“The way [Ae-sun] has such a fiery spirit, the way she's very competitive, the way she has a lot of dreams, and also her love of poems and literature,” IU tells TIME of her role. “All of those things are what I share as my actual personality in real life.”

Richer and more ambitious than most K-dramas, Netflix tale of two characters struggling to find their place in the world is vividly realised.

IU and Park Bo-gum admitted that the opportunity to work together was one of the reasons they chose to star in Netflix's 'When Life Gives You Tangerines.'

Park's soft looks and easy smile made him popular, but it is his expressive performances and acting talent that have made him a star Park Bo-gum became a superstar in his twenties, beloved for his looks and clean-cut image.

In When Life Gives You Tangerines, Park Bo Gum tries his hand at running IU’s cabbage shop—but she’s too busy giving a customer a lesson on fair pricing! With a mix of humor and heart, this scene teases the fun dynamic between the two.

When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade – but when life gives you tangerines, well, you have to roll with it. When Life Gives You Tangerines is a drama that follows the sad but wonderful journey of a young girl who simply rolls through the punches of her life growing up in the harsh economy of the ’60s in Korea.