‘Boomsak’ Moon So-ri “Husband Director Jang Joon-hwan ≠ Kwan-sik... Affectionate but needs improvement” [DA: Interview④]

Actress Moon So-ri shared her husband, director Jang Joon-hwan‘s reaction.

In an interview for the Netflix series ‘Boomsak, Fooled By Me’, held at the Grand Ballroom of the Ambassador Seoul Pullman Hotel in Jung-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 2nd, Moon So-ri said, “I didn’t really look into the reactions after the work was released, but my husband showed it to me. I guess the overseas reactions were interesting.”

She continued, “They said there were screenings in South America, and the reaction in North America was also very good. I thought it was a reaction centered around Koreans living abroad, but that wasn‘t the case. There are almost no precedents for non-genre human dramas to gain global popularity, so I thought it was very unique.”Maybe it’s because it‘s not a special story. ‘Boomsak, Fooled By Me’ is the story of two people who fall in love, get married, grow old, and die. He explained, “I think it’s a (universal) story that all of humanity can relate to, regardless of region or era.”

‘BokSsakDasuda’ is a Netflix series that unfolds the adventurous lives of ‘rebellious girl’ Ae-soon, born in Jeju Island, and ‘iron man’ Gwan-sik, through four seasons. The lives of ‘Ae-soon’ and ‘Gwan-sik’, who go on an adventure together against the waves of life, are expressed through four seasons.

Moon So-ri took over the role of ‘Ae-soon’ in her youth from IU and played the role of ‘Ae-soon’ in her middle age. She also acted as mother and daughter with IU, who played ‘Ae-soon’‘s daughter ‘Geum-myeong’. ‘Ae-soon’s counterpart ‘Gwan-sik’, Park Bo-gum and Park Hae-joon were cast together and they passionately acted out the roles of youth and middle age.

Regarding her husband, director Jang Joon-hwan’s reaction, she said, “I‘m not the type of person to cry easily. After making the movie ‘1987’, I remember being surprised when I saw the audience’s reaction and they got teary-eyed, and I asked, ‘What’s wrong? Are you going through menopause?‘ But through ‘Fooled In’, I saw my husband cry for the first time in a long time. He really liked it. I think writer Im Sang-choon is amazing.”

Are there any similarities between ‘Gwan-sik’, who is especially revered as a ‘unicorn’ among fantasy male leads in dramas, and director Jang Joon-hwan?

Moon So-ri said, “The rhythm of Park Hae-joon, who played ‘Gwan-sik’, is similar to my husband’s rhythm. Although their personalities are different, they talk slowly and the frequency of them suddenly coming up to me and saying something is similar in speed and tempo. They have similar vibes,” she said. “Actor Park Hae-joon worked with my husband on ‘Hwayi’ so he knows that we have a similar speed. Kwan-sik always says, ‘Ae-soon is the best,’ and always says that Ae-soon is better than his children, so in that respect, my husband and I are somewhat similar,” she said cautiously. However, she emphasized, “I don’t think it’s right for articles to say that I’m Kwan-sik. There are many areas where I need to work hard and improve.”

Moon So-ri said, “They say Kwan-sik is a fantasy. While working on the project, I also tried to find aspects of Kwan-sik that were similar to his in my husband. He’s a warm, affectionate, and consistent person. It was easy to imagine, ”I wonder if this is how I would feel if I broke up with this person,“ he said, while emphasizing, ”It‘s not a given,“ making people laugh.

‘BokSsakDasuda’ is a 16-episode series that was released four times a week, and the final fourth act was released on the 28th of last month. ‘BokSsakDasuda’ ranked first in the ‘Today’s Korea TOP 10’ series category as soon as the first act was released, and in its third week of release, it ranked first in the Global TOP 10 Series (Non-English), ranking high in the Global TOP 10 Series (Non-English) category. After the release of the fourth act, it recorded 6 million viewers (the number of hours watched divided by the total running time of the series) and rose to third place in the Global TOP 10 Series (Non-English) category. It made a beautiful ending by making it to the TOP 10 list in a total of 39 countries including not only South Korea but also Bolivia, Chile, Morocco, the Philippines, and Malaysia.

Jeong Hee-yeon, Donga.com reporter shine2562@donga.com

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