On July 19, Kim Hye Soo talked to a news outlet about 'Smugglers', set to premiere on July 26.
In a crime action and adventure film, Kim Hye Soo played 'Jo Chun-ja', a small-town 'haenyo' (a term for female divers in Korea) who was involved in a little smuggling in the past but got out of it, leaving the town.
She comes back after a few years and once again gets into the smuggling scene, this time in a big operation.
They work as partners, helping one another out while also taking advantage of each other whenever they can.
Their partnership walks a fine line between business and romance with the way they touch each other and exchange looks.
Kim Hye Soo talked about her experience working with Zo In Sung and how impressed she was by the actor.
"I had seen Zo In Sung on the screen before. But when I went to the filming site to take a test shot with him, I was like, 'Oh my God, he is so gorgeous. What should I do?'."
"There was nothing in the script that says they were romantically involved.", the actress explained, "'Jo Chun-ja' and 'Kwon Pil-sam' were just characters who use each other."
She went on to say that the chemistry between their characters was created on-site.
She and Zo In Sung spontaneously showed romantic sentiments as they immersed themselves in each character, and the director welcomed this, bringing the two's romance onto the screen, she said.
"The moment of true emotion is much more complicated than what we expect it to be. I think what I've felt as 'Jo Chun-ja' was the built-on complex feelings of working with 'Kwon Pil-sam' as a team.", she added.
(SBS Star)