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ENG Translation of Oricon Interview with Kim Ha Neul and Jang Geun Suk of movie YMP.
Credit: KSC
Translated from Chinese to English by Sarah Ye.
K: Kim Ha Neul, J: Jang Geun Suk
J: The moment you are in love with someone: When you know her weakness.
K: The moment you are in love with someone: The feeling comes before you even know it.
YMP is the first movie that featuring with JKS, the most popular hallyu star in Japan and KHN, “the Queen of Romantic Comedy Movie”. It tells a woman and man in a relationship as an owner and her pet. Come to listen what they say about each other and some stories BTS, also they talked about love in their real life.
Q1: The first meeting was “cold”.
This was the first time they play in a movie together. What’s their first impression to each other?
K: Normally we should meet first on site for shooting, but we met before that, it was at a coffee shop to discuss the roles. He immediately played joke with me showed me the playful side of him. My first impression to him, he looked as serious worker, we only discussed about script and didn’t have any other communications. So I didn’t know that he is a very lively person before the shooting. I even was sort of worried, but when the shooting started going, I found out that actually he is a person that full of energy and very active, but also he is very serious and concentrating on acting.
J: I didn’t bring my agent, only two of us talked about script. I thought I was just being like a dongsaing come to visit a nuna, I said hello in a light way, but I don’t know if Ha Neul didn’t really pay attention to that or what, we only talked about the script but nothing else. So I was thinking that “Is she a cold person?” And with that thought I came to shooting, but in fact she is not cold at all. (laugh). I was just joking!
Q2: Before shooting have you read YMP manga or watched Japanese version TV Series?
K: When I first read script and learnt about Ji En and In Ho’s roles in the movie, I felt the story is very unique and kind of difficult. Does the viewer will really buy it? I was worried about it. But after I watched Japanese version TV series, I think it is a really beautiful world of the two, and immediately I think this is going to be a movie that people will be attracted to and fall in love.
J: (Answered in Japanese), I read script 4 years ago, at that time I felt that this was a very cute and sweet story and I would love to see the movie or TV series made from it. Now after 4 years with the script in my hand; “Finally I can play in a movie that the story I love.” I was really happy about it.
Q3: In real life when is the moment you feel you’re in love.
In the movie, how to produce the “love” moment?
K: The moment of feeling love, it comes before you even know it. If you really want to know which scene is “the moment”. I would say is that when Ji En and In Ho were playing on the bed and the two of them fell into each other’s eyes and almost about to kiss. Actually, I really think even that scene is not that important, the feeling between them changed little by little before that scene.
J: At the beginning, to Ji En, In Ho is only a “pet”. So she always acted as an owner, but little by little, she didn’t look for loyalty from In Ho but became to a feeling from living together and getting very close. It showed in many ways after that feeling surfaced. In Ho was no longer a “per” but a man in her eyes. So her real emotions started to show more and more.
Q4: What is it like if you love someone in real life?
K: When I was young I had love of first sight. But now I don’t think that is going to happen. I will need a long time to know him and feel really good about him, then, if I have a man and can really take care of me, I may fall for him.
J: Well, this… so are we really going to talk about me? (hahaha) When I love someone is the moment that I know her weakness. This weakness will be a difficulty for her but to me it’s nothing. So when that time come I really want to love her and help her.
Q5: “Pulling down the shorts” that was an exciting scene.
Ji En was giving In Ho a bath in the bathroom, the scene was pretty impressive. How was the atmosphere on site during shooting that scene?
J: That scene, it was not planned as like I pull down the shorts and standing up in the bath tub, but I wanted to let viewers to see a funny In Ho, so I decided to do that and I think Ha Neul nuna was pleased with it.
K: I didn’t know it was like that before hand. When the shooting stated, I saw Geunsuk did that unplanned act, I was totally shocked and so surprised to see it. Not only that, he even rose up his shirt, this was even more shocks to me. Of course, he has underwear shorts under his shirt, actually, at that moment it was already not that important if he has it (underwear shorts) or not. With all these shocks, I yelled it out so loud and Geunsuk saw my reaction, he thought I was pleased with it… but he put such a great acting to it, I think it was really not bad. (laugh).
J: Also, when shooting was finished, but nuna seemed to leave it reluctantly.
Q6: Is there a very romantic scene?
J: By the river, we were dancing together, not only the music was so romantic, the whole site was just beautiful. I think Ha Neul nuna should remember that scene very well too? (laugh).
K: (laugh) Talk about romantic scene. I may have a bit different choice with Geunsuk. There was a scene, after In Ho fought with Ji En’s ex-boyfriend, In Ho wanted to kiss Ji En, this was most memorable scene to me. I (Ji En) understood In Ho’s feeling as a man, Ji En actually was caring so much about In Ho, the complicated emotions and her state of mind at that moment, It really made me have strong resonance.
Q7: It’s lonely when you’re on yourself. During shooting, did you see the surprising side of each other?
J: Nuna looks like a very beautiful and virtuous lady, but in fact she is a very strong woman. Just like Ji En in the movie, it is hard. Also the viewer can see her dance alone, this was surprising to me and I felt it was so fresh.
K: Geunsuk always lights up the shooting site, if he saw I was tired he would do something with it. He is always full of energy, very active, but one day, I saw him sitting on the chair alone and he looked lonely. I kind of understood that he had that lonely moment too. (hehehe).
Q8: In Japan, there are lots of professional women, more and more never even fall in love.
Those women after they watched movie, they understand Ji En and In Ho’s relationship and they admire that kind of feeling.
So what do you think about that kind of love started like in the movie?
K: I think in a relationship, it doesn’t matter how it is started, actually the most important thing is the process of running the love. Of course, there will be situation like in the movie that kind of relationship started.
J: Like in the movie, In Ho was raised by an older woman, he wants the owner to come home, he deeply adores her, he spoils her, also depends on her, even prepare a program for her etc.. If everyday is like this, isn’t that a happy thing? (In Japanese). Come to raise me! …if you have the confidence. (laugh)
Q9: Do you have the thoughts that you don’t want to be raised but to be an owner yourself?
J: Hmmm, yes. I want. It will be very interesting. I also want to revenge Ji En (laugh).
K: What do you want to do?
J: First, I will let her wash clothes, do cleaning etc.. I think to a professional woman these things are not their advantages, we should start with these kind of things.
K: I hate doing these things.
J: Well then, let’s wait for YMP 2 to reverse the relationship for two of them!
The End!
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