The production team of Disney+ original drama “The Remarried Empress” addressed suspicions that a necklace featured in the series resembles an item sold for around 2,000 won on a Chinese online shopping mall.
On Tuesday, the production team of “The Remarried Empress” said regarding the black gemstone necklace worn by actress Lee Se-young in the drama, “The prop in question is a product purchased directly from a local vintage shop in Europe and has no connection whatsoever to Temu products.”
Previously, ahead of the release of Episode 5, the production team released royal-themed photos of lead actresses Shin Min-a, Joo Ji-hoon, Lee Jong-suk, and Lee Se-young.
In the photos, Lee Se-young, who plays Rasta, the emperor’s concubine, wore a light green dress featuring large floral decorations and a black gemstone necklace.
Subsequently, claims emerged on online communities and social media (SNS) that a product similar to the necklace is being sold for approximately 2,100 won on the Chinese direct-purchase platform “Temu.”
In addition, suspicions arose that accessories worn by other cast members, including Shin Min-a (as Navie), Lee Jong-suk (as Heinrey), and Jung Young-ju (as Albany), also resemble low-priced products.
Given that the work is known to have had a production budget in the hundreds of billions of won, controversy over the quality of props continued. Some netizens criticized it, saying, “It lowers immersion.”
In response, the production team denied suspicions of using low-priced accessories, stating that the necklace in question was a vintage product purchased directly from a local
Meanwhile, “The Remarried Empress,” which premiered on the 3rd, is showing strong popularity, ranking among the most-watched works globally among Disney+ locally produced original content.
According to FlixPatrol, a global online video service (OTT) ranking aggregation site, it ranked second worldwide in the Disney+ TV Show category as of the 5th.
It also took first place in the integrated TV and OTT drama buzz ranking for the first week of November (2nd–8th), announced by GoodData Corporation’s FunDex on the 10th, surpassing tvN’s “The 100-Day Lie” and SBS’s “Doctor X: The Age of the White Mafia.”
