Script Reading)

From our first script reading to the day our last episode aired,

a total of 540 days have passed.

- Goodness. - 540 days?

540 days?

It was 500 and how many days? Was it 534 days?

(No, it was 540 days.)

My kid began talking. My kid talks really well now.

During that time, my younger child...

She couldn't really speak.

(The span of 540 days hits him now.)

During that time, she began to speak.

She also attends an educational institution.

That's a surprising change.

(How does it feel as this drama comes to an end?)

Is it really over?

The reality hasn't hit me yet.

I always had a lot of fun on set.

So now that it's over,

I thought, "Is it already over?"

I'm a bit sad and disappointed.

And I feel upset about it.

It feels like something big came and left my life.

When we finished shooting,

I thought, "It's finally over!"

Then I ran out.

But when I was doing the interview in my car,

that's when I suddenly got choked up.

I know. It suddenly hits you.

Right? I felt really strange.

- Why are you crying already? - No, it's okay.

- It's okay! - No, I'm not crying.

- It's okay! - No, I'm not crying.

(Tears can't help but fall by the thought of it ending.)

No, I didn't cry. Don't tell anyone.

During our first script reading...

I think I met Hyeon Soo for the first time that day.

- Right. I met everyone... - Right. That was...

- when I first met her too. - for the first time.

I was really nervous...

as I went to the script reading.

- I don't remember how it ended. - Me too.

- Me too. - I was really nervous too.

- I only looked forward. - I kept my eyes on the script.

When my name was about to come up,

- I took a sip of water. - Me too!

- I did that too! - Right?

Since we were...

- working alongside such veterans, - Right.

I thought that I shouldn't make mistakes during the reading.

That day?

I was really nervous.

(She remembers being nervous.)

My first line was "Enough".

(The Penthouse 1, Episode 1, Aired on October 26, 2020)

- Enough. - I said that to Lee Min Hyuk.

There were about 20 scenes...

before I said that line,

but during those 20 scenes, I couldn't focus on anything else.

I kept repeating "Enough" over and over again in my head.

I remember doing that.

While preparing for the reading,

the director kept telling me to be "unique".

I couldn't stop thinking about that,

so I thought, "What can I do to say this line..."

"in a way that has never been done before?"

I thought about this a lot before the reading.

For example, one of my lines was "Get out of my room!"

In that particular scene,

I could've shouted that line,

but instead, I made the atmosphere really cold,

and said calmly, "Get out right now."

(That is how Seo Jin's unique tone was created.)

He said he liked it.

Before the reading, I wasn't sure if he would like what I did,

but I remember sleeping really well after.

That's how I remember Season One's script reading.

(What is the meaning of the first script reading?)

When we have a script reading, we introduce ourselves,

and it's like a declaration...

that the drama is starting. That's what I think.

So one small mistake can create...

a joking mood. It's because...

we haven't actually started filming.

But with our drama, the air was really heavy during the reading.

They asked us to come in full makeup for the reading.

They asked that we didn't come wearing hats and such.

- Oh, right. - They asked me to come dressed...

as my character.

- To dress as your character. - So I... In the photos we took,

I was the only one dressed as Jenny.

I was dressed in...

- Right. - a yellow dress.

(Eugene even drew a scar on her neck.)

I feel bad for you.

To me, The Penthouse was my first drama in a while,

and a lot of people appeared in it too.

I haven't worked on a drama with so many other people before.

So it felt more tense.

(The kids started off as middle schoolers in Season 1.)

Our first shoot was at the middle school.

We felt really bad then.

- Right. - How many years did we deceive?

We started in ninth grade...

and ended as 23-year-olds,

so we portrayed eight years of our characters' lives.

It's like the "Harry Potter" series.

It was really awkward back then.

- The director asked, - We had to...

- "Are you guys close?" - act close.

"Try to look closer."

- We'd say, "Yes, we're close." - "Okay."

- "Okay." - When we finished,

- "Good job today." - "Good job."

"We agreed to address each other more comfortably..."

"Oh, right."

The number of actors including the minor roles was...

- Was it 60 people? - I think it was 200.

- That many? - It was about 500 people.

But if you were to add all the extras, it's a couple thousand.

(A surprising record)

There were a lot of characters, and a lot of actors were in it.

I believe that everyone knew what role they had to play.

This is what I always think.

The thing that is most important to a character...

is the character's...

internal drive. Their goal.

In order to achieve that,

the character moves forward, but there are interferences.

When it comes to those interferences,

you have to overcome that in the way the character would.

As for Logan...

You made someone's child die.

I thought that he was a character who was calm and didn't get angry.

That's the way I saw him,

so I couldn't throw things around...

whenever I got angry.

As a result, I had to portray his anger in a different way.

