[Interview] Park Shin Hye Who Finished ‘Pinocchio’…”If I Really Was A Reporter? Interested In Shantytown Stories”
SBS <Pinocchio> is Actress Park Shin Hye’s was a drama where she could report the growth of her career and her life. This is because she had met Jo Soo Won PD before through his first directed theatrical work <Tree of Heaven>. Ten years from today, Park Shin Hye was scolded all the time by Lee Jang Soo PD who was the main director of <Tree of Heaven>, her debut drama. Whenever she got scolded, Jo Soo Won PD would come to her and tried to comfort her. Lee Jang Soo PD really cared for her, so he scolded her so she can improve on her acting. However, since she was still a child, she got a lot of emotional wounds and the one who always comforted her was Jo Soo Won PD.
So, <Pinocchio> to Park Shin Hye was an opportunity to show Jo Soo Won PD the true appearance of Park Shin Hye rather than the inexperienced 17 year old Park Shin Hye. Park Shin Hye’s opportunity to show her true image was helped with Park Hye Ryun writer’s ability to create the real world of a reporter’s life. Park Shin Hye said, “Throughout filming the drama, I was happy. It was really fun filming.” and “I still can’t believe that the drama ended. If I just look into space, I feel that the filming set would be right in front of my eyes.” She said while laughing, “During the time, I filmed <Tears of Heaven>, Jo Soo Won PD called me ‘Strawberry Princess’, but now he says ‘Now, You Have Grown Up’ while also telling me, ‘Our Strawberry Princess Is Pretty’.”
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"It was also because of Dalpo, but they were problems affecting my mom’s (portrayed by Jin Kyung) family. Therefore, I decided to become understanding. Also, Inha won’t hiccup anymore if the truth is found quickly for the one I love. In reality, it won’t be that easy. Since, lives are at stake. However <Pinocchio> is a drama, so it’s okay! (Laughter)"
In <Pinocchio>, Choi Inha even gives up on being a reporter, an occupation that she has always wanted to do since she was young, to find the truth related to Choi Dalpo/Ki Hamyeong (portrayed by Lee Jong Suk). Also, there were other problems that led to a lot of crying.
Park Shin Hye said, “I have good vision and I see the world more clearly, so I didn’t know, but after a while I found that I got dry eye syndrome.” and “However, except for times when my tears dried up since it was so cold, due to the help of the atmosphere in the filming set, it wasn’t hard for tears to fall.” It was all thanks to the family in the drama script that made it seem that Choi family was her real family. She said, “Dad (portrayed by Shin Jung Keun) and Grandfather (portrayed by Byun Hee Bong) treated me as their real daughter and real granddaughter. I was told by many peope that Mom who is too young to be my real mom looked like me.” and “In particular, even if I don’t have to act the sentimental feeling of losing my mother, the feeling is a feeling I have buried in my body.”
"Meanwhile, Jong Sukkie and Jo Soo Won PD were really close to each other. Jong Sukkie filmed "I Hear Your Voice" with him so they harmonized really well. I also met him when I was young, so I would also cling or follow PD-nim all the time. I would call him ‘PD-nim’ ‘PD-nim’ and look for him. However, Ha…It is the first time I lost to a male actor. Even losing to aegyo, losing to eyelashes is the first. It is also the first time for me to call a male actor ‘pretty’. (Laughter)."
In particular, Park Shin Hye was happy to portray the character of Choi Inha of “Pinocchio” even while crying tears throughout the drama, because she was able to calm down and figure out situations by being able to speak what’s on her mind as well as other comments she wants to say. She said, “People think that I can only portray characters who act happy in front of others and hide their pain in the inside.” and “It was refreshing for me to act the scene in episode 10 in <Pinocchio> where I as Choi Inha was able to say what was Dalpo said to her about people with Pinocchio syndrome to her mom.”
At the end of “Pinocchio”, Park Shin Hye wore a wedding dress. To see that Choi Inha married at such an early age was similar to Park Shin Hye’s dream. She revealed, “Recently, I met with some of my friends, but one of them said that will go on a blind date.” and “I always wanted to marry quickly at the age of 25 like my mom, so I can happily live like my parents are living right now. However, as I get more projects to do, I want to see and feel more in life and due to that, my thought of marriage becomes more distant.”
She added, “If I think as human Park Shin Hye and not as actress Park Shin Hye, then my first dream that comes up to mind is ‘family’. When I am in my 30s, I will be really be thinking of marriage.” and “I have always wanted to marry a man who is like my dad, but nowadays I believe that a woman like my mom makes a man like my dad. A man becomes what a woman wishes him to become.”
She said, “My mom is the one who supports such a fine man. Therefore, rather than trying to find a man like my dad, it is much quicker for me to become a woman like my mom. I still think becoming a woman like my mom is a bit distant. I am really selfish when I date. Since my schedule always changes, it is difficult for me to find time to meet and I don’t know how to solve problems to match with the other’s ideal time. Each time I come by a similar situation like this, I think, ‘If I was my mom, what would I have done?’.”
We asked her, “Is is alright for you to reveal your dating stories publicly?”
She replied, “I have my experiences dating without the public knowing. If I say I never dated, then isn’t that too much of a lie? (Laughter)”
Park Shin Hye said that if she were to have been a real reporter, she would be interested in shantytowns stories. She said, “Nowadays, there a lot of stories of child abuse and school violence. These stories make me feel the victims’ pain and worry about their health. I believe that children are the leaders of our future. I would like to have a child and protect them from all the evils of the world and show them only good things in life.”
trans by : the food monster
