Actor Jeon Mido explained why she decided to appear even in a small role.
On Jan. 23, the YouTube channel "Channel Sibo-ya" uploaded a video titled "Wangsa-nam comedians and cozy chatter."
Jeon Mido played the court lady Maehwa, who attends the dethroned King Ihongwi (Park Jihoon), in the film "The Man Who Lives with the King." Jang Hang-jun recalled the casting story, saying, "The Maehwa role was a very small role. There were no lines. We jokingly acted crazy in the industry and handed over the (script), and they said to meet us."
Jeon Mido explained the reason she accepted the role, saying, "Almost all the scripts I received at that time were somewhat brutal or in genres I couldn't watch. Even when a role was large, I felt I couldn't ask someone else to watch what I couldn't, so I turned them all down, but this story was so warm and good regardless of the amount of screen time."
Jang Hang-jun said, "When Jeon Mido said she would do it, I told our director of photography. He asked, 'Jeon Mido is doing it? Why is she doing it?'" and added, "From then on we were going to revise the (scenario). So the role became much deeper than in the first script we saw."
Yoo Hai Jin praised Jeon Mido's preparation. He said, "She prepared a lot. If I asked, 'Something like this happened yesterday; wouldn't she say this?' I would tell her to do that. A lot of relationships were formed that way."
Jang Hang-jun joked, "There are expressions they make when the two of them perform. When we call 'cut,' they all wear smiles. Directors are very happy at times like that. Couldn't all of this be credited to me?"
Jeon Mido expressed gratitude, saying, "If a senior had told me, 'That seems unnecessary, so don't do it,' when I brought an idea, it would have been hard to bring it up again. But the senior said, 'Do it the way you want,' so it became easier to talk about what I had researched."
Meanwhile, the film "The Man Who Lives with the King," scheduled to be released on Feb. 4, is set in Cheongnyeongpo in 1475 and tells the story of a village head who volunteered for exile for the sake of the village's revival and the young dethroned former king who was exiled.
[Photo] "Channel Sibo-ya"
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