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    Son Ye-Jin 손예진 [Drama “Thirty-Nine” (JTBC/NETFLIX)]

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    [Negotiation Showcase]

     

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    Actors Son Ye Jin and Hyun Bin attended a showcase for the movie 'Negotiations' (directed by Lee Jong-seok) held at COEX Live Plaza in Gangnam-gu, Seoul on September 3rd, 2018

     

     

    Hyun Bin is so cute. He said because of the way they were filming the movie, they only connected through the monitors. He said it would be really nice to meet with SYJ again in a melodrama or romantic comedy.

     

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    Son Ye-Jin 손예진 [Drama “Thirty-Nine” (JTBC/NETFLIX)]

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    Son Ye-jin won Best Actress for Hallyu Dramas 2018 at 13th Seoul International Drama Awards

     

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    [Seoul International Dramas Awards] - Son Ye Jin's Speech 

     

     

    PBY: Yes. These are wonderful actresses. I think they are the reason why Korean Hallyu dramas are loved by many audiences. Sunbaenim will announce the winner for Seoul Drama Awards 2018.

     

    Sunbaenim: This actress...I never knew she would play these roles.

     

    The winner is: "Pretty Noona Who Buys Me Food" Son Ye Jin. Congratulations!

    The outstanding Korean actress goes to Son Ye Jin. Congratulations! 

    Son Ye Jin who won the outstanding actress award, the delightful actress of "Pretty Noona Who Buys Me Food" who brought a lot of sympathy to the viewers through her delicate and realistic performance. Congratulations!  

     

    JHM: Yes. It was really the drama that brought a lot of emotions. Son Ye Jin from "Pretty Noona Who Buys Me Food". Please share your thoughts.

     

    YJ: Yes. Thank you. it's been a long time since I've met audiences through a drama. I didn't know that I would receive so much love and interest.  I want to take this opportunity here to express my gratitude to the audiences who love "Pretty Noona Who Buys Me Food".  Frankly speaking,  as an actor, the happiest time is to meet a good project with the right people in a good production environment where everyone has the same goal.  It is the moment when I feel happiest and at ease. In that sense, "Pretty Noona Who Buys Me Food" was a well-suited drama that had given me the fullness of joy.  For the director who created that kind of environment, director Ahn Pan Seok, I am grateful and admire you very much.  From the beginning to end, Seo Joon Hee had always been himself. Though it's regretful that he cannnot attend today, I was very happy to work with Hae-in shi. I hope to meet him again someday. Also, for the staff who had been working hard, every single one of them, my fellow actors who were given all to their portrayal roles,  I was happy to work with all wonderful people. So I think I seem to receive the award as a representative.  At this moment, to all of the fellow actors and staff who are currently busy with new shooting schedules, I will always cheer on you.  I hope the content of Korea drama will grow stronger and be able to reach out to the world.  If I could possibly contribute to this growth, I will continue to work hard to show more variety of roles. Thank you!

     

    JHM: Congratulations Son Ye-jin shi
    SY: Please wait for a moment. This is for Son Ye Jin
    JHM: Oh I forgot, Soo Young has a question 
    SY: I won't surprise you. It's not really a question. You're named as the 21st century Melo Queen of Korea, with your current position, are you considering to work with any female actor?
    JHM: how about male actor?
    SY: questions about male actors have been brought up too many times. 
    JHM: You have worked with many male actors. I'm curious who you want to work with, either male or female actors.
    YJ: Yes. I have worked with many. 
    JHM: A lot right?
    YJ: Yes, many. But I have enjoyed Soo Young's drama. 
    SY: oh so sudden
    YJ: it's the one you worked with senior Kam Woo Sung
    SY: ohh..it's "My Spring's Day"
    YJ: Let's work together at least once someday 
    SY: Can I cry?
    JHM: you knew the answer beforehand that's why you asked this question right?
    SY: no I didn't 
    JHM: Son Ye Jin shi,  are there any male actors you would like to work with?
    SY:  I will really cry if you continue to ask
    JHM: I won't ask anymore 
    SY: Our questions will end here
    JHM: oh really. So the press can talk about SY?
    SY: yes. That's an honor
    SY:: Can we come back to next question? 
    JHM: Ye Jin shi, you have portrayed different genres in your acting  career. Are there any new genre you want to try? What project would you consider next?
    YJ: I have tried different genres and portrayed different roles. I want to try all the roles that I haven't tried. I'm greedy. At some point,  I want to play those require physical strength, like dancing. ..
    JHM: oh those. Dancing? That's a very surprised answer. 
    YJ: is it right?
    JHM: I understanding. Oh if I ask you to dance, would it be too inconvenience? 
    YJ: oh I didn't think you would ask me to dance so I didn't take it too serious 
    JHM:  you have tried many  actions and melos, if you dance...with Soo Young..hopefully that will be interesting..
    Please give her another big applause 
    Congratulations!

