Amid Kim Sae Ron’s row, Kim Soo Hyun’s company, GOLD MEDALIST, was additionally accused of forcing the late actor Sulli, aka Choi Jin Ri, into performing an specific scene in her 2017 film Actual alongside Soo Hyun. The act alone drew large backlash towards the actor, who confronted intense cyberbullying and harassment. Now, after six years, her brother Choi Da Hee has spoken out. He raised three key questions, demanding solutions from the Queen of Tears star and his company—asking why she was compelled into the scene, why a physique double wasn’t used, and if a physique double was accessible, why was the scene filmed in another way?
Gold Medalist addresses Sulli’s Actual scene controversy
GOLD MEDALIST has launched a full assertion saying they knowledgeable the actor concerning the scene beforehand and by no means compelled her. Additionally they dismissed the physique double claims. The company defined that from the start, the function of Track Yoo Hwa, performed by Sulli, concerned a mattress scene. They emphasised that this was clearly communicated earlier than casting. “We consider that discussing such scenes solely after casting may place undue stress or create a way of being coerced for the actor.”
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In keeping with GOLD MEDALIST and Actual’s director, Lee Ro Be, Sulli and her company got full particulars, together with a script that included the scene, visible references explaining the extent of nudity, and a contract outlining these necessities. The model of the script supplied to the late actress and her then-agency included the mattress scene, and the character briefing supplies for Track Yoo Hwa contained visible references for the extent of nudity,” Gold Medalist (company co-owned by Kim Soo Hyun and his cousin Lee Sa Rang) stated in a press release through MK Sports activities.
The corporate additionally responded to her brother’s claims a couple of physique double, denying that any actor was used to carry out the scene in her place. “There was no appearing physique double. A stand-in was used just for digital camera positioning and blocking, however not for the precise filming,” GOLD MEDALIST defined. Within the prolonged assertion, the company stated they hooked up written statements from Actual’s assistant director Kim Jung Okay and script supervisor Lee Joon Hyun as witnesses who had been current in the course of the filming of the precise scene in query. Moreover, they dismissed claims that Kim Soo Hyun was concerned in any decision-making or had any behind-the-scenes function past appearing within the film.
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“Kim Soo Hyun, who appeared within the movie, was not concerned within the situation, storyboard, or filming selections, which fall fully below the manufacturing crew’s area. As confirmed by key employees members of the manufacturing, each the late actress and her company had full information of the function’s necessities.”
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Addressing allegations of stress on household
Sulli’s brother had additionally alleged that the corporate tried to stress their mom into staying silent. GOLD MEDALIST denied this, saying, “Now we have by no means contacted the late actress’s mom and do not need her contact info.” They urged folks to keep away from spreading unverified claims, stating that resurfacing previous occasions and presenting them as private experiences is tough for them to simply accept. “We perceive that one could also be curious concerning the reality of sure statements heard on the funeral. Nevertheless, mentioning an occasion from over six years in the past now, and posting issues on social media as in the event that they had been private experiences when they don’t seem to be factual, is tough for us to simply accept.”
Earlier, Kim Soo Hyun and his lawyer dismissed 5 photos launched by the Garo Sero Institute and the late Kim Sae Ron’s household, alleging that the 2 had been in a relationship when Sae Ron was a minor. The actor and his crew insisted that the majority of these photos had been taken once they had been each adults and through their transient relationship historical past of just about one and a half years. Since then, Garo Sero has launched extra proof to help their claims.
