Scenes from the movie
"Actresses", which stars
Yoon Yeo-jeong,
Lee Mi-sook,
Ko Hyeon-jeong,
Choi Ji-woo,
Kim Min-hee and
Kim Ok-bin, have drawn viewers' attention with their true-to-life portrayals of the actresses' lives. Sometimes it is even hard to tell the difference between fiction and reality.
Ko Hyeon-jeong says actresses cannot always pretend to be on good terms with one another because reality is very different. Here's what these top actresses had to say about their lives in accounts that were sometimes amusing and sometimes moving.
◇ Generation gap
Kim Ok-bin, who is the youngest, waits in her car when she arrives at the film set early. When
Yoon Yeo-jeong arrives, she calls her "Master
Yeo Woon-kye". When
Yoon Yeo-jeong mentions her drama "Chang Hee-bin",
Kim Ok-bin asks her what role she played in it. When the two meet in the hall and
Yoon Yeo-jeong is smoking,
Kim Ok-bin asks for her permission to smoke together. Yoon allows her to join her and scolds her for not smoking correctly.
◇War of nerves
The shoot cannot resume because
Choi Ji-woo is late.
Ko Hyeon-jeong says scornfully, "People like that are always late because they think they're divas". She keeps picking a fight with
Choi Ji-woo while holding a glass of liquor. She asks the reporter, "Is there anything for you to write about? Nothing. You will only get to write something when we're honest".
Choi Ji-woo gets a call from
Yoo Ho-jeong, her friend, and goes to the restroom to confront Ko, saying "What gives you the right to talk to me that way?" In response, Ko stands up slowly and says, "Hey, is there anything wrong with that? I'm your senior here". The two start raising their voices.
Choi Ji-woo ends up muttering, "That's why you were kicked out".
◇What's on their mind?
The actresses gather for a few drinks. When Ko leaves the room for a moment, Choi begins to complain about her.
Lee Mi-sook says, "She's like that because the Korean Wave is wrong". Ko asks each actress to name her rival. The responses vary: "I want to beat
Lee Young-ae". "I want to be better than Hye-soo". "At the screening of 'Some Like It Hot' there were so many fans of So-hee. It made me feel bad" (
Kim Min-hee). "It's not jealousy. It's shame" (
Yoon Yeo-jeong).
"My rival was Young-ae. I wanted to be popular in China. I envy
Song Hye-kyo for that" (
Choi Ji-woo).
◇Pain
Lee Mi-sook and
Ko Hyeon-jeong meet for the first time since running into each other at a beauty salon shortly after Ko was married. "Back then, she told me not to lose heart and to be confident with my in-laws" (
Ko Hyeon-jeong).
Lee Mi-sook,
Ko Hyeon-jeong and
Yoon Yeo-jeong, who appeared in the same drama, gather in the restroom. Yoon figures out that the three were born in the year of the pig, given the 12-year age differences. "We have one more thing in common. We're all divorced" (
Ko Hyeon-jeong).
Ko is scolded for being too talkative. She responds, "I wasn't like that before I got divorced".
"Because people were gossiping about her after her divorce, I told her that she was like Jesus. She had to suspend her career for 2-3 years. Divorce is like a scarlet letter. She was dumped, but since she kept silent, her ex-in-laws placed the blame on her. When she complained,
Kim Su-hyun told her that it was better to say that she had dumped that ugly guy than that she had been dumped by him" (
Yoon Yeo-jeong).
Hearing those words,
Lee Mi-sook hides her tears.
Ko Hyeon-jeong starts crying.
"People still think that divorce is a big sin. People will probably scorn us for saying this. They think that the whole world is ours" (
Ko Hyeon-jeong).
"Living as an actress in Korea is not easy" (
Lee Mi-sook).
"Sometimes we are humiliated simply because we are actresses" (
Choi Ji-woo).
"It's very cruel" (
Ko Hyeon-jeong).
