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[기획] ’20th Century Girl’ ② Kim Yoo-jung, “Shining in school uniform again”

A scenario that caught my eye at first sight . When asked about the critical moment for deciding to appear, Kim Yoo-jung smiled brightly and said, “I really want to wear a school uniform.” “I thought of my friends from school days. Even while monitoring the movie, I was emotionally shaken, especially in the scene where Bora and Yeon-doo (Noh Yoon-seo) were together. I don’t often cry when watching the works I’ve been in, but this time, my heart keeps getting weirder.” Kim Yoo-jung’s response is a teenage romance that has arrived in the Korean film industry after a long time. Accurately touching tender details Director Bang Woo-ri built the skeleton of the genre with an incomparable Cupid narrative in which he falls in love while trying to hook up a friend’s lover, and then engraves the emotions between lovers that anyone would have u experienced in their teens as shiny pieces.

Debuted in CF in 2003 aged 4 How were the school days of Kim Yoo-jung, who started her life as a child actress early as a child actress? “Especially when I was in middle school it was so much fun that I went to school straight away without going to sleep after the schedule was over. He was a lively character who could not stand seeing injustice and was sincere in friendship. (Laughs) ” Kim Yoo-jung’s days were very similar to Na Bo-ra’s. The daughter of the ‘Bora Video’ shop who can easily eat two pizzas if she puts her mind to it, and Na Bo-ra, aged 17, is a blunt and eccentric child who doesn’t even cares when she pushes her boyfriend hard for Yeon-doo. Baek Hyeon-jin (Park Jung-woo), who constantly annoys me, and Pung Un-ho (Byeon Woo-seok), a quiet cameraman with a more sympathetic heart, can exist according to their personalities thanks to Na Bo-ra’s innocence, which enables any color.

“Maybe that’s why Bora seemed a little frustrated, so I thought carefully about the mood, actions and tone of speech when speaking each line. The fact that he was 17 in 1999 and not 17 in 2022 was also an important point.” read the script for the first time (2002), thinking about the relationship between Yeondu and Bora, Kim Yoo-jung, born in 1999, had empathy for the film, so Kim Yoo-jung’s taste was also the taste of a person who was ready to play the role of a high school student in 1999.

Kim Yoo-jung, who said, “When the weather is a little cold and the night deepens, energy rises.” Kim Yu-jeong likes drama genre movies that immerse you in deep emotions and thoughts, songs with minimalistic and quiet sounds, fall instead of summer, and night instead of day so that Through the same work, I love the cheerfulness of moments with colleagues and the bright smile more. This work, which was named at the front of the low credits, works with his peers, and shows a comfortable harmony and leadership in it, is an important turning point for him. “Some people know that I got attention right away when I started as a kid, but really, I started with small roles and supporting roles when I was young. Now that I’ve been working in the industry for almost 20 years, I’m a little proud of myself that I’ve been able to grow slowly and step by step.”