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Kim Go-Eun could not contain the tears in the presentation of “You and Everything Else”
Two friends, 30 years of friendship, and an impossible request. In the presentation of the new Netflix series “You and Everything Else”, the renowned actress Kim Go-Eun could not contain the tears.
He tried to speak, interrupted, tried again. The room waited.
Kim Go-Eun was crying.
They were not tears rehearsedas the actors produce on request at press conferences, but real sobs, which made her sigh and forced to stop the presentation session of “”, which took place on Friday in a hotel in Seoul.
It was not revisit some personal tragedy or milestone of career. Kim I was trying to explain your character In the new Netflix series about two women whose friendship goes through three decades of affection and resentment, before one of them makes the other an extraordinary request: accompany her to Switzerland for a assisted death.
“This always messes with me – it’s like my tears button“He finally managed to say Kim after wiping his eyes.“ That’s what makes this work so precious. I continued to think: How can I say goodbye to Sang-Yeon? How can I do it the right way? ”
Production joins Kim a Park ji-hyunlike Eun-Joong and Sang-Yeon, childhood friends whose relationship oscillates between admiration, jealousy, reconciliation and everything the title (“you and everything else,” promises, says.
In the plot, Eun-Joong grows poor, with a single mother, but radiates confidence for being deeply loved. Sang-youron comes from a wealthy family, but grew up deprived of affection- privileged but hurt, unable to express What you really feel.
It is a evident contrast with other productions this year’s Netflix Koreans: None of the stylized violence of Karmanor the vindictive intrigue of Mercy for None.
If any approaches, it is the silent pain of “”, with the always exceptional amendated Ji (or iu, for those accompanying k-pop).
Park, who had already played on Kim in the second season of, debated with the weight of his character’s final request. “Drag someone to Witness your death – is selfish, without shame“Says the actress.
“More for the Sangeon, Eun-Jong is the only person who needs forgiveness. Literally, there is no one else, ”explains Park.
To prepare for filming, the actress Dived into documentaries and books on end -of -life decisions. “I couldn’t stop thinking about life and death. How to represent something I never lived? This kept myself awake. ”
“But Go-eun was there, helping me go through it. I could really lose myself in the character,” confesses Park Ji-Hyun.
The trailer presented to the press revealed female friendship in all its complexity: two friendly rivals shouting with each other Over the decades, sharing secrets, moving away, gathering.
Naturally, the unfolding of history forced the actresses to grow old From twenty to forty (something Kim Go-eun had already done brilliantly in ““), with each time bringing jobs, circumstances and different versions of themselves.
“People They think that it is necessary to transform dramatically To interpret the forty, ”said Kim.“ But, in fact, when it comes to forty, it’s not as if the appearance suddenly changed. It’s the little things-energy changes slightly, the vibe changes. That’s what I focused on. ”
Park considered the easiest transitions than expected. “The characters had completely different jobs and circumstances in every decade, so we could play with the style, make it evident.” He even asked to interpret also the character version in basic education – A request that the director refused politely.
The chemistry between the two actresses was impossible to ignore. “Having Ji-hyun playing Sang-Yeon, I can’t say how grateful I was,” Kim said. “That support, This feeling of gratitudeI felt it constantly during filming, even if I didn’t always say it aloud. ”
Park seemed equally enchanted. “I admired her immense. Maybe even had a little envy. But envy and jealousy are different emotions. I assumed this, I absorbed, tried to learn what I could with her. ”
The director Jo Young-minwhich previously explored the nuances of the novel in “” (2020), applies its Talent for subtle emotions in a narrative centered on women. When asked how this story differs from others about female friendship, it went straight to the point.
“It all started with a question: If your friend appears to ask you to accompany you to death, What kind of relationship makes this request possible? What has to happen between two people so that these words are said? This premise moves everything. ”
“After all, it is a company,” Joe added. “Here are these two characters from adolescence to forty. If you follow them throughout this trip, Something is with you when it ends“.
“You and Everything Else” debut on Netflix on September 12.
