I think I heard it's very easy to get typecasted once you act in a historical drama but idk honestly
Probably because people like to nitpick on historical inaccuracies? Especially if it's based on real historical figures?
I mean, Korea has a LOT of dramas, romance especially. And the popular ones are rarely historical setting. I guess making a historical drama popular is a hit or miss.
Fun fact! I actually watched a popular korean historical drama on my local tv station called "Dae Jang Geum", or the English title "Jewel in the Palace". And it's not even called those things, it's Chinese dub (I think?) so the title is Da Chang Jin? I remember watching it on my crappy CRT tv where if it rains, the signal's bad and I kept hitting the tv because I was desperate to watch the episode
It's High Investment but little to no guarantee of financial returns. The demographic for period films in Korea are shrinking + is currently being dominated by other genres. Not to mention, it's harder to insert sponsorship/ad placements within the show itself which further decreases the possibility of bigger funding in comparison to the usual modern dramas.
I was completely off but atleast now I know the answer
I forgot about Korea and their "subtle" sponsorship LoL
In this webtoon, it mentioned that historical dramas in South Korea have to be historically accurate. Along with the high investment mentioned above (which is the most likely reason, honestly), I imagine it also has a lot to do with stale storytelling. If you know anything about history, then I assume you would know the beginning, middle and end to all the shows. Can't be very exciting.
in the story, they stated that historical dramas is a hot potato bomb or that famous actors avoid it why? is it not as popular as movies? or is it harder to film? is it like a known thing?