Rui En battles ageism and single women insecurities in a new series parodying K-dramas

One thing she made it a point to give input about was, “‘Let’s not laugh at single women who are older and facing all the, ‘When is your turn?’ and ’Is it because your standards are too high?’” she said. “And I think there were certain scenes about which I felt, ‘Let’s not make it so comical. Let’s not be laughing at her – let’s make it laughing with her.’”

She also found the character interesting in that “at work, she’s so serious and no-nonsense. But she’s actually a softie who relieves stress by watching this K-drama that aired 10 years ago.”

Much like Rui En in real life? “I’m a super softie, yeah, I am,” she laughed.

However, K-dramas aren’t her thing at all. “Whenever my friends are like, ‘Oh, gosh, you have to watch this’, I don’t normally get past half an episode. I’m not really into romance,” she admitted. “I’m more into older Korean cinema like Old Boy and Lady Vengeance – very violent, very graphic. I went through this phase when I was like, ‘I’m going to watch the best cinema in the world.’”

In Oppa, Saranghae!, “they do parody some K-drama cliches, which some people told me they found very funny.”