As for me... Su Ryeon is a character with many sides to her.

And as time passed,

she changes.

She becomes more driven in seeking revenge.

I think I focused a lot on that transformation.

As she finds out the truth,

she keeps getting hurt,

and she gets hurt by the people she trusts. As that happens,

she hardens, and she gets tougher and stronger.

So the Su Ryeon in Season Three is a completely different person...

from the Su Ryeon in Season One.

I thought that was most important...

as I portrayed her.

I think my battery has run out.

This house is really nice.

Of course.

When I heard...

the basic description of the character Oh Yoon Hee,

I thought it would be really hard.

I guess you could say I got a glimpse of my future.

I don't really like things like that,

so if I'm being completely honest, I didn't really want to play her.

Honestly, there were a lot of things that I wasn't fully convinced about.

Her character is completely different from who I am.

Oh Yoon Hee is completely different from me in every aspect.

Every time I thought that, I spoke with our writer.

I'd tell her, "I don't understand this part."

"I don't think I would do this if it were me."

When I did that and our writer said something I didn't think about,

I would think, "I guess that's a possibility."

If this is my knowledge of the world,

there is a wide variety of people...

all with varying personalities.

I think this drama was a chance for me to widen my view of the world.

As a result, I began to think about my character and contemplate.

If I was only 30 percent convinced in the beginning,

it went up to 70 percent through conversations.

Then I would continue thinking about her character,

and it went up to 80 percent then 90.

I don't think I ever reached 100 percent though.

But this is what I thought.

"If I understood her 100 percent,"

"I can't play her."

That thought crossed my mind.

So I intentionally left it at that while I portrayed her.

While I did that, the gap began to decrease.

I began to become more like Oh Yoon Hee,

and that process was really fun.

The character of Kyu Jin...

based on the basic description in the synopsis...

is an incredibly standardized character.

A son of a wealthy family who is a mama's boy...

is a character that appears often in Korean dramas.

Having to portray such a character... From my perspective,

I couldn't do what everyone else has already done.

I think there's a standardized image of mama's boys.

They talk like little kids,

or they're weak.

But I ruled out those aspects.

The way that I see it, mama's boys...

are just childish adults.

I thought about how it would look if an adult acted like a child.

So the first thing I did was watch my child.

At the time, my kid was five years old.

I kept watching him to see what he said and did often.

That's where speaking in third person came from.

Kyu Jin is home!

Kyu Jin is here!

(He referred to himself in third person in the drama.)

(This was the start of Bong Tae Gyu's mama's boy.)

Kyu Jin did so?

My daughter refers to herself by her own name, Si Ha.

She hates it when people call her "You".

She likes it when they call her by her name.

It's because...

children's self-esteem grows in this stage of childhood.

They acknowledge and think about their existence...

during this period.

So I thought, if I were a mama's boy,

I would be like one of those kids.

That's why I wanted to refer to myself as third person.

And I thought the viewers should be able to...

understand who he is as soon as they see him in the show.

I wanted them to see who he really is.

So I decided to wear clothing items from a particular brand.

The brand I wore in the show has this standardized design.

Mom, I have a gathering at Hera Club today.

What should I wear?

Wang Mi Ja is a food researcher.

She's a person who draws a lot of public attention.

So I thought she would choose an expensive brand for her son.

She would choose a brand she likes the most...

and makes her son wear them. That's how I set the type.

I thought if she could choose a standardized design,

it would be so convenient for her.

Because everything's set for her son.

I asked the stylist to get their outfit.

So I wore them.

I thought of kids' favourite stuffed animals.

That's why I got this dog-shaped bag.

(He has his dog-shaped bag instead of kids' stuffed animals.)

That's how I designed Kyu Jin.

But that was it.

I didn't allow any typical behaviours that mama's boys have.

Because I knew those things will be enough...

for people to recognize him as mama's boy.

So when he was with Mr. Joo,

Dr. Ha, or any other adults,

he didn't particularly act like a mama's boy.

Wire the money by tomorrow.

Are you crazy?

Don't be scared.

I didn't allow other behaviours.

I talked to the director to set the image of my character.

That's how we came up with Kyu Jin.

I thought Cheon Seo Jin has a strong image all the time.

But I was worried...

people might get too exhausted to watch her.

So I had to control the dynamics.

I tried as hard as I could...

to control it.

As for her appearance,

(Seo Jin's intense style)

the hairdresser, the makeup artist, and the stylist...

worked hard to come up with the style.

We had to understand the tone of the scene first.

And worked on the makeup, hair, and even the colour of clothes.

We put a lot of thought in it.

Cobalt blue.

When I made my first appearance in Season One,

cobalt blue became symbolic to my character.

So we wanted to give the same impression in Season Three.

Cheon Seo Jin?

