Disney + as the production house stated that the drama 'Knock-Off' starring actor Kim Soo-hyun as the main character is currently "not scheduled for release." As reported by All Kpop on Tuesday April 1, 2025, this response came from an email reply sent by Disney+ to South Korean citizens who protested the release of the drama via electronic mail.
This email from Disney+ was sent on Tuesday March 31, 2025, or the same day Kim Soo-hyun held his first press conference. Many people immediately interpreted the email from Disney+ as a signal from the streaming platform that it was unhappy with the results of Kim Soo-hyun's press conference.
Meanwhile, a spokesperson for Disney+ had previously told the public on March 21, 2025 that after careful consideration and consideration, the release of the drama was decided to be postponed. Previously the drama Knock-off was scheduled to be released in April 2025.
Several sources in the South Korean entertainment industry even directly estimated the drama's production budget to reach 60 billion KRW and if the project is officially canceled, then Kim Soo Hyun has a big chance of being fined ranging from 18 billion to 180 billion KRW depending on the terms of the contract between the two parties.
It is a common practice among actors to be asked to pay compensation of two to three times the production costs when a drama or film project has to be cancelled due to a personal scandal involving one of its actors. Kim Soo-hyun is currently still entangled in a controversy over dating the late Kim Sae-ron when the actress was still a minor.
Sae-ron's family, through the YouTube channel Garosero Research Institute, has leaked photos and videos several times as evidence of the allegations. At a press conference on Monday March 31, 2025, Kim Soo-hyun made his first public appearance accompanied by his attorney to discuss the controversy that has ensnared him.
The Queen of Tears star denied grooming Sae-ron. He admitted that he only dated the late Kim Sae-ron for a short time, about a year, when she was 19 years old. Kim Soo-hyun's statement was immediately denied by Garosero, the owner of the YouTube channel, by releasing a new video showing the intimate closeness between the two stars.
Garosero revealed from digital records that the video was made in 2018 or when Kim Sae-ron was still in high school. Garosero also claimed that the video was just a small piece of evidence they currently have. They said that the late Kim Sae-ron had four laptops and five mobile phones that contained many traces of the two of them dating.
The video released on the YouTube channel shows Kim Soo-hyun at Kim Sae-ron's apartment which also strengthens the evidence of Kim Soo-hyun and Kim Sae-ron being together for a long time. The video shows the actor with short hair enjoying a meal accompanied by a female voice that is clearly recorded in the video and is known to be Kim Sae-ron's voice.
Kim Sae-ron asks Kim Soo-hyun to taste the food and asks for his opinion on whether it is good or not. Based on data from digital forensics, the video was recorded on June 20, 2018. During that time period, Kim Soo-hyun was known to be taking advantage of his time off from military service and visiting Kim Sae-ron's residence.
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