"Hollywood action queen" Milla Jovovich opens up about emotional acting, which she finds harder than action.
Tonight's KBS 1TV movie talk show Life Is a Movie, presented as a Busan International Film Festival special, features world-renowned actress Milla Jovovich visiting Korea for the first time in eight years, and reveals stories about The Protector, a film produced by a Korean production company in cooperation with Hollywood staff.
In the new film The Protector, in which she plays Nikki Halstead, a former special forces soldier who lost her daughter, Milla Jovovich said, "After more than 30 years of making action films, I know exactly what I want to see in female action on screen," and she promised to present a female action different from the usual fantasy action, full of "realism."
Milla Jovovich especially said, "The daughter in the film was the same age as my youngest daughter, so it was more special. It wasn't simple acting but an experience that overlapped with my real life," and she surprised audiences by revealing that she lost 9kg during filming.
When asked whether she is willing to appear in a film produced in Korea, she said, "Isabel Myers, who plays the daughter in the film, is so into K-pop and even studied Korean on her own," and added, "If I come to Korea again, I will definitely work with her (Isabel Myers)."
Meanwhile, asked about Liner's evaluation of her representative works such as The Fifth Element and the Resident Evil series, Milla Jovovich said she was moved, saying, "It's amazing that there are people in Korea who recognize my acting," which has drawn much interest to tonight's broadcast.
Life Is a Movie, featuring Milla Jovovich telling the story of the film The Protector in her own words, will air tonight (5th) at 9:30 p.m. on KBS 1TV.
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