(Following interview ①) Park Eunbin of 'The Wonder Fools' candidly shared her thoughts about some negative reactions to the love line with Cha Eun-woo.
On the morning of the 22nd, at a cafe in Samcheong-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, an interview was held with Park Eunbin, lead actor of the Netflix original The Wonder Fools.
The Wonder Fools is a supernatural comic adventure set at the end of 1999, in which neighborhood fools who accidentally gain superpowers struggle to protect the world against villains who threaten peace.
In the work, Park Eunbin plays Eun Cha-ni, a teleportation power user who, having given up everything while living with a heart condition since childhood, gains superpowers. When asked about her chemistry with Kim Hae-sook, who played Eun Cha-ni's grandmother Kim Jeon-bok in the work, she said, Kim Hae-sook was not my first co-star. Just her presence provided such warm comfort and consolation on set. She is a teacher I respect and like.
Park Eunbin said, When I first read the script, the chemistry between Cha-ni and her grandmother drew me most. It was fun that she was called 'Eun-ga,' and I expected that the story of the grandmother and her messy granddaughter would warm people's hearts. There were many scenes with the teacher, but there were also more scenes where we were apart than I expected, and later when I checked, she had matched me so closely.
She continued, For example, I filmed the 'pulley dance' first, and the teacher did it similarly to me. I couldn't ask whether her 'bbueng' crying was natural or whether she matched me, but even when apart, she made the two look similar. I thought, 'As expected, Kim Hae-sook is Kim Hae-sook.' I was truly grateful, she marveled.
She also spoke of the chemistry with the actors who worked as a team, including Cha Eun-woo (as Lee Woon-jeong), Choi Dae-hoon (as Son Kyung-hoon) and Lim Seong-jae (as Kang Robin). Asked about the one-take 'bed battle' in episode 6, which showed the team's best synergy, Park Eunbin recalled, That scene felt like we shot it at least three times. The one-take scene was one of the ambitiously prepared scenes. Of course, there wasn't a second we didn't work on, but while shooting that one-take scene I was fortunately on the bed, and to overcome the bed's centrifugal force I also had safety equipment on. The frame was specially made and you have to hold it tightly or you'll be flung out. It was a scene that combined many technical elements.
He said, A lot of CGI was used, but there were many scenes where explosives were actually and safely installed, so personally I focused on not being surprised and worked hard to film them. Personally, of course all the actors did their best so it took a long time and we poured everything we could, and the stunt team and the post-production team who helped us also worked hard and I was grateful.
Park Eunbin said of The Wonder Fools team, Everyone really fit together well. In that scene (the bed scene) I was in a half-awake state, but everyone worked hard in their positions not to miss their timing, and all that harmony came together to complete this work, I thought, conveying everyone's effort.
However, some reacted that the love line between Eun Cha-ni and Lee Woon-jeong in the work was sudden. To this, Park Eunbin said, I don't think love stories are necessarily something that shouldn't be included. Because love made us who we are, and there are parts where love can help us move forward.
She said, Those who expected genre work might think the love line is 'an item that didn't have to be included,' but I thought in this work Woon-jeong and Cha-ni are people who break limits and begin to love. That part is a story of two people naturally crossing the fences they had each set up and invading each other's territory. So they seep into each other, and I thought The Wonder Fools is a story where even if others don't recognize them, they remember each other. (Continued in interview ③).
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