'Doctor Shin' Song Ji-in, on Jeong I-chan's Retriever Ending: "I Worried About How to Handle the Interview" [Interview ②]

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• TV Chosun weekend drama 'Doctor Shin' actress Song Ji-in, who played Hyun Ran-hee, interviewed

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Actress Song Ji-in shared her thoughts on the shocking retriever ending of 'Doctor Shin'.

On the morning of the 6th, an interview with Song Ji-in, who starred in the TV Chosun Saturday-Sunday drama 'Doctor Shin' (script by Lim Seong-han (Phoebe), directed by Lee Seung-hoon), which concluded on the 3rd, was held at the HB Entertainment headquarters in Gangnam-gu, Seoul.

'Doctor Shin' is a medical thriller about a genius doctor who challenges the realm of God and a woman who loses her soul as her brain deteriorates overnight. It is the writer Lim Seong-han's new work, released about three years after the TV Chosun drama 'Miss Durian', which concluded in 2023.

In the drama, Hyun Ran-hee shocks the audience by proposing an unprecedented surgery to Shin Ju-shin (played by Jeong I-chan), an authority on brain surgery and Momo's fiancé, suggesting that she herself be the subject of a 'brain change' surgery. She then successfully undergoes a brain change with Momo, leading the dramatic and unconventional developments.

On this day, Song Ji-in joked about the unique dialogue and subtitle style of 'Doctor Shin', saying, "I think it was fine because I was trained by 'Gyeol-sa-gok'." However, she also expressed her special affection for the drama, stating, "In fact, the script was written in great detail and was very friendly to the actors, so there were no difficulties. I wonder if the subtitles and dialogue became a topic of discussion. I also thought the expression 'I was desperate' was interesting."

She also shared her thoughts on the shocking ending where the male lead, Shin Ju-shin (played by Jeong I-chan), becomes a retriever. Song Ji-in stated, "I think the writer made a choice that no one else could have made."

She continued, "Personally, I don't think Shin Ju-shin and the retriever underwent a brain change. I saw it as the manifestation of the feelings and gratitude Shin Ju-shin had given to Geum Ba-ra. I couldn't talk with other actors after the ending. After seeing the ending, I did think, 'How should I handle this interview?'" she confessed, eliciting laughter.

She also candidly revealed, "I was surprised to learn that Ha Yong-joong (played by Ahn Woo-yeon) and Geum Ba-ra (played by Joo Se-bin) had a happy ending. Shin Ju-shin was called a 'bad man' in the early part of the drama, but in the latter part, there were many comments saying Ha Yong-joong was not good, so everyone probably hoped for Shin Ju-shin and Ha Yong-joong to end up well together."

What were her thoughts on the setting where the future mother-in-law, Hyun Ran-hee, seduces the future son-in-law, Shin Ju-shin, after the brain change? Song Ji-in explained, "Until the surgery, I did act out a twisted maternal love. Don't your feelings change when you go to the bathroom and come back? It is not true that I entered his body to seduce Shin Ju-shin. It was about eventually making up my mind."

She added, "To understand the setting, I approached it with the thought, 'I want to see my daughter come back to life again.' After the surgery, when I opened my eyes, I think I developed a feeling of intense desire."

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