SBS talk show "Strong Heart" is considering casting entire groups to its show instead of just a select number of members from them.
"We're thinking about casting entire teams to the show now, like we did with Super Junior, in which all the members are close to each other and know each other well," producer Park Sang-hyuk of "Strong Heart" told 10Asia over the phone on Tuesday.
He said that he was worried at first since some of them, like Lee Teuk and Shindong, make frequent appearance on variety shows while others, such as Sungmin and Ryeowook do not, but casting them as a whole rather had a positive effect.
"The members who were used to being on these sort of shows, like Kim Heechul and Eunhyuk, made way for the members who weren't, to help make them stand out and even when they talked, the spoke of things which would make the others stand out so I realized that having an entire group would bring out the show's characteristics," Park explained.
"Strong Heart" is recorded every two weeks with each filming session broadcast in two episodes so the second part to the show starring Super Junior is set to go on air tonight.
Super Junior will speak about the various incidents they experienced while leading their life as a top K-pop group in the Asia region while Kim Heechul is said to have remarked on the band talking about their future a lot recently with mandatory military service having become a reality most of the group's members must soon face.
Kim Heechul, 28, is set to enter the military on September 1, making him the second member of the group to leave the spotlight to fulfill the two-year duty required of all Korean men.
The remaining members of the group, between ages 23 and 28, will have to serve their time in the coming years as well. Most Korean men enter the military in their early to mid-twenties.
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