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| yna@yna.co.kr 2023-02-03 09:20:38
SEOUL February 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korean actress Kim Si-eun participated in the production of the upcoming movie “Next Sohee” premiering on February 8, as the protagonist Sohee.
Throughout the movie protagonist Sohee is a high school student learn and experience the field of call center. Although Sohee is brave and motivated most of the times, she suffers from unethical work environment and sexual harassment caused by callers which later on results in her taking her own life.
The movie successfully depicts how a happy and bright young student can slowly fall and hit the rock bottom as she suffers through unimaginable incidents.
Despite of such hard and complicated character setting which would have been hard for any actresses to pull off, rising actress Kim Si-eun received a lot of positive reviews solidifying her title as the rising actress.
Kim Si-eun who participated in an interview at a small little café nearby Jongno district on February 2 addressed “I was casted after talking to the director Jung Joo-ri for only a couple minutes,” adding “At first, I was worried about how I can act out such a deep and grand role, but I decided to do my best and tried my best to relieve the pressure.”
Surprisingly actress Kim Si-eun did not major in film or acting. After graduating from her high school actress was accepted to the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, after getting enrolled in university Kim Si-eun found her interest laying within the boundaries of acting, therefore she studied acting and was accepted to an entertainment industry. Later on actress was casted on to “Next Sohee” as a protagonist.
The role “Sohee” in actress’s depiction is a character that everyone and anyone in their 20s would want to act out. In order to act out Sohee who was losing the light actress, actress addressed “I put a lot of focus into depicting the emotional changes Sohee goes through as the time goes on by,” adding “ I hope everyone will be able to see and feel those emotional changes.”
“I personally don’t think I am super emotional, however when I was filming the scene where Sohee was getting sexually harassed I was tearing up. That is when I truly knew I was in character to a great extent.” Addressed actress Kim Si-eu throughout her interview.
The movie “Next Sohee” which is going through a preparation stage to meet its audiences in South Korea received a lot of attention abroad, and was invited as a closing film of Festival De Cannes, which was held in May 2022. Festival De Cannes addressed “Next Sohee” as a film which is shocking to a point where the audiences will be sitting on the edge throughout the entire movie.
“At first I thought the movie depicted the South Korean society very well, however after visiting Festival De Cannes, I saw a lot of people who were emotionally relating to the societal problem the movie was depicting,” adding that is when I knew there are a lot of those who suffer like ‘Sohee’ in every nation.” addressed actress Kim Si-eun throughout the interview.
Moreover, actress thanked costar Bae Doona for kindly leading her throughout the process of filming the movie.
Although both actresses appear throughout the movie as the protagonists, Bae Doona’s character, the detective appears after the death of the character Sohee, therefore both actresses did not have a lot of scenes overlapping throughout the production.
“Actress Bae Doona monitored my acting a lot, and when I was filming the scenes at the lake, she was worried of my attire because she thought I would catch a cold. I have heard a lot of great things about Bae Doona, however I feel bit down because I didn’t have a lot of overlapping scenes with her.” atated actress, throughout her interview.
Actress Kim Si-eun addressed that she hopes, a lot of people will watch the movie “Next Sohee” and receive the deep and thoughtful message it tries to portray.
“With small little inputs by the people from their own individual work place the problem Sohee faced might be able to get resolved,” adding “In yesterday’s news the movie ‘Next Sohee’ was being mentioned alongside the real incident, that is when I felt the power of movies and saw a little hope on resolving such problems.” addressed actress Kim Si-eun throughout her interview.
(This article is translated from Korean to English by Joonha Yoo)
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