Babel on location

A gorgeous photo to reminder everyone to watch Babel!

Note: This being a long article, I did not do any translation. If you want to read this article in any other language, please use the “Website Language Translator” found on the left hand bar of this webpage. No photography was allowed during the event or the tour of the set so I have not shared any. 

So it was to be “Babel 바벨“ on location tour to watch our favourite actor Park Sihoo in action as Prosecutor Cha Woohyuk in his new drama “Babel 바벨“.

Unfortunately for us, like it was previously for “Lovely Horribly 러블리호러블리”, the filming schedule was rescheduled. We ended up being on location but only able to see the different sets of the drama but no action!

One of the sets visited on location

We had to travel from Seoul to Incheon for this purpose but got to see a few “places” in the drama. The small, old, lived-in apartment that Woohyuk rented on a monthly basis. And in contrast, the huge, opulent dining room of the Tae chaebols that is probably triple the size of Prosecutor Cha’s bachelor pad! The public prosecutor office and Prosecutor Cha’s very neat and tidy office. The interrogation room of the local police with its one way mirror and recording devices. The Spanish Don Quixote restaurant that is owned by ex-actress and chaebol wife Han Jungwon’s best friend. And many huge pieces of photos with Seoul’s city skylines from the older and newer parts of the city with its cluttered apartments and the modern, glittery skyscrapers respectively.

The start of our journey

Interesting to see these sets before we even got to watch the drama, so we have yet to form any association.

After a tour of the location sets, we sped back to the hotel for a quick freshening up, change and then went to the function room to draw our seats and have our dinner.

The event started later than usual, at 2000h and ended around 2200h to allow us to freshen up so that we can catch Park Sihoo-ssi as Prosecutor Cha Woohyuk as the drama premiered that very night.

A view of the ballroom

The rundown of the event was simple and short. I shan’t go into the details as I think nothing beats the real thing so maybe it is time for fans to make an effort to attend Park Sihoo-ssi’s events in person for a change. The support will help boost the energy and drive of our very dedicated actor. After-all, everyone needs encouragement and support every once in a while!

The key takeaways from the events were that Park Sihoo-ssi shared behind-the-scene footages from “Babel 바벨“. We have never seen these before since the drama had not been aired then and these shared videos will not likely go on air either. They included kiss and action scenes and our man thought he fared better with the kiss scenes! Kekeke! 😂

The behind-the-scene and story of this kiss scene shared

If the drama hit 7%, he committed to lift babels in Hongdae…exactly how much weight, he didn’t reveal. He will take whatever rating that came for the premiere that night though a 3 – 4% would be good for a start! He would try to send out Instagram hearts, as many as the fans who attended the “Babel 바벨“ Location Tour, to thank them for their support. We congratulate him as the drama achieved 3.5% nationwide…this article being posted after the premiere, we already know the results. Well done!

Fans’ well wishes postcards were presented to Park Sihoo-ssi in an album and he read out a couple in Korean.

He did filming in Japan a day prior to the press conference for the drama. He promised that it would a spectacular sunset we will see in future in the drama!

A personal, much treasured autograph for keeps!

He autographed the Babel poster with his profile for each of the fans who attended the “Babel 바벨“ event. A very personal piece with our very own names on it. One which I will certainly treasure! Thank you, Park Sihoo-ssi!

The day was a long one for both Park Sihoo-ssi who was filming all the way till 3 am in the wee hours of the morning before joining us for the location tour and finally watching the premiere of his new drama. I am sure he must be tired, just as we were that day. Tired but happy! 

Credits – Many thanks! TV Chosun, ParkSihooSsi.com, ParkSihooHongKong.com