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Maybe I should do that for now?
But it'll hurt if you do that.
Could you give me that for a bit?
Yes.
On December 2, with the final episode's shooting ahead,
Great King Bae Yong Joon injured his legs again.
The great king who didn't sleep in order to realize the dream of a Joo Shin nation...
His body was weary, but his eyes were focused.
Bae Yong Joon resembled that appearance so much.
- Ah, ready. - Yeah!
Action!
- Cut! - Cut!
- Cut, okay! - Okay!
It was finally the end.
Okay.
A journey so long it was hard to truly believe it had come to an end.
On Great King Bae Yong Joon's face, a bright smile finally appeared.
And then...
- Congratulations. - Ah, you suffered so much.
Truly.
Champagne!
Besides words about the suffering...
and the deep friendship,
Bae Yong Joon and PD Kim Jong Hak were no longer able to say anything.
During the two years of filming,
excitement and suffering embraced everyone at the same time.
I watched.
Gather, everyone.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
Everybody, together!
Actors, over here. Actors, go this way.
You're not an actor!
- I was the responder. - Responder?
It was a long time, wasn't it?
I thank you for persevering through hardships and making it here.
Applause for our Yong Joon who worked with us!
Thank you.
Our Juh Hak.
Here, Sung Woong.
You toiled so hard.
Is Tae Young not here?
- Tae Young is building a doorway. - Building a doorway.
We don't need to name anyone in the staff, do we?
Thanks so much for overcoming all the difficult and rough times.
Nevertheless, right to the end, it doesn't feel like it's over.
But it's over, isn't it?
In our hearts, it will never really be over.
Starting amidst grievous storms and expectations,
the drama that finished a three-year breathless run, "Great King Four Guardians."
A story with a different color, filled with historical figures and ministers...
So beautiful, dynamic and noteworthy, it made one anxious even during the opening theme.
Also, regardless of the supporting cast, everyone's part was crucial.
Amidst shining characters and viewers' high interest,
"Great King Four Guardians" changed past concerns into cheers...
and rose to become 2007's top TV production.
Through extensive and great strategy, King Gwang Gae To raised the heroic banner,
an unfamiliar opportunity not readily given to just anyone,
leaving a distinctive advancement in the drama "Great King Four Guardians."
Now, at the end of this road, what kind of story would be started?
Great King
What was personally appealing to me?
Bae Yong Joon/Great King
I think this speech was quite magnificent.
While leaving for battle, telling his troops and warriors...
not to die, to be by his side to the end. Such an image of a leader...
Kings always tell their troops to serve them with their lives...
but to be able to tell them to live to the end...
The meaning of such words...
It's just great dialogue.
- Yes. - Such a ruler needs to come out soon.
He was different from other kings.
Agonizing over one endangered life even as a nation's fate hung in the balance...
Great King was such a king.
We will not fight the enemy with just swords.
Our weapon for this battle will be fear.
We will become the most fearsome army beneath the heavens.
The world will call us the "Joo Shin Cavalry of Fear."
Second,
this battle's victory depends on speed.
We will cause three enemy fortresses to fall in seven days...
and take ten enemy fortresses within twenty days.
Third and last,
do not die.
I don't need those who throw their lives away in battle.
Stay alive by whatever means and be by my side to the end.
That is...
my, your king's, order.
In our script was this: "I put my faith in people."
Isn't that it? Putting faith in people.
Surely you are not going personally?
That's what I intend to do.
Is it because you don't trust your soldiers?
It's not because I don't trust my soldiers.
It's because I don't have faith in myself.
The king's teacher, governors, generals and soldiers will give much information and advice.
But, in the end, I have to decide.
Each time...
Do you know that I'm afraid?
Whether I'm thinking incorrectly or am wrong. Whether I'm needlessly stubborn or am...
Your Highness!
Your priority for now is to survive.
You must not reveal that you are superior to others.
Or that you are swifter and braver than others.
Do not show that you have attained more than others and that you are distinctive.
Everyone will disregard you while pointing their fingers and saying you're an idiot.
Allow them to do that.
A child born of heaven's fate.
However, not knowing this special fate, inconspicuous Dam Duk...
was a free-living prince with no interest in becoming the king.
How will I repay this favor?
We're reserve players Duk and Suji.
Please permit player replacements.
Even that first public attention was not for victory but to take the side of the weak.
- I'm afraid that I may hurt you. - I won't cry if I get hurt.
