‘Melo Movie’ Park Bo-young talked about the image she showed in her recent works.

On the afternoon of the 18th, Park Bo-young had an interview for the Netflix series ‘Melo Movie’ at a cafe in Jongno-gu, Seoul, and met with Donga.com to talk about the work.

Regarding her recent works ‘Concrete Utopia’, ‘Morning Comes to the Psychiatric Ward’, ‘The Lighting Store’, Park Bo-young said, “Before, I only showed my bright side, and I got greedy and wanted to show many sides of myself to many people. I think that‘s paid off in the past few years. From ‘Concrete Utopia’ to ‘Morning Comes to the Psychiatric Ward’, ‘The Lighting Store’, it feels like a new second act. I thought that was the point where ‘Concrete Utopia’ became”.



He said, “I wanted to do something realistic because I’ve done more fantasy works than I thought. ‘Morning Comes to the Mental Ward’ was part of that. I thought that although fantasy was included, the rest was human, and I thought the character was realistic. One of the many reasons I wanted to do it this time was because it was a realistic character with feet on the ground”.

Park Bo-young added, “There‘s no actor who wants their image to be limited to one side. People’s hearts are cunning, so when you do dark things, you want to do bright things. Now, I think I need to find a good balance and do it. Recently, I‘ve done calm and human or human-like things, but now I want to do something mischievous. I hope it goes well in a balanced way,” she said, confessing, “I talk about wanting to play a psychopath who kills someone, but I can’t shake the feeling of wanting to be a righteous murderer. I always feel like there’s too much of me inside me. It’s hard,” making everyone laugh.

When asked about how she accepts the reactions of critics, reporters, or the audience as an actress, like in this work, Park Bo-young said, “I capture the good things as they are, and the bad things as they are. I get gloomy and excited at the same time. On the other hand, I wait. I also kept looking for reviews of ‘Melo Movie.’ When a movie comes out, I sometimes wait for critic Lee Dong-jin’s one-line review. It hurts, but I accept that.”



Park Bo-young said about the growing expectations for her works, “I’m so grateful that people see it that way. It’s already been 20 years. I think the things I‘ve shown you have piled up and shined. I think people look favorably on the fact that I’m trying to do it consistently. I have to do better,” he said.

Meanwhile, ‘Melo Movie’, released on the 14th, is a romance that depicts a movie-like time in which ambiguous youths who want to love and achieve their dreams find each other, become inspirations for each other, and overcome their own traumas.

Park Bo-young plays the role of ‘Kim Moo-bi’, a woman who hated movies but became a movie director.

Choi Yoon-na, Donga.com reporter yyynnn@donga.com

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