(Continued from Interview ①) Actress Pyo Ye-jin recounted an anecdote about firing a blunt remark at Jang Nara, who made a special appearance as a villain in "Taxi Driver 3."
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-for-hire drama about the veil-shrouded taxi company Rainbow Transport and taxi driver Kim Do-gi (Lee Je-hoon), who completes revenge on behalf of wronged victims. In the story, Pyo Ye-jin played the accounting department employee An Go-eun of "Rainbow Transport."
When asked which scenes during the filming of "Taxi Driver 3" resonated most or were the hardest, Pyo Ye-jin said, "In this season, Park Dong-su (played by Kim Ki-chun)'s episode about losing his son was portrayed so nakedly that the pain appeared frozen in time, leaving a deep aftertaste," and added, "Personally, in the episode 1-2 arc there is a scene where I go find Lee-seo (played by Cha Si-yeon) and hug her, and it was so heartbreaking. Seeing a little girl wearing strange clothes and crying weakly, and since I don't often have scenes where I personally embrace a victim, it was very touching. I felt like I might cry too."
Meanwhile, in this season 3, leading actors made special appearances as villains in each episode, delivering fierce performances. When asked about the most memorable villain, Pyo Ye-jin praised, "It's too hard to pick just one because everyone was shockingly good, and I watched in admiration," and said, "Yoon Si-yoon (as Cha Byung-jin) acted so chillingly that I was surprised. Jang Nara (as Kang Ju-ri) said she worried a lot herself, but she looked creepily convincing, and Kim Sungkyu (as Go Sung-hyuk) is, of course, excellent. The villains had great chemistry with each other and matched well with us, which enriched the drama; I was very grateful."
When asked what Jang Nara worried about, Pyo Ye-jin said, "Actually, she and I didn't have scenes together on set, but she worried from start to finish. She said, 'I look too kind..' and compared herself to the other villains while worrying. She asked, 'Given that Eum Mun-seok (as Cheon Gwang-jin) is so strong, won't I seem too weak by comparison?' so I shot back, 'You sold out girls, what are you talking about. You can never be kind,' and 'Don't ever worry. She's really bad,' and cheered her on," delivering a blunt line that drew laughter.
In the story, Kang Ju-ri, played by Jang Nara, was a girl group member who, after a tragic accident that cost her one leg, had to give up her dreams. But as a current producer and head of an entertainment agency, she secretly exploited trainees' desperation to abuse power and sexually exploit them, driving them to ruin with heinous acts. In response, Kim Do-gi exposed Kang Ju-ri's crimes to the world and tried to save her when she was about to fall from the rooftop, but Kang Ju-ri chose to let go of his hand and fall, ending her life.
There were many netizens who felt uneasy about the ending of the Kang Ju-ri character. Pyo Ye-jin said, "Kang Ju-ri felt uniquely different from the other villains so far. Other villains had clear motives, and many committed crimes for money. To me, Kang Ju-ri's pain became twisted in the wrong way, and she seemed to want to bring others down. That made her more chilling and vicious," and added, "It seemed like she decided herself, thinking 'this is no longer acceptable.' The way she was punished was also different, so I felt strange after watching it." (Continued in Interview ③)
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