Shin Hye-sun Talks About ‘Brave Citizen’ Action Scenes, “I Didn’t Need To Look Pretty, Wounds Were All Makeup”
Actress Shin Hye-sun transforms from a “romcom queen” into an “action king” through“Brave Citizen”
On October 19th, Shin Hye-sun had a round interview at a cafe in Jongno-gu, Seoul to talk about her new film “Brave Citizen” (director Park Jin-pyo).
“Brave Citizen” depicts the confrontation between So Si-min (Shin Hye-sun), who hides her identity to become a full-time teacher, and Han Soo-gang (Lee Joon-young), the villain in school. Since So Si-min is a former boxer, Shin Hye-sun will perform many difficult action scenes.
Regarding her efforts to complete the action scenes perfectly, Shin Hye-sun said, “I went to the action school to receive training even on days when I didn’t have any shoots. I spent quite a long time at the action school.”
Revealing an anecdote that happened when she was training at the action school, the actress shared, “According to the setting, I shouldn’t reveal myself as a woman and cover both my body and neck. So I thought I didn’t have to do all the actions and started training with an easy mind. However, I went to the action school and they taught me all the actions and said I should do them all. I thought I was Sparta”, drawing laughter.
She continued, “When I look at people around me, I realize that I can show a cool and pretty image because I have long arms and legs. I wanted to make good use of them so I decided to receive training.”
There are many scenes in the film where Shin Hye-sun has injuries on her face and body due to the combats. When asked if she was worried about not looking pretty on the screen, Shin Hye-sun said, “I rather thought it would be more interesting if I got hurt in a more realistic way. It was not a movie that requires me to look pretty”.
Shin Hye-sun mentioned her family members’ concerns when watching “Brave Citizen” because she got beaten up too much in the movie. She confessed, “My family enjoyed the movie. Mom looked worried but I reassured her that it was all makeup and acting”. The actress blurted out at the end of her sentence as if she was emotional.
Lastly, Shin Hye-sun left a message for viewers who will visit the cinema to watch “Brave Citizen”, saying “I hope everyone who has the fantasy of becoming braver can feel a sense of excitement and satisfaction when watching this film”.
“Brave Citizen” will premiere on October 25th.
Source: Daum