     

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    Son Ye-Jin 손예진 [Drama “Thirty-Nine” (JTBC/NETFLIX)]

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    Son Ye Jin and Hyun Bin's energy games

     

     

    It is always a pleasure to have the opportunity to see the work of talented artists who have faithfully conveyed the life of human beings. Son Ye-jin and Hyun Bin are actors who have always wanted to show new faces despite their talents have already been recognized, they have many projects to choose from, and their popularity is explosively rising. To achieve this goal, their project selections are not distinguished between dramas or movies, genres, size of the work, or the director’s reputation. If it is meant to portray a different character than their prior works or a completely different story, they are willing to be part of it. As a result, Son Ye - jin and Hyun Bin are well-known actors whose names became persuasive. The two actors, who were born in 1982, will begin an intense confrontation that creates suffocating moments in the movie “The Negotiation.” The two actors only have one goal: To keep the audiences from taking their eyes off the screen for two hours. “The Negotiation” is an invitation to a whole new world created by Son Ye-jin and Hyun Bin.

     

    The beauty of sympathy, Son Ye Jin


    "I am Son Ye Jin who gives abundant greetings." This was the first greeting from Son Ye Jin to reporters at the press conference “The Negotiation.” She added, along with the movie “I'm Going to Meet You Now", which was released in March, this is my third project this year. I was worried and a bit nervous that there might be some fans who still fondly attached to my previous image, Son Ye-jin explains. The frequency of the work exposure is not necessarily correspond to the creation of the actor's image. It is always nice to see the works in which the actors focus on their performance to deliver a given character effectively and faithfully convey the life of that person. In addition, Son Ye-jin, who used to say "I'm tired of one repetitive acting image," was once again presenting in the movie trailer with an unprecedented image of a short haircut, a strong and confidence voice that distinctly pours out each word. "I like crime fiction genre in which you do not know what will happen in 2 hours. In fact, when I watch some movies, I tend to look at my watch or cell phone, or sometimes I look here and there. However, this genre is so thrilling and tense, it keeps me from taking my eyes off even for a moment. When I’m in stress or thinking too much , I often watch mystery thrillers and war movies. "The negotiation” scenario was just like that. I read the script all at once and constantly curious about what might happen next. The tension and immersion were overwhelming. And there was character Ha Chae Yoon who has a strong belief in her profession and a deep sense of humanity."

     

    She is the negotiator who must persuade the hostile abductor (Hyun Bin) to stop the worst hostage in a given limited time. "Though she is a subjective and very strong character, there's a format in which negotiators fight and convince a captor. In a way, it’s a character that can become stereotype somehow. A character who is strong and honest is not attractive. I was worried how I could portray the human side of this character. It was a story about 12-hours that I spent in the same room. If it’s done carelessly, it will become repetitive. In addition, using the same tone continuously will become boring, so I had to work hard to make a lot of changes." Just as a doctor disinfects his hands before going into an operating room, Son Ye-jin washes her hands in the bathroom alone before entering the shooting scene, that way she can arrange her mind for that scene. It is her own method before recording a scene. “'The Negotiation' seemed like standing on a testing post. I always had to be in a substantial amount of tension. Because I always had to keep myself at a constant stress, I couldn't remember anything except feeling exhausted.” It was an exciting character for Son Ye-jin, who is usually interested in psychology, but her psychological pressure was significantly unmeasurable. Thus, the movie “Negotiation” seems to be the result of the painful evolution of the newness that Son Ye Jin had always pursued.

