Kim Ji Won Dishes About Her Pre-Kiss Prep Session With 'The Heirs' Co-Star Kang Ha Neul

"The Heirs" star Kim Ji Won

"The Heirs" stars Kim Ji Won and Kang Ha Neul may have gotten viewers' pulse rates pumping with their surprising romance, but the scene's success was apparently the result of meticulous planning by the two co-stars.

In an interview with the South Korean news outlet Newsen following the Dec. 12 series finale of "The Heirs," Kim explained the preparation that went into her makeout scenes with Kang, who played the best friend of Lee Min Ho's character Kim Tan.

"We started talking about the kiss scene, asking each other for tips and how to act out the scene," Kim said.

Kim and Kang previously had appeared together in a different Seoul Broadcasting System program, "To The Beautiful You," but the actress said it wasn't until their romantic storyline on "The Heirs" that they became close.

"That caused us to get closer to each other," she said.

"We are similar in that we don't easily get close to people. But we definitely got close towards the end of the drama."

Kim, who played the character of Rachael Woo on "The Heirs," said that filming the kissing scenes with Kang, who played Lee Hyo Shin, was awkward to say the least.

"I could feel the others staring at us," Kim said.

"Park Shin Hye [who plays the part of Cha Eun Sang] looked on with such a satisfied look, that it made me feel embarrassed. I tried to think of it as just work since I've shot a kissing scene before."

And although she believes the plotline for why she and Kang first kissed--a ploy to make Lee Min Ho's character jealous, is a bit far-fetched, Kim claims she likes the way their romance developed on the show.

"The storyline was a bit random, but I think for young people, it's possible for feelings to develop after physical contact," she said.

"Many people didn't like how the relationship between Rachel and Lee Hyo Shin was open-ended, but personally I liked how it ended."

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