utsukare's writer talking about how yusei got casted for the role of kiyoi:
disclaimer: this is translated from korean and not from japanese so it's not 100% accurate. here's the audio so if anyone who can understand japanese has corrections, please tell me! thanks!
im guessing since the tweet OP used 작가님, which means writer, the one talking is tsubota fumi, utsukare's writer. if anyone who knows for sure, please do tell! but since im not sure im just gonna use "writer" and "MC"
writer: first, because the title is "utsukushii kare"
MC: you're right
writer: if there's no "utsukushii kare (beautiful man)" starting is not possible.
MC: right
writer: because the title is "utsukushii kare"... a beautiful man is not common. i thought, no, do they even exist? the producer also tried to find one beautiful man, continuously trying to find one.
writer: one day, i received a photo through mail, yagi-san's photo, that said "i found the beautiful man!" (laughs) like a breaking news. it's a work mail so of course its not written like that but with feels like a breaking news: "the beautiful man have been found!!"
writer: but since i have seen so many photos until now, i've seen many actors(' photos) too, my standards have become fairly high. i looked at the (yagi yusei's) photo like "ah well..." and at that moment i go "uwa!!! it's kiyoi!!"
writer: i think i won't forget that shock. (i thought) "utsukushii...!!"
MC: like going "this is the beautiful man!"?
writer: yes! even if there are many handsome people, finding a beautiful person is hard
((i just feel so proud cz this was yusei's first time and he really did so well in justifying the role. sure he got casted based on his looks but looking at his performance playing kiyoi, he did more than what is probably expected of him as a first time actor in a genre like this. as a picky drama watcher, if i feel awkward or i cringe watching an actor/actress in a drama, i stop but i never felt that while watching yusei and of course riku too.))
I'm living for the fact Akira pulled out his phone to film Esperanza's reaction when they were waiting for the winner to be announced. It just feels like such dad energy, to be like "If we win, I want this on camera"
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[video - Exile Akira recording the other members of LDH Esperanza as they wait to hear if they won Play 4 Victory. First, they huddle closer, saying "Ohhh", before falling silent while they wait for the announcement. Once it's announced that they win, they started jumping, yelling and celebrating]
I’ll be moving all of Gene x Rmpg and RamFan quest into a google drive. My channel got deleted but that will not stop my grind! Once most of the videos are uploaded, I’ll add a link to this post
I do have the soft subs and will eventually add them.
B.O.T is back !!!!! This time it's Jr. EXILE vs. NEO EXILE. It seems Generations will not participate this year and LDH will hold a press conference on May 7th
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