(interview ② continued) 'Taxi Driver 3' Pyo Ye-jin shared behind-the-scenes details of her subcharacter acting.
Recently Pyo Ye-jin conducted an end-of-series interview for the SBS Friday-Saturday drama 'Taxi Driver 3' at a cafe in Gangnam-gu, Seoul.
'Taxi Driver 3' is a private revenge agency drama about the shadowed taxi company Rainbow Transportation and taxi driver Kim Do-gi (Lee Je-hoon) carrying out vengeance on behalf of wronged victims. In the series, Pyo Ye-jin played the accounting department employee An Go-eun of 'Rainbow Transportation.'
When asked how she tried to upgrade the character by season 3, Pyo Ye-jin said, "Actually, this is my first time coming to season 3, so time has passed for the character too, and my biggest concern was how to show that change. I thought Go-eun had undergone more changes earlier, so I believed she should take her work more seriously and show a professional side that helps the team. I felt Go-eun would be like that. So I styled her with a shorter haircut to make her look more active and mature."
She said, "What I paid most attention to was that previously there were many lines like, 'What should we do about driver Kim Do-gi?' Now, rather than asking questions, I thought the tone should be that I look for things first, tell him if he's curious, and consult with Kim Do-gi as a reliable partner. I don't know if that came across well, but I wanted to make Go-eun more mature."
When asked what ad-libs there were this season, she said, "There are so many ad-libs when everyone is talking in the underground maintenance room. I put in a lot of fun moments, like Go-eun showing ambition for subcharacters or lines such as 'Shall I go?' and 'I'll do it.'"
She added, "What I liked was in episode 16, in the warm scene of having a meal, there are short imagined scenes introduced with lines like, 'Even if we hadn't gathered as people with this kind of pain, I think we would have met fatefully.' In the original script, it showed Go-eun eating with her friend in the restaurant, then cut to the team leaders eating, suggesting 'we would have met like this,' but I told the director I wanted the sister scene to feel more meaningful. So it changed to show happy Go-eun having a meal with her sister and naturally showed the team leaders eating with the younger members, which made the scene warmer. It was a moving moment for us while filming, and I think viewers will remember it as a warm scene."
As she said, this season Go-eun's ambition for subcharacters stood out. Pyo Ye-jin explained, "In season 2 I hesitated a bit and although I pursued subcharacters earnestly, there were scenes where I said, 'I can't do it.' But by season 3 I thought Go-eun became a bit more proactive. I wanted to do whatever would help the team, so I pushed myself and showed a lot of ambition."
Asked whether her personal ambition for subcharacters grew while approaching season 3 as an actor, she said, "I watched in every episode how far Do-gi oppa would go, so if I was going to do it once, I thought doing it properly matched Rainbow Transportation's team play tone. Also, if I didn't go that far, the villains might not believe it, so I thought exaggerated subcharacter play would feel more realistic. I really thought a lot about every subcharacter's play from costumes to concepts and filmed with passion."
For example, the 'beauty fortuneteller' appearance scene lasted only about 10 seconds, but she said she put detailed effort even into that moment. Pyo Ye-jin said, "Although the fortuneteller character appeared briefly, those small efforts added up to complete Rainbow Transportation's team play. Because it had to look realistic to the villains, we paid great attention even to props. I heard the fortuneteller makeup took two and a half hours. We worked that hard," she said sincerely.
She said, "We also worked very hard on inserting small subcharacter scenes. For example, in the 'Gleuk?' episode, I felt the character had to look like someone who would do that kind of work, so that I could plausibly be interviewed. I thought she should be a slack, weird part-timer who doesn't live properly. The clothing and hairstyle were hip and somewhat free. I suggested a lot about styling. I even asked the director, 'Can I use lines like 'What a waste'?' and used them. We put a lot of effort into filming, and I'm proud that people liked it."
She said the memorable feedback after the broadcast was praise for that subcharacter. Pyo Ye-jin said, "I didn't think this episode would become a topic. I didn't expect the 'Gleuk?' scene to irritate people that much, but everyone said, 'It's so annoying' and 'It's funny.' I felt relieved. I had never heard or used the word 'Gleuk' in real life outside the internet. I didn't know the tone, so I even searched YouTube and found no one used it. I 고민ed a lot about what to do, and I thought instead of just using the word 'Gleuk?' it might work if expression, gesture and tone combined to make people feel 'king-bad' [infuriated]. Thankfully many people felt irritated, so I'm pleased." (interview ④ continued.)
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