- I promise. - If that is so.
In mischief's slender voice, he revealed his hidden martial skills.
His personal trait was being skilled at saving the lives of others.
However...
What did you say your name was?
Risking their own lives, those precious to him kept relaying to him...
The king said this as he was dying,
"Tell the crown prince to become the Joo Shin nation's king."
Then, Your Highness will...
Don't you have eyes that see?
Don't you have ears that hear and brains that think?!
I'm the one who said he would leave his country and father to live happily with a woman.
I, who did that, a king?
With his whole being, Dam Duk wanted to verify if heaven's will was with him.
And then...
Finally, he was the king.
He tried to become not just any king but a proper king.
Now, seeking a favor as the king, his approach was...
His truly murderous weapons were...
Hey, could you just get up?
I'm the one who came to ask for a favor.
Spreading forth his life with a smile.
If you don't want to, forget it.
Thirty times.
Also, the ability to calm someone who was so enraged.
If he asked, he asked softly so he could not be refused. Such was his immense strength.
Did you sleep well, Your Majesty?
- Did you sleep well? - Yes.
This campaign shouldn't last that long.
Therefore, your wife should be safe, so do not worry.
Also, rather than high places, he always sought the lowly places.
What's with this taste?
That was precisely the soft charisma that took care of his subjects.
The mark of the great king, the king's charisma.
Kim Jong Hak/Direction
Great King is our king of conquest.
Leap by leap, he expanded the land,
possibly going over the Great Wall. A unique king.
In the ancient days at the beginning, it was a desire for a great era.
He was not someone seizing land through war.
During war, he had no choice but to expand the territory by creating trade routes.
He linked salt and oil, salt and wool, and salt and milk.
Creating trade routes for everyone to live prosperously, that was truly Great Gwang Gae To.
If those who dream of being rulers could be half of the Great King...
Are they going to truly try and make people feel comfortable,
throwing away their personal selfishness?
It would be nice if they could learn even half of Great King Dam Duk's dedication.
I wish there were many such great kings around us.
The Royal Guard will break through the Seok Hyun Fortress gate at maximum speed.
General Go's Royal Guards will block it so the army will not be stopped.
It was not a war of revenge with flags and swords...
but a miracle of bloodless fortress conquests through intelligent decisions.
Do not fight... Be satisfied with just leaving Goguryeo's flag.
The vanguard's duty is to plant the seeds of fear.
Those who do not wish to become soldiers of Goguryeo...
will not be killed...
Or even be captured as prisoners.
Anyone who throws away his weapon will be allowed out of the fortress.
So go and relay to the neighboring fortresses...
that Goguryeo's Great King is waiting for his brothers.
A king who did not fight.
The news that the Great King wanted was not of mere territorial expansion...
but a union of brotherly ties through economic exchange.
Transcending the world annals of Baedal people being brothers under the heavens,
it was a retranslation, an exploration of wider meanings.
More than the broadcast of that spectacular battle scene,
this was the dashing king who left the audience in fever pitch.
This was the true image of the Great King.
If someone besides Bae Yong Joon were to play the Great King,
Kim Jong Hak/Direction
who could have really taken the part?
Initially, it was thought perhaps that Mr. Bae Yong Joon was too gentle...
Because that was a familiar image from his melodramas.
However, as I observed Mr. Bae Yong Joon, I saw his latent charisma.
From the first broadcast,
Bae Yong Joon's reassurance quelled worries about execution and raised his artistic talent.
Lord Hwanwoong takes the power of fire...
At first, rather than as Hwanwoong of mystical age or as the heroic Great King,
it was true that he was seen as Hallyu star Yonsama who was explosively popular in Japan.
Spring 2006
For a long time, due to his fervent hope to work with the Kim Jong Hak-Song Jin Nah combo,
he only used reckless methods.
Not knowing if it was a disgraceful challenge, Bae Yong Joon subscribed to this huge narrative.
Then, the studious Great King,
he who wanted to be filmed as the prepared Great King.
So the first place we must hit...
Could that be why?
No longer Yonsama, the gentle Great King's elegant charisma was...
felt as though that was Bae Yong Joon's quiet way from the very beginning.
Look at this. Since it's wrong from the front...
Come out saying that you've never overcome warriors greater than fate...
- The back. - Yes.
- Wait a moment. - Come out quickly.
Come over.
