'Gyeongju trip' Lee Yeon became emotional and cried during the interview.
On the morning of the 19th at a café in Samcheong-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, an interview with Lee Yeon, the lead actor of 'Gyeongju trip,' was held.
'Gyeongju trip' (screenwriter-director Kim Mijo, presented by Lotte Entertainment·Michigan Venture Capital Co., Ltd., distributed by Lotte Entertainment, produced by Studio High Five, co-produced by Euphoria ENT) depicts a family revenge drama of four mothers and daughters who embark on a "killer" trip after eight years of waiting for the youngest daughter Gyeongju, who did not return from a school trip. It is Kim Mijo director's first commercial film, who was recognized for solid directing skills at major domestic and international film festivals with her debut work 'Seagull,' and it has attracted much attention by being invited to the Hawaii International Film Festival and winning the audience award at the Florence Korean Film Festival even before its release. It is currently ranked No. 1 in advance ticket sales for Korean films ahead of its release, raising expectations.Lee Yeon gave a passionate performance as Dongju, the third daughter and a former wrestling athlete. She is a hot-tempered character who throws her body before thinking with her head. The decisive reason the youngest daughter went to Gyeongju on the school trip is related to the third daughter Dongju, and because of the deeply conflicted mother-daughter relationship, it also delivers emotion in the latter part. Lee Yeon has been actively working between drama and the screen, appearing in the MBC Friday-Saturday drama Perfect Crown and now 'Gyeongju trip.'
After gaining fame for the 2022 Netflix series Juvenile Justice, she has steadily developed as an actor, and she said, "When I think about the days that have passed, I often feel very grateful. I started with independent films, didn't I? I worked with the thought that I wanted to do projects I could do because I like acting, and I don't know about other actors, but I didn't push myself too hard. In choosing projects, I never did things I didn't want to do, or emotionally overexerted myself. I never did something because I felt I had to. Having worked that way, I'm grateful that things are going well."
She continued, "Maybe when choosing projects, a single shoot takes a long time, so if you shoot two projects a year passes. Suddenly I became 32. It happened during filming. If you base your identity solely on your job and choose projects, I'm scared of what kind of adult I'll become," and she said, "When choosing projects I wanted to do works that would also help Lee Yeon. I hoped the filming period would bring growth to Lee Yeon as a person, and I chose many projects with senior actors, and there were definitely things I learned as a person."
Lee Yeon also said, "Learning mentally and emotionally is huge, and although you cannot experience seniors' histories in the same way, talking together leaves something with me, and that really brings great growth and sobers me up. I'm very grateful to myself for making those choices, and I'm grateful to my company. One might think they should have made different choices, but I'm grateful now," and she said, "I'm doing what I want to do, and I'm doing it in a way that is not shameful to my name, so I hope it becomes another path," and she burst into tears.
During the rest of the interview, Lee Yeon wiped her tears when she couldn't control her emotions, and she added, "I hope good actors with diversity emerge, and I hope a variety of characters appear in Korean films."
Meanwhile, 'Gyeongju trip' opens on the 26th.
[Photo] provided by Lotte Entertainment
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