We wanted it to be her grand return.

It was right after she got out of prison.

So the stylist...

tried to find a dress in cobalt blue.

She looked all over Dongdaemun Market to find one.

She looked for it all night.

That's how I wore that dress.

Aside from my acting, the team helped a lot...

to create a synergistic effect for me.

That certainly helped me to focus on my acting.

The first day at the film set.

I saw the statue of...

- Oh, the statue. - Hera Palace.

It was so amazing.

It was so real that I thought someone was actually living there.

I always wanted to ask this.

If you press the button in that helmet, does the door really open?

Yes, that really opens.

You press the button, it opens.

- Seriously? - You've taken the elevator, right?

Does the elevator at the penthouse really go up and down?

- It's a hundred-story building. - The night view is good.

Oh, come on. I knew the elevator isn't real.

I know this because I saw the set for the elevator.

(She realized it was a set after the show is over.)

You all know why I'm saying this, right?

Everyone knows except for her, right?

- So the button isn't real? - Do you want me to cook for you?

The most memorable thing is...

the scene from Season Two.

The scene where Eun Byeol rolls down the stairs.

(The Penthouse 2, Episode 5, Aired on March 3, 2021)

(The scene that shocked the viewers)

- Ready. - Action!

(Why is this the most memorable scene for Hyeon Soo?)

Because I remember how hard it was.

- It was very cold. - Yes.

It was really cold.

I struggled so much because of the cold weather.

That's why I thought filming in summer is better...

than filming in winter.

I always thought filming in winter wasn't for me.

- But... - We filmed the next one in summer.

And it was really hard too.

The most memorable episode for me was...

"The Penthouse 2 Hidden Room, Unfinished Story".

I got an award on the show.

(The Penthouse 2 Hidden Room Unfinished Story, April 3, 2021)

(She won "Commendable Efforts Award".)

There was a scene where I sing "Hee Ya".

My last line was...

"Hee Ya?" It was my last line.

(The Penthouse 2, Episode 8, Aired on March 13, 2021)

(Hee Ya?)

And Kyu Jin was supposed to give a reaction.

But we didn't know how to end the scene.

It didn't seem like...

she will still be with Kyu Jin in the next season.

But we didn't want it to be too serious.

So we came up with many ideas.

We thought of many other options.

But then the director said,

"If you say Hee Ya, it'll remind people of the song Hee Ya."

So I suggested that we sing in harmony.

Hee Ya.

Just look at me.

I worked hard, but the harmony was a bad match.

You always liked me.

- Hee Ya - Hee Ya.

That's how the scene came out like that.

I had my first shoot on March 29.

(Jong Hun's first film shoot was on March 29, 2020.)

It's the scene where Eugene and I walk up the stairs.

He wants to talk to Oh Yoon Hee, but he can't.

So he just looks at her.

I remember how it was to have my first film shoot.

But as the story developed,

I realized that Ha Yoon Chul's feelings for Oh Yoon Hee...

was deeper than I thought.

So I put a lot of thought in it.

And I thought...

I didn't express the emotions properly in my first scene with her.

It's the scene...

at the police station.

Ha Yoon Chul sees Oh Yoon Hee for the first time.

He sees her and turns around to hide.

But in my first try...

I didn't understand how deep his feelings were...

because I didn't know what happens next.

I just thought that he feels guilty about something.

That was the only thing I can draw my emotions from.

We had a tight schedule...

but I wanted to film the scene again.

So we did.

Eugene and Hyeon Soo had to do it all over again.

I'm sure it was a burden for them.

But they agreed to go with it so we did.

The most memorable thing is...

that we didn't have a proper dinner together.

If your show gets a high viewing rate,

it's normal for the actors to share the joy with each other.

But we couldn't do that because of COVID-19.

I guess it's the first.

In the history of Korean drama, it's the first popular show...

that never had a team dinner.

I know we had no choice, but I still feel bad about it.

(What they left)

(What's the scene that represents The Penthouse?)

Including the scenes that weren't aired,

they filmed about 4,000 scenes.

We filmed that many scenes?

We filmed a lot of scenes. Some of them weren't aired.

You're right.

- I feel bad they weren't aired. - You're right.

I personally feel bad the scene with Jenny wasn't aired.

- Yes, the scene where... - He confessed his love to you.

- Yes, that's right. - It wasn't aired though.

We had our own love story.

It's just that it wasn't aired.

- Right. - Yes.

It won't be aired forever, right?

So let's air it now.

(It's being released now!)

(Unreleased scene from The Penthouse 2, Episode 12)

(It was supposed to be aired on August 27, 2021.)

Jenny.

I'm leaving today.

I want to travel around the world.

It'll take about three years to travel around the world.

I don't know when I'll come back.

