Actress Ryu Hyun-kyung portrays the ‘real horror’ that everyone can face on the screen.The thriller film ‘No Parking’ depicts what happens when a minor parking dispute with a neighbor escalates into a life-threatening situation.

Ryu Hyun-kyung, who introduced “No Parking” by saying that even she, who usually enjoys the horror and thriller genres, felt the creeps from the moment she read the script, said, “In fact, people are scarier than ghosts or monsters.” She emphasized, “The movie’s trailer short video containing the parking dispute scene has over 8 million views and 4,000 comments.That means that many people sympathize with the ‘realistic threat’.”

O “Sexual harassment in the workplace, shameful tears”

Ryu Hyun-kyung played the role of a ‘suspicious neighbor’ who got into a parking dispute in the drama, and she had a ‘hand-to-hand fight’ that transcended the gender and physical differences with Kim Roe-ha.She was astonished as she recalled the filming where she had dirt smeared all over her face and was forced to eat dirt by the other person.

“I had a ‘dogfight’ with senior Kim Roe-ha.Since I’m a woman, my senior was worried a lot, but I filmed it with a determined mind, thinking, ‘I have to finish it in one go.’After filming, I went back to my dorm covered in mud, and I had a hard time for a long time because the water wouldn’ t come out.”

Although the one who started the fight was ‘Suspicious Neighbor’, he said that what actually made him the most angry was the character of the manager(Kim Jang-won)who constantly pestered him and forced his affection on him despite him being a contract worker at the company.

“There’s a scene where I cry while driving because of the boss’s harassment.Originally, I wasn’t supposed to cry.But I found myself crying without realizing it.It was acting, but when I actually experienced it, it was such an embarrassing experience that I cried.”

O “I sympathize with the realistic fears women feel”

Ryu Hyun-kyung was confident that “No Parking” “realistically expressed the various psychological anxieties and fears that women feel both inside and outside the workplace.”

“There’s a fear that women feel when they use a shared bathroom or when they come home late at night.It’s like the feeling of being anxious that someone might follow them.Because of that fear, I tend to go home early.”

Meanwhile, in a situation where it is difficult to guarantee the box office success of big commercial films, he was forced to present relatively small films.While lamenting the slump in theaters, he also dreamed of “a hopeful future for diverse films.”

“Although the number of moviegoers has decreased, all the tickets to the Jeonju Film Festival(which mainly features independent and diverse films)that I recently visited were sold out.I think this is proof that the audience’s desire to see good films remains strong.I believe that the number of moviegoers will increase as more and better and diverse films are released in theaters.”


Reporter Seungmi smlee@donga.com

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