Senior Reporter : Beck Una
Photographer : Chae ki-won
Editor : Lee Ji-Hye
Editor : Jessica Kim
Jeon Do-youn [Chae Ki-won/10Asia]
<div class="blockquote">Jeon Do-youn used the word "moderately" often. But doing something "moderately," meaning not too much nor too little is probably the hardest thing for creators to do. Jeon plays Cha Ha-yeon, a femme fatale con artist who sneers at the world with her beauty and brains until she gets taught her lesson, in movie "Countdown." However, Jeon herself does not live her life so moderately. Below is a record of her life, in no way moderate, where she pours the energy she will use to feel regret about her past or worry about her future, into what is most current.Jeon Do-youn [Chae Ki-won/10Asia]
This may be a silly question but then while you’re working on the movie, weren’t there moments you wished the story focused a bit more on your character?Jeon : If I ever felt that, I would’ve felt it from the moment I read the screenplay, not while shooting the movie. Because the fact that I said okay to the movie and decided to do it means that I know my part and respect it. I think that actor Song Kang-ho may be a good example of someone who did that well through his character in “Secret Sunshine.”Jeon: Song Gang-ho shined so much in “Secret Sunshine” and he was a completely different person in that movie. That’s what I thought was amazing about him. His character Kim Jong-chan always hovered around Shin-ae. And I think he maintained exactly that distance from her throughout the whole movie. Always a decent step away. It’s actually harder to do something moderately than excessively or insufficiently but Song Kang-ho in “Secret Sunshine” was amazing and admirable. I had always liked Song Kang-ho as an actor but “Secret Sunshine” is the moment I surpassed that point of just liking him. And how satisfied are you with how ‘moderately’ you acted in “Countdown”?Jeon: Didn’t I do well? [laugh] It would’ve been a problem if I got in the way of Tae Gun-ho’s drama but I think I followed his lead well. You worked with Jeong Jae-young for the first time in ten years. Although you two played characters that must be sick and tired of each other [laugh] what changes did you feel in him as an actor?Jeon Do-youn: I actually didn't know it had been that long. Only after I talked with people did I realize it's been nine years. But I think that both he and I, in our own ways, have become good actors. Back when we did "No Blood No Tears," he was a newcomer and I was basically starting anew as well. We had much more to show than what we had shown. And we actually weren't that close back then. I thought of him as someone who's just dark and serious. But it turns out I'd really just had no idea what he's like. He constantly tells the most random jokes but he'll keep going if you laugh at them so you need to stop laughing at one point. [laugh] Yet he focuses very keenly the moment he goes into shoot. So he's good at controlling that himself like that. Everyone including both the actors and crew really hard time shooting this movie because almost all of it was shot on location but I think Jeong was the reason we were able to work on the movie with a smile. Most directors are known to be cringing yet lighten up when the actress comes but the director for "Countdown" lightened up everytime he saw Jeong. Your character in "The Contact" was like an angel and even the characters you played in "A Promise," "The Harmonium in My Memory" and "My Mother the Mermaid" seemed like strong women who were repressing their feelings. But in "Countdown," your character does all she wants and says all she wants. How was it? Did it feel better to play a character who'd let her feelings out?Jeon: I've never thought that it was frustrating to play characters that repress their feelings. At the same time, it doesn't feel better to scream. However they may seem to you, that's just the way they live their lives.※ Any copying, republication or redistribution of 10Asia's content is expressly prohibited without prior consent of 10Asia. Copyright infringement is subject to criminal and civil penalties.10 아시아 Senior Reporter : Beck Una one@10 아시아 Photographer : Chae ki-won ten@10 아시아 Editor : Lee Ji-Hye seven@10 아시아 Editor : Jessica Kim jesskim@<ⓒ즐거움의 공장 "10 아시아" (10.asiae.co.kr) 무단전재 배포금지>