Park Hae-soo and Shin Min-a are entangled in a ‘terrible fate’. This is through the Netflix original series ‘Death by Evil’, which has been gaining global popularity since its release on the 4th and has been praised as the “thriller of the year.”

In ‘Evil Destiny’, which depicts the story of six characters who are entangled in a bad relationship that they cannot escape from even if they want to, the two actors played the roles of a witness to a hit-and-run accident and a surgeon who lives with trauma. The two characters, who seem completely unrelated in the play, end up cursing each other due to their bad relationship, but the two actors showed their delightful solidarity on set, saying they were “impressed” by each other’s acting.

O “Thriller, not romantic comedy? I’m thirsty for different genres”

Shin Min-a, the ‘romantic comedy queen’ who has mainly been active in the romance genre, showed a new, dull and lifeless face by playing a character suffering from trauma in this drama. This is her first appearance in a thriller genre in five years since the 2020 film ‘Diva’.

“Of course, I love my appearance in romantic comedies too. But as an actor, it’s my homework and every actor’s fantasy to show different sides of myself. I always have a desire to show more diverse genres.”

The doctor played by Shin Min-a is the only character close to ‘goodness’ in this drama where all kinds of evil people are rampant, and she is in the position of a ‘victim’ rather than a perpetrator. Some viewers expressed their disappointment at the ending where the main character makes a choice other than revenge, but Shin Min-a emphasized, “That is the message our drama is trying to convey.”

“Of course, given the nature of the genre, it would have been cathartic if revenge had been carried out in a cool manner. I know the director considered such an ending. However, the director was wary of an ending where the victimized protagonist takes revenge in the same way as the perpetrator or harms someone else, and I also wanted to protect the victimized protagonist.”

O “Why do you keep donating?”

Although he was unfortunately not able to act in this production, he also revealed his desire to play a villain who commits horribly bad acts someday.

“I really want to play a villain. I’ve never been offered a villain role before. In fact, when I first received the script for ‘Evil Romance,’ I was excited and thought, ‘Am I a villain too?’ Of course, the lead role is also an attractive character. I really hope that I get the opportunity to play a villain someday.”

He also shared stories about his consistent donation activities. He not only provides medical expenses support to the Hallym Burn Foundation and Seoul Asan Medical Center every year, but he is also the first to take the lead in sharing when social disasters such as forest fires and floods occur. In particular, he earned the title of ‘good deed couple’ by doing donation activities with his lover Kim Woo-bin.

“(With Kim Woo-bin) I didn’t discuss donating together. I think we ended up doing it together because we both participated in donations. In fact, when I used to donate, I thought I had to do it in secret. But when I heard that more people would participate when influential people donated, I thought it would be good to spread the word about donations. I hope that even just one person will hear my story of donating and participate.”



Reporter Seungmi smlee@donga .com

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