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The Korea Times

By Lee Gyu-lee
Despite taking on her first antagonistic role, actress Lim Ji-yeon has made a strong impression with her latest performance as vicious queen bee Park Yeon-jin in Netflix’s hit Korean drama series The Glory, proving herself a versatile performer.
“When I played the character, I wanted the whole world to hate me,” Lim said during an interview at a cafe in the South Korean capital Seoul’s Gangnam district.
“When I take on a role for a project, I try to make viewers love and relate to my character. But I’ve never had to develop a character to be hated. And there was a catharsis that came from it.”

The streaming platform’s Korean original series, part 2 of which was released on March 10, revolves around Moon Dong-eun (Song Hye-kyo) taking revenge on her tormentors who physically and psychologically abused her in high school.
About 20 years later, Moon begins to exact her carefully planned revenge against the perpetrators, including self-entitled weathercaster Park, who was her most vicious abuser among the group.
Lim shared she badly wanted to take part in the series and went to great lengths to convince the director and writer that she could play the character.
“I’ve always wanted to play an antagonist. But I just vaguely thought that maybe when I have more experience, like in my 40s, I would be offered such a role … but then Yeon-jin came and it was such a good opportunity,” she said.
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“I was actually nervous. Although, of course, I told the director and the writer that I’d do my best and that I could do it.”
She went through an agonising process to create her character to convey its importance in the story.
“I tried to come up with as many approaches as possible, like ‘would talking in a monotone convey a stronger character?’ or ‘maybe I should make it totally emotional, or act mentally ill?’ But in the end, the most unique approach, that no one else has done yet, was just being myself,” she said.
“I decided that I should make use of my own personal gestures, tone and style, like what fits me best.”
This role is very important because the more people hate my character, the more convincing Dong-eun’s revenge would feel to them
Lim Ji-yeon
She added she also asked those around her for advice on the character.
“Preparing the character was much more hectic and difficult than shooting the scenes. That’s how much I needed to prepare and with that long process of creating the character, I set off into my first scene with confidence,” she said.
“This role is very important because the more people hate my character, the more convincing Dong-eun’s revenge would feel to them.”

The series has been enjoying global popularity, topping Netflix’s official weekly streaming chart for non-English series this month. It also has been creating a buzz online with people making memes of its lines, like “Bravo, Yeon-jin”.
Lim is enjoying every part of the series’ success, saying it feels rewarding.
“To be honest, I’ve always been desperate and always worked hard. I’ve always prepared for my roles as I did for Yeon-jin … After my families and friends watched The Glory, they cried because they know how much I’ve worked for it,” she said, getting emotional and tearing up.
“I always felt I should go the extra mile because I wasn’t born with the talent like other actors around me. But I was thankful that my family understood me and viewers praised my work.”
Read the original story at The Korea Times


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Lim Ji-yeon of Netflix K-drama The Glory opens up about the agonising process she went through as she prepared for her first antagonistic role

With The Glory Part 2 released, Lim reveals she was nervous about taking on the role of self-entitled weathercaster and former school bully Park Yeon-jin She says preparing the character was more hectic and difficult than shooting the scenes for the hit Korean drama series on Netflix

With The Glory Part 2 released, Lim reveals she was nervous about taking on the role of self-entitled weathercaster and former school bully Park Yeon-jin

She says preparing the character was more hectic and difficult than shooting the scenes for the hit Korean drama series on Netflix