Oh Se-young, who gave a powerful performance in The Judge Returns, expressed deep gratitude to senior actor Jisung.
MBC's Friday-Saturday drama The Judge Returns concluded after airing episode 14 (final episode) on the 14th. The Judge Returns is an adaptation of a popular web novel of the same name into a drama, and it is a return-to-the-past justice drama about corrupt Judge Lee Han-young, who lived as a slave to a giant law firm and returned to 10 years ago, taking new choices to punish great evils.
Among them, Oh Se-young played Yoo Se-hee, Lee Han-young's wife. Ahead of the show's conclusion, I recently met Oh Se-young in Hapjeong-dong, Mapo District, Seoul, and talked with her about The Judge Returns.
Naturally, Oh Se-young shared the most scenes with Jisung, who played the title role Lee Han-young. In particular, Yoo Se-hee was also the character who showed the most dramatic change before and after Lee Han-young's return. Oh Se-young said, "Senior Jisung often talked a lot on set about character aspects, relational aspects, and each scene when filming, and he frequently gave advice while discussing whatever ideas or opinions we each had at the time."
She said, "The senior already has an extremely good reputation. I had already heard many good things about him in terms of acting and attitude. I was very nervous to meet him. He was a very senior figure to me. But the senior had a characteristic soft charisma. He was cool on set and made an effort to make me feel comfortable. Thanks to that, I could relax a bit more. As I filmed with him, we had playful conversations and he would greet me first, which helped me gradually approach Han-young and allowed me to see him as Han-young, not as the senior." she emphasized her deep gratitude.
She continued, "He also tried to create ordinary scenes on the spot beyond what was in the script. So we exchanged many ideas and could produce unexpectedly more interesting scenes." She added, "We filmed the pre-return scenes first and then the post-return scenes, and before the return I was more tense with the senior. As Se-hee, I was still frozen and had not completely broken out of it. We actually filmed while feeling that tension with the senior."
Oh Se-young said, "There was a scene where I carried a luxury bag and brought it as a gift for my mother-in-law. At that time, the senior and I talked a lot about the relationship between Han-young and Se-hee. We discussed that Han-young and Se-hee might have accumulated misunderstandings from moments when they do not make eye contact, and that such barren relationships could have built up. In fact, each of them may harbor separate sincere feelings and feelings toward each other, but that lack of communication can lead to misunderstandings even between real couples, so that part resonated more and helped my acting."
She added, "After the return, what remained especially memorable was that during the confrontation with Director General Lee Seong-dae, rehearsing allowed us to play it more dramatically. The grabbing of the collar and rushing in, shouting 'How dare you grab someone's collar!' was not originally in the script, but during rehearsal it became richer. Se-hee could move more proactively. That scene is memorable. When Han-young's collar was grabbed, I couldn't just stand still. I suggested we grab together, and the line 'how dare you' was used. When I had a blind date, I have a line 'How dare you think you know who I am?' and we discussed what kind of life a person who says 'how dare you' might have led, which helped us use the line. Unexpectedly directed moments created catharsis," she said with a laugh.
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