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Yong Chavez

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1784874429905EastPalace_UNIT_102_33_00099R.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">A scene from &#x27;The East Palace.&#x27; <em>Netflix</em></span></span></span></div><p>Nam Joo-hyuk stars as a reluctant yet highly skilled spirit slayer in the supernatural drama series &quot;The East Palace.&quot;</p><p>Through an interpreter, Joo-hyuk described how he felt on his first day on set of &quot;The East Palace,” which is his comeback project.</p><p>&quot;I loved it, and honestly, the duration of a year and six months, I don&#x27;t think that it&#x27;s too long, and so when I was back on set, it felt quite unfamiliar for just a little while. But I immediately got adapted to it. I was back in it, thinking that oh, I&#x27;m back to doing what I always used to do, and of course, I was a little nervous initially, but I was able to use that nervousness to drive my performance,&quot; Joo-hyuk said.</p><p>Meanwhile, leading lady Roh Yoon-seo said she is thrilled by the positive response to &quot;The East Palace.&quot;</p><p>The actress added that she uses every compliment she receives as motivation to continue improving her performance.</p><p>&quot;I know that the greater the expectation, it can lead to a greater disappointment. So I only try to focus on what I can do, only on myself and my performance. I try to be aware of everything that I need to improve on and work to further develop that. And I think I can say I tend to be able to do that quite well,&quot; Yoon-seo said through an interpreter.</p><p>All eight episodes of &quot;The East Palace&quot; are now streaming on Netflix.</p><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-3" src="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DaOo2YtCFS-/embed/captioned/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=594&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A3%2C%22os%22%3A13629625%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="1041" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-3" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div>

<p>Nam Joo-hyuk stars as a reluctant yet highly skilled spirit slayer in the supernatural drama series "The East Palace."</p>

Nam Joo-hyuk stars as a reluctant yet highly skilled spirit slayer in the supernatural drama series "The East Palace."

Korean star Nam Joo-hyuk opens up about 'The East Palace' comeback

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Korean star Nam Joo-hyuk opens up about 'The East Palace' comeback

Yong Chavez,

ABS-CBN News North America

Published July 24, 2026 02:30 PM PHT

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