‘Lively energy, cheerful personality, and bright smile.’

These are the representative images of Girls‘ Generation’s ‘Black Pearl’ Yuri. However, the face of ‘Actress Kwon Yuri’, who is starring in the movie ‘Invasion’, which opens on the 12th, is completely different.

In the movie, she plays the role of Min, who builds a wall around her heart due to childhood trauma. She worked at a special cleaning company that cleans up terrible lonely death scenes, and played the dark and complex inner self of a character whose daily life falls apart due to an intruder who suddenly appears. She emphasized, “I tried hard to show a new Kwon Yuri that I haven’t shown before, from my face to my acting in the movie.”

O“Smoking acting like a quitter”

She acted like she was pregnant and swearing and smoking, which is not easy for a girl group member, and she said she was glad that she got the “opportunity to act freely.”

“People around me asked, ‘Is it okay (to play this kind of character)?’ but I didn’t think much of it. It was actually fun and interesting. Since the character Min has lived a strange life, I thought such settings were necessary. When I acted as a smoker, I was a quitter, and everyone from the director to my manager really helped me out. Haha!”

Most idol-turned-actors think that their group activity image holds them back when they act, but Kwon Yuri was able to show off her surprising charm, so she said, “The Girls‘ Generation image was a big advantage”.”

“Of course, when I first started acting, I thought about changing my image too hastily, but as I’ve gotten older, I think the time has come for me to use Girls‘ Generation’s recognition and image as an opportunity. (Image) It‘s the right time for a transformation.”

O&Lactation Talk with Sooyoung and Tiffany”

Having debuted as a member of Girls’ Generation at the age of 19 and already celebrating her 18th anniversary, she chose “balance between life and work” and “warm words from people who believe in her” as the secret to being able to work tirelessly for a long time.

“Good feedback makes me able to endure. If this was something I did just for myself and to have fun, I would have gotten tired quickly and given up quickly. Of course, some people may hate me and say that I‘ve failed, but the affection of people who like me touches me more.”

Of course, one of her biggest driving forces is her members of Girls’ Generation. He said that he shares his concerns about acting with the members who have become an “acting community” beyond the idol group.

“We send coffee trucks to each other’s filming locations and give each other financial help. Haha! Especially Sooyoung and Tiffany go to see good works together and talk a lot about it.”


Reporter Seungmi Lee smlee@donga.com

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