When I...

come back,

will you go out with me?

I've always had a crush on you.

Why are you so surprised?

You didn't know?

I had no idea...

how stupid you are.

You're not going anywhere.

You got a notification to report for military duty.

A notification to what?

(Military Manpower Administration Notice of Enlistment)

Notice of enlistment?

You two look good together.

We always look good together.

(These two don't feel bad about it anymore.)

Are you blushing?

It's embarrassing to talk about it.

- Your ear turned red. - Really?

- Hey. - Why did I say that?

The air conditioner is on, right?

The scene that represents The Penthouse?

I have to choose among 4,000 scenes?

Isn't that too much?

(It's impossible.)

There are 4,000 scenes, and you want me to pick one?

Did other actors actually answer this?

(Of course, they did.)

When Min Seol A died,

(The Penthouse 1, Episode 4, Aired on November 3, 2021)

I think it was an instant death.

We should get rid of the body.

Should I call it the masquerade? We were dressed up like that...

as we stood in front of the fountain...

to discuss ideas on how to resolve this situation.

I think this scene was a key scene in our drama.

It's because, in the drama,

these people have social status and wealth,

but they make the most foolish decision.

Because they made a foolish decision,

we ended up seeing you all for a year and a half.

(This scene was the start of the year-and-a-half journey.)

I think the whole story starts here.

In Season One, there's a scene where I'm tied to a hospital bed...

and I cry hysterically.

I didn't know that child...

(The Penthouse 1, Episode 4, Aired on November 3, 2020)

was Min Seol A.

Stop it! Enough!

(She finds out that Seol A was her daughter.)

That scene is most memorable to me,

and I think it was the most important...

because this is the start of Su Ryeon's plot for revenge.

It started when she finds out the truth.

That's why it is the most important scene for her,

and it was one of the most memorable scenes for me too.

If I were to choose a scene from Seasons 1, 2, and 3...

In Season One, I think...

it's the piano scene.

(The scene where Seo Jin plays the piano in Season 1)

(The Penthouse 1, Episode 15, Aired on December 15, 2020)

(The most talked about scene in the entire series)

(The most representative scene in The Penthouse 1)

I carried around and studied the script...

for Episode 15 during Season One,

and I wondered if I would be able to pull off this episode.

I think it will remain memorable for a long time.

And in Season Two,

it was the shadow singer scene.

(The scene where Yoon Hee acts as Seo Jin's shadow singer in Season 2)

(The Penthouse 2, Episode 2, Aired on February 20, 2021)

(Yoon Hee's counter attack upon her return)

(It's a great scene that many viewers found cathartic.)

After Season One ended,

and I received this script,

I was in awe. I felt like how I did when we first started.

I really enjoyed the story between Seo Jin and Yoon Hee.

I thought the shadow singer scene was the epitome of that.

In Season Three, it was the ending of Episode 10.

When I have wine with Eun Byeol.

(The scene where Seo Jin drinks the wine that Eun Byeol drugged.)

(The Penthouse 3, Episode 10, Aired on August 13, 2021)

In that scene,

the viewers have to think that I drank it unknowingly,

but in reality, I knew what was in it when I drank it.

You chose a great wine.

I wanted to do well with portraying the complicated feelings she felt.

How she feels about her daughter...

and the situation that Cheon Seo Jin was in.

I wanted to express her complicated feelings.

(She had to express those feelings without the viewers finding out.)

It was a scene that I wanted to portray really well.

I think the best scene among these is the shadow singer scene.

When I appear at the wedding in a helicopter...

and cause a scene.

(The Penthouse 2, Episode 1, Aired on February 19, 2021)

The way they filmed that scene was incredible.

They had strong fans that blew everything all over.

And the actors did an incredible job of flying in the wind.

It was fun,

and they edited it to make it even funnier.

They put in such a great song in the background.

I felt like it was a scene that explained our drama.

There was an element of black comedy in it.

A scene that penetrates this drama...

I don't know. I think it was the scene in the junkyard.

(The Penthouse 1, Episode 18. Aired on December 28, 2020)

What on earth are you doing?

There are people in here! Stop this right now!

Why would you set a fire? Are you crazy?

They received punishment...

for all of the evil things they did.

(The actors fought with the cold in the middle of the winter...)

The viewers...

watched us get covered in putrid water,

get caught in a fire,

and suffer in complete mayhem.

(and worked together to create this scene.)

The wealthiest people in Korea...

did such a terrible thing,

and they got punished in such a satisfying way in that scene.

I felt like we acted and prepared Season One...

for that one particular scene.

(Experience. Was it really hard?)

Memorization.

I was so stressed out about memorizing my lines.

I'm sure you guys can relate.

You would mark specific days on your calendars...

because it's an important scene.

