Lee Hye-young talked about the secret behind her role as an unprecedented female killer in her 60s in the movie ‘Breakthrough’.

‘Breakthrough’, which will be released on May 1st, is an action film that depicts an intense confrontation between Jo-gak (Lee Hye-young), a legendary killer who has been active in an organization that deals with cockroach-like humans for 40 years, and Tu-woo (Kim Sung-chul), a mysterious killer who has chased her her whole life.

At a production report meeting held at Lotte Cinema Konkuk University Entrance in Gwangjin-gu, Seoul on the 27th, Lee Hye-young talked about the secret behind being cast as an unprecedented female killer in her 60s, saying, “There are so many good actors my age in Korea, so I thought, ‘Why did they cast me?’. I think they cast me because I am an actress who does not get botox. But now that filming is over, I am going to get it,” he said, laughing playfully.

Director Min Kyu-dong continued, “When I saw Lee Hye-young in the theater when I was young, she was a mysterious presence. She was clearly a Korean born in the same land and sharing the same blood, but she also felt un-Korean. The character in this movie is a rare character, so we needed an actor with that kind of aura.”

He continued, “I felt destiny from the moment I met her. I recognized her in 3 seconds. It seemed like she had already embodied the character in the movie. I could feel the energy and aura of the movie from our first meeting. I even thought that she had prepared for this project for a long time.”


Reporter Seungmi Lee smlee@donga.com

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