Lee Cheong-ah "I found my low-pitched voice at the clinic."

Actress Lee Cheong-ah announced that she was going on a script trip to analyze her character.

Lee Cheong-ah posted a video titled 'Study with me (introduction to pouch, secret of voice, study with me), which has been challenging for 19 years' through her YouTube channel.

In the video, Lee Cheong-ah packed up the script and headed to a hotel. Lee Cheong-ah, who planned to stay overnight, said, "There are times when I get bored when I receive a new work. If I stay at home, I end up doing other things, so I used to go to a cafe and watch it. Then I thought, 'I want to watch this while lying down,' so I planned a hotel staycation and just wrote the script. “I saw it,” he said. “But I read the script so well. From then on, it became my routine.”

He added, "When traveling with a script, I try not to bring anything with me as much as possible. I throw away my script bag, pouch, etc. and sit down at my desk with the script spread out, making it feel like I'm in a reading room." He added, "When I come to a new place, I can focus on the script much more."

He introduced how to read the script, saying, “This is a work that will be shown in the first half of next year.” He said, "When I first receive a script, I read it without thinking about what my role is. It's like reading an interesting novel," and added, "I record my first impressions in the script, and in the case of 'Day and Night', it was like reading a comic book about a character with super powers." In the case of Jamie and Do Jeong-woo from ‘Day and Night,’ I thought they were twin siblings from my favorite Japanese cartoon, ‘Monster,’ and I thought, ‘Oh, this is a fantastic story,’ and structured it and analyzed my characters,” he explained.

He said, "I write things that come to mind about this person. Taking 'VIP' Lee Hyun-ah as an example, I first used the word 'laughter'. Then it's secrets and money." He continued, "At that time, Hyun-ah was in huge debt due to the failure of her mother's guarantor business. “She was a person carrying a burden. For Hyuna, fashion was both armor and bravado,” he analyzed.

Lee Cheong-ah also introduced her beauty item, saying, "If there is any good habit that an actor should have, it should be so that I don't worry about other things when I act." "I also go on a diet because I don't want to worry about things like chin fat and belly fat. “I have to film a melodrama scene, but if I have acne on my face, my head will turn away while I’m acting,” he emphasized.

He advised, "I try to maintain good physical condition, including teeth, skin, and inner beauty. No matter how well I take care of my skin, if I go to bed at 3 a.m. and sleep only 4-5 hours, even if I eat vegetarian every day, I will still get pimples."

Lee Cheong-ah recently told a secret story about changing her voice to a lower tone. He said, "I worried a lot about my voice. At first, I heard a lot of people say that my voice was heavy and serious compared to the role I was playing, so I tried to sound a lively voice." He continued, "What I always heard on set was, 'Chungha, cute, lively, and exciting.' “That’s why there was a lot of noise.”

To solve this problem, Lee Cheong-ah said, "I learned pansori, vocal music, and went to a clinic. Then I had a 'Eureka' moment." She added, "The doctor told me that my vocal cords were long. And the average pitch of my voice was lower than that of ordinary women." He said, “He said how hard it must be on his neck to try to make a violin sound with a cello.”

Lee Cheong-ah said, "After hearing this, I came back and tried to say 'I' myself. During acting class, people always say that their own voice comes out the most when they say 'I'. I said 'I', but it's been a long time since I heard it." “I heard my low voice,” he said with a smile, “I was happy that everyone liked my original voice and that my acting seemed much more comfortable.”

Lee Chung-ah played the role of Jamie in the 2021 tvN drama ‘Day and Night’ and gave a great performance. Afterwards, she was selected for the role of Yoon Si-hyeon in the Netflix series 'Celebrity' scheduled for this year.

Choi Ji-ye, Ten Asia Reporter wisdomart@tenasia.co.kr