‘Sweet Home’ director says the series was a “burdensome and painful” experience

nme.com:

Sweet Home, has opened up about what it was like working on the series across three seasons.Earlier this month, Netflix released the long-awaited third and final season of Sweet Home.

The series, which stars Song Kang, first premiered on the streaming service in 2020 to massive critical and commercial success.However, the show’s second and third seasons were not as well received by critics and audiences – including NME, which give both seasons mixed three-star reviews.

Addressing the criticism, series director Lee Eung-bok told Korea JoongAng Daily that “if criticism can be constructive and witty, then that can also be a good reward”.Meanwhile, he also spoke about how adding new characters in the latter season was “inevitable”.

He added that “simply sticking with just the same characters from season one could later become a trap”.Lee also addressed the increased use of CGI in seasons two and three, saying that they tried to use it “more boldly” because the show had moved beyond its initial setting into “a more open space”.The director of all three seasons of Sweet Home also described his experience working on the series as “burdensome and painful”, explaining that the K-drama was “a project that differed greatly from the work I had done before”.Elsewhere in the interview, Korea JoongAng Daily also wrote that Lee teased the possibility of a Sweet Home spin-off.