However, last October, on the day when he confronted the Hwachun hordes...
- Action! - Enough!
- You're hurt. - Bring it quickly!
Bae Yong Joon's finger ligament was cut by his opponent's sword.
Even more unfortunate was that the start of the wound was in a bad place.
- Tie it with a rubber band... - So it won't bleed.
Where, where did it happen?
Where did it happen?
You have to be able to press firmly with this.
You might have to get stitches.
Huh? You'll have to get it stitched.
Was it a real sword?
Yang Gil Young/Martial Arts Director
Anyway, there are a lot of wounds.
In cases like Mr. Bae Yong Joon's, he will have to be hospitalized and get surgery.
He can't even walk yet. I'm very sorry to those who were hurt.
- Yes. - Many injuries this time, right?
That's true. These kinds of action scenes, such as horse riding, were my first.
I think there were many injuries because of that. Also, the weather was cold.
Sometimes those around here even said it's because I'm old. But I don't think that's it.
Also, there were many dangerous scenes.
I don't know about that. Just that in this production...
I don't know about 'transformation' because it took place while I was living as Dam Duk.
But sometimes people look at it that way, saying didn't my appearance change a bit?
However, I think it's my own appearance.
Also, if it wasn't for our dear Yoon Sang Ho,
Yoon Sang Ho/Direction
we might not have finished this production.
He really worked so hard and was a source of strength.
- You'll have to ride from over here. - What are you going to do there?
From both sides...
From both sides, can you lift like this?
Everyone, we can lift it like this over here too.
Get on from the top of the chair.
Wait a moment. Not with this.
For now, put the foot in it.
Just a minute... Carefully. Carefully. Slowly...
- You have to put your weight over here... - Wait a minute.
Slowly...
Hey, this is really scary.
Let's be careful.
- These stirrups... - It must hurt a lot.
I don't think I can put my feet in them.
Don't put it in.
Even during shooting,
Yang Gil Young/Martial Arts Director
I was really surprised many times too.
He tried very hard.
Yes, yes.
So... should I say that he's the perfect lead?
If the picture doesn't come out right, he asks me, "Should I do it again?"
Really, sometimes he asks, "Is it okay?" and if I say "It's good,"
he asks me, "Are you confident that you won't regret it?"
Then sometimes I have to think, but what can I do?
Nevertheless, he was really good and worked hard.
Lift once and roll...
For one year and seven months,
Bae Yong Joon had to digest countless action scenes.
Through a private coach, seminars and skilled training,
and almost total devotion more than anything else,
he was able to become stronger and quicker.
That aspect of Dam Duk which stressed people over fighting...
had to be revealed even through insignificant actions.
Not actions caused by anger but tempered advantageous actions.
They had to pay attention to that part as it revealed Dam Duk's personality.
Always when a production ends,
Bae Yong Joon/Great King
one always talks about missing it.
That's why one can work on other productions.
But the feeling of loss for this production...
seems to be greater than for all other productions so far.
Also, as the PD said before, we say everything, but the tears will still come out.
I don't know... After the last cut, the PD will probably cry too.
I... don't know how I'll be.
Tears are welling up.
On that day, who was in the royal sanctuary?
His Majesty was with the temple disciple.
Only the two went in. We were guarding outside...
PD Kim Jong Hak picked this scene as the most pitiful moment where Dam Duk confirms,
after losing his father and precious companions, being betrayed by the one he trusted...
and becomes angry.
I was behind there.
I saw it too.
That awful disciple was piercing His Majesty's chest with the sword!
This country is already in Lord Yon Ga Ryuh's hand.
Please go far away and never come back.
That's the only way Your Highness will survive!
Four Guardians
A star unlike other stars will shine, when a king unlike other kings appears!
On the day the Joo Shin king is born, the Joo Shin star will shine and...
it is said Heaven's sacred symbols will also awaken.
Kim Jong Hak/Direction
It's not just for us to enjoy our history, but...
perhaps it will leave N.E. Asia, be it Japan, China or other Asian lands.
And whether it's Europe or U.S., it's something we can watch together.
Even though it's our story, if we want it to be watched with people of all nations,
we need some roles with visuals.
So, through the splendor of fantasy and combined visuals so as to evoke the emotions,
we made some fantasy visuals.
Another thing is, because we say "Four Guardians,"
we have the four guardians: Blue Dragon, Phoenix, White Tiger, and Turtle Snake.
