10: What’s the atmosphere like on set? You’re acting with actors your own age in comparison to other dramas these days where the average age of actors is pretty high.
Park: A lot of things which would never happen on other sets happen on ours. (laugh) It probably would’ve been quieter if our seniors were here but we make a lot of bloopers because we laugh a lot. (laugh) If one person thinks of the prank he played on another person and his lips start quivering, then the other person will go off and start laughing. And each character has his or her own lingo which we keep copying and that really sets us off.
10: The scene where you danced a parody version of Girls’ Generation’s “Genie” in the epilogue became a sensation.
Park: We shot various versions for Girls’ Generation, 2NE1, Roo’ra etc all in one day. If you look at it closely, you’ll notice that the choreography is wrong in parts. (laugh) Oh, by the way, I did Jung Yong-hwa’s make-up for “Genie” as well as mine. I thought the guys wouldn’t put on make-up but Jang Keun-suk and Lee Hong-ki were so I told Yong-hwa that I would turn him into Tiffany and used pink eye shadow on him. How everyone looked so pretty!
10: Wasn’t it difficult becoming close with your fellow actors as the only actress?
Park: It wasn’t as hard as I thought it would be. I have an older brother at home and my cousins are mostly guys so all my memories from my childhood are of me playing soccer, basketball or tetris with them. I think that’s why I have a lot of guy friends at school too. Both Jang and Park are quite friendly and Lee was a little shy at first but everyone soon became surprised at how quickly we became friends. He says hes not even worried about being misunderstood as dating me even if we went on a trip together! It’s sort of sad in a way. (laugh)
10: You had shot a TV commercial with Jang before and you’re working with him again. It seems that you two seem to hold the drama together.
Park: I think Jang is probably doing it better than I am. He’s very playful and likes to pull pranks but is also very sweet. You’d think he’d be more individualistic because he’s very ambitious about acting but he is good at controlling the atmosphere on set and takes good care of the team. I think I know why so many producers and writers like him so much. And I get goosebumps when I see him concentrate. I guess we do work together pretty well. When he throws lines at me which weren’t in the script, I’ll throw lines back at him and our acting will keep flowing. I think he knows how I’ll respond to what he does.
Reporter : Choi Ji-Eun five@10asia.co.kr
Photographer : Chae ki-won ten@10asia.co.kr
Editor : Jessica Kim jesskim@asiae.co.kr, Lee Ji-Hye seven@10asia.co.kr
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