Q: Drama ended, how do you feel?
A: I feel I should still go shooting. I had hard time doing almost all of action scenes myself. Now I like it because my body can rest finally. As always, I feel sad and happy. The comical scenes that I did with Jung Ji-hoon(rain) oppa required lots of physical energy. After doing action scenes, we both joked that we couldn’t do it anymore. Oppa said it was harder than him doing the concert stage.
Q: What action scene did you do?
A: Even though I have acrophobia(a fear of heights), I did the wire action. It was more fun than I thought. I learned the action so quickly that stunt actors told me how about learning it professionally. I was shocked to get approval of my action acting talents from them.
Q: You played a man’s role. Any difficulties?
A: I had lots of stress in the beginning. I knew the viewers have to be convinced, but playing Kim Soo-ro oppa was not easy. Fortunately I don’t have much of feminine personality. I played comfortably. It bothered me to wear skirt and sit with legs spread though. Comical acting was fun. Ji-hoon oppa told me to treat him without care so I did comfortably. I was grateful.
Q: Is there anything changed after CBA?
A: I am happy that I gained many more female fans. These days female fans ask me to hug them. After doing ‘Shine or go crazy’, there were lots of male fans, but these days it is different. I am really thankful.
Q: You earned the good reputation that you play a man’s role well.
A: There were lots of romance line with Lee Ha-ni unni, but I felt comfortable because we worked together in the last project(Shine or go crazy). I thought myself as a man rather than we were woman and woman. I did many melo acting as a woman, but when I did the melo acting as a man, it was different. With man, there is this side to protect his woman and just watch quietly.
I played with a thought “I want to be loved by this kind of a man”. I tried to play a man whom a woman likes from my point of view. I asked and got lots of advices on expression and behavior to be seen as a man. Since real man and a man I imitate could be different, I really paid attention. If I hear something like I am not pretty, it does not bother me because I think that’s personal preference. But if I hear I can’t act, I get upset. Then I thought I should try harder since my occupation is actress. So I tried harder.
Q: How was it like playing with Jung Ji-hoon/rain?
A: Ji-hoon oppa is cool Hyungnim. Oppa also considered me as his younger brother. Actually when I slap his face, or I pinch his bottom I could feel embarrassed. But Oppa’s personality is really nice. I also thought him as my Hyungnim. Oppa and my gag worked out well. Oppa really acts hardest. He had many scenes and had hard time, but I have never seen him throwing fits or feeling difficult. I learned a lot from watching him acting passionately and being nice to other people.
Q: You played with Jung Ji-hoon, Lee Ha-ni etc, which pair you had the most affection?
A: I have affection for all. There was bromance with Ji-hoon oppa who played my afterlife alumni. Of course I wasn’t a man. I felt like we understood even when we didn’t talk each other.
Even though it was not love, the friendship was moving. I wondered how many people exist who can embrace each other like that. When I shoot with Ha-ni unni we laughed so much. Ha-ni unni has really easy-going personality. It was so much fun when I did funny scenes with unni.
Q: What was the most impressive scene for you?
A: The scene when I tried to take off Ji-hoon oppa’s pants, and the scene when I was in awe on his chocolate abs. It was Ji-hoon oppa’s idea. Even though I was embarrassed to no end, It was fun. And on The scene when I saved Ha-ni unni, both of us cried continuously. That was not a deep love scene, but we were even more emotional because it had woman and woman.
Q: Were you not worry about controlling the level of being comical?
A: Hong-nan could’ve been overacting. But it had to be exaggerated to add power on the situation that a man became a woman. Even though it became burden, I was glad. Since I usually enjoy gag, I had fun. I thought If you became a woman out of blue after you’ve lived as a man for 40 years, this wacky stuff could happen.
Q: There are many discussions on your non-existence ending.
A: I was sad about non-existence ending, but because of that(sad?) I liked it. The ending that I disappear from people’s memory was really sad.
Q: Did you really kiss Lee Ha-ni?
A: No. Ha-ni unni said in the chat room ‘Unni is going to kiss you, so make sure you use mouthwash before you come.’ before the shooting. Also when we were in the shooting site, she said ‘Unni will kiss you’ as a joke. But once camera started rolling, scene was so heavy and sad, we could not be playful. I just kissed on my finger. Soo-ro oppa and Ha-ni unni did it for real. I left it for Soo-ro oppa.(laugh)
Q: Unlike good response, you had low ratings. How was the shooting atmosphere?
A: Shooting atmosphere was really good. We kept talking in group chatting room. There were many laughing incidents. I think ratings is up to heaven’s will. You don’t get high ratings because you work hard, or you don’t get low ratings because you don’t work hard. It is the part you can’t do anything about it. We just told each other to focus on acting and make a good
project to the end. Our drama has unique plot and has the story reminding you of love of family. I think it was the drama making you think about affection and love toward your family and appreciation to people around you.
Q: Is there any new habit you’ve gotten after acting a man?
A: The way I talk became man’s way of talking. People shocked and told me not to. And I sit with legs spread. People say not to do it. It is fortunate that I don’t wear skirt often.
Q: Your personality must be easy-going.
A: Yes. I usually don’t wear skirt. I am far from being feminine. Actually people think I am snobby. Maybe I have hard-to-please image. They misunderstand thinking I am a person who does not know about having hard time. There are some actors who do a project with me worry. I’ve heard they worry if I don’t work hard, or I have stuck-up personality. They say many ask about my personality. It is disadvantage coming from my looks. I try harder to break that misunderstanding. I am not that way-I don’t have that personality. I chose ‘Jang bo-ri’ to show my easy-
going personality. I wanted to get rid of my conceited image. I wanted to show “Oh Yeon-seo had this kind of side?’ to them. I think when I keep trying to change like that, I might be able to play more various roles (and change image too?).
Q: What is your goal this year?
A: I wish the movie ‘National team 2’ becomes Daebak. Later this year if I do a new project, I’d like to show different side of me. I’d like to act non-stop. And I’d like to show different character every time. My wish is to work enthusiastically. I am still learning and would like to show my progressing persona. I’d like to be an actress who the word ‘actress’ fits well, who always challenge.