Actress Bae Doo-na is coming out to spread the ‘love virus’ in theaters in May.Having shown ‘bloody action’ acting through ‘Family Plan’ last year, she will present a ‘pink romance’ perfect for a spring theater outing with the movie ‘Virus’, which deals with a unique love story, on May 7th.

Based on the novel ‘Extreme Youth’ by Lee Ji-min, Bae Doo-na plays the role of Taek-seon, a translator infected with the ‘Toxovirus’ that makes him feel good for no reason and develop strong feelings for others regardless of his will.He is a unique character who spends his days in ‘depressed mode’ without motivation or laughter due to his ‘love cells’ disappearing early on, but suddenly begins to see the world in a ‘pink’ light due to the ‘Toxovirus’ infection.

This film is drawing attention in that it is Bae Doo-na’s first romance film in 15 years since “Air Doll” in 2010, having focused on genre films such as “Level Moon,” “Family Plan,” and “Secret Forest” as well as works with strong social criticism such as “Next So-hee” and “Do-hee-ya.” In “Air Doll,” she played a doll in love and brought a new love story never seen before to the screen.This time, she is back with a “love virus” story that no one has ever heard of, and she is receiving much anticipation from cinephiles.

Bae Doo-na, who attended the production report meeting held at Megabox COEX in Gangnam-gu, Seoul on the 16th, also expressed her excitement, saying, “It’s been a long time since I appeared in a movie that the whole family can watch.”

“I missed this kind of soft, warm, and bright atmosphere,” Bae Doo-na said, smiling as she added, “Actually, isn’t one of the great virtues of movies that they make the audience feel good and laugh? That’s why I had a vague expectation for this genre.My eyes were ‘popping with hearts’ the whole time I was filming.”

It’s not just because of the satisfaction with the romance genre that came back after a long time.One of the reasons he was able to be more ‘full of happiness’ than any other filming set was, he emphasized, “the actors who got along so well.” The three men who end up ‘sleeping’ with Taek-seon in the drama, ‘a solo researcher who’s been single since birth ‘Soo-pil,’ an elementary school classmate who reunites ‘Yeon-woo, and’ the developer of the toxovirus treatment’ Lee Gyun are played by Son Suk-goo, Jang Ki-ha, and Kim Yun-seok, respectively.

Bae Doo-na chose senior actor Kim Yun-seok as the “actor with whom I have the best chemistry ever,” and expressed her satisfaction by saying, “I had high expectations about acting with him when I started out, but he exceeded those expectations.Even when I had acting concerns and conflicts, he guided me so well that my acting came out automatically when we acted together.”


Reporter Seungmi smlee@donga.com

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