They're always protecting us if you go to Goguryeo's wall paintings and tombs.
We have to look at it as the spirit world.
Because it would be unbelievable to depict the spirit world as reality,
the only way to portray these characters in Goguryeo's wall paintings acceptably...
was to use fantasy. So we labeled this as a fantasy.
Since the sacred symbols' owners are awakened by the four guardians...
to help the King of Joo Shin, this fantasy-like setup...
gave hope for such debt through the four guardians' distinct personalities.
The melancholy of the four given life by wall paintings,
their introductions were unfamiliar but enough to bring fresh enjoyment.
Turtle Snake.
Mythical Turtle Snake's loyal retainer and owner of the sacred symbol...
Turtle Snake, Guardian of the North
He is...
Hyungo, who sometimes shows cute and outrageous charisma,
enough to obscure his role as Guh Mool Village's elder.
One day...
Aigoo...
What are you doing! There's no time! Get going! Get on!
Making a hurried entrance in a woman's wrapping cloth,
his popularity blossomed while getting the affectionate title, "Wrapping Cloth Hyungo."
If that is so!
In the middle of east, west, south and north.
Blue Dragon, White Tiger, and Phoenix's great man.
Between heaven and earth, between moon and the stars...
Here!!
Oh Kwang Rok/Hyungo
If deep in thought, Hyungo will gasp "Ah" because...
a thought suddenly comes to him while he's immersed like a child,
going over there.
Also, people born with heaven's wisdom have outstanding traits, but...
because they often speak like children,
it can be seen as a little lacking from a pragmatic point of view.
But that sort of feelings can be understood.
Also...
There are things about me that are a little unsophisticated.
Because parts of me are like a child...
When the King of Joo Shin feels the anger that burns his heart,
Turtle Snake's sacred symbol will awake.
Time will stop.
Inside, there will be someone who is awake alone.
That person is precisely...
the King of Joo Shin.
As leader of the four guardians, Hyungo is called to be Dam Duk's teacher...
and to lead Dam Duk to become the righteous king.
In the name of Guh Mool Village.
Even so, a clumsy village elder.
The master, who has wise intelligence but lives commonly and penniless.
That is...
the reason why we have no choice but to love the character Hyungo.
When he had to send Sujini away, whom he had raised wringing his heart...
You're... funny.
The appearance of him joking while his heart was crying sadly...
We could not help but to also well up with tears.
White Tiger.
With his iron-working skills and fearless courage, White Tiger's reincarnation was...
White Tiger/Guardian of the West
I...
chief of Siwu Tribe, am speaking.
The brothers of Siwu Tribe, now...
because I found a place that I won't regret even if I die...
Jumuchi left a deep impression with his outer appearance and impressive physical strengths.
Jumuchi, ruled by the extreme 'hit-first' philosophy and behavior of this guardian.
Jumuchi's famous dialogue is...
Yiiiiyahhhhh!!
The joke was that he saved the war cry for each battle scene.
And what's this... "Yiiiiiiiiyah!!"?
Park Sung Woong/Jumuchi
That's not a line...
That was... Somehow at Kyrgyzstan...
At that time, we went to shoot only battle scenes because the scenery was good.
That's why there wasn't any dialogue.
Same for Mr. Yoon Tae Young who went with us...
because we went to support almost wordless battle scenes.
Also, Mr. Yoon Tae Young is quite dashing that way.
But because I had to dash about in a Jumuchi way,
it became like "Yiiiiyahh!!"
Also, I saw on the Internet that netizens counted the number of times for one episode.
"It was four times." "No, it was five times!"
Actor Park Sung Woong, who was like Jumuchi even at the shooting sites.
When his role was changed from assassin, sent to kill Dam Duk, to one of the four guardians,
he was said to have been engulfed in joy.
But due to his 187cm height and a unique hairstyle,
he had to absorb all his action scenes almost without a contract.
Get on there... Get on there.
One, two, three!
Yahhhhhh!!
We'll have to do it again... There wasn't any reaction.
An accident that happened while doing this.
He, who already had a horse fall accident last September in Kyrgyzstan,
suffered the same accident again in Korea.
I'll give you this.
How are you going to relay this?
It's over here, right? You fell on this, didn't you? Here, right?
It's swollen... It sticks out because it's swollen.
An injury that mustn't happen, a serious back injury.
Throughout the entire shooting, staff, actors...
and even the strongest and bravest Malgal were toppled.
