Jeon Do-yeon, who received a lot of love on the small screen for her role as Nam Haeng-seon, the owner of a side dish store in the recently concluded tvN drama 'One-hit Scandal', changed her character properly. Jeon Do-yeon transformed into Gil Bok-soon, a mother raising a daughter and a top-tier killer in the industry with a 100% success rate, in the Netflix movie 'Gil Bok-soon' (director Byun Seong-hyun). In the play, the setting of a mother raising a daughter is the same, but the gap between the job of the owner of a side dish store and the job of a killer is not small. Viewers are welcoming the acting of Jeon Do-yeon, who has transformed into a polar opposite character, with comments such as 'The double life of Nam Haeng-seon'.
'Gil Bok-soon' finds its fun and characteristics in the contradictions of the main character, Gil Bok-soon, who is both a mother who raises people and a killer who kills people. In order to play this character, Jeon Do-yeon piled on the challenge of action on top of the mother role she was familiar with. Jeon Do-yeon, who turned 50 this year, has performed the largest amount of action scenes since her debut.
Jeon Do-yeon said, “I was scared and afraid, but I thought, ‘I have to do it no matter what.’ I felt, ‘I have to do this even if my body breaks.’” “The difficult thing was that my mind wanted to fly, but it couldn’t move as I wanted.” “I had a hard time with my body,” he said. He then confessed, "I wanted to do well so much that even when my body broke down, I tried to overcome it by not resting and whipping myself. Even though I did that, I was still very disappointed in the action part."
Regarding Hwang Jung-min's request for a special appearance in 'Gil Bok-soon', Jeon Do-yeon said, "First of all, I was very grateful. Since it was a special appearance, there was a lot of action and a lot to do. He said he would willingly do it, but I stopped him. I told him to read the script and decide." I took it off. Hwang Jung-min's answer to that is, 'I will do it regardless of whether I read the script or not.' Jeon Do-yeon said, "Hwang Jung-min was overseas for other filming, so the action practice time was short. He came an hour early on the day of filming and I, who had prepared and practiced a lot in advance, joined."
Jeon Do-yeon said, "I tried to be considerate of (Hwang Jung-min) and wait for him, but that wasn't the reality. That was my first action scene, and he was very considerate of me. I tried to be considerate, but Hwang Jung-min led me. “So I was embarrassed,” he said, laughing. At the same time, he attracted attention by explaining Hwang Jung-min's action by adding, "He was really good at it. I was surprised that he could do it right after seeing it just once."
The action scene between Jeon Do-yeon and Hwang Jung-min was created when Jeon Do-yeon tried to be considerate with 'words' but was treated with 'does.' The action scene between Jeon Do-yeon and Hwang Jung-min, created in this way, is expected to open the door to 'Gil Bok-soon' and leave a strong impression on viewers.
‘Gil Bok-soon’ will be released on Netflix on March 31st.
Choi Ji-ye, Ten Asia Reporter wisdomart@tenasia.co.kr