Jin Ji Hee describes the fierce audition for the role Hae Ri in “High Kick Through the Roof”, “It was like a survival game”

Actress Jin Ji Hee revealed a behind-the-scenes story of how she was selected for the role Hae Ri in “High Kick Through the Roof”.

Actors Lee Soon Jae, Oh Hyun Kyung, Jin Ji Hee and Julien Kang appeared on the special broadcast “High Kick Through the Radio Star” of MBC’s entertainment program “Radio Star”, which aired on December 14th.

On the broadcast, Jin Ji Hee talked about her audition for “High Kick Through the Roof”.

Recalling that time, she said, “I spent a long time for the audition with 5 rounds. It was like a survival game. After surpassing dozens of child actors, only two people, I and a friend, went to the final round”.

The actress continued, “The actor who competed with me was really good. As I could slightly feel that I would not pass this, I raised my hand and got another chance from the director. I acted again and overdid my expressions a little bit. The next day, I received a call informing me that I passed the audition”.

When asked for the reason she was cast, Jin Ji Hee said, “I think my confident appearance and the way I frankly said what I wanted to say was similar to the image of Hae Ri”.

She continued, “In ‘High Kick Through the Roof’, Hae Ri bullied the character played by Shin Ae unnie. There was a scene where I slapped her, and I thought I should act it well”.

She explained, “It was my first time hitting someone ever since I was born. So I hit her quite hard. After then, malicious comments poured out on me. My parents were really worried, and they asked me to not act like a really mean person”.

Jin Ji Hee added, “Director Lee Byung Wook then told me, ‘Trust me and just act as you normally do’. I trusted him and acted like he said then he made me become a character that people cannot hate”, expressing her gratitude for the director.

Source: wikitree