Drama series "River Where The Moon Rises" faces more controversies surrounding their production and re-filming concerns.
Recently, the KBS2 drama has been making it to the headlines because of talent fees and re-shooting issues, alongside Kim Ji Soo's Scandal.
"River Where The Moon Rises" Supporting Actors Faces Rough Time
In the news obtained by AllKPop.com, No Cut News cited that the production's current concerns caused worries among the supporting actors.
A representative from "River Where The Moon Rises" explained to the publication that the supporting actors failed to "write a contract and did not verbally discuss the payment, but there were too many articles published about the actors' re-filming with no guaranteed pay."
In addition, the drama official also mentioned that the supporting actors are having a rough time with the situation since they have "little to no say" regarding talent fees.
"So most of them gave up on the discussion because they are wary that their relationship with the production company might turn bad," the representative furthered.
However, "River Where The Moon Rises" production company, Victory Content, explained the reason behind the production woes.
They revealed that shooting the drama series was "too urgent and in haste."
With this, they were not able to "completely discuss" and "organize" the scenes.
"The current situation with the filming is too urgent, and in haste, so we did not get the chance to completely discuss and organize the episodes that the actors are to appear for the re-filming," the production company mentioned, adding that they asked the actors for their utmost "understanding" and patience on the said situation.
As for the talent fees, Victory Content revealed that they vowed to "settle the payment for the actors with relatively small appearances" and shared that they plan to pay the exact fee "around next week."
The Waiting Game
Amid the production company's controversies and upcoming plans, rumors sparked that some of the "River Where The Moon Rises" cast are "waiting indefinitely" until they have been invited for a scene.
With this, they won't be able to attend or work with their other commitments.
"River Where The Moon Rises" to Re-Film Following Kim Ji Soo's Scandal
The said controversy follows after it was announced that the drama series would be re-filming after completing 95 percent of their episodes.
In the news obtained by RepublicWorld.com, a KBS representative explained that following Kim Ji Soo's scandal, the management has decided to re-shoot some parts; this includes episodes seven and eight.
Unfortunately, this means causing economic losses and "harming" from the production company.
The representative even called this stage a "difficult" one but looking forward to the end ongoing project successfully.
"River Where The Moon Rises" Lead Stars Decline to Seek Talent fees for Re-filming Episodes
Earlier this week, it was reported that some of the lead actors, including Choi Yu, Wang Bit Na, Ki Eun Se Hwa, and Lee Ji Hoon, who play the role of General Go Geon, refuse to get their payment for the episode's re-shooting.
TH Company, who handles Lee Ji Hoon, mentioned that his decision not to seek an additional fee for the re-shooting is his way to help the production.