- You can't sleep for days before. - Right.

- I would mark those days in red, - Right.

and I'd memorize my lines for days in advance.

- And wish that day wouldn't come. - Right.

- Me too. - Right.

- Then that morning... - I'm sure you can all relate.

I wouldn't make any plans...

- before and after that day. - Right.

- Right. - Yes.

My character in the drama...

was the person who would explain the situation...

- to everyone. - That's right.

So I had a lot of lines,

but I also had to say them fast.

Whenever I had a scene with Ro Na or anyone else,

I would have this many lines,

but Ro Na would say, "So?"

Then I'd go on and say a whole bunch of things,

and she'd say, "Okay."

Or she'd just sigh.

Right.

Then I'd go on and on again.

Me too. When I had scenes with him, I'd have this many lines,

and all he had to do was give me a look.

I had to keep talking.

Right. That happened.

You guys did a great job.

(All of a sudden?)

Shall we go now?

I'm a terrible singer,

but on the first shoot of my first day, Ji Hee and I...

(Her first shoot was the scene where she sings with Ji Hee.)

- We sang. - We had to sing.

I was so embarrassed.

The music wasn't even that loud.

They played it really softly.

When I sang,

I could feel the air get heavy.

But since we had to sing so often,

even though I can't sing well,

I just did this.

Oh, so... I experienced something interesting.

In the beginning, filming emotional scenes...

It was really... The days when we filmed those scenes...

- Were intimidating? - Yes, it was intimidating.

Later on, I was excited to film such scenes.

- That's how I felt. - Which scenes?

In Season Two, when Ro Na comes out as a ghost,

and bats fly all over the place.

When it was time to film that scene, I was eager to film it,

and I was excited as I went on set.

You did a great job.

My gosh.

- She's very... - Ring-ring.

- Ring-ring. - You're the best!

(What was the hardest scene for So Yeon?)

The hardest scene for me...

was Episode Five, the cliff scene with Yoon Hee.

(The Penthouse 3, Episode 5, Aired on July 2, 2021)

Yoon Hee!

I had no idea I would do that to Yoon Hee.

While I was reading Episode Five, I thought...

(Before she got the script for Episode 5...)

"Yoon Hee didn't die because of Joo Dan Tae,"

"but she died because of me?"

I kept reading, and I stopped and thought,

"Hold on. What if it's me?"

I'd read some more and stop again.

I had to stop several times while reading the script.

In the end, it was me.

Goodbye, Yoon Hee.

(Yoon Hee fell into trouble while trying to help her daughter,)

(but she ended up repaying her kindness with ingratitude.)

(Seo Jin ends up killing Yoon Hee.)

I was really...

(She has a hard time continuing.)

During the two weeks that I had,

from the moment I got the script until we filmed that scene,

I had a hard time coming to terms with it.

I had a hard time while we were filming too.

"Cheon Seo Jin... This is wrong."

I felt so bad for Yoon Hee.

I decided to hate Cheon Seo Jin after I was done filming.

Because she was a villain,

everyone hated her in the present,

but I thought...

Well...

Although I can't like her, understand her, or relate to her,

I should play her while thinking that this is the right thing to do.

Because I'm Cheon Seo Jin.

That's what I thought the entire time I was playing her.

But when it came to that scene...

I couldn't help but hate Seo Jin at that moment.

I couldn't stop thinking, "This is wrong."

It was hard to watch it when it aired too.

After it aired, I messaged Yoon Hee.

"Yoon Hee."

She said, "What's up?"

And I said, "Nothing."

After what I did to Yoon Hee,

in Episode Five,

(The Penthouse 3, Episode 5, Aired on July 2, 2021)

I wore a black dress...

and sang alone.

(Seo Jin hit the high notes freely after her rival disappeared.)

I had mixed feelings while I was filming that scene.

I got choked up, and...

Well...

Filming Episode Five was really hard for me emotionally.

I'm 38 years old,

and Ye Bin was 24 at the time.

Or maybe she was 23.

She had to play a 16-year-old,

and I had to play her dad.

I was stressed out about that.

"Would I seem like her dad?"

"What if the viewers can't get immersed because of me?"

"What if So Yeon, who played Cheon Seo Jin, and I..."

"don't look good together as a couple?"

I felt like I was out of place among them.

I was really stressed out about that.

After Episode One aired,

it felt like all of my worries were confirmed.

That's how I felt while I was watching it at home.

I criticized myself a lot.

(While he was criticizing himself and worrying...)

That was how I felt. But whenever I did that,

the director and writer...

told me to have faith and do it. They reassured me like that.

Now that we're done, I think...

I've aged so much.

For as long as I filmed this drama,

I lived as a man in his late forties.

I lived with those thoughts...

and acted like a man with a grown child.

