If you asked me whether I had K-drama Perfect Crown on my bingo card of results ending in the biggest K-drama controversy in years then I would have precognition and should go pick stocks instead and make millions. This outcome was nowhere on any possibility of happening and now it’s here it’s not going away that quickly or easily with apologies. The drama’s final few episodes got hit with historical distortion complaints and worse yet the distortion was in details that lessened Korean royal dynasty to details used during its time as a tributary state to the Qing dynasty. Ooomph, Korean national and ethic pride is sacrosanct and this is not to be taken likely, as the entire drama and cast of cancelled in two episodes saguek Joseon Exorcist can relate. This week the PD and screenwriter of Perfect Crown individually apologized, with the PD taking responsibility for the filming detail mistakes and also earlier complaints about leads IU and Byun Woo Seok‘s acting saying he directed them to act exactly the way they did onscreen. The screenwriter said it was her lack of historical research that led to this and will do better in the future as a writer. But so far this has not lessened the blowback on IU and Byun Woo Seok online with netizens and even some commentators, the reason being as leads they are paid the most, are the face of the drama and when it succeeds both get all the rewards and praise so they should also take the hit when there are issues. And the bottom line is, netizens don’t like the shirking of responsibility, saying as leads they also have a duty to pay attention to what they are filming and speak out and spot issues rather than blindly and ignorantly just film whatever is handed to them.