That was the unexpected breadth of affliction caused by injuries.
The combined ensemble action set, the glory of this drama...
Despite preparing for all contingencies, through unexpected painful wounds,
the results achieved from pure courage were no different.
That's good. Put him in.
The first injury was here, toward the calf. The muscle seems to have ruptured.
Park Sung Woong/Jumuchi
However, there was no time to go to the hospital, so...
after I got hurt, I went to the emergency room and was given painkillers.
I came back after doing that.
I made a hospital appointment for after the end of filming.
It's not over yet.
In Guhran (Khitan) land,
the thrown sword of Yon Ho Gae, who had been aiming for Dam Duk's back,
was blocked by Jumuchi without a moment's hesitation.
Though disparaged for causing trouble, the death of a friend to a lonely king...
However, at that moment...
Just like this, White Tiger, the last of the four sacred symbols, was awakened.
Thanks to this, Jumuchi was able to live again.
However, something more precious than the noble vocation of the sacred symbol's owner...
was witnessing the bodily awakening.
Rice?
Rice.
If you say "Four Guardians," we should have more authority or charisma for the myth.
Kim Jong Hak/Direction
Too playful... Too...
Let's see... "Just cute," we say.
I look at the characters of the four guardians as if they're still roaming this modern world.
There could be gagmen among them. Also, there could be a wage earner...
or professional or CEO.
I see them as very ordinary people.
No special reason why this person is a god (guardian).
While watching, it's important to convey the feeling that a character is a god,
because it can't be that "the person is one of the four guardians" from the very start.
I don't know if people said initially, "Why are the four guardians like this?"
But as time passed, didn't people get used to them and receive them with much love?
Turtle Snake is dark anger.
Blue Dragon is cold mercy.
They say White Tiger is pure courage.
Therefore, Jumuchi...
What is it?
The owner chosen by White Tiger's sacred symbol is...
Jumuchi... It's you.
What does that do?
Blue Dragon.
Next was Blue Dragon who reigned over the trees.
Blue Dragon/Guardian of the East
He bragged about his appearance, perhaps the most handsome in mythology.
The iron mask made his entrance as Blue Dragon's reincarnate more unimaginable.
Never taking prisoners, he transforms into a demon once a fight starts.
His external appearance is just as they say.
To represent a fantasy character was an incredible conjuration of imagination.
Also...
Spearmanship good enough to deeply wound a fellow guardian god, Jumuchi.
Additionally...
For one so attuned to nature, what was most surprising was...
the beautiful face hiding his unfortunate fate.
Our interest was as explosive as his intense introduction.
Lee Philip/Chuh Ro
The nature of a role like Chuh Ro's...
is expressed through inner depth.
There are hardly any lines...
Expressions... Well, feelings.
In those ways... now... I had to express, I had to deliver.
If you look at it, that kind of inner expression...
can be boring if portrayed incorrectly, or possibly not conveyed at all.
Thus, it can become like this...
The more experienced actors would give me pointers.
"You should do it this way, that way..." "How about doing it this way here?"
Because they helped me a lot in these ways,
thanks to them, I think I was able to do it more naturally.
He who first met PD Kim Jong Hak two and a half years ago...
and waited two years to act as Chuh Ro, Lee Philip.
Staff...
In spite of his poor Korean and having to learn everything continuously...
from the lowest position, he was grateful for every little interest and consideration.
Kim Bong Cheon/Make-up Director
As if to make up for his lack of practice in Korean culture,
he diligently greeted even the lowliest staff members.
Whatever he does, he always begins with a greeting.
Like this and it will come out...
I... I wonder... about that.
You have to like it so as not to hurt my feelings.
My lips... which are large, of course,
seem to come out even bigger.
There are so many ladies who think your lips are sexy.
If you see it like that, I am thankful.
- Okay, we'll finish your hair. Quick. - You're done?
Well done... Well done.
- Then he's riding the horse... - Yes.
- Then we can... - As Blue Dragon's symbol breaks,
- On top of the horse... - No, no, we shot that a bit last time.
- We shot it. - Oh.
Okay then, if the helmet is taken off, what happens to his hair shape?
If I put on the helmet...
Is that right?
The hair and face are so long and because even the helmet is long,
we have to follow for a long time...
- It's all right. - We have to bring one and a half cameras.
All right, while doing that, remove it in one sudden moment.
