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| ▲ This photo, provided by Keyeast Entertainment, shows Jo Bo-ah. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) |
SEOUL, May 4 (Yonhap) -- It's been an adventure and a test for me, and I think I can at least improve on my next work."
S. Korean actress Jo Bo-ah(31), who succeeded in changing her image in tvN's Monday and Tuesday drama "Military Prosecutor Doberman," which recently ended, expressed her feelings about finishing the drama.
The actress, who we met at a cafe in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, on May 3, often had a tone of a soldier during the interview as if she had not yet escaped from her role.
Jo, who played Cha Woo-in, a military prosecutor who joined the military to get revenge for her dead father, said that she learned about herself one by one by one by trying short hair, military uniforms, and diverse action scenes she had never shown before.
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Jo, who mostly appeared without any facial expression in the drama, said, "I found myself chic," adding, "It was awkward, new, and fresh."
Moreover, she added, "I learned the charm of action," adding, "I thought it would be physically difficult, but I rather lost track of time and filmed the scenes. I want to try other action genres as well.”
"Military Prosecutor Doberman," which depicts Do Bae-man(Ahn Bo-hyun), who serves in the military as a prosecutor for money, and Cha Woo-in(Jo Bo-ah), who became a military prosecutor for revenge, dealing with the evil inside and outside the army, secured the fixed viewers of around 8 percent with the unique pleasure of dark hero dramas.
Jo selected the “script with great immersion" and “directing that allows you to feel great pleasure" as the key to the popularity of the work. In particular, she explained that the scenes where Cha Woo-in, also known as "Red Woo-in," wear a red wig outside the military and kill the evil, well displayed the beauty of the action drama.
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“Thanks to 'Red Woo-in,’ I think the play was more like a cartoon than reality. Therefore, I wanted to make her look like a female warrior with short hair, stylish leather jacket, high heels, and revealing clothes in order to make a clear difference from the military prosecutor, Cha Woo-in.
However, she expressed regrets in terms of how Cha Woo-in, who became a prosecutor to fight against the evil, transformed into “Red Woo-in” and illegally realized justice.
She said, “I had to solve the problem somehow by law, but I felt sorry that I chose an easy way," adding, "I wanted the viewers to be persuaded that Woo-in's actions were not righteous, but that she also had no choice but to do so due to the frustration and anger of losing her father."
Jo Bo-ah, who debuted with the drama “Flower Band” in 2012, has marked her 10th debut anniversary this year.
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The actress, who started acting without knowing anything, said, “I’m proud and happy that I can now work with other people in harmony and film the work together.”
She also expressed her gratitude by saying that "Military Prosecutor Doberman,” which she met in her 10th debut anniversary, is a “drama that opened the second act of the acting career.”
“I think it will be a turning point. I actually think that this was my first time playing the adult with sincerity. I’m certainly more confident that “I can challenge genre series or film noir as well.”
(This article is translated from Korean to English by Kim Sun Min.)
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