On Dec 9, a media outlet reported that Youth suspended filming in late October. Big Hit Entertainment and Chorokbaem Media reportedly told the cast that the filming was suspended in the process of adjusting the plan to use membersŌĆÖ real names in the charactersŌĆÖ narrative. However, the production failed to resume last month and was postponed once again earlier this month. In the end, the production company has decided to resume filming in January next year. Youth follows seven boys on their journey of growing up. The worldview that penetrates the drama is based on BTSŌĆÖs ŌĆ£HwayangyeonhwaŌĆØ series, as the title ŌĆ£YouthŌĆØ suggests. However, as soon as the introduction to the characters were released, ARMY was enraged over the shocking storytelling of characters with BTS membersŌĆÖ real names, ŌĆ£people think he killed his mother by setting the house on fire,ŌĆØ ŌĆ£a painful memory of being abandoned in an amusement park as a child,ŌĆØ ŌĆ£his familyŌĆÖs overprotection and his childhood filled with lies have deeply traumatized him,ŌĆØ or ŌĆ£life or death has no particular meaning,ŌĆØ ARMY released their statement in October, saying, ŌĆ£The real name represents the lives of each member as a human being before being a member of the BTS. However, the agency is using their real names as fictional drama characters to pursue profits.ŌĆØ Meanwhile, Youth is directed by Your NeighborŌĆÖs Wife director Kim Jae Hong and penned by The Light in Your Eyes and Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo writer Kim Soo Jin. Source (1)
