'The Hunt' Kim Sae-ron Tops Global Charts Amid Drunk Driving Controversy

TV Show Category · No.1 in Top 10 of 88 Countries

The Netflix series 'Hunting Dogs' has topped the global charts despite actor Kim Sae-ron's drunk driving controversy.

According to OTT ranking site 'FlixPatrol' on the 15th (local time), 'Hunting Dogs' ranked number one globally in the Netflix TV show category. The second place went to 'Never Have I Ever', followed by 'Manifest' in third.

'Hunting Dogs' also made the top 10 in 88 countries worldwide and ranked first in 22 countries including South Korea, Japan, France, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Brazil.

Directed by Kim Joo-hwan, who also directed the 2017 film 'Midnight Runners', 'Hunting Dogs' is an 8-episode series adapted from the webtoon of the same name. It is a crime entertainment action story about young men Gun-woo (Woo Do-hwan) and Woo-jin (Lee Sang-yi) who get caught up in the loan sharking world where money comes before human life, and risk their lives to fight against a massive evil force.

Released on the 9th, 'Hunting Dogs' received praise for the impressive bare-knuckle boxing action performed by actors Woo Do-hwan and Lee Sang-yi. However, there were some regrets as Kim Sae-ron, who caused controversy due to drunk driving in May last year, appeared in quite a significant amount of scenes without being cut.

Kim Sae-ron was prosecuted for an accident caused by drunk driving around 8 a.m. on May 18 last year in Cheongdam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, where she hit guardrails and street trees multiple times. Her blood alcohol concentration was measured at over 0.2%, far exceeding the license cancellation level of 0.08%.

The drunk driving accident occurred during the filming of 'Hunting Dogs'. As a result, the production team halted filming for over a month. Director Kim Joo-hwan said, "We rewrote the scripts for episodes 7 and 8," and added, "We sincerely tried to minimize Kim Sae-ron's screen time."

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