[HanCinema's News] Lee Zoo-young Talks About "Missing Yoon"
By William Schwartz | Published on
At a recent press conference for "Missing Yoon" leading actress Lee Zoo-young had some choice comments about her role in the road trip movie, where she plays a YouTuber going on a trip with her cover singer mother to locate a legendary musician known by the latter. Lee Zoo-young noted that when she first read the script, she noted the unusual tension created by her character being a YouTuber. Lee Zoo-young stated that these frank and humans dimensions only increase in the latter parts.
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Lee Zoo-young particularly emphasized how the script noted the isolation and sadness which this highlighted in the conclusion of her character's emotional arc. Lee Zoo-young theorized that her character, in seeking recognition and interest from YouTube, was actually seeking recognition and interest from her mother. Lee Zoo-young thought this added a critical emotional dimension to the story which she did her best to portray onscreen.
Lee Zoo-young also emphasized that she underwent a fair amount of special training in order to effectively embody her role as a YouTuber. She claimed that a fellow YouTuber in "Missing Yoon" were in fact the YouTuber she trained with in order to best understand the mental process behind becoming a YouTuber. Such training also involved learning the proper way to twerk. Lee Zoo-young credited the YouTuber with demonstrating for her the proper energy necessary for the role.
Written by William Schwartz
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"Missing Yoon" is directed by Kim Jin-hwa-I, and features Lee Zoo-young, Oh Min-ae, Roh Jae-won, Kim Jae-hwa. Release date in Korea: 2022/06/08.
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Staff writer. Has been writing articles for HanCinema since 2012, having lived in South Korea from 2011 to 2021. He is currently located in the Southern Illinois. William Schwartz can be contacted via william@hancinema.net, and is open to requests for content in future articles.