Interview with Kim Hee-won for the Netflix movie ‘I Just Dropped My Smartphone’
Actor Kim Hee-won (52) spoke about the acting tension between actors Im Si-wan and Chun Woo-hee.
On the 22nd, an interview with Kim Hee-won of the Netflix movie 'I Just Dropped My Smartphone' (director Kim Tae-jun) was conducted at a cafe in Sogyeok-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul.
'I Just Dropped My Smartphone' is a thriller that tells the story of an ordinary office worker who loses his smartphone containing all his personal information and his entire daily life begins to be threatened. Kim Hee-won played the role of Ji-man, an ordinary office worker who lost her smartphone, Na-mi (played by Cheon Woo-hee), and a detective who chased after Jun-yeong (played by Im Si-wan), a serial killer who picked up Na-mi's smartphone.
Kim Hee-won had such high expectations for Im Si-wan in this work that he personally recommended him to join the movie and even delivered the script. Recalling the first time he met Im Si-wan through the tvN drama 'Incomplete Life', he said, "I was a little scared because it was my first time as an actor after being a singer. At that time, the director did a lot of directing. I wanted to act a little more comfortably."
Kim Hee-won also worked with Im Si-wan in movies such as 'The Scoundrel' after 'Incomplete Life'. "I've been acting with (Im) Siwan, and the past and present are completely different. The questions asked about acting are different themselves. The questions asked during 'Incomplete Life' and 'The Scoundrel' were different. There is a process. 'This guy is getting better and better.' I thought, ‘I’m doing it.’”
Regarding the atmosphere on set, he said, "(Cheon) Woo-hee and Si-wan work hard enough to be sensitive," and "They actually don't talk much when they're acting. When they're acting, they don't talk much when they have to be angry or act sensitive." did.
Regarding director Kim Tae-joon, who entered the industry through this work, he said, "I've probably never seen such a thick storybook. There are so many. I thought I couldn't film everything, but I filmed a lot," and added, "I have faith in him. He does his work faithfully regardless of whether the results are good or not. So, whether you become porridge or a meal, you trust and follow him. Whether you fail or prosper, you are the captain, aren’t you?”
‘I Just Dropped My Smartphone’ was released on Netflix on February 17th.
Choi Ji-ye, Ten Asia Reporter wisdomart@tenasia.co.kr