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Star of Netflix hit Vincenzo and Night in Paradise Jeon Yeo-been on how she gets into character and her love of Wong Kar-wai’s movies
- In Vincenzo, Jeon plays a feisty lawyer and in Night in Paradise a mysterious sharpshooter. Both are out for revenge against people who killed their families
- A big fan of Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai, the South Korean actress used to imagine herself playing the lead role and ‘sacrificing myself for friendship’
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By Kwak Yeon-soo
In the first few months of 2021, actress Jeon Yeo-been has starred in two different projects. She plays a feisty lawyer in tvN’s drama series, Vincenzo, and a taciturn sharpshooter in film noir, Night in Paradise. The two seemingly different characters have one striking similarity: both seek revenge against people who killed their families.
“Vincenzo’s Hong Cha-young becomes a relentless fighter for justice after her father dies. Jae-yeon of Night in Paradise also has a thirst for revenge after witnessing her family’s murder,” she said in a recent Zoom interview.
To play the stone-faced sharpshooter in the film, Jeon had to learn target shooting: “I was offered the role when I was filming the latter part of JTBC’s Melo is My Nature (2019). I was worried about shooting guns in the beginning, so I went to shooting ranges for a few months before I started filming. As I worked harder to prepare for the role, my skills improved over time.”
In the first few months of 2021, actress Jeon Yeo-been has starred in two different projects. She plays a feisty lawyer in tvN’s drama series, Vincenzo, and a taciturn sharpshooter in film noir, Night in Paradise. The two seemingly different characters have one striking similarity: both seek revenge against people who killed their families.
“Vincenzo’s Hong Cha-young becomes a relentless fighter for justice after her father dies. Jae-yeon of Night in Paradise also has a thirst for revenge after witnessing her family’s murder,” she said in a recent Zoom interview.
To play the stone-faced sharpshooter in the film, Jeon had to learn target shooting: “I was offered the role when I was filming the latter part of JTBC’s Melo is My Nature (2019). I was worried about shooting guns in the beginning, so I went to shooting ranges for a few months before I started filming. As I worked harder to prepare for the role, my skills improved over time.”
Jeon added: “I tried to maintain a strong gaze when filming shooting scenes, because that best describes Jae-yeon’s dynamic personality.”
The 32-year-old actress revealed that she concentrates on the emotions and situations of the characters she plays before filming, so her actual personality traits are reflected in the work she does. When asked if it is difficult to say goodbye to one character before moving on to another, she said it’s fairly easy.
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