When I Was the Most Beautiful (When I Was the Prettiest / Naega Gajang Yebbeotseulddae / 내가 가장 예뻤을때)

I should welcome you. It's the return of the king.

August 19.

MBC's new love story is finally making its return.

That welcoming was a bit extreme.

We wanted to know what the genre of this drama was.

It's the first time someone protected me.

A love story about adults...

for the adults that MBC ambitiously prepared.

And what's the story about?

You're my student.

I'm not as young as you think.

"I'm your teacher. You're my student."

A taboo love is born.

I thought you fell for me for my beauty.

Beautiful scenes that will heal your soul.

Did she say she'll go out with you?

Ye Ji needs an adult man who will protect her,

not a kid like you.

And a love triangle between brothers who love the same woman.

What a shocking premise.

Even the title is sweet.

"When I was the Most Beautiful".

It tugs at your heartstrings and makes you sad,

but it's also like a very refreshing novel or movie.

I'm sure everyone has experienced a heartbreaking first love...

or something like that.

I'm grateful to have a chance to work on...

such an intense love story.

I'm working hard to give it a serious performance.

It's more fun if you know about it.

""When I was the Most Beautiful".

Are you ready for some TMI?

Are you ready? Okay, then. Let's go.

(When I was the Most Beautiful Characters A to Z)

Hello.

I'm Im Soo Hyang. I'm playing Oh Ye Ji...

in the MBC Wednesday-Thursday miniseries,

"When I was the Most Beautiful".

Oh Ye Ji, the woman who is loved by two men at once.

The main characters of love stories...

usually make their first appearance looking pretty under an umbrella.

But our main character shows her natural beauty...

with an all-natural, fully organic umbrella.

You finally have a student teacher.

A student teacher teaching art, the classic first love target.

I'm not a fun person, but...

"I'm not a fun person, but I'm fun once I get drunk."

Don't you have a home?

She worries about a cat's housing situation.

Did your boyfriend dump you?

She even gets involved in a cat's love life.

You can't sit here like this.

Even as she forgets it's "When I was the Most Beautiful",

and shoots "When I was the Most Wasted"...

- I... - Are you giving me a tour?

She becomes adorable when drunk.

That isn't all. She didn't wash her face before bed,

but she has beautiful skin the next morning.

How much is it like me? I'd say 100 percent?

That's really just like you?

Let's go on a tour.

Knowing this drama would air when everyone craves an evening snack,

she eats plenty of snacks from cup noodles...

to triangular gimbap...

and shows us how much she enjoys food.

After a terrible incident during childhood,

she grew up like an orphan with her aunt.

Quit that student teaching garbage right now.

Why did you send me to college then?

Did I send you?

You insisted on going.

Forget the endless verbal abuse.

She is traumatized by that incident.

It's very dark in many ways,

and she suffers a lot of unfortunate events,

but she grows so that she can overcome them.

I think that's more appealing about her.

The most appealing thing is how she approaches alcohol.

What about food?

You can't drink without food.

She even worries about what he'll eat with his drinks.

This is how she stole men's hearts.

I'm at the center of the love story...

with Hwan and Jin.

I think it has that pure image, like first love.

The rain is only hitting me.

As the return of Im Soo Hyang in an MBC drama,

one of the most favored actresses,

many people are waiting for this drama to premier.

I've been doing...

variety shows sporadically with MBC,

so it doesn't feel strange at all.

Thus, we put together clips of Im Soo Hyang in variety shows.

Sung Hoon's dream girl?

He said on a talk show that he likes her.

Are you saying she's your dream girl independent of the show?

Yes, when we were shooting the drama.

I felt those emotions.

I think I really did love her.

Turns out, she is Sung Hoon's dream girl.

Do you remember how Sung Hoon said a while ago that he liked her?

- Do you remember? - Oh my gosh.

She's shaking.

I don't think I can do this episode.

I feel like maybe, or maybe not.

It's clear that it was an unrequited love.

It's evident.

Back to the days when Sung Hoon loved her from afar.

The man with the crush made a big, shocking entrance.

I remember that.

That's when he was in love with her.

Even as they exchanged slaps, there was chemistry.

But it does not end here.

- No way. Please. - What is it?

He worked really hard, didn't he?

Sung Hoon wasn't the only one who worked hard.

The most recent drama...

was the first in which I had a mom.

She's a pro at playing characters with sob stories.

- Get out. - Know your place.

If you act out of line again,

I'll expose you.

Once again, she shows the sorrows of not having a mom.

Why didn't you just leave me at an orphanage?

We analyzed her previous dramas.

They say ratings went up the harsher she was hit.

I think this is the highlight of my life.

I get to work on great pieces.

We hope Im Soo Hyang will bring us another big hit...

with "When I was the Most Beautiful".

Come this way.

This is like a page out of a romance comic book.

He falls in love at first sight with the student teacher...

and pursues her diligently.

The devoted lovebird, Seo Hwan.

Hello, I'm Ji Soo, and I'll be playing the role of Seo Hwan.

Let's talk about this high schooler with a fresh, innocent charm.

With a famous potter for a father...

and a vivacious CEO for a mother,

he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.

Not bad.

He is a top student in school, has good looks,

and grew up well without lacking anything.

Thus, he's widely popular at school.

Hwan, should we get married?

Can't you go sit somewhere else?

Why are you always within a 50cm radius?

- Because we like you. - Because we like you.

He cares about people, he's serious,

and he's a healthy young man.

If he were a vegetable, he'd be organic.

This organic vegetable-like boy...

experiences a fatalistic first love.

He thought it was a fleeting...

sense of adoration toward his student teacher. However...

I'll make you get used to it.

Once you do get used to it,

you'll just smile when something good happens.

An adorable organic vegetable boy...

who seriously considered marrying his teacher.

- Jin. - He meets a surprise rival.

Are you going to drive her?

I'll catch it for you. It'll be two stops ahead at most.

I gave her a ride on my bike and showed off in front of the kids,

but my big brother gave her a ride in his fancy imported car.

This darned capitalist society.

Do you like my brother?

But I'm not interested in dating.

I won't get married either.

I believed you. Ms. Oh, you said you wouldn't go out with anyone.

So what's going on here?

- He's straightforward. - I'm a man too.

He says, "I'm no longer..."

"an organic vegetable, I'm a tough man."

"But it isn't a sin to fall in love, is it?"

The pure-hearted boy who had a crush on his brother's girlfriend.

Ji Soo shows an amazing performance.

He also played a high schooler five years ago as a new actor.

Enough, Transfer Student.

- Who are you? - He wasn't intimidated...

acting opposite Kim Hee Seon, a seasoned actress.

Was it you?

He got beat up countless times.

He was supposed to be a rebel, but he triggered motherly instincts,

and caught everyone's eye. Then quickly...

Hey, Lucky Charm.

What's your problem?

Then came the older-woman, younger-man chemistry.

What's wrong with him lately? He's so mean to me.

He's still growing up.

He's all grown up now. Although he's in a school uniform,

he seems mature and is now playing a main character.

He is trying for a serious older-woman, younger-man chemistry,

but a serious danger arose.

He's hurt.

We had our first shoot today.

It was a scene of us on my bike.

I give Ms. Ye Ji a ride home on my bike, but...

He holds in the pain flooding back into the area.

It was very fun.