iQiyi’s year-end heavyweight Original Korean drama series Bad and Crazy took center stage internationally on December 13th, in a global press conference featuring leads Lee Dong Wook (Tale of the Nine Tailed, Guardian: The Lonely and Great God), Wi Ha Jun (Squid Game, 18 Again, Something in the Rain), Han Ji Eun (Lovestruck in the City, Be Melodramatic) and Cha Hak Yeon (Mine, Children of Nobody). 

Lee Dong Wook, Wi Ha Jun, Han Ji Eun and Cha Hak Yeon play characters with distinct personalities: Lee is Ryu Su Yeol, a consequentialist police inspector looking to get ahead in life. Wi is the crazy yet righteous K who is not afraid to uphold justice in a corrupt world using any means. Han is in the role of hot-blooded narcotics police officer Lee Hui Gyeom. Cha plays junior police officer O Gyeong Tae who warms the team like sunshine. 

Each actor talked about their characters and the ways they brought them to life. Lee Dong Wook shared that this is a side of him that viewers have never seen. He spoke at length with Director You Soon Dong on many character details and the director let Lee express himself, “He allowed me to act however I thought to act.” 

Wi Ha Jun, on the other hand, said he chose to take on the challenges of action scenes. Han Ji Eun who plays Lee’s former girlfriend laughed, “My character’s personality tends to be dull, so I tried not to improvise.” The series is Cha Hak Yeon’s first work since leaving the military and he revealed the greatest challenge was to cut his hair after having grown it. Cha described his character as being pure but will get to the bottom of things in investigations.

The 12-episode drama series is directed by Yoo Sun Dong (The Uncanny Counter) and produced by STUDIO DRAGON. The series premieres on December 17th at 9:50 PM (SGT), across 191 territories globally on www.iq.com.