- Title: Assassin and mother: Korean thriller explores extreme work-life balance
- Date: 30th March 2023
- Summary: BERLIN, GERMANY (FEBRUARY 18, 2023) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (Korean) ACTOR, JEON DO-YEON, ON PLAYING SINGLE MOTHERS IN "KILL BOKSOON" AND "CRASH COURSE IN ROMANCE", SAYING: (ACCORDING TO TRANSLATION PROVIDED BY THE FILM TEAM) "Yes, I would say it is coincidental. And if you watch the drama series, I'm not actually the mother of the girl, you know, she's the sister's, it's my
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- Keywords: Byun Sung-hyun Crash Course in Romance Jeon Do-yeon Kill Bok-soon Kill Boksoon Kill Boksoon Netflix Kim Si-A Korean action film Korean cinema Korean film
- Location: BERLIN, GERMANY / VARIOUS FILM LOCATIONS
- City: BERLIN, GERMANY / VARIOUS FILM LOCATIONS
- Country: South Korea
- Topics: Asia / Pacific,Arts/Culture/Entertainment,Film
- Reuters ID: LVA005156930032023RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: South Korean star Jeon Do-yeon drew on her own insecurities as a parent to play a single mother and professional killer in the upcoming action thriller "Kill Boksoon", she said ahead of the movie's world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival last month.
Jeon plays Boksoon, a highly skilled contract assassin in the Netflix movie. She has managed to keep her profession a secret, but with her teenage daughter growing up fast, balancing work and home life becomes an increasing challenge.
Distracted and caught in a double life, the once razor-sharp Boksoon's career starts to show signs of strain and she is forced to reassess her priorities.
"I relate to the character a lot," Do-yeon told Reuters.
"As a mother and raising a whole person, a human being, it's very tough because you yourself are unstable, insecure, and there's so much that you just don't know," she said.
At one point, her character says killing is simple compared to raising a child. "Being a mother really makes you see your shortcomings," Do-yeon added. "I relate very much to (that line)".
"Kill Boksoon" was written and directed by filmmaker Byun Sung-hyun, 42.
"What I wanted to show through our film is how a woman who plays the two very contradictory roles of killer and mother grows to learn how she should live her life from her daughter," Byun said.
"Kill Boksoon" is due to be released by Netflix on Friday (March 31).
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