     

    In 19 years of acting, Son Ye-jin became an actor who was not disappointed her audiences even if she has the "retrospective exhibition.” When asked which movie she would choose to remake if she has the "retrospective exhibition of Son Ye Jin,” she picked “The Classic”. The reason because it was the first movie she starred in, and many viewers are still in love with it. In fact, “The Classic” was recently re-screened in the theater. As a result, fans were so happy to welcome the return of the legendary melodrama queen. "If I don’t discuss about the results and reactions from audiences, I think there was a reason for a certain work to be done at a certain point in time. The work that became the driving force for me to make various choices as an actor is ‘the art of seduction.’ I was able to break out from melodramatic genre to do a romantic comedy for the first time. ‘April Snow’ and ‘Alone in Love’ brought me the experience that helped me recognize the universal feelings of humanity that I wouldn't be able to know at that age. That was the time when I was in my mid twenties. No matter how many works I did, I felt like I have struggled because I always wanted to do something different.”

     

    At the time of her debut, Son Ye-jin was remembered as having the image of a pure or sexy female character. Of course, at first Son Ye-jin belonged to a 'Pure Group'. Then it was changed to an eye-candy character, and then a “Girl Crush.” These are all reflective images of a woman in each period of time. Recent projects have often highlighted Son Ye-jin’s strong and subjective image.  “I feel like I want to play a character who can do and say all things without being interrupted, but at the same time, displaying a weaker side that can project the true image of ourselves. Thankfully, I have been able to keep up with various genres and have a desire to do so in the future. I hope that there will be many projects that can show diverse sides of human without regards to gender. The film, ‘The Witch,’ is starred by a new actress who plays the noir genre. It's a movie that does not follow any general filming structures but it’s still successful. I think it proves that a well-made content can also work well. I believe diversities can definitely attract audiences.”

     

    We have met Son Ye Jin in “The truth beneath” and “The last princess (Deok-Hye Princess).” It was an exhilarating experience to see a perfectly different face of an actor. "When I was younger, I would not have been offered the same roles. As an actor or a human being, you are gradually experiencing and cultivating more emotions. Timing is important. There are movies that you can show acting abilities and there are ones that put the plot priority. Both are female-centric movies which show many aspects of emotional human beings through a deep and comprehensive way. Both of them were mothers who suffered from painful sorrows, and at some point, as a woman, I felt empathy for them. The actor who wears a particular color will change differently depending on that color. Instead of commenting on the strangeness of the change, the audiences are exciting to see new changes.  I like that very much."

     

    The characters played by Son Ye-jin were lovely women who live according to their own rules rather than those who follow other people's wills. As an actor, she loved a character with many deficiencies. Through her empathy with those female characters, she is able to understand their lacking. "I like a character who has something I do not have, like in the movie ‘my wife got married.’ But in reality, I like sharp people. I respect and love those who work earnestly with responsibilities, commitment, and seriousness. I do not like lazy people. Oh, but these charms should also be recognized by men, not by women alone (laugh)”

     

