Won Jin-ah "'Faust', I saw my bottom from the first practice"

Actress Won Jin-ah revealed the reason why she chose the play ‘Faust’.

Won Jin-ah met with Ten Asia at the LG Arts Center Seoul in Gangseo-gu, Seoul on April 6 and told various stories related to the play 'Faust'.

'Faust', which opened on March 31, is a reinterpretation of the play completed over 60 years by the great German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Through Faust's imperfect actions and choices, direction and inspiration for an imperfect life are presented.

Won Jin-ah plays Gretchen in the original cast. Gretchen falls in love with the young Faust whom she meets by chance. He faces a crisis that puts his entire family and himself in danger.

Won Jin-ah said, "My MBTI goes back and forth between ENTJ and ENTP. I make decisions spontaneously, leave things open, and then think a lot. This time, when I was offered 'Faust,' I thought, 'Oh, I want to do it.' I told the company's management director, 'I want to do it.' “I said, ‘I’ll think about it for a moment,’ but I felt like I wanted to do it rather than have a reason not to do it,” he said.

He said, “After I said I would do it, I started to feel anxious, thinking, ‘Why did I make this decision?’ It was my first practice after the Lunar New Year holiday. So I spent the holiday anxious. I saw myself at my lowest point during the first practice. I realized that my voice was this low. "I've never been told that I have a small voice. I felt cringed and felt like I was acting for the first time," he confessed.

He continued, "From that day on, for 2-3 weeks, it was a continuous process of looking at my bottom. I practiced desperately with the thought of seeing my bottom until the end and finding out what to fix. I had no choice but to admit my shortcomings that I felt after reading on the first day. “I thought there was no bottom,” he added.

Won Jin-ah, who is strict with herself, said, "Even when I perform, I'm not satisfied, but I go home saying, 'Tomorrow will be better' or 'I'll do better tomorrow.' These days, I'm becoming less fearful. I think tomorrow will be better than today. Confidence. “I tried a lot to find it,” he said.

Won Jin-ah said, "When I see the audience applauding in the audience, I feel both gratitude and guilt. I think, 'Couldn't I really perform better than this?', 'Wouldn't I be able to show a better side by making up for my shortcomings?' “There are many people who see the performance multiple times. At least, if there are people who saw today’s performance and come back to see it again, we shouldn’t be more disappointed than today. I don’t think the fear will go away until the end,” he said honestly.

Previously, Won Jin-ah said, “I met ‘Faust’ at a time when I was worrying a lot about whether I could be proud of my job as an actor.” He said, "I don't think all my worries can be resolved. There is no set end to this job, and there are always vague worries. After I finish the work, I'm left wondering if I did worse than if I did well." said.

Also, “I am still performing, but if there is anything I have gained through ‘Faust’, it is whether I am a person who can continue acting and whether I will be able to find happiness. My sense of responsibility has increased, but it has been difficult because I am lacking in what I can accomplish. I started from nothing. "I started. I was filled with satisfaction knowing that things were accumulating in my body day by day. I thought that if I thought differently, I could find growth points while acting and I could be happy. I gained confidence that I could act for a long time," he said with a laugh.

Won Jin-ah said, "I looked for all the reactions. I thought the audience had an eye for me before seeing me and wanted to see how well I could do as it was my first time performing 'Faust'. However, I was grateful that the audience seemed to take into account that it was my first time. "I heard this. I think I gained more strength to perform the next performance. Since I performed with one cast, there were many people who were worried about neck care and condition management, etc."

Meanwhile, the play 'Faust' starring Won Jin-ah will be performed until April 29.

Kang Min-kyung, Ten Asia reporter kkk39@tenasia.co.kr