‘Hyperknife’ Park Eun-bin “I’m a Maltese? I was aiming for a cat!” [Interview]
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Park Eun-bin, who attempted the greatest transformation in her filmography, also expressed her high satisfaction with this work.When we met at a cafe in Jongno-gu, Seoul, she smiled and said, “This is the first time I’ve said so many bad things.I’m just grateful to the writer and director who set the stage for me to properly commit evil deeds.”
O “I didn’t try to change it intentionally”
Some may ask, “Didn’t you choose this project to ‘break away’ from your fixed image?” but Park Eun-bin waved it off, saying, “I had no such intention at all.” This is because she believes that she is not an actress who is obsessed with a ‘specific image.’
“I never thought about breaking away from a certain image.I just wanted to try a genre and role that I had never tried before.I enjoyed having a different experience.I think everyone has a different image of me depending on what kind of work they have seen.”
He also recalled that he often called Seol Kyung-gu, who played the role of Se-ok’s teacher Deok-hee in the drama and portrayed the love-hate relationship between teacher and student, in an effort to build a natural rapport.
“I don’t do this to all my senior actors or co-stars.The reason I did this to Seol Kyung-gu in particular was because of the ‘special nature of their relationship’ in the drama.The emotions of the two characters in the drama are very complex and thick, but there weren’t many scenes where I met my senior in person.So after I finished filming, I called my senior and told him about what I shot that day, and I also talked to him a lot to relieve my boredom.”
O “I’m glad I became an actor!”
Park Byung-eun, who played the role of anesthesiologist Hyun-ho who helps Se-ok and had many scenes with Park Eun-bin, described the lively Park Eun-bin as a “friend like a Maltese” in a previous interview.He said, “A Maltese that is cute but has a strange personality is perfect for the character of Se-ok,” but Park Eun-bin disagreed and playfully laughed.
“Even on set, senior Park Byung-eun always said that I looked like a Maltese.I really pushed for(the grumpy)Se-ok as a ‘cat-like character,’ but he didn’t see me as a cat.In reality, I like being told that I look like a rabbit more!”
Having started acting since he was young and having walked the path of an actor for a long time, he said without wavering, “I made the right choice to choose this profession.”
“There was a time when I believed I had another dream and explored it.I didn’t think being an actor was my ultimate goal.But when I think about it, acting helped me become stronger.I also dreamed of becoming a doctor, and now I can become a doctor through acting.That’s why this work is always new the more I do it.”
Reporter Seungmi smlee@donga.com
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