Women’ Era’s Lim Yoona has shared her ideas on her upcoming drama “Bon Appétit, Your Majesty”!
Primarily based on a well-liked net novel, “Bon Appétit, Your Majesty” is a fantasy romance drama starring Lim Yoona as Yeon Ji Younger, an award-winning French chef who winds up touring 500 years again into the previous. There, she meets despotic king Lee Heon (Lee Chae Min), who is named the worst of tyrants—and who additionally occurs to be a discerning gourmand.
Lim Yoona shared, “I’d at all times wished to work with director Jang Tae Yoo, and I’m actually pleased to be working with him for the primary time by way of ‘Bon Appétit, Your Majesty.’”
Concerning why she selected to star within the drama, Lim Yoona defined, “I used to be drawn to the theme of cooking and located the character of Yeon Ji Younger, who works as a chef, very interesting, so I wished to tackle the problem [of playing her].”
As for her character’s largest charms, she picked “charisma, knowledge, and confidence,” explaining, “Yeon Ji Younger at all times speaks her thoughts clearly and chooses her personal path as an alternative of being led by others. Her sensible, assured, and charismatic nature left a powerful impression on me.”
On how she ready for the character of Yeon Ji Younger, Lim Yoona shared, “For about three months, I met with precise cooks and realized every little thing from dealing with cooking instruments to the whole cooking course of intimately. I additionally practiced cooking in numerous methods to arrange for the function.”
She continued, “I realized a brand new ability referred to as flambé [a French cooking technique where alcohol is added to a dish or sauce and quickly burned off over high heat], and I feel it was the approach I showcased essentially the most [in the drama]. Because of that, I turned extra assured in cooking, and whereas enjoying Yeon Ji Younger, I discovered myself pondering, ‘I can’t consider I can do one thing like this.’ It was my most spectacular efficiency.”
Lim Yoona additionally revealed that she added refined particulars to her styling and speech to spotlight the character’s time-slip from the trendy day to the previous. She defined, “To obviously present the distinction between the current day and the previous, I made certain to put on trendy equipment like sun shades, scarves, and earrings. I additionally saved Yeon Ji Younger’s speech and tone assured, cheerful, and trendy.”
Encouraging viewers to tune in to the drama, Lim Yoona remarked, “In the event you pay shut consideration to the superbly shot cooking scenes and the feelings between the characters, I feel you’ll have the ability to benefit from the drama much more. Please sit up for ‘Bon Appétit, Your Majesty.’”
“Bon Appétit, Your Majesty” will premiere on August 23 at 9:10 p.m. KST.
Within the meantime, watch Lim Yoona in “Miracle: Letters to the President” beneath:
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