The broadcast of the tVN Korean drama ‘Kill Heel’ premiere has come to a halt due to the outbreak of the Coronavirus in the filming location. Consequently, the ‘Kill Heel’ premiere has been postponed for two weeks from the original date of broadcast. The ‘Kill Heel’ pilot episode was supposed to air on Wednesday, the 9th of March, 2022 before the postponement. The representatives from the filming site have confirmed that they are changing the schedule to start re-filming in a more “stable production environment”. Meanwhile, the three leading actors of ‘Kill Heel’ – Kim Ha Neul, Lee Hye Young, and Kim Sung Ryung have been confirmed to have tested negative for the Coronavirus.
The pilot episode of tvN’s drama Kill Heel was previously supposed to air on the 9th of March (Wednesday) and air every Wednesday and Thursday until the last episode on April 22nd, 2022. However, due to the outbreak of the Corona Virus in the filming set, the ‘Kill Heel’ premiere has been postponed to the 9th of March, 2022 at 10:30 pm KST.
Plot of tvN Drama ‘Kill Heel’
The 2022 upcoming tvN drama ‘Kill Heel’ is based on the power struggle, ambition, and desires of three massively competitive women in the field of UNI home-shopping industry. The main characters of the show are Woo Hyun (played by Kim Ha Neul), Ki Mo Ran (played by Lee Hye Young), and Bae Ok Seon (played by Kim Sung Ryung). Some of the other confirmed characters are Joon Beom (played by Jung Eui Jae), Sung Woo (played by Moon Ji In), and Eo Jin (Park So Eun).
tVN ‘Kill Heel’ is being directed by No Do Cheol, who has previously directed two seasons of the thriller series Partners for Justice (starring Jung Yoo Mi and Jung Jae Young) and MBC General Hospital (starring the famous Cha Tae Hyun). The screenwriters for the show are Shin Kwang Ho (writer of another female-centric show, ‘Detectives of Seonam Girls’ High School’) and Lee Chun Woo.
Not much of the plotline has been revealed yet but with the star-studded cast of stellar actors and actresses, this women-centric television series with an oddball plot-line should be on your to-watch list, if it isn’t already! Hope behind-the-scenes photos and pictures from the script reading of Kill Heel calm your anticipation for now.
Director No Do Cheol on tvN ‘Kill Heel’
The director of the drama ‘Kill Heel’ has assured the anticipating viewers that the show is going to be very different from other female-centric dramas, and it will portray the dynamics in a more realistic way. “There is no strong polarity, no black-and-white, rather the boundaries between good and evil are blurred and the characters are not afraid of crossing the said boundaries. The director further reveals that he was drawn to the offered script because the writer Shin Kwang Ho had a charming insight on how human desires can turn situations upside down.
Release Date of Episode 1 of tvN ‘Kill Heel’
The ‘Kill Heel’ premiere will be on Thursday 9th March 2022. It will first air on the Korean television channel tVN at 10:30 PM KST. That is 7 PM IST, 11:30 PM AEST, and 8:30 AM EST. It will be replacing tVN’s show ‘Work Later, Drink Now’. ‘Kill Heel’ will have 16 episodes in total and will finish airing on the 28th of April 2022. You can watch the ‘Kill Heel’ episodes after they air in South Korea on Rakuten Viki here.
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