6 Thrilling Facts From Korean Drama, All Of Us Are Dead

Drama Korea All of Us are Dead (Foto: Netflix)

JAKARTA - The series All of Us Are Dead makes the audience excited and curious. This Korean drama is about a group of high school students who are trapped in a school where a zombie outbreak is spreading. They must unite and fight together to survive until reinforcements arrive.

If you're curious to know more about All of Us Are Dead, check out the six interesting facts below, quoted from the official Netflix broadcast, Thursday, February 3.

Adapted from Webtoon with Wild Imaginations All of Us Are Dead is based on a popular webtoon by Joo Dong-geun which is called a Korean-style zombie graphic novel thanks to its wild imagination, gripping story, and meticulous details. The high popularity of this webtoon is also the reason for players to join the live-action series All of Us Are Dead.

Yoon Chan-young expressed his enthusiasm when offered an audition because he was familiar with the original webtoon.

“I've read the original webtoon and have always been curious about the character I'll be playing. It's an honor for me to be able to play it," said actress Lee You-mi.

For director Lee JQ himself, there was a lot of pressure and responsibility in adapting a legendary webtoon.

“We met with the original author and had a lot of discussion about how we could bring the story to life. We want to raise about what kind of hope one has to carry with life, and what it means to be human. Not only entertaining, we also want to make a drama that makes people think.”

Teenage zombies Although zombies are not a new genre in the Korean film industry, "All of Us Are Dead" has a unique factor that sets it apart from the rest. According to the director, the series focuses on school as the main setting where we can see young people make their choices.

Actor Lim Jae-hyeok chimed in that the school setting also doesn't allow students to have powerful weapons - such as rifles - like other zombie stories. “We only use what is around, such as school supplies, tables and chairs. In my opinion, this is a very differentiating factor.”

Challenging action scenes Offering lots of action scenes, players need three months of challenging training. Yoon Chan-young shared a story about the strenuous self-defense training he did for a full hour three times. The effect of this training was also felt by Lomon who could only lie in bed for three days and needed acupuncture.

Director Lee JQ also talked about his concerns and the director of the game at the beginning about the players who seemed to need a stunt double. “Even though they were worried, it turns out that they are getting better quickly because they are still young. They are able to build up energy quickly.”

Professional Actor Although most of the characters are high school students, in reality only Park Ji-hu is still in school.

“I am now 20 years old, but I was the same age as On-jo when filming. Sometimes I go to the set wearing the original uniform before finally changing into the school uniform in this series.”

His young age also makes Ji-hu often call his co-stars "uncle" and "aunt", including to Lim Jae-hyeok and Lee You-mi.

Friendship between two mortal enemies In this series, the character Yoon Gwi-nam played by Yoo In-soo wants to take revenge on Lee Cheong-san played by Yoon Chan-young. But in real life, these two actors are actually close friends.

In-soo shares his frustration about Chan-young removing In-soo's character name sticker on his cellphone.

“Actually, none of my co-stars here want to put my character's name on it. But with Chan-young, we talk every day! He's a close friend of mine. Knowing he removed my name from his cellphone, I was very hurt," In-soo said.

Their friendship was also seen when both of them vomited after going through challenging training.

Choi Yi-hyun's soul as a high school student This 22-year-old actress has a cute face that makes her look youthful. No wonder Choi Yi-hyun often gets the trust to play a high school student.

His role as Choi Nam-ra, a cold class president who is not good at making friends, will be ready to steal your attention with his character development. Yi-hyun also admits that he enjoys the role of being younger than his real age.

“I love playing a character who wears a school uniform. I have a youthful looking face, and I think that's the secret to playing these roles. I'm ready to take on the role of another high school student," said Choi Yi-hyun.