- Ah, that's good. - Then, then...
It looks wildly beautiful. It's fine.
Lee Philip/Chuh Ro
Before starting this production, I didn't even know who Great Gwang Gae To was.
You could say that I knew almost nothing about Korean history.
It was just that... Well...
About Korean history and Korean people's... Well... What do you say...? Origin?
It's called "origin."
About the origin, the beginning... I came to learn about that...
Thanks to this...
I've learned a lot. I felt many things too.
That's why it was such a good experience.
Whether to really serve Dam Duk as master or to observe him, Chuh Ro,
the sacred symbol tormenting him enough to make him want to die,
finally started to awaken.
Turtle Snake, dark anger.
Blue Dragon, cold mercy.
Chuh Ro, after awakening as the sacred symbol's owner,
performed the important role of inflicting a mortal wound on Dae Jang Ro.
It was like that.
Chuh Ro's attraction was that he was a quiet shadow.
He silently safeguarded the Joo Shin king from behind.
Though he knew she was the king's woman,
despite a one-sided love of 2000 years,
he was happy just to be able to protect her.
Do you know this?
There are things even the king of the world cannot do.
The Phoenix Heart?
The power of fire was originally mine!!
He gave it to me so I could protect the people.
Among the four guardians was Phoenix, uniquely arising from the earth's strength.
Phoenix/Guardian of the South
Phoenix's power, which came from the Tiger Tribe and was removed by Hwanwoong,
manifested itself as Black Phoenix, to engulf the world in flames.
Then, 2000 years later,
the sisters who shared Phoenix's perversely divided power, Kiha and Sujini.
Who was the Black Phoenix?
After leaving the question-filled birth secret behind,
older sister Kiha became controlled by Hwachun Clan,
Tiger Tribe descendants who challenged heavenly beings.
The Phoenix's sacred symbol that guards the South and reigns over fire...
The keeper of the Phoenix Heart...
greets the King of Joo Shin.
Kiha, who came to serve Ho Gae as the king,
even though the master of her heart was Dam Duk.
Our hearts broke more and more as we watched her...
taking the path which was different from her heart's desire.
Kiha... I'm sorry.
Actress Moon So Ri, extracting maximum energy from each moment on screen.
For the PD who needed such intense energy for Kiha's role, she was the best choice.
Your Majesty... Your Majesty!!
Your Majesty!
Hey!
- Is it all done? - Yes.
- It's up to here. - Yes.
Oh, hey, come over here.
"From Ho Gae's army."
- We heard from Ho Gae's army. - Give me something.
They withdrew safely from the border..
Was it hard for the actress to bear that most unfair fate which would come later?
- The chief priestess... - Tell me.
- "Tell me." - Tell me.
Though Kiha's fate is like that,
Moon So Ri/Kiha
By fate, there wasn't a way out.
Repeatedly... Because of repeated self-punishments and tears...
Wishing this heavy heart could overcome and break through those sad things.
This must be Kiha's heart because it also became my heart, the one portraying her.
I think those things made it most difficult to put my heart at ease.
Where is it!? My baby!!
Lady Kiha!
- The baby... - We killed it.
Sa Ryang brought the newborn baby's heart.
Everyone, gold that Ho Gae will pop out of. We have the gold, the gold.
However, different from the womanly Sae-oh of her previous incarnation,
owning the free and wild magnetism of an animal just like her name, Sujini.
Don't you have self-respect?
Is money everything?
How do you know that's it?
In the role of a woman warrior, Sujini,
who proclaimed herself to be Dam Duk's No. 1 guardian...
and acquired a huge fanbase, was the new actress Lee Ji Ah.
There was something special about her.
Yang Sang Ho/Direction
What Ms. Lee Ji Ah possesses, that stout energy...
only senior actors usually have that.
At the shooting site...
Strain, shakiness... I don't think Ms. Lee Ji Ah had any of those things.
Lee Ji Ah/Sujini
There are parts of me that are a lot like Sujini.
When I took on the role of Sujini,
I was delighted because she was a lot like me. However,
there were times when Sujini was way over the top.
Because I'm not like that in everyday life, that part was a bit difficult...
But things like crazy gestures are a usual feature of my personality... That's why.
Her mind lost in anger, Sujini brandished the blade of fire.
The possibility that she could be the Black Phoenix...
gave birth to a lot of speculations about the conclusion.
The response of the ladies who were headed toward the final shoot?