That's the feeling I lived with and tried to maintain,

so I felt like my face was ageing too.

I felt emotionally aged as well.

That's what I really thought.

I struggled so much with Ro Na's death scene.

(The Penthouse 2, Episode 6, Aired on March 6, 2021)

(She had to play a mother who had lost her daughter.)

You're scaring me. Wake up. What's wrong with you?

That was the most emotionally...

Could there be a worse emotion?

I really didn't want to feel that even as an actor.

I cried a lot,

and it wasn't just crying, it was the hardest kind of wailing.

It hadn't really happened to me, but imagining that it did...

It almost drove me crazy.

(I did it.)

(Well done me.)

I have something. I know what I did well.

All the excessively exaggerated things that I did,

I had to do in one take.

Falling in the water,

pouring paint onto Ro Na.

The cello too. I arrived on set and the director asked...

- That's right. - if I can smash it.

"Yes, I can do it."

- There was only one cello. - There was just that one.

I had to do all the stunts in one go.

There was so much pressure.

My hands shook. "I can do this, right?"

I just had to do it.

All those scenes came out pretty nicely. I think so.

- Well done me. I did well. - Well done.

Well done. Good job.

(You deserve to praise yourself.)

I remembered something.

Ro Na had the most singing scenes.

- Yes. - That's right.

I had to learn about ten pieces.

They were in Italian and German.

The pronunciations were so hard,

but I did it.

(You did very well.)

Well done.

(Praising themselves)

For me... To be honest, when I started the drama...

and took the role of Shim Su Ryeon,

I thought she was...

the elegant and sophisticated lady of the penthouse.

But as time went on, I had to do many stunts.

- You're right. - Things I never imagined.

I never thought I'd do such professional stunt scenes.

It would've been nice...

if I could've had more time to prepare for those scenes.

But still...

I did my best and did those stunts.

If I must praise myself,

- it would be for that. - You deserve it.

I'm just proud of myself for playing Oh Yoon Hee.

In the early stages, I really lacked confidence.

My state...

My emotional state was...

"What should I do? How should I do this?"

"Can I manage?" That was a huge worry of mine.

But it ended well,

and there were people rooting for Yoon Hee.

Even after she died, the fact that there were...

people who asked for her to be brought back...

was, to me, a great accomplishment.

"Still, despite all that, I did well."

Seeing how people ask about her and want her back...

is a sign that I did well, I think.

(Changes)

(Changes brought on by The Penthouse.)

We worked on this drama for so long.

And it wasn't an easy one, to be honest.

It was a powerful one.

Now that it's over,

I think I can do anything.

Whatever life brings me.

Yes. We really experienced so much here.

- That's right. - We even learned to play golf.

I learned the bowling stance.

Before I did this drama,

people remembered me from "High Kick Through the Roof".

Now they know me as Jenny from The Penthouse,

and they ask me for autographs saying they enjoyed The Penthouse.

I loved that.

When I auditioned for the role,

I was one of four candidates sitting down.

The others beside me...

all named projects they'd been in,

but I had nothing to mention.

I hadn't acted before.

So I told the director...

"I'll do my best and prove myself to you."

I got the role and the others didn't.

Your resume now has one line.

It's three lines.

- The Penthouse 1, 2, and 3. - The Penthouse 1, 2, and 3.

(Three lines on his filmography)

The meaning this drama has to me is...

I guess it's my most successful project?

The thing I first experienced through this drama...

and the biggest change is...

people no longer call me Bong Tae Gyu.

They call me Kyu Jin.

This is the first time that has happened to me.

They erased me and see me as my character.

It's something I'd heard about more like as a legend.

"I played a cheater in a drama,"

"and people threw stones at me."

That happened when a drama's rating hit 60 percent back then.

When I was told about it, I thought, "It can't have been that bad."

"It's just a drama."

That is now happening to me.

I'm walking along and someone from the neighbourhood,

an old lady goes, "You shouldn't do that."

Then she talks about what Kyu Jin did the day before...

when the drama aired.

Because that old lady used to say, "Nice to see you, Tae Gyu."

Now, she speaks casually to me...

and goes right into the drama.

Wherever I go, people call me Kyu Jin.

I'm experiencing what I thought was a legend.

I think that's a special experience.

It's a very special experience.

I have many new younger fans.

My younger fans...

don't know my previous career as a singer.

(A member of girl group S.E.S,)

(Eugene was a very popular sweetheart.)

They tell me...

through social media,

"Were you in S.E.S?"

"Oh Yoon Hee was S.E.S?"

I thought it was only natural...

that younger people wouldn't know about me,

but then they knew about S.E.S.

They know S.E.S but they can't make the connection with me.

I found that so funny.

What I'm so grateful about...

is that I'm getting a lot of letters from fans again.

