Crash Landing on You Trivia | 35 facts about the Netflix K -Drama

K-Drama are taking over the world, and one of the most popular ones, that is available on Netflix as well, is by far “Crash Landing on You”.

Let’s find out more about it!

1. Crash Landing on You is a 2019–2020 South Korean television series.
2. It was written by Park Ji-eun.
3. It was directed by Lee Jeong-hyo.
4. The leading roles belong to Hyun Bin, Son Ye-jin, Kim Jung-hyun and Seo Ji-hye.
5. It is about a South Korean chaebol heiress who, while paragliding in Seoul, South Korea, is swept up in a sudden storm, crash-lands in the North Korean portion of the DMZ, and meets a captain in the Korean People’s Army. Over time, they fall in love, despite the divide and dispute between their respective countries.
6. The series aired on tvN in South Korea.
7. It aired worldwide from December 14, 2019, to February 16, 2020.
8. It is the highest rated tvN drama.
9. When it comes to South Korean TV it is the third highest-rated drama in cable television history.
10. After its final episode on 16 Feb 2020, Crash Landing On You officially boasts a remarkable 9.1 rating on MyDramaList, as well as a 5-star approval rating on Google.
11. It also holds a spectacular 9.0 rating on iMDb.
12. The drama has also proven a real hit outside South Korea, with many A-List celebrities in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand confessing to “binge-watching the drama”.
13. Apart from South Korea, the drama was also filmed in Switzerland and Mongolia.
14. Despite its premise, Crash Landing On You did not utilise North Korea as a filming location. All makeshift landscapes were re-created in places such as Jeju in Korea, amidst other locations.
15. North Korean defectors, too, have given the drama’s set-up positive reviews, with a professor at Chungnam National University noting that the series “changed the stereotypes on North Korea and candidly showed that it too is a place where people live.”
16. There was enough guidance by North Koreans residing in South Korea, as well as general & personal research by the cast.
17. The crew also worked with North Korean defector turned film advisor and writer Kwak Moon-wan, who joined the drama’s writing team.
18. Kwak, who learnt film directing in Pyongyang and had been a member of an elite security force protecting the Kims, helped to craft the drama’s plot, and assisted in conceptualising the setting and scenes in the drama depicting everyday North Korea life.
19. According to North Korean defector-turned-YouTuber and reality TV celebrity Kang Nara, around 60% of the portrayal of North Korea is accurate.
20. According to The Straits Times, Screenwriter Park Ji-Eun drew inspiration from actress Jung Yang’s 2008 accident: the actress was sailing in Incheon when her boat was swept away due to harsh weather conditions, causing her to almost cross the 38th parallel. The border between North and South Korea.
21. This show reunites Hyun Bin & Son Ye-Jin from Korean thriller movie Hyeob-sang (2018).
22. They both denied twice the dating rumours in the past, but when the series finished -and after a while- they officially reported dating.
23. In one scene a soldier is seen playing a computer game and royally beating an unseen competitor. When the scene switches viewers find his competitor is male-lead Hyun Bin. As he is getting pwned, they play the theme song from the series MEMORIES OF THE ALHAMBRA, in which he played the lead role as a gamer in virtual-reality-gone-mad. T
24. hat song was played throughout the series any time the game was about to get dangerous… and was a “tip of the hat” reference to his lead in that series.
25. South Korea’s talented singer/ songwriter IU sang “I Give You My Heart” for “Crash Landing On You”.
26. A song receives a certified all-kill when it is No. 1 on the daily and real-time charts of Melon, Genie, Bugs, and Soribada along with the realtime charts of Flo and iChart. A perfect all-kill is achieved when the song also becomes No. 1 on iChart’s weekly chart in addition to the criteria of a certified all-kill. IU’s “I Give You My Heart” became the second song of 2020 to achieve it.
27. After the drama’s premiere, Crash Landing On You was accused of “glamorising” the reclusive state.
28. On 9 Jan, the conservative Christian Liberty Party (from South Korea, lest you’re wondering) filed a police complaint under the premise that the drama had violated National Security Law. It claims that the drama has only depicted North Korean soldiers in a “peaceful” way, and that South Korean citizens have been “incited” by the TV series.
29. China’s streaming website crashed during the finale of “Crash Landing On You”
30. #CrashLandingOnYouFinale a twitter trend topped the list hours before the last episode of CLOY aired.
31. Brands like Swarovski and Gold Olive Chicken showed in “CLOY” gained a boost in sales
32. The lead characters portrayed by Hyun Bin and Son Ye-jin ate Gold Olive Chicken, a product which had a 100% sales improvement due to the show. There was also an increase in sales of the Swarovski earrings worn by Son Ye-jin.
33. “Crash Landing On You” had a whopping of total 6 cameo appearances.
34. Kim Soo Hyun reprised a character from 2013 movie “Secretly Greatly”
35. Actor Kim Soo Hyun who made a cameo appearance in ep.10 of CLOY reprised his character of Dong-Gu from 2013 movie “Secretly Greatly,” in which he is a North Korean spy hiding out in South Korea as a dim-witted Chinese restaurant delivery man.