I was really curious.
Lee Ji Ah/Sujini
Because we weren't sure how the story would end, we were very curious.
I... Because I was acting when I didn't know if I was the Black Phoenix,
it seemed like a fun experience.
Moon So Ri/Kiha
On location, it was very...
Always... when I was most anxious,
the one who was hugely empathetic was shooting assistant Seo Doo Go.
Costumer... costumer Seo.
I didn't mean to...
- Dear costumer, I thank you. - Thank you.
During the most difficult times, he said very comforting words.
Yes.
Moon So Ri, who suffered mental anguish...
due to surprise at her casting from all directions.
In the end...
Finally revealing the identity of Black Phoenix,
she brought a different restoration to the scheduled conclusion.
Though her previous and present lives were unfortunate,
the woman who finally turned good transfigured into Black Phoenix.
Even though the child was protected by her blood sister Sujini,
another powerful subplot involved the sacred Judgment Sword.
For the sake of heaven, another reversal unfolded and...
the drama ended as an unhoped for tragedy...
with Dam Duk, Kiha and everyone meeting their end.
People of the Great King era
Thrust here...
The Great King era when so many characters were loved, to the point of being a syndrome.
Please promise me.
This man who had already changed too much, Yon Ho Gae.
Yoon Tae Young, through forceful and masculine charisma,
displayed a different magnetism from Dam Duk, Bae Yong Joon.
The reason Ho Gae had his heart set on being the King of Joo Shin was...
because of this foolish love.
However, whether love or the heavens, everything favored Dam Duk.
Yoon Tae Young/Yon Ho Gae
Even as I was acting, I think he was a pitiful character,
helpless... helpless against the power of Heaven*. (God)
Nevertheless, he tried to overcome...
because such was Yon Ho Gae...
The viewers seemed to perceive him as more pitiful than how I portrayed him.
That's why I'm thankful...
Twist your whole body...
Despite the burden of being Bae Yong Joon's longtime rival,
Yoon Tae Young worked hard nevertheless.
He, unlike Ho Gae,
Beautifully, very beautifully, so...
was the most cheerful guy on the set.
When you bring more clothes when I'm getting dressed...
Put it on!
Yes.
Nothing to say...
Oh, it's General Go.
Please let me have a signature.
Are you filming?
It seems like a movie's being shot.
Is that right? This is curious.
Look again and come back when it's finished.
I'll look again.
Seems like a movie is being shot.
I know Mr. Yoon Tae Young.
- No... I'm... - You look just like on TV.
- I'm Dae Wook. - Oh, I'm sorry.
Yes.
I thought the date's correct.
Shooting is over today.
Then why aren't you asking it (signature) from me?
Please help us.
Get out. Can't do a lot.
- Thank you. - Yes.
- You've worked hard. - Thank you.
- Here. - Give me that pen.
- Yah! - Just one horse. One horse.
Isn't Yong Joon supposed to be here? I thought we filmed him over here before?
Hey, get ready, ready!
Action!
Here.
My heart is here.
Stab it with your hands.
Go on.
Try it!!
The reason why this drama was unforgettable if seen at least once was...
rediscovering Choi Min Soo through the villain Dae Jang Ro (Hwachun's head elder).
The day Joo Shin's star shines.
Blue Dragon, White Tiger, Turtle Snake...
Phoenix.
The poisonous pose that earned the nickname "Tyrannosaurus."
The simmering quiet voice.
More than anything else,
Choi Min Soo/Dae Jang Ro
the coldness and anger,
the natural all-round transformation was truly a masterpiece.
Kim Bong Cheon/Make-up Director
The make-up for a 100-plus year old appearance took 4 1/2 hours.
We shot for 30 minutes, then again in the middle...
I think it was used in Episode 20 or 21.
The mid-old person role, the charismatic part where it pops out.
That make-up took 2 1/2 hours.
Then we shot for an hour and redid the young person make-up.
That day, Mr. Choi Min Soo only drank water.
All day long, for about 18 hours, he had make-up, filmed, and make-up again.
For me, I'm so thankful for his perseverance through all that...
Also, I'm thankful to the actor who made it look good on the screen.
Was that woman... the younger sister of Lady Kiha?
We fought twice with Mr. Choi Min Soo because of that concept.
Mr. Choi Min Soo wanted to go a bit more overboard,
but we wanted a smooth transition, so we fought about two times.