I do read them all in person.

They're very moving.

They got to know me through The Penthouse,

then they looked up my career as a singer,

and now they're real fans of mine...

who live for the joy of learning more about me,

and that helps them get through tough times.

"Thank you so much, Eugene."

"I got to know you,"

"and I'm going through this and this right now, thanks to you."

I get lots of letters like that.

I'm just doing my job,

and I realize I've become someone who gives these people strength.

To me, that's quite therapeutic.

(The one person you're most thankful to.)

I have three people I want to thank.

First, I want to thank my mom, Eugene.

And Jong Hun who became my dad much later.

I also want to thank Seok Hoon who was always there for Ro Na.

- If you must pick one person? - Seok Hoon who's right here.

(Young Dae who played Seok Hoon)

While I played Ro Na,

you were so reliable,

and you were always on her side, so I want to thank you for that.

(Avoiding eye contact)

(Say something.)

- Thank you. - Thanks.

I feel embarrassed.

It might be a bit rude to say this,

but I texted my thanks to my mom and dad from the drama,

so I also will thank Young Dae.

I need a fan.

From Season 1 to Season 3,

- we were always together. - Yes.

Through all my dialogue, sadness,

and frustration, he was there with me and we survived it together.

Thanks for that.

- Thanks. - Sure.

"Sure."

I'm very grateful to Hyeon Soo and Ji Hyun too.

If you must pick one?

My dad.

Our dad.

- Ki Joon is very sweet and gentle. - Yes.

He helps you relax when you're on set.

- He sets the mood. - Yes.

He looks out for you much more than you think.

He always has this fatherly grin...

- when he looks at us. - He goes, "Hey."

In the drama, he plays my dad,

and in real life, he's my senior,

but as a person, he's like a big brother.

That's what I felt.

I especially want to thank my dad.

Meeting a mom and dad like them...

- It's a blessing. - Yes.

- It was such a pleasure. - Yes.

- Just one of the actors? - Yes.

(Sigh)

(Thinking hard)

Just one?

(The conclusion of his long pause is...)

Okay.

Ki Joon.

(I chose you.)

(Why?)

I owe him so much over the 18 months.

When I struggled the most during this drama,

there were two people I relied on.

Ki Joon was one and Jong Hun was the other.

You said I must pick one.

Sorry, Jong Hun. Ki Joon's older.

He's the eldest of all the male actors.

How he showed up and approached the drama...

would've really affected the atmosphere.

He made it possible...

(Endless consideration)

for the actors to perform at their best.

He was very considerate.

You'd think that kind of attitude is normal and easy,

but it's not if you get to it.

But for over 18 months,

he did that consistently.

And he always came up to me and...

asked me out to eat.

Movie actors and staff gather to eat together,

and that's crucial in bringing people closer.

Sharing food.

But dramas... I've been filming dramas for years now,

and you don't really ask others to eat with you.

You have separate schedules and...

it's almost a given that you eat with your team.

That seems natural, so you don't bother to ask.

Also, you could feel uncomfortable.

So it's hard to ask someone out to eat.

I learned it from him. He always asks...

"Shall we get something to eat?"

Even if the person says no.

(He always asks others first.)

All that came together...

and gave our drama incredible strength and energy.

We were in groups for a lot of our scenes,

and that teamwork didn't come from nowhere.

I believe it was Ki Joon who created that.

He looked out for everyone else,

he approached everyone else,

and he was thoughtful and compromising.

Because he did all that,

the rest came naturally.

I want to thank Ki Joon.

I must thank Kim So Yeon, of course.

I think Ha Yoon Chul started and ended with Cheon Seo Jin.

He started off as Seo Jin's husband...

and in the end, he died in Seo Jin's hands.

So Yeon.

If someone other than you...

had played Cheon Seo Jin,

then...

I can't imagine...

all of this happening.

From whatever angle,

for the other actor and for everyone else,

you played your role consistently.

That created a lot of synergy.

You did so well and I sincerely thank you.

(Saying goodbye.)

(Goodbye... Another me...)

I think I'll cry.

(They're not ready to discuss farewells.)

I'll go later.

(Shall we start with the seniors?)

I spent such a long time...

as Oh Yoon Hee.

She had a huge impact.

I don't want to be flippant and say, "We're done. Leave."

I don't want to do that, to be honest.

I still feel like Yoon Hee is...

alive and well inside me.

That feeling isn't bad...

because she was much loved.

I'll remember her for a long time,

and I think the feeling will stay with me for a while.

It'll take a while for all of it to go away.

I want to thank Yoon Chul.

We both...

did our best and we don't owe each other anything.

That's what I want to think Yoon Chul and Jong Hun would say.