    Not only Son Ye Jin’s different images in her works are memorable, but also her “Newsroom” interview a few years ago. Son Ye-jin said, "I will do my best to accept the challenge of portraying a light, romantic genre once again." I was glad that she did not disregard Melo genre she was once particpated and created emotional atmosphere. After getting a certain degree of recognition, Son Ye-jin held the responsibility of public's expectation, unlike other actors who betray public's love and expectations to follow the genres that they feel most loved. As a result, Son Ye Jin still chooses to participate in good story projects even if her given role cannot be excelled through acting power abilities, it is not a high budget production, or it is directed by unfamiliar/disreputable director. Her project choice seemed to be skeptical and inevitable, but it did not seem to be groundless. In her mid-twenties, her divorced character selection surprised the viewers, but the choice was fresh and comfortable. To keep the promise that she made from “Newsroom” interview, Son Ye Jin returned to big screen with “I am going to meet you now”, and small screen “A pretty lady who buys me food.” The white dress and the knitted cardigan matched her well in “I am going to meet you now” and that image cannot be vanished as time passes; while the image in “A pretty lady who buys me food” makes us look forward to more melodramas from Son Ye-jin in her 50s and 60s.

     

    Some journalist jokingly said that if Reese Witherspoon (an American actress, producer, and entrepreneur) comes to Korea, the only person she would want to meet is Son Ye-jin. When shooting “Deok-hye Princess”, the cost of the production continued to rise and the budget was exceeded so the production had no choice but to cut the production scale. In order to create a quality work, Son Ye-jin decided to invest her own 1 billion won. Eventually, “Deok Hye Princess” surpassed the break-even point and gained profits. There are no specific plans as a producer yet, but there are productions hope to get Son Ye Jin’s investment. “I am interested in a small and interesting story that can be made with low production cost as ‘Before Sunrise.’ In the past, I had wished to make a movie like ‘Thelma & Louise.’ I'm also interested in movies like road movies. There is a German film called ‘Bandits’ which was released in 1997. It tells the story happened inside the women’s prison. I bought the video and watched it three times. Please give it a try."

     

    In Korea, the word “actress” is more symbolic than the description in dictionary. The increase amount of work represents the image of the actress instead of her portrayed characters. The same concept applies to Son Ye-jin. She worries about a sense of duty when her images are changed. She feared that it would not be possible to produce anymore  precious melo genres when she did “I am going to meet you now; or female-centric movie like “Deok-Hye Princess” will gradually disappear if it didn’t perform well in box office; or when she was the only main actress in “The Pirates.” With “The Negotiation,” there are some concerns regarding how the actress should fit in a crime fiction genre. "At first, I constantly thought how I could do it well, how I could do it differently than what I’m doing right now. It’s a continuous worry. Then I watched ‘Blood and Ties’ and saw my name came up first in the credit line, I started to think about the score. I have a sense of responsibility for producing the results according to how much I have invested. Whenever I get good results, I have the burden of ‘I must do as well next time’ and I get anxiety if ‘What else should I do differently next time if I failed.’ With ‘The Negotiation,’ I thought the edited version was good, but I am glad to see the trailer today ‘I really did my best. I think the actor’s role is to do their best and the rest is the will of heaven.’ But in fact, I can not say, 'I can not control the result.' I seems like that's my personality. "

     

    Ironically, the actors always have to show various aspects in an environment where learning experience can be limited. Son Ye - jin accepts that fate. "The social structure is harsh for actors to obtain diverse experiences; for instance, it would be impossible to experiment an accident while drinking and driving (Laughs). The way that Son Ye Jin seeks her newness is 'to be alone'. “During that alone time, I read a lot of books, watch movies and documentaries, and try to constantly get new stimulation. When I finish my work, I like to travel abroad, walking and hanging around busy streets. Sometimes I go to Han River alone or with my friends. However, walking alone along the river is when I feel like being myself."

     

    When requesting Son Ye-jin to pick one project for the closing of the “Retrospective Exhibition,” she did not make the selection but stated “I thought I would do a few more work.” Our hearts were in the same direction. Instead of thinking about the closing film, Son Ye-jin is an actor who is more curious about current films and her desires to act continue. As Son Ye - jin’s acting moves become more dimensional, the public will “trust" her and Son Ye - jin will soon become "persuasive.” Besides, she has no ending satisfaction. "No matter how hard I try, I can not be completely satisfied even when I did my best. So I think I have to work harder until losing all strengths.” There is no season passes without Son Ye-jin’s glowing energy.

     

     

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    Only Son Ye Jin's part is translated

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