Though we fought twice with Mr. Choi Min Soo, yesterday when we filmed for the last time,
we embraced each other for a long time, almost to tears.
Kim Sun Kyoung/Lady Yon
The king sent from Heaven... I gave birth to him.
Your Majesty!!
Don't call me aunt.
The cold mother Lady Yon who gave Ho Gae the revenge gene.
Beware of the false prince.
That child... seems to have the nature of a snake.
Though he possessed the ambition of an old fox,
Yon Ga Ryuh's belated regret from his conscience evoked our pity.
When I think of it now,
I wasn't really waiting for the Joo Shin king...
Park Sang Won/Yon Ga Ryuh
It seems I wanted to make the King of Joo Shin on my own instead.
Yes...
That's what I did.
Jang Hahong Seon/Heuk Gae; Kim Hyuk/Dal Gu
The true father-son relationship that nobody on the set supposedly knew.
Jang Hahong Seon and Kim Hyuk in tandem as...
the unstoppable faithfuls of battle instincts, Heuk Gae and Dal Gu.
You guys... Do all of you want to die?
Oh, please...
What are you doing? Please quickly kneel, at least!
Your Majesty.
Park Jung Hak/Go Woo Choong
I, Go Woo Choong,
am the captain of the Royal Guards who could not even protect the late king.
I can never do that again.
Though I could not protect the safety of the late king,
please allow me to keep my promise.
Then, to the point of calling him a human god,
there was a character who gave Dam Duk total loyalty.
That was General Go Woo Choong.
Park Jung Hak/Go Woo Choong
Emotional scenes are very popular.
Actors like scenes where they can have interchanges a lot.
In my case, I think there were two of those kinds of scenes.
Even though I liked those two scenes, many things were also lacking.
Did you think I really couldn't kill you?
Park Sung Min/Sa Ryang
Such things as my life... I'll give them up to you anytime...
Also, the man who only protected Kiha, Sa Ryang.
The moment he was put in front of Dalbi, his courage shattered.
The Jumuchi-Dalbi couple fully realized by Jumuchi's timid love.
Those darn birds!!
Careful. Careful. Careful... Careful.
Protagonists who couldn't say their love lines during their only kiss scene to provoke jealousy.
Really?
The man and woman who resigned themselves to be single, Ba Son and Yut Jang Su.
Kim Mi Kyoung/Ba Son; Woo Hyun/Yut Jang Su
That is, to these people...
Kim Mi Kyoung/Ba Son; Woo Hyun/Yut Jang Su
Our king regained his consciousness after a sword pierced his heart.
Isn't that even a bit strange? I think that's even stranger.
Is that just any sword? It's the sacred Judgment Sword!
Such a chilly temper.
You're like that because you look like this.
Are you in any position to talk about the way I look?
Kim Mi Kyoung/Ba Son
A very novel person is portrayed.
Not a man or a woman.
Just as the situation and feelings dictate,
she takes everything in a very novel way...
She seems to have been that kind of a person.
Shin Eun Jung/Dalbi
When I saw the script, I didn't realize that Jumuchi and Dalbi...
were supposed to be cutesy, "will they-won't they."
I just followed the feel of the script faithfully.
Ultimately, when I watched the broadcast on the monitor,
it looked like lots of fun.
It also seems like the audience perceived it that way. Also,
because the viewers appreciated us so much, I was so thankful.
Do I have to whine?
Everybody came unaccustomed. Sit down there.
Each experiencing personal growth,
leaving unforgettable memories,
living the era of the Great King, all staff and actors.
Can they all laugh now?
Everyone, you all worked hard!
We give thanks to the viewers who love "Great King Four Guardians" till now.
Hey, sit down!
Grandfather...
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Become the King of Joo Shin.
That way, you can properly...
Therefore...
I wish for you to meet the one who matches the Phoenix Heart.
The owner of Phoenix...
Can anyone become that by possessing...
Action!
Was that woman...
Kkkkihhh...
We must not miss giving out seeds matching the planting season.
Your Majesty.
Yes. Yes. Yes.
Hold a moment. I'm sorry, I'll do it again.
Then, without any exception, take the spies you've planted among my troops.
If they're found afterward, they'll be quartered to death.
Ah, I'm sorry. Ah, I'm sorry.
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I'm sorry, I can't remember my lines!
Lord Yon's residence is totally surrounded.
It seems like those Hwachun dudes.
Then...
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