Producer Hyo-jin Cho of the Disney + entertainment show ‘The Zone: Endure to Live’ (hereinafter referred to as ‘The Zone’) revealed the reason for casting Yoo Hee-yeol, which caused controversy about plagiarism. Through a video interview held on the 28th.
‘The Zone’ is a real variety that depicts the survival of the three representatives of mankind developing in eight disaster simulation zones in the future with no escape from a disaster that threatens humanity.’ And ‘You are the culprit’ is a new concept entertainment show from the production team. As members, Yoo Jae-suk and Lee Kwang-soo, who showed great tiki-taka chemistry in ‘Running Man’, met again and added a new combination called Yuri Generation Girls.
In ‘The Zone’, Yoo Hee-yeol took on the role of a narrator who explained the rules and delivered messages to the members in the octagonal pavilion installed at AI U.
However, Yoo Hee-yeol was recently embroiled in a plagiarism controversy and was in danger of leaving the entertainment industry, where he has been in the entertainment industry for 28 years. In June, it was claimed that Yoo Hee-yeol’s song ‘Very Private Night’ was copied from Sakamoto Ryuichi’s ‘Aqua’. Yoo Hee-yeol immediately apologized to Ryuichi, but the controversy grew as ‘Fleece Don Go My Girl’, ‘Hello My Love’ and ‘Happy Birthday to You’ were also caught in allegations of plagiarism. Because of this, KBS2’s ‘Yoo Hee-yeol’s Sketchbook’, a music program that Yoo Hee-yeol hosted for 13 years, ended with the 600th episode.
Producer Jo Hyo-jin said, “I appeared with a voice,” and “I planned ‘The Zone’ last year, and filmed it earlier this year. At the time, Yoo Hee-yeol was the representative of Yoo Jae-suk’s agency , and I knew they had a good relationship, so I hired them. I thought it would be fun to see the streets,” he said carefully.
When asked about season 2, PD Cho said, “I don’t think I can give a simple explanation for the next season. I hope you will take the production company’s point of view. Since the performance of season 1 is good, I can’t think of other directions for development.” beg for forgiveness.
By Tae Yuna, staff reporter for Tenasia youyou@tenasia.co.kr
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