met lo_ve, oktober 16, 2023
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The production team of Mr. Plankton has officially addressed the controversy circulating regarding their behavior while filming.

On October 16, media outlet Sports Seoul made an official report about the tip they received regarding the Netflix upcoming K-drama  Mr. Plankton. The media outlet revealed that the people behind the K-drama illegally dumped trash after filming on Jeju Island. There were also proof photos of the trash that was dumped by the production team of the series. 

According to the informant, Mr. Plankton's staff and crew threw water bottles, cigarette butts, food containers, and lots of papers with the information of the directors and the upcoming filming schedules of the series included. 

There were also other posts on the online community that the K-drama was causing a nuisance to the residents of Huam-dong while they were filming. 

With this, the producer of the K-drama Mr. Plankton, High Zium Studio, gave their official side regarding the issues. 

High Zium Studio stated, "On October 15, our drama was filmed at Hwasun Golden Sand Beach from morning to afternoon. The filming concluded around sunset and we have scheduled to clean for two days -- the day of the filming and the morning next day."

They continued, "The production team made sure to pay extra attention to cleaning until the morning. In the future, we will be more careful while filming."

Mr. Plankton will tell the story of people who can't associate and blend with anyone just like a plankton. The story will focus on a man who has no other choice but to be a wanderer because no one has ever asked him to stay.

It will be led by Woo Do Hwan, Lee You Mi, Oh Jung Se, Kim Hae Sook, and Kim Min Seok.

The production is being led by director Hong Jong Chan (Juvenile Justice and Dear My Friends) and screenwriter Jo Yong (It's Okay to Not Be Okay).

Mr. Plankton will exclusively air on Netflix to more than 190 countries. It will have a total of 10 episodes.

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