Actress Lee Tae Im returned to the set of her cable drama "You Will Love Me" on November 16. The actress was involved in a car accident on November 11 that sent her to the hospital.
The car crash happened when she was on her way to film an episode of the Channel H drama. At the time her management company, Henem, told the media outlet Korea Times that Lee's activities were cancelled indefinitely but the actress was absent from the set for less than a week.
That does not mean her injuries were not significant. K-dramas are generally filmed on such tight schedules that actors can rarely afford to take more than a few days off even for significant injuries.
Lee and her stylist were traveling in a minivan that hit a center guard rail near an Incheon gas station. Both Lee and her stylist were taken to Soon Chun Hyang University Hospital. Lee sustained injuries to her forehead and pelvis. Lee's stylist sustained unspecified serious injuries.
As she is such a big part of her drama, it was impossible to shoot anything without her. While Lee will resume filming, the production company has said that they wll sure to schedule filming so that she gets plenty of rest. According to the Korean media outlet Segye.com, Lee's professional attitude was an inspiration to everyone on the set.
Lee's cable drama only began filming on October 29 and the actress appeared on the November 7 episode of Korea's Saturday Night Live with the show's regulars Shin Dong Yup, Yoo Sae Yoon and Ahn Young Mi.
The romantic comedy "You Will Love Me" is about a woman who pretends to be a man and becomes a relationship expert on social media. The actress plays an aspiring drama screenwriter named Park Ji Ho. Park pretends to be a man and offers relationship advice to a man with no dating luck. She helps transform him into someone any woman would date, even her. That man, Oh Geun Baek, is played by Oh Chang Suk. It's a reunion for Lee and Oh since they acted together in the drama "My Heart Twinkle Twinkle."The first episode will be aired on November 19.
