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EXID Hani "I can marry Yang Jae-woong, but it's not necessary."
On the 13th, I met actress Ahn Hee-yeon, who appeared in Disney+'s 'Say It's Love', at the Sublime headquarters in Nonhyeon-dong, Seoul. Ahn Hee-yeon played the role of Kang Min-young, an ex-girlfriend who suddenly announced a breakup to her long-time lover, Han Dong-jin (played by Kim Young-kwang), through a wedding invitation, but regrets it and tries to regain her past love.
Ahn Hee-yeon started her career as an actress in 2019 after working as a singer as a member of EXID. He has played characters with strong personalities, such as a runaway teenager in the movie 'Adults Don't Know', the industry's best head bartender in the web drama 'XX', and a game BJ with 800,000 subscribers in the drama 'White Crow'. Ahn Hee-yeon said about the criteria for choosing a work, "There are many, but I think the priority is to see if I want to do it. The company also respects my opinion. The CEO also supports me by saying that I came to this company to do what I want to do. “I think the works selected based on those criteria are seen as challenging images in the world,” he said.
Ahn Hee-yeon said, "As an actor, I'm still young. There's still a lot I don't know. It's an unknown world." He continued, "There are many things that have changed and many things that remain the same. Compared to three years ago, as a person, I now feel like I am in my 30s. Important priorities in life have completely changed. I have come to like people and admit that I am that kind of person. In the past, I did not care about work. "This was important. Work came, and I was the work. But these days, I pursue work-life balance. I have something called 'my life' in addition to work," he confessed.
Ahn Hee-yeon is in a relationship with Yang Jae-woong, a psychiatrist who is 10 years older than her. When asked if she had any advice or influence from her boyfriend, Ahn Hee-yeon said, "I'm not the type to talk a lot. When it comes to my work, I like to keep my distance from my lover or family. It's my work, my life, your work, and yours." “It’s life. I don’t like to share much about that part,” he said. At the same time, "I played this character and filmed 'Fantasy Spot'. My boyfriend had a big influence on me playing that character. My boyfriend told me that I look happy and happy when I play something similar to myself. There were painful moments while acting, but "I wasn't going to do it, but I guess it showed. Before that, I wasn't attracted to similar things, but those words gave me another opportunity," he said.
When asked if her boyfriend influenced her to look more into her life, Ahn Hee-yeon laughed and said, "I think I would be disappointed if I said no." He continued, "I think we both consider those things important and try to live our lives. Regardless of occupation or age, we have similar values as people. There are things like 'If you hit, you mate' and 'If you mate, you boom.' I don't know what to do. “He is someone who supports me when I try to make a choice.”
Ahn Hee-yeon recently posted a photo taken with her father, Yang Jae-woong, on her channel. Ahn Hee-yeon said, "I might get married someday. I don't know. I don't think marriage is essential." She continued, "My dad is like a daughter. He wants to make sure that he has influence over me. My mom saw my boyfriend a few times. My dad must have felt disappointed about being left out, saying, 'How can you not show me even once?' I'm also older. People around you will probably ask you, too. One day, she called me and said she wanted to meet you too, showing an expression of disappointment. I asked my boyfriend, 'My dad wants to meet me, can I meet you?' and he happily said yes. We ate delicious meat and had a highball each. He said, "I was in a good mood that day. I was very worried, but we talked well. I wanted to remember that day while I was walking, so I took pictures."
‘Say It’s Love’ is an emotional romance between a woman, Shim Woo-joo (played by Lee Sung-kyung), who is eager to seek revenge, and a man, Han Dong-jin, who becomes the target of revenge, a man and a woman who should never have met. All episodes were released until the last episode on the 12th.
Kim Ji-won, Ten Asia reporter bella@tenasia.co.kr
