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Actor Jeon Mi-do once again expanded her field of activity through "The Man Who Lives with the King" (director Jang Hang-joon). From plays to musicals to dramas to movies, Jeon's challenges are ongoing.
"The Man Who Lives with the King" is the story of Cheongryeongpo in 1457, a chief who claimed to be exiled for the revival of the village, and a young predecessor who was expelled from the throne and exiled. Jeon Mi-do plays Mae-hwa, a court lady who supplements King Danjong Lee Hong-wi, adding richness to the play by exchanging delicate emotions with her unique warm smile and strong eyes.
Jeon Mi-do was offered an appearance with less plum blossoms. "I actually thought the story was better than my character," he said. Since I have no experience in movies, it was amazing to make a two-hour movie with one or two historical records. But this story was so human and warm. All the scripts I coincidentally received at that time were cruel or stimulating, and I loved the warm story."
"When I received the script, there was no end to this role. Still, I cried after reading the last scene. The director said I asked to meet him, but he actually left because the director asked me to meet him. We talked about this and that for five hours there, and the director said, "The proportion of plum blossoms can't suddenly increase, but I'm going to trim them little by little, so why don't you think about it?" At that time, major roles, including Hae-jin (Yoo), were cast, and I chose it because I thought it would be a meaningful time to learn a lot if I were to be with them in their first movie."
In particular, Jeon Mi-do, who was mainly active on stage, said, "The most difficult thing in media acting is making facial expressions. You can't easily see my expression on stage without the people in the first row. "It's a part that I'm worried about while media, but I thought it would be a study for me because I can capture emotions only with my facial expressions without using my body," he said.
Jeon Mi-do said of the character, "I am a person who stands silently for Danjong, and I thought about how to express the heart of a court lady who risked her life and followed the exile road," adding, "I thought we should go ahead of Danjong in all situations." First, I had to judge the situation, meet people to be wary or defend, and because there were not many lines, I had no choice but to show them by action," he said.
"In the scene where I met Yoo Hae-jin for the first time, he said, 'If there's anything you want to do, try everything,' and he actually accepted everything. He added that such actions and reactions were piled up and made, and the director liked it a lot.
I also received a lot of help from Park Ji-hoon, who plays Danjong, and said, "I arrived at the first shooting, and (Park) Ji-hoon was already focused. Just looking at it made me cry because I didn't feel bad. Yoo Ji-tae was overwhelmed as soon as he appeared. I am as afraid of a person named Han Myung-hoe as King Danjong, so complex emotions were expressed naturally," he said.
As for Park Ji-hoon, he said, "He was a very immersive actor. Even though he was not old, he was a different friend from the attitude and temperature of friends of that age I have encountered. To focus on discontinuation, I have never seen a person who is usually excited. I couldn't talk to him all the time, and it was hard to talk to him because he was so focused, he said. "Since Maehwa Station is not in a relationship with Danjong a lot, I watched him silently from the side."
Jeon Mi-do, who attempted to act in a historical drama for the first time through her work, said, "It wasn't easy when I did it. It was not easy to make a small nuance there because the modern words and mothers are different, but I tried this way and tried that way, he said.
In fact, it is not easy for an actress to put everything down and act. Since I'm a court lady, I almost come out without makeup, but I wanted to bump into her. "I wanted to look more like an actor by acting raw, not dressed up," he said.
In particular, director Jang Hang-joon said Jeon Mi-do decided to appear in the Maehwa role, increasing the number of roles and enriching them. Jeon Mi-do said, "Before we went into filming, the director wondered that I was going to appear and said it was a pity that there was no ending to the apricot flower."One day, he suggested the last scene of the plum blossom based on the actual record, and the director said as if it was his idea and said, "I did a good job, right?" to laughter. And he said, "But I was so grateful. I didn't think of such a finishing touch, but I still have a lingering feeling," he said.
Jeon Mi-do was able to experience the real movie scene with "The Man Who Lives with the King." He said, "I thought it was similar to theater work because I was staying and filming in Yeongwol this time. There was also a lot of time to talk about God with the director and actors. However, there are some cases where dramas meet on the day and act. This time, I felt that the atmosphere where I could communicate with all actors was very family and warm. The movie was a very romantic scene," he recalled.
He said the filming atmosphere of this work was so good, adding, "The atmosphere of the media works I have participated in so far was good. All of the actors I did together were people with good personality and positive people. Son Ye-jin of "Thirteen, Nine" and Ji Sung of "Connect" were all good because the leading seniors in the field were leading by example. I also say that I feel blessed, he said. "But when I think about the next thing, I'm confused whether it's a blessing or a poison."
In this way, Jeon Mi-do is showing various faces between the stage and the media. He said, "There was a period of slum. There was a time when I had personal time, let alone performances, and I thought it would be nice to have a child, but it didn't happen easily. Then, an audition proposal for "Wise Doctor Life" came in, so I applied with the thought that it would be nice to play the lead role in an episode. I ended up here because I was in charge of Songhwa. "It's amazing that we came this far because the opportunity was unexpectedly opened," he said.
"I think it's still not enough to evaluate my performance, and I think I'm continuing to try new things. There are people who ask why they chose this movie when it is less important, but for me, this is my first movie, so I thought this was the right start," he said.
Jeon Mi-do said, "I never thought I would act in so many different places. I think I'm happy to start with a play, do a musical, and do a movie after a drama. I think I can say that I have succeeded as an actor if I can experience all the mechanisms. "If you can choose and act on your own, there will be nothing more grateful than that," he said.
However, as the choice is wider, it means that the worries naturally increase as well. Jeon Mi-do said, "It's very difficult to decide the timing. The performance has a rental problem, so the performance for the next year is also proposed at this time. I don't know about dramas or movies, but there are cases where they are cast in advance, and there are cases where they are cast because filming is imminent. Even if it's said in advance, you don't know when you'll enter depending on the other actor's schedule, so there's a time to wait. Then, I had to keep asking for understanding from the performance, and there was a time when I thought, 'This doesn't seem right, but what should I do?' as something happened to make me wait."
"Now, if there is a performance I want to do, I will perform it in advance, and I will refuse media works that come in at that time. I want to think that even if it's a good work, it's not meant to be with me," he said, adding, "Even now, I've scheduled the performance in advance. Otherwise, I think I'll be dragged around," he added.
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