Jinyoung and Dahyun have summoned the faces of our nostalgic first loves that exist in our hearts to the screen. It is through the movie ‘The Girl We Loved Back Then’, which was released on the 21st.

‘The Girl We Loved Back Then’, a remake of the 2012 Taiwanese movie of the same name, is a refreshing story about the first love of Jinwoo (Jinyoung) and Seonah (Dahyun), who are immature and love each other but cannot express it easily, in a refreshing tone. Through this film, the two who met as fellow actors rather than senior and junior idols saw each other as ‘Jinwoo and Sunah themselves’, and then changed their minds.

O“Screen debut, Twice members cheering for me”

Dahyun, who has long harbored her ‘dream of becoming an actress’, smiled brightly and said, “I‘m so happy that I’ve finally achieved my dream”. Above all, she emphasized that her screen debut “was a great gift to her parents”.

“When I was in elementary school, I went to the movies with my parents and they said, ‘Will I ever see our Dahyun on the screen?’. I had completely forgotten about that memory, but it came back to me while I was filming the film. When my mom saw the film this time, she was so happy, saying, ‘I‘m seeing our real Dahyun on the screen.’”

The ones who were just as happy as her parents were the Twice members, who are closer than her family. When the Twice members who attended the VIP preview gave me a bouquet of flowers and a gift and told me, “You’ve worked hard,” I looked back and said, “I was really touched.”

“I once hid in the classroom at my high school graduation and gave her a surprise congratulations. I remembered that and it made me feel really emotional. I even made a cake with the words ‘DH ACTRESS’ on it and gave it to her as a gift. Friends who couldn‘t come to the preview due to their schedules watched the movie separately and sent long texts saying, ”We support your beginning.“”

She also revealed an episode about the complicated feelings(?) of the Twice members upon seeing Dahyun’s ‘first kiss scene’, which made everyone laugh.

“One of our fans sent Jihyo unnie a message on Bubble (fan communication platform) saying, ‘Is it okay that Dahyun has a kiss scene?’, and Jihyo unnie replied saying, ‘I‘m also upset.’, haha. I think it’s because my unnies always saw me as the younger sibling. I also went to cheer on Tzuyu when she made her solo debut on ‘Music Bank’, and it was so special to see our youngest Tzuyu, who always seemed like a baby, fill the stage all by herself. I think my older sisters who looked at me felt the same way.”

She said that she was also positively influenced by her seniors who debuted as JYP idols, such as 2PM’s Junho and Miss A’s Suzy, and are also recognized as actors. In particular, after the preview, Junho said to Dahyun, “Even though it was your first time acting, you did so well. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me.” He gave her lots of praise and support. With a smile, he said, “I will work hard to become a good actor like my seniors.”


Reporter Seungmi Lee smlee@donga.com

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