Youth Kim Da-mi, Jeon So-ni, Byeon Woo-seok's 'Soul Mate'

Actors Kim Da-mi, Jeon So-ni, and Byeon Woo-seok depict youth in Jeju Island, the epitome of refreshing. Like a diary in a drawer, I can take them out at any time and they make me think of my 'soulmate.'

On the afternoon of the 28th, a press screening of the movie 'Soul Mate' (directed by Min Yong-geun) was held at the Lotte Cinema Konkuk University entrance in Gwangjin-gu, Seoul. Actors Kim Da-mi, Jeon So-ni, Byun Woo-seok, and director Min Yong-geun attended the press conference held after the preview.

'Soul Mate' is the story of two friends, Miso (played by Da-mi Kim), Ha-eun (played by So-ni Jeon), and Jin-woo (played by Woo-seok Byeon), who recognized each other from their first meeting and shared everything together, including joy, sadness, excitement, and longing.

On this day, director Min Yong-geun said, "The power of Jeju Island's nature is great. The movie features Byeolbangjin, the sea, forests, and caves. Perhaps because I started the movie in that space, I was able to naturally empathize. “Outside of the movie, I had fun filming while eating and looking at the beautiful scenery,” he said.

Dami Kim also expressed satisfaction with the Jeju location. Da-mi Kim said, "The sky in Jeju was pretty. I used to look at the sky every time I got off work. There were so many delicious places in Jeju that day, so I remember traveling as if I was on a trip. while happily thinking about what to eat."

Jeon So-ni said, "You said that Jeju's scenery resembles the colors, temperature, and humidity of youth. We really had that feeling while filming in Jeju's nature. After returning to Seoul, we looked back on the Jeju Island filming and dreamed of “It reminds me of an amazing experience that feels like my own memory,” he added.

In fact, director Min Yong-geun initially declined to direct 'Soul Mate'. The original work of 'Soulmate' is the Chinese movie 'Hello, My Soulmate'. Director Min Yong-geun confessed, "When I first received an offer to work, I turned it down. In some ways, I had doubts about myself, wondering if I would be able to fully understand emotions even if the environment I grew up in , the friends I met, and the genders were different." .

He continued, "I felt a lot of emotion from the stories of people I met after traveling around for a long time. When I was working on the scenario and starting the movie, I interviewed many women around me. The parts they talked about were “It wasn't heterogeneous,” he added.

Director Min Yong-geun said, "When I saw my mother, the women around me, or their relationships, I thought that their appearance was not ostentatious, but had a subtle yet powerful power. I wanted to capture that aspect in the film. Although it is a male director, I “Even though there were eyes, I wanted to capture the emotions I saw,” he explained.

Kim Da-mi, Jeon So-ni, and Byeon Woo-seok play characters from their teens to their 30s. First, Kim Da-mi laughed, saying, "I think it's short as an actor, but now, by chance, I was able to handle moments from my teenage years to my current age, so I was happy and honored as an actor. "

Jeon So-ni said, "I am grateful to have been able to act in the shining days, but what was more precious than that was that I wanted to see a story like 'Soulmate'. As an audience member, it expresses the shaking “I wanted to make a movie like that at least once in my life,” he said.

Kim Da-mi and Jeon So-ni expressed their affection for each other. Da-mi Kim said, "I didn't feel awkward or anything like that from the first time we met. I felt very comfortable. I met her a lot even before filming. We talked a lot every time we met, and each time , we felt like we connected even before filming. No one had to make an effort first. “I felt like we had a connection,” he said.

In response, Jeon So-ni said, "Before filming, I was worried about getting closer. The time I personally spent with Dami while filming was a good memory. Although I was lonely and tired while filming, I felt like I could tell this person things that I couldn't say to others due to my pride. While filming. He responded, "I depended on you when I was having a hard time, and we became comrades in arms. Even when I showed my weaknesses, we became okay with each other. "I felt closer at that time."

Byun Woo-seok, who saw Kim Da-mi and Jeon So-ni next to each other, said, "When I'm on set, I see them (Kim Da-mi and Jeon So-ni) together from my perspective. While filming, I often felt like they were 'soul mates.'" He said, "The way the two were talking about a certain scene or sharing their opinions with the director felt very similar, even if they were different. They liked each other. in areas they sympathized with, and it seemed like they were soulmates."

Director Min Yong-geun said, "I was jealous. Actor Byun Woo-seok also understands and can tell," and added, "We filmed scenes together and filmed separate scenes, but when we filmed them meeting each other after not seeing each other. , their eyes were affectionate, so there was a feeling of relative alienation." “I felt this. “I had an experience where I felt jealous,” he said.

Director Min Yong-geun also said, "It's okay to be anything, so while watching the movie, I think it would be nice to think of the only person that comes to mind, my relationship with that person, or my own soulmate." Kim Dae-mi said, "Like a diary that you take out from time to time, you can watch our movies whenever they come to mind, and you can reminisce about those feelings. It's different every time you watch it, and I hope you "feel something new and memories that only you know that you have hidden while watching our movies." “I hope so,” he said.

Jeon So-ni said, "Watching the movie, it's good for the audience to remember that person when Jin-woo stands in front of Jin-woo's picture, and when Mi-so stands in front of Mi-so's picture, but while meeting Those people, they also bring out who I was back then. “I hope it becomes a movie worth watching,” he said. Byun Woo-seok said, “I've seen the movie three times so far. The first time I saw it, all I could see was Jin-woo, and the second time, I could only see him. But today, when I saw it at the movie theater, I was touched by the emotions of Mi-so and Ha-eun. That's how much I can see from someone's perspective on the movie. "I think it depends on how you watch it. I think this movie is a much more beautiful movie if you watch it from each person's perspective and the character's perspective," he hoped.

Meanwhile, 'Soulmate' will be released on March 15th.

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