Song Hye-kyo and Jeon Yeo-bin are showing off their passionate ‘solidarity’ through the movie ‘The Nuns’, which opens on the 22nd. In a recent film industry where it is difficult to find female-led movies, they have taken aim at the Lunar New Year holiday box office with the ‘top two female leads’.

‘The Nuns’ is a spin-off of ‘The Priests’, which starred Kim Yun-seok and Kang Dong-won and drew 5.44 million moviegoers in 2015. It tells the story of two nuns struggling to save a boy possessed by a powerful evil spirit. Song Hye-kyo and Jeon Yeo-bin, who played the roles of Sister Junia and Sister Michaela, respectively, who perform exorcisms in the drama, met at a cafe in Samcheong-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul on the 21st and expressed their affection for each other, saying, “We were able to immerse ourselves in our characters and act more because we had each other.”

Oh, I learned to smoke to act like I was smoking”

Song Hye-kyo draws attention by completing a character with a completely different style from nuns portrayed in existing media, as she does not hesitate to swear and smoke in the drama. Having been criticized for her “awkward swearing” in the 2014 film “My Palpitating Life,” she laughed and said, “As I’ve gotten older and lived, I swear more, so swearing isn’t that awkward anymore.”

“As a non-smoker, what I worried about the most was the smoking scenes. The first scene in the drama is a smoking scene, and I thought it couldn‘t look fake. That’s why I practiced smoking for 6 months before filming. Of course, I‘ve quit now.“

She also recalled that she felt like she instantly transformed into Sister Junia when she put on the nun’s habit. She appeared wearing a veil in all the scenes and laughed, saying, ”It was good that I didn‘t have to prepare my hair.“

”It only took 20 minutes to prepare. Actually, I let go of my appearance (wanting to look pretty) since ’The Glory.‘ Unlike filming romance dramas, they didn’t give me a single reflector for genre films. Of course, I dress up to look pretty when I go to events, but I‘m in my 40s now. I think I’m past the age where I can compete with my looks in a drama.“
O“Your mystical past? It‘s different now!”

Unlike the past when he had a strong image as a ‘mystical actor’, he has shown a different side by appearing on tvN’s ‘You Quiz on the Block’ as well as various YouTube entertainment shows. He said, “In the past, (the entertainment industry) preferred a mystical style, but these days, I‘m embracing the changed atmosphere.”

“I wanted to approach young people who don’t know me well (through web entertainment), and I‘ve also gained the courage to show the public my comfortable side these days. The way I look in Kang Min-kyung’s YouTube vlog is the most similar to how I usually look.”

Having had a difficult time due to personal reasons, he said, “I don‘t have any big worries or concerns these days,”and “The only thing I care about is ‘The Black Nuns’.”

“I’ve been putting myself first for the past few years. So it‘s been quite a while since I’ve seen any comments (malicious comments) just for me. As I‘ve entered my 40s, I’ve been thinking a lot that living each day without any problems is the best. People who see me also tell me that I look very comfortable. Everyone has different standards for happiness, but I think ‘living a comfortable daily life’ is the best happiness for me.”


Reporter Seungmi Lee smlee@donga.com

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