Prince Myeong-Hwan’s ready — people looking at Chae Woo-Jin had this written all over their faces, but Chae Woo-Jin himself was swamped and out of it because he had a lot of things to prepare for. First of all, he had to thoroughly read through Prince Myeong-Hwan’s data that Director Yoon Seon had sent him previously but wasn’t interested in looking at back then.

There was so much information about Prince Myeong-Hwan that Woo-Jin wondered if a lot of historical records still existed. As he read through them one by one, Woo-Jin realized this movie was the story of Prince Myeong-Hwan that was seen through other people’s eyes. The works and letters left behind by Prince Myeong-Hwan alone weren’t enough to make a movie. Eventually, they had no choice but to fill the void with information and data left behind by others.

The glamorization of Prince Myeong-Hwan in Red Enemy had also ultimately reflected the gaze which the people who lived back then used to look at him. Regardless of how well Woo-Jin knew Prince Myeong-Hwan, he couldn’t possibly have known how other people viewed him at that time. Thus, the materials used as the movie's foundation contained a lot of information and stories that Woo-Jin was unfamiliar with.

The truth unbeknownst to the prince himself, as well as the objective evaluations of him, felt like a completely different story. It piqued Woo-Jin’s interest,...