The lead actors Ko A Sung and Moon Sang Min of the film "Pavane," released on Netflix on Feb. 20, met through fashion magazine Elle's March issue pictorial and interview.
This pictorial was carried out in a restrained atmosphere that evokes the mood of the original novel "Pavane for a Dead Princess." Quiet gazes and static gestures captured the emotional lines of the two actors.
In the interview that followed the pictorial shoot, Ko A Sung shared her thoughts on playing the character "Mijeong," who lives with a closed heart. She said, "I felt that Mijeong has a switch that opens and closes her heart depending on the situation," and explained, "She is a character who, even after beginning to love, feels fear before happiness." She added that sentences from the original novel became an important foundation during the acting process. She said, "Sentences that do not appear directly in the film naturally continued on set through facial expressions and breathing."
Through this work, Moon Sang Min took on his first leading role in a film. Recalling when he first encountered the script, he said, "It was a project I didn't want to miss." Playing Kyungrok, a young man who dreams of becoming a dancer, he said the aspect he thought about most was the character's expression and attitude rather than the lines. Moon Sang Min said, "He may seem listless, but I didn't think his face was devoid of feeling," and added, "I focused on maintaining that subtle state." He said he approached the character's initial appearance scene carefully so that the character's impression would be conveyed naturally.
The two actors also commented on their chemistry. Ko A Sung said of Moon Sang Min, "He arrived on set already in Kyungrok's state," and Moon Sang Min also said, "Ko A Sung existed as Mijeong from the start." They said the unhurried distance in the relationship and their on-set attitudes naturally reflected the formation of the characters' relationship in the film.
They added that the emotional density deepened toward the latter part of the film. Moon Sang Min recalled the scene where he shows emotion after Mijeong disappears, saying, "Emotion poured out all at once on set." Ko A Sung, recalling the shoot in Iceland, said, "I was left with a strong feeling that I had to let the character go." The two actors said this was a work that left emotions with them long after filming ended.
Meanwhile, the film "Pavane" is about three people who had closed the doors to their hearts becoming lights for one another and confronting life and love, and the pictorial and interview with Ko A Sung and Moon Sang Min can be found in Elle's March issue and on Elle's website.<
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