(KBS 2TV)

Yoon Myung-joo, played by Korean rising star Kim Ji-won, was supposed to be killed in a draft version of the “Descendants of the Sun” script, local media reported Friday.

Korean news outlets disclosed this fact after the final episode was aired Thursday. The drama had a happy ending with none of main characters -- military officer Yoo Shi-jin, surgeon Kang Mo-yeon, noncommissioned officer Seo Dae-young and Yoon -- wounded or killed.

After a series of discussions between the scriptwriter Kim Eun-sook and the production team, it was decided to end it on a happy note.

“I was initially told that I was supposed to die,” Kim told media off-the-record while the drama was being aired. “But I was content with the final scenario, which makes everyone happy.”

This came as scriptwriter Kim in 2004 left many viewers baffled and upset after her drama “Lovers in Paris” -- which had record high nationwide viewer ratings of 56.3 percent for the last episode -- was harshly criticized after the love story between an ordinary woman and a rich businessman turned out to be false.

(SBS)

By Son Ji-hyoung (json@heraldcorp.com)