When Cheong A Foundation is created,

I look at my dad's portrait and tell him I did it.

I looked at the foundation,

and I felt something rise from inside me,

and the cameras weren't even rolling.

"What is it I'm feeling?"

"I must've been thinking about Seo Jin for a long time."

That's what I realized.

I think that for a long time,

I'll see Seo Jin when I look at myself.

I can't think right now.

I don't know what to do.

Even if I can't empathize with her,

and although we shouldn't understand her,

I do feel sorry for her.

She is a pitiful character.

What was all that for?

I'll take a break...

and take some time to let Seo Jin go.

Kyu Jin.

(To Kyu Jin: Kyu Jin.)

You did well.

But if I look at the life you led,

you were a roughneck, weren't you?

I think you deserve to suffer for the next 40 years.

I will now...

let you go.

I've had enough. Bye.

Thanks a lot.

Even if we get the opportunity to,

let's not meet again.

Take care. Bye.

Sang A.

Since I met you,

and since I spent time with you,

we went through a lot,

but I'm left only with the fun and happy memories.

Can I take some time to reminisce...

before I let you go slowly?

Thank you so much and...

(To Sang A: Thank you so much)

You did well...

(You did well.)

You worked hard.

(You worked hard.)

Bye.

(Bye)

Seok Hoon.

I think, and I'm 100 percent sure about it, that this will be...

the last time I see you.

The last...

That's so stupid.

This will be our last goodbye.

Saying that this is the last time...

doesn't feel real, to be honest.

Because I spent such a long time with you,

if you spend a long time with someone, dislike or hate,

they still grow on you.

You grew on me.

You did well, Seok Hoon.

Thanks for coming to me.

- That's crazy. - How do you end that?

Thanks.

Jenny. Now...

it's time to say goodbye to your family.

Thanks to you,

I got to meet another very special...

and memorable character in my career.

I won't be able to forget you.

Jenny. Thank you...

for being with me...

and for letting me play you.

Thank you. Bye.

From the start, Eun Byeol...

- Hang on. - You're crying already?

(She just said her name and she's crying.)

I can do this.

From the start, Eun Byeol was very psychologically frail,

so she had to go through many emotional states,

and I, Choi Ye Bin, had to experience that.

So...

now that it's time to say goodbye to Eun Byeol...

Now that I'm saying goodbye,

I'm very sorry.

But I also feel relieved,

and I wish Eun Byeol is happy.

Through this character,

I was able to act.

Through that, I met many good people,

portrayed various emotions and states...

that I never dreamed I could, so thank you for that.

I wish Eun Byeol good health.

Bye.

(She finally bursts into tears.)

Oh, dear.

Bye.

Ro Na.

I spent 18 months with you.

Your strength, persistence,

and your kind heart...

taught me a lot.

No, I'm fine.

You taught me a lot.

It was hard, wasn't it?

Now...

I believe you will always be happy.

I'll always root for you. Goodbye, thank you for everything.

I feel so sorry that Ro Na had a hard time.

I'm okay.

I'm fine.

My goodness, Min Hyuk.

(So many mixed feelings in his word "My goodness")

I went through so many feelings...

in every moment I was with you.

I didn't really hate you.

I tried hard to understand you.

I felt happy that I had a chance to play the role.

I'm actually a very quiet guy.

(Tae Vin's personality is very different from Min Hyuk's.)

I'm a serious person.

I'm the kind of person who takes responsibility.

But during the last year and a half,

thank you for turning me into a less serious person.

It's like you gave me a present.

I will never forget that, and I'll keep it in my heart.

Thank you.

Seok Kyung.

I don't think I'm ready to let you go.

I'm sure I'm going to have a hard time.

Because I can't see you anymore,

I'll forget you eventually, and I'll get used to it.

But...

I always wanted to tell you this.

(Ji Hyun always wanted to say something to Seok Kyung.)

You are...

such a lovely person to me.

You were my best friend.

I really liked you.

(You were my best friend, and I really liked you.)

I just hope you'll learn how to love yourself.

That always bothered me while I played you.

Be good.

I'll remember you forever.

You're...

my Seok Kyung.

Bye.

(The Penthouse)

(The Penthouse, from the fireworks in the beginning...)

(The Penthouse, to the explosion at the end.)

(For 540 long days...)

(so many people made endeavours for the production.)

I couldn't work on it carelessly.

So I did my best.

Thank you for enjoying the show so much.

I don't know how to express it in words.

I'm just sad that it's over.

I've been doing this for 22 months.

I'm so happy.

(Thank you for your passion.)

(The Penthouse could gain accomplishment...)

(because we had you. Thank you for everything.)

(Most importantly,)

We'd like to thank you all for watching The Penthouse!

- We love you. - I heart you.

Who said, "I heart you"?