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Bae Doona, star of Netflix’s The Silent Sea, on tackling challenging roles – ‘I get to live different lives’

  • To Bae Doona, portraying her character in The Silent Sea – who’s on a mission to the moon to investigate her sister’s mysterious death – felt overwhelming
  • Acting while wearing a heavy spacesuit was tough, the Korean star says, ‘but the actors had such good chemistry on set, so we had a blissful time’

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Korean actress Bae Doona and actor Gong Yoo in a still from Netflix space mystery series The Silent Sea. Photo: Netflix

By Lee Gyu-lee

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New Korean original series The Silent Sea on Netflix was a much anticipated drama even before its release, thanks to the star-studded cast and actor Jung Woo-sung’s new role as an executive producer.

After premiering on December 24, the space series came third on the streaming site’s weekly list of most-watched non-English-language television shows.

“Nowadays a lot of series have eye-catching, striking elements, but The Silent Sea didn’t follow that equation. This series is like a whirlwind swirling amid the tranquillity,” the series’ lead actress, Bae Doona, said during a recent interview. “The reason I decided to join the series is that I felt the strength of following the characters’ emotion in such a tense moment.”

Bae Doona in The Silent Sea. The sci-fi series revolves around a group of astronauts on a 24-hour mission. Photo: Netflix
Bae Doona in The Silent Sea. The sci-fi series revolves around a group of astronauts on a 24-hour mission. Photo: Netflix
The sci-fi series, set in a dystopian future where resources on Earth have been depleted, revolves around a group of astronauts – played by Bae, Gong Yoo, Lee Joon, and Kim Sun-young – on a 24-hour mission to an abandoned research facility on the moon.
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