Actress Park So-dam says she almost lost her voice due to thyroid cancer... she is happy these days

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SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Yonhap) – Actress Park So-dam's voice was clear. Her expression was incredibly bright for a person who was diagnosed with thyroid cancer just a year ago and was on the operating table.

Park So-dam, who Yonhap News met at a cafe in Jongno-gu, Seoul on Monday to promote the movie "Phantom," smiled brightly, saying, "These days, I am grateful for every day and want to work healthy for a long time."

Recalling the time of cancer fighting in 2021, Park So-dam confessed, "I almost lost my voice nerves." "I took off about 10 lumps, and my voice didn't come out at all. I'm so happy to be interviewed like this through the movie ‘Phantom’ today,"

Park So-dam plays the role of "Yuriko," secretary of the Government-General of Joseon, in the film "Phantom," which will be released on Wednesday. She wears colorful clothes, shows off her charm by showing a bold appearance and does not get intimidated by anyone.

The powerful action acting in the film makes audience forget about Park So-dam and "Ki-Jung" from the movie "Parasite."

She has also shown action in her previous appearance in "Special Delivery," but in "Phantom," she presents a well-trained luxury action act that is more advanced than that.

"To me, 'action acting' is maximizing the emotions and situations of the character and showing them impactfully in a short moment. I want to continue my action acting as long as I can."

Park So-dam presents a strong performance of running and rolling with a long gun with senior actor Lee Ha-nee, who played the role of "Cha Kyung" in the film.

Regarding her senior Lee Ha-nee, she looked back at the time, saying, "I relied a lot on her while acting together, and her presence was so great that she felt like a mother, although the age difference was not big."

"Ha-nee, who took care of everything for me, is a senior who makes good oil for my thyroid gland and always take care of others." She is someone you can lean on just by being with, someone who's like a mother, and who takes care of everything."

The work "Hero" is a movie that she barely finished working on before being diagnosed with cancer. Park So-dam later performed surgery and went into the recovery process to focus on improving her condition as much as possible, but she has yet to stand in front of the camera again to film the work.

"I'm preparing to do everything I can," she said, as if she is looking forward to start working on a new film. As part of that, she traveled to Europe alone for 34 days last winter and had time to recharge.

"I thought I would feel empty, lonely, and depressed if I was alone, but I was able to look into myself. I could say that it was an 'emptying process; of myself.

Park So-dam said that she is often told that she looks happy these days. Actor Shin-gu and Lee Soon-jae, who are seniors, attended the VIP premiere of "Phantom," and Park So-dam thanked them for supporting her and giving her strength.

"I'm planning to meet the audience throughout the coming four days of the Lunar New Year holiday. I get nervous when I meet a new audience, but I can't express my feelings in words. With that emotion, I think, "I'm really glad that I became an actor." I'm happy."

(This article is translated from Korean to English by Yunhee Cho.)

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