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| ▲This photo provided by Netflix show actress Kim Hi-eora. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) |
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| ▲This photo, provided by Netflix show scene from 'The Glory.' (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) |
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| ▲This photo provided by Netflix show actress Kim Hi-eora. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) |
SEOUL March 15 (Yonhap) -- “To the ones who inflict school violence to others, being left alone is the most cruel and realistic punishment.”
The South Korean Netflix Series “The Glory” which is receiving a lot of love from all over the world depicts a story of revenge from a school bullying victim. Protagonist Moon Dong-eun, a victim of school bullying acted by Song Hae-kyo and various other actors way of portraying their characters are receiving a lot of positive feedbacks from realistic acting skills.
One of the bullies throughout the series, Lee Sa-ra acted by actress Kim Hi-eora who is a daughter of a wealthy pastor father and a severe drug addict. actress successfully portrayed unstable and very vulgar scenes throughout the series receiving a lot of love from the fans.
Actress Kim Hi-eora, who participated in an interview regarding the popular South Korean Netflix series “The Glory” participated in an interview at a café within the Jongno district on March 14. Actress participated in the interview with humoros gestures.
Actress addressed on a question regarding “The Glory” which has topped the Netflix TV chart “It is m honor to have been part of the series, I feel like by partaking in the production my future ahead of me seemed to has expanded greatly.”
Throughout the series character Lee Sa-ra is always high on drugs, therefore the character has diluted pupils, drowsy postures, with tangled hair do. However towards the end of the series, character drags herself down the path of self destruction by verbally sabotaging one of her friend Choi Hye-jung acted by Cha Joo-young and causing catastrophic disaster.
In order to act out the character actress Kim Hi-eora carefully referred to the male antagonists from various movies to realistically depict the characteristics.
“Lee Sa-ra is a character with a sting, just like a cat or a snake, however as far as swearing goes I didn’t want the character to have a solid unbreakable prejudice set because of swearing so I referred to South Korean movies such as “New World” and more, however for the drug related acting, I have watched a lot of dramas and documentaries from Spain and from America. I tried to act Unique symptoms of drug abuse because I have learned that everyone has different highs and lows.” addressed actor throughout her interview.
The way actress Kim Hi-eora understood the life of Lee Sa-ra is a very dependent figure who relies on someone else’s life due to lack of motivation on her own personal life.
“Lee Sa-ra is a character who lacks in motivation in life, therefore she constantly looks for someone to depend on and that is her friends,” adding “Between Yeon-jin and Hae-jung Sa-ra does not showcase a huge motivation nor get offended by anyone, she is only obsessed with what she truly feels attracted to.” addressed actress throughout the interview regarding the character.
Moreover actress continued on by stating “I try not to over complicate things when I am acting, in my perspective there are characters in life where we can’t understand, therefore it was not hard for me to act out the character, however I thought to myself that I should not feel remorse or put emotional connection to bullies because I might find reason to understand their stances.”
As far as the question regarding the ending of the drama series actress described that the ending of the world well known series “The Glory” is somewhat expectable and a the ending depicts worthy punishment of bullies showcased throughout the series.
“Even if Sa-ra and Yeon-jin gets released from the prison and Hae-jung gets out of the hospital after full recovery, they are left with nobody in life, therefore they are solely alone, the fact they individuals have to take on by themselves showcases how cruel and scary the revenge Moon Dong-eun showcased is.” adding “It was interesting to participate in a series that motivates people so that they can walk out the shadow.” addressed actress throughout the interview.
Moreover actress stated “The revenge depicted throughout the series is bit unrealistic, however through the story I feel like we were able to motivate people to at least say ‘Don’t’ or ‘Stop’ motivate people to act out in the real world.”
A lot of people have recognized Kim Hi-eora throughout the series, however actress is already well known throughout the scene of the musical, she debuted through the musical “Jack the Ripper” in 2009.
Actress who wanted to participate in the drama series and movies, decided to audition for productions while putting pause to her musical schedule for over a year, as a result, she landed a significant role in “Bad and Crazy,” and “Extra Ordinary Attorney Woo” and more.
“In musicals I have participated in the production with very honorable and meaningful roles, therefore I was introduced with such dark mysterious feel and energy through the production of ‘The glory,’ I am grateful that a lot of audiences see me as an actress with wide spectrum of acting skills.” actress smiled throughout the interview.
(This article is translated from Korean to English by Joonha Yoo)
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