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| ▲ This photo, provided by Bistus Entertainment, shows actress Jeon Mi-do. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) |
SEOUL, Apr. 6 (Yonhap) -- "I think it easier to play the doctor than the patient.”
S. Korean actress Jeon Mi-do(40) expressed her feelings about playing a patient instead of a doctor in JTBC's Wednesday and Thursday drama “Thirty-Nine” during an interview in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, on Apr. 5.
Jeon, who played the role of doctor Chae Song-hwa in the drama “Hospital Playlist,” transformed into Jung Chan-young, who was diagnosed with terminal illness on the brick of turning 40.
In the drama, Chan-young is a character with an easy-going and outspoken personality, and touched the heart of the viewers by taking care of others rather than being in sorrow even when she had less than six months left in her life.
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| ▲ This photo, provided by Bistus Entertainment, shows actress Jeon Mi-do. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) |
"There were many times when I had to hold back emotions. It was hard to control my feelings because I was worried that Chan-young would collapse. There are moments when I wanted to be greedy in terms of acting but looking back, I wonder if some scenes were expressed too peacefully."
Jeon confessed, "As I have appeared in dramas that deal with life and death, such as ‘Hospital Playlist’ and ‘Thirty-Nine,’ my thoughts about the surrounding people and the time I spend with them have changed a lot.”
However, she carefully mentioned in terms of the relationship between Chan-young and Jin-seok(Lee Moo-saeng), a married man, which was criticized for romanticizing affairs, "I was worried at first," adding, "I wanted to express the two as comfortable and close friends who shared a lot of things for a long time."
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| ▲ This photo, provided by JTBC, shows “Thirty-Nine." (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) |
The drama has received favorable reviews as it focuses on the “womance(a neologism that combines the word woman and romance)” of three women by depicting the scenes of friends who are eager to make Chan-young as the most beautiful terminally ill patient.
Jeon expressed her gratitude towards fellow actresses Son Ye-jin and Kim Ji-hyun, who are in the same age, saying, “Three of us fit perfectly with the characters.”
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| ▲ This photo, provided by Bistus Entertainment, shows actress Jeon Mi-do. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) |
The actress, who visited the wedding of a star couple Son Ye-jin and Hyun Bin, said, “Ji-hyun and I broke into tears at the moment we saw Son in her dress,” adding, “Even though it has only been 5 months since we have first met, it felt like my friend from high school was getting married.”
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