Moon Chae-won, "'Beopjjon', a good experience working as a celebrity? I'm 50% apt for it."

“It is introduced as a thrilling revenge drama, and viewers may want to feel thrills, but I think the writer’s intention is also important. I think the author tried to somehow incorporate the humanism that having a good adult can change a person into the revenge story. “I think the ending is good because I think the main characters reached an end to their respective goals in their own way.”

Moon Chae-won recently finished the SBS Friday-Saturday drama ‘The Law’. 'Law' is a revenge drama in which 'money salesman' Eun-yong (played by Lee Sun-kyun) and 'legal technician' Jun-kyung (Park Jun-kyung) fight against the cartels of 'Law' and 'Jjen'. Moon Chae-won played the role of Park Joon-kyung, a former prosecutor and judicial officer. After his mother, caught up in a conspiracy, commits suicide, Park Joon-kyung becomes a judicial officer and prepares for revenge. Moon Chae-won said, "It was a little difficult when I received the script. I don't read this style of script often, so it wasn't easy to read. I was encouraged by the production company and the director who said I would be a good fit."

“I was worried because I had never tried something similar before. It could be a good experience, but it could also be a bad experience. But when I think about it later, all those worries at that moment turned into a good experience. For now, I think it was a good experience. “I thought the threshold was high and difficult, but I felt more comfortable rather than worried. I feel rewarded.”

Park Jun-kyung wanted to become a just prosecutor, but he was disgusted by the physiology of the prosecution organization that he learned while participating in the special investigation. The mother also gets caught up in the conspiracy and commits suicide. Park Jun-kyung goes from a prosecutor to a judicial officer and then to a lawyer again.

“I have been receiving a lot of scripts of this type, mostly in the romantic comedy genre or with characters who want romance with men who can’t be in love. But ‘The Law’ was a story about love for family and my side. Jun-kyung is dry and melancholy. It was a thin-looking character. The characters in the play are also full of desires for money, fame, power, etc. When I first read the script focusing on the character I would play, Jun-kyeong, I found it difficult to understand the relationships with people, etc. From the perspectives of various characters. “I read the script several times.”

Moon Chae-won worked with Lee Sun-kyun in this drama. At the production presentation held before the drama aired, Moon Chae-won said, "I had a dream of working with senior Lee Sun-gyun. It was big for me that he said he would do it. I will take this opportunity to say this. I have achieved my dream."

"Senior is an actor I really like, but I'm not good at saying things like that in front of people. I'm the type of person who asks 'is it true' when someone says something like that, but this time, the sincerity came out. Haha. Choosing work is what senior Lee Seon-gyun said he does. It also influenced me. I thought it would be a good project if a senior told me to do it. Among actors, there are actors you like and actors you are a fan of."

Park Jun-kyung is a cool-headed and upright person. Moon Chae-won said, "It's hard to want to be like that in reality, isn't it? There seemed to be an aspect of this role that I respected and wanted to be like. I thought it would be good to try it in the work. I thought it would be good if we fit in well." When asked if filming was fun, Moon Chae-won replied, "I don't really enjoy filming any work. There's pressure to do well, isn't it? It's like doing homework. But it's rewarding when it's expressed the way I thought or turned out well."

When asked about her similarities to Park Jun-kyung's character, Moon Chae-won explained her MBTI type. He said, "In terms of MBTI type, I thought that Jun-kyung would not be P between J (planning type) and P (impromptu type). I thought he would get stressed if things didn't go according to his plan," and "I also don't get P when I take MBTI." “It was more,” he said. He also said, "I lived my life without knowing that I was a realist. When I acted, I thought I was emotional rather than realistic. I think we are similar to Jun-kyung in that he is also a realist."

It is said that recommended occupations for Moon Chae-won's MBTI, ISTJ, include accountants, teachers, and civil servants. I asked Moon Chae-won, who said, “There were no celebrities among the recommended jobs,” if being a celebrity would be a good fit.

“There are things about being an actor that suit me well and things that don’t suit me. It’s half and half. My thoughts go back and forth depending on the situation or time. Still, I think I’m doing it because there are parts that suit me. Before I started acting, I did art because it was fun, so it’s about arts and physical education. “I think this is right.”

Kim Ji-won, Ten Asia reporter bella@tenasia.co.kr