Before going to see Song Hye-kyo's first film "My Girl and I" released Thursday, I wondered why she decided to go for the big screen. After I watched the film, another question came to my mind: even after leaving TV behind, why did she revisit familiar ground in the role of a girl in love for the first time, a choice that may well put more demanding viewers off.
"I'm well aware of my limitations", Song starts. "That's why I wanted to make a getaway with something I'm well versed in. Frankly, my role requires no particular acting skill. But because I'm a newcomer to the big screen, I didn't want to act poorly in my new career". It is rare to hear a young actress in her early 20s to assess herself so critically.
The film is based on the hit novel "Crying Out Love in the Center of the World", which sold more than 2.5 million copies in Japan. A sad love story of a boy and a girl in ninth grade in Japan was transformed into sweet puppy love between two eleventh graders in a coastal vi...|
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