Actor Park Boyoung reinforced her convictions through "Gold Land."
Park Boyoung held a finale interview for the Disney+ original series "Gold Land" (writer Hwang Jo-yun, director Kim Seong-hoon) on the 28th at a cafe in Anguk-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul.
Gold Land is a golden desire survival thriller in which Hee-ju (Park Boyoung), who obtained 150 billion won in gold bullion from a smuggling organization, fights desperately to monopolize the gold amid an Asura: The City of Madness of greed and betrayal. Released on the 29th of last month, Gold Land ranked No. 1 in the Korea Disney+ TOP 10 TV shows category and captured public attention, and it concluded with episode 10, released on the 27th.
Park Boyoung, who played Hee-ju in the drama, cleverly twisted and used her established image to become an outstanding genre protagonist with both chilliness and depth. In a development swirling with complex human desires and desperation, Park Boyoung conveyed both coolness and anguish in her character through her clear eyes, and she added weight to the role by using a low, dry tone appropriate to the situation. Park Boyoung, who has been loved by the public for a warm and bright image through numerous works, proved a much deeper acting skill set.
About the character Hee-ju she played, Park Boyoung said, "I tried to understand and respect her choices. Thinking realistically about Hee-ju's actions, I thought they were her best. She herself had lived far from crime, but somehow stepped into it, and in the process became frantic and made mistakes and wrong choices, I thought. If she had pulled everything off perfectly, that would have been hard to understand."
The catharsis of "when a person with a seemingly good face reveals desire" was also strong. The acting and image the public expected from Park Boyoung were reversed with Gold Land's Hee-ju, and Park Boyoung succeeded in widening her acting spectrum by showing another face. She said, "I chose many scripts because I wanted to do those kinds of things. If the public had said, 'I'm not ready to accept this yet,' I think I would have returned to brighter roles after Concrete Utopia. Fortunately, they accepted it to some extent, so I felt catharsis then. I want to show different sides, but it's useless if the audience doesn't accept them. Still, people said, 'She also has this side,' and when I appeared next time they were curious again, so I felt they accept some different faces and the face that ages."
As a person, Park Boyoung said it was another thrill to be able to make choices she could never make through Gold Land's Hee-ju. Park Boyoung laughed and said, "It's also one of the reasons I chose it. I thought at home, why not live the way I want. As Hee-ju I could be greedy, and I think I wouldn't be able to indulge such greed as myself. That's also one of the reasons I act. You can briefly experience a life you might live, can't you?"
When asked what choice she would have made if she had really been in Hee-ju's situation, Park Boyoung said, "For an interview I would say I would never do it and that I would return it quickly; I would turn myself in and live comfortably. If it weren't for an interview, I think I'd do everything I could try." She added, "My desire to live kindly became firmer. My original convictions became stronger. I decided not to covet others' things. As an actor, I think I understand a bit how to handle genre pieces. I think I can read scripts with more imagination."
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