Actress Han Hyo-joo, who adds humanity with a warm voice to the three-part KBS major production "Transhuman," which features cutting-edge technology, released an interview ahead of the full broadcast.
Han Hyo-joo, who made her first narration attempt in a science documentary with the three-part KBS major production "Transhuman," which premieres on the 12th, said, "Participating in the narration was also a learning experience for me, and I accepted the offer without much hesitation because I thought it would be good to let many people know about this subject and program," showing her adventurous spirit and curiosity. Han Hyo-joo is also an experienced narrator who in 2013 served as an audio describer at the barrier-free film festival, explaining film stories and fingerprints for visually impaired people and even handling an eight-hour marathon session. Before narrating the science documentary, Han Hyo-joo expressed confident aspirations, saying, "Because the story can be difficult, I try to convey warmth. Although the documentary is titled 'Transhuman,' I want it to be felt as a story about 'human' and a documentary that contains humanism rather than a purely scientific tale."
Han Hyo-joo briefly introduced "Transhuman," saying, "The subject itself is an area of interest these days, and it's a story that many people, not just me, would find interesting. It is not the future but a reality approaching us; it depicts topics we will have to live with and coexist with in the scientific field while using AI."
The three-part "Transhuman" introduces cutting-edge technologies that overcome physical loss, disease and aging to return people to daily life, and the stories of those who stand by them, divided into part 1 'Cyborg', part 2 'Brain implant' and part 3 'Genetic revolution'. The production team met experts and case subjects at the forefront of the research, including MIT's Professor Hugh Herr, and visited hospitals in Ukraine to vividly capture on camera the recovery processes of soldiers suffering from physical loss.
Han Hyo-joo, who has a wide range of character transformation abilities, has portrayed various imaginative characters such as Moving, a person with highly developed senses. Ahead of narrating "Transhuman," she mentioned the 2024 Disney+ drama drama "Dominant Species," in which she gave a passionate performance as Yoon Ja-yu, the CEO of a biotechnology company that ushered in a new era of cultured meat. Han Hyo-joo said, "In the drama drama 'Dominant Species,' they create cultured organs and swap them in. In that drama, my role was to try to popularize cultured organs," and said she was surprised that the cutting-edge technology in the drama is approaching reality. Finally, she expressed heartfelt wishes, saying, "I hope these cutting-edge technologies become normalized for many more people so that those who are truly ill can rely on the power of technology."
The three-part KBS major production "Transhuman", whose resonance is deepened by the warm narration of actress Han Hyo-joo—part 1 'Cyborg', part 2 'Brain implant', and the final part 3 'Genetic revolution'—will air on KBS1 at 10 p.m. every Wednesday for three weeks starting on the 12th.
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