Interview from KBS Global.
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Actor Park Si Hoo will transform into a man bent on revenge in the KBS drama “Princess’ Man.”
Park Si Hoo (33), who has caught viewers’ attention by presenting
enthusiastic acting that seems to break one of the barriers that has
kept him back so far, said, "I have to express my feelings too much in
the drama, so I usually become totally exhausted after filming. Once
filming begins, I usually fall into a trance and I do not know how I am
acting until I watch the drama later on TV.” Thanks to passionate acting
by the protagonists, the drama is rising in popularity, recording
twenty percent viewer ratings on September 1.
Right after the episode of “Princess’ Man” was broadcast on September
1, Park Si Hoo gave a telephone interview and he said, “I have usually
played a character of the head of a department in dramas, and I really
wanted to play something different, so I am very satisfied with the role
that I am playing in this drama, and I feel a kind of catharsis while
acting. In addition, I am filming the drama pleasantly as I am getting a
favorable response from people.” He has played similar roles so far in
dramas such as a rich man or a cold lawyer, and even though he could
gain popularity by playing these similar characters, he had faced the
risk of stunted growth as an actor if he did not try something new and
make changes.
He played a “prince charming” consecutively when he appeared in the
dramas “What’s Your Star?” “How to Meet a Perfect Neighbor,” “Family
Honor,” “Princess Prosecutor,” and “Queen of Reversals,” and he once
said when he had filmed “Queen of Reversals,” “I deluded myself into the
pretense that I had actually become a prince.” At that moment, he came
to play the character Kim Seung Yoo in the historical drama “Princess’
Man,” and the character whom he plays will transform into a man bent on
revenge overnight. His father Kim Jong Seo and his older brother were
brutally killed by Soo Yang Dae Gun, and he was exiled to the Kanghwa
Islands and came back to Seoul after experiencing a great struggle that
threatened his life. The drama will focus on his revenge from now on.
Park Si Hoo said, “Kim Seung Yoo was only a handsome young man before,
but he will completely transform into a physically violent man bent on
vengeance after going through many difficulties, and I am very much
thrilled about playing this dynamic character in the drama. I feel very
satisfied with the fact that I can present various appearances in the
same drama. I have always wanted to play a different character, and I am
playing exactly what I have wanted now. The situation of the drama is
very spectacular. I filmed the scene in which I was exiled to the
Kanghwa Islands in the beginning of filming, and it looked very nice. I
struggled to survive in a boat while in chains and I had to escape into
the water. The scene was very tough, and I had many difficulties while
filming the scene, but I felt very good that the scene looked very
thrilling.”
Kim Seung Yoo plays a seemingly invincible person in the drama. He
escapes from the throes of death many times. He survives in the worst
situation and takes the lead in the subsequent adventures. Park Si Hoo
said with smile, “Usually the protagonist is invincible in any work. I
watched the drama ‘IRIS,’ and I found out that the protagonist never
died even after taking many gun shots.” He used to wear a suit or
stylish costumes in his drama up to now, but he fell into the role of a
beggar with disheveled hair in the drama. But his gaze and facial
expression become more vitalized and lively contrary to his degrading
appearance. In particular, Kim Seung Yoo becomes mute after his family
members were all exterminated. He expresses his emotion only by using
his eyes, and his acting with his eyes looks very natural. His acting
has been rated to have exceeded expectations and his acting has improved
as the drama progressed. He could also successfully abandon his
previous images that he had obtained by playing a character of the head
of a department in a company in other works.
Park Si Hoo said, “My acting seems to have become better as I have
appeared in many works. Actually I did not notice that Kim Seung Yoo
lost his words in the drama because I had to film the drama every day in
frenetic situations. I recently slept for only ten minutes over three
days. It was very difficult to film the drama and I stayed awake for two
nights and three days. People around me told me that I had less lines
in the drama and I finally noticed that I do not have many lines in the
drama after Kim Seung Yoo became a silent man (laugh).” His acting in
which he struggles with anger, swings a sword with eyes burning with
anger, and expresses his painful emotions seems very natural without any
exaggeration, so his natural acting easily let viewers empathize with
his character in the drama.
In addition, Park Si Hoo presents a more mature appearance in the
romance with the daughter of his enemy, Se Ryung (Moon Chae Won). Park
Si Hoo said, “I like this tragic melodrama even though I feel very sad
at the same time. What if the same thing happened to me? I would not
know what to do. Can I go somewhere with her to live together regardless
of my father’s death? Kim Seung Yoo is now very lonely in the drama, so
I am very curious about the following stories with Se Ryung. I was very
excited when Seung Yoo kidnapped Se Ryung. The scene looked very
heart-rending.”
“Princess’ Man” will be produced as a total of twenty four episodes,
and it has aired fourteen episodes so far. At the end of the fourteenth
episode, Se Ryung was shot by an arrow instead of Seung Yoo and
collapsed. Park Si Hoo said, “I have been very busy and I do not have
time to read the script. I received the script for the fifteenth
episode, but I do not know what will happen to Se Ryung because I could
not read the script yet.” He smiled. He continued, “People are very
curious and worry about how the story will develop in the future, but
you do not need to worry about it. There will come many exciting stories
after the political battle. Seung Yoo will add momentum to his revenge
and he will confirm Se Ryung’s love towards him.” About the ending of
the drama, he said, “I think that a sad ending will be more suitable for
this drama than a happy ending. But I do not know. I intentionally did
not ask the writer about the ending. I am perfectly immersed in Seung
Yoo’s emotions now and I am also following the development of the
story.”
Park Si Hoo debuted at the relatively late age of twenty seven
and he has been acting for six years since his debut. Asked what makes
him act, he answered, “Filming itself is very difficult. We have to
follow a very tight filming schedule, and there are many risks facing us
such as car accidents, but I feel filming the drama is worth it even in
this difficult situation when I watch every episode on TV, and every
episode forms one perfect work of drama after it has been completed. I
can forget about all those difficulties when I watch the drama on TV. I
become even more happy if the drama earns favorable responses. I have
the same attitude about acting now. I am trying to enjoy filming any
work regardless of the importance within the drama. I have come a long
distance since it is a historical drama. In any event, I hope that we
can finish this drama without any trouble.”
