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This makes my contempt and disdain for certain Divas even deeper.
What is Padam Padam to ‘bad angel’?
Big wings, ceaseless smile and tolerance allowing to understand everything –
this is the usual image of an angel in dramas or movies.
However, in JTBC’s Padam Padam,
angel Yi Guksu shattered this common image. He became a criminal after trying
to rob an ATM for his mother surgery. Also, because of a hatchet in his hand,
the charges of attempted murder were added and he was sentenced to 4 years in
prison.
Even after releasing, although loathsome to him, he engaged in violence
again. Always repeating that he can’t embrace human feelings, he however used Min
Hyosuk to get his wings. He’s a ‘bad angel’ who kisses heartlessly.
Kim Beom explained: “Angel character
is really vast. I realized that this ‘Yi Guksu’ was bound with both perfect
script and the whole framework, however I had doubts how should I act and on
what basis. When I had some spare time before shooting, I asked for opinion the
director, writer, manager and family about this ‘Yi Guksu’. I planned to
reflect all those opinions and make the character real.”
He also looked for an inspiration in childhood memories and from kids.
“When I was a kid, I
thought about angels. Everyone does it
at some point, right? When my mother had a hard day but praised me for looking
after my brother, I felt it was an angel day.”
“Looking at children
and their pure simplicity, I decided to include that into the character. I had ‘Yi
Guksu’ already in my head, but the shooting was the problem. Myself, I was
alright with that, but there was a lot of situations where people around
started to laugh to the point I couldn’t endure it. There was a lot to show: as
the guardian angel of Kangchil – the foresight regarding his future, the scene
of flying on wings, and the pain of growing wings on the back. At first, I
caused lot of laugh from staff. It was the same in any other scene. I was
acting earnestly, but the whole staff was chuckling.” He said frankly.
“The scenes of flying
on wires were done when it was warm. It was hard but fun. Then, the scenes of prophecies,
those were difficult. Jeong U-seong hyeong part was recorded beforehand, and I
examined it closely before starting my own shooting. When there was enough
time, I visited the place of his scenes. If people can spot the lie when seeing
something, they will be able to sense the lie.”
What about the reality of angel Kim Beom?
“Borrowing Guksu’s own
words – if I collect 12 thousand of white stars thanks to good deeds, I’ll
become an angel. During recording maybe I collected 8 thousands of them, but
looking back at life up to this moment, the ratio of white and black stars is 50:50.”
He added with a shy smile: “There
are some bad things, some lies that only I know about. So maybe I won’t get
that much of white stars any time soon.”
“Guksu said there will
be 3 miracles. To revive someone who died is a particular miracle, but Mother
(Na Munhee) said also that for the old person not dying is a miracle. If you
could come back hundreds, thousands of times, it would be miracle too. From the
casting until finishing this drama I had this feeling, and in this sense this would
be also a miracle.” he pondered.
“For me Padam Padam was a given chance to change
the values or inclination. I learned about the importance of life, of your own
life as well, about the family feelings, relations. This work was created to
make people think about the important feelings, about living ones and those things
that were somehow forgotten.”
©Translation – Ethlenn
