“The Glory” Actress Cha Joo Young Makes An Explosive Comeback With NSFW Scene In New K-Drama

On January 6, KST, the historical K-Drama The Queen Who Crowns, premiered its first episode.

The show tells the story of the passionate and stormy relationship between Queen Wongyeong (played by Cha Joo Young) and her husband, King Taejong Lee Bangwon (played by Lee Hyun Wook), while exploring the complexities hiding under their political communion. Though the show is based on actual historical figures, it promises to offer a deeper and more intriguing representation of their story by reimagining it from the Queen’s perspective.

While the grappling storytelling has already garnered significant buzz around the drama, the explicit bed scene in the first episode has become a hot topic online.

Cha Joo Young bared it all for the particular scene, going completely topless.

Due to the inclusion of highly explicit scenes, the drama is following a dual-version format for airing. While the 19+ version is exclusively available on the OTT platform, TVING, the 15+ version is being aired on tvN. TVING releases two episodes every Monday, totaling 14 episodes, while tvN airs one episode every Monday and Tuesday, totaling 12 episodes.

The first episode of The Queen Who Crowns recorded an average rating of 5.1% and a peak of 5.9% in the Seoul metropolitan area, marking a strong start. The show’s nationwide peak was recorded at 5.7%, the highest among the cable and general programming channels during the same time slot.