Lee Sun-bin sets aside her cuteness: "I was shocked that I looked so unsophisticated without any rough makeup" [Interview ①]

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• Interview with Lee Sun-bin about the film "CSAT, The Secret of Question Setting"

Actress Lee Sun-bin revealed that she was surprised to see her own unsophisticated appearance.

On the afternoon of the 21st, Lee Sun-bin held an interview about the film "CSAT, The Secret of Question Setting" (Director Lee Yong-jae) at a cafe in Samcheong-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, sharing her thoughts on the work. The film "CSAT, The Secret of Question Setting," starring Lee Sun-bin, is a mission comedy about Mang Bo-ram, a Korean language teacher from a small provincial city who accidentally joins the question-setting headquarters, which is sealed off for 40 days to create the "CSAT questions"—a Level 2 national secret of the Republic of Korea—as she stumbles through her efforts to produce "problem-free questions" with no typos or disputes.

Lee Sun-bin took on the role of Mang Bo-ram, portraying a pure-hearted teacher.

While acting in the character of Mang Bo-ram, Lee Sun-bin previously shared, "This is the first time I have played a character who is this pure, yet lively and cute, like a crystallized embodiment of innocence, to this extent. So I struggled a lot with it."

In the interview that day, Lee Sun-bin said, "I am a bright person, but I cannot become someone as big and steadfast as Mang Bo-ram, who is pure about worldly matters and moves forward with passion alone. I am very easily swayed and gullible. I had never acted in a character who might look unsophisticated or tactless to others like Mang Bo-ram, yet is impossible to hate." She added, "I thought that as I get older by one year each time, I would become less able to play such roles. It felt completely unlike my usual image, so I wanted to try it. In fact, I thought I could show a new side of myself. And the moment I saw the casting, I wanted to act alongside these senior actors."

Lee Sun-bin stated, "During this filming, I let go of being cute. No one forced me to do so, and there was only a concept for Mang Bo-ram, but I thought it would be good if there were a visible physical difference that anyone could see. I decided to just make sure I wasn't unappealing and let go, but without much effort, when I tried it, I looked so unsophisticated that I thought, 'What is this?' It was actually nice because it felt like Mang Bo-ram," she said with a smile.

She continued, "In fact, if you look at my works and films, there has never been a single role where I appeared pretty. I had no burden or aversion to that from the start. The beginning of the film involved rough makeup. But I didn't expect that even without such rough makeup, I would end up looking like this (unsophisticated). I realized I can have confidence after all. I thought I could show my face in a constantly changing way."

Meanwhile, "CSAT, The Secret of Question Setting" will be released in theaters on the 28th.

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