Oscar nominee Yoon Yeo-jeong returns to Korea “I feel suspicious already… I have to drink together”

“It’s really weird. I can’t express it well because of my lack of English, but it’s more than overwhelming to say from my heart. I feel suspicious already.” (LA Times)

Yoon Yeo-jung, the first Korean actor to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the movie’Minari’, is a sentiment from foreign media. After arriving in Korea after finishing the filming schedule in Vancouver, Canada, the Associated Press reported on the 16th that he received news from his manager that he was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. Yoon Yeo-jeong visited Canada to film’Pachinko’ on Apple TV’s American TV drama’Pachinko’ by Lee Min-jin, a Korean-American, and returned home on the night of the 15th. In the nomination list for the 93rd Academy Awards, announced on the 15th (local time), the film’Minari’, directed by Isaak Jung (Lee Isaac Jung, 43), was awarded the Best Best Actress Award, Best Actor Award (Steven Yeon), and Supporting Actress Award (Yeojeong Yoon). ·Nominated for a total of six categories including the Director Award, Screenwriter Award (Isak Lee Sang), and Music Award (Emil Moses Lee).

Yoon Yeo-jeong, who is required to self-isolate for two weeks in accordance with the COVID-19 quarantine measures, said, “I learned that I was nominated for an Oscar an hour after arriving at the airport.” The manager cried, but I didn’t (bewildered) cry. The New York Daily News reported that he said, “I have never dreamed of becoming an Oscar nomination for a Korean actress, and I can’t believe it’s me.” He also said, “It’s like a different world story.” “Everyone would want to come here (to congratulate), but I will celebrate with my manager because there is no way to come,” he told The Associated Press. “The problem is that the manager can’t drink at all. I have to drink alone. The manager will watch me drink,” he jokingly said.

In’Minari’, which depicts the struggles of Korean Americans to settle in the United States in the 1980s, he played Sun-ja, a mother-in-law who came from Korea to support his daughter, Monica (Han Ye-ri). Forbes magazine commented, “Mari tells the story of a family of Korean immigrants struggling to take root in an unfamiliar place. It’s a story of a Korean-American family, but it’s also a story of how immigrants make America.” “Yeo-jung Yoon, who played the grandmother role in Minari, became the first Korean actor to be nominated for an Best Supporting Actor Award” (Reuters) “(father role) Stephen Yeon is the first Asian-American actor to be nominated for Best Actor Award” There was a report saying that.

Foreign media also noted that last year’s’Parasite’ (director Bong Joon-ho) was nominated for a major category of Korean film’Minari’. The LA Times said, “While’Parasite’ won a historic victory at the Academy Awards last year, Oscar has the worst record for acknowledging the talents of Asians and Asian Americans.” Stephen Yeon made the history of the Oscars.” Hollywood Awards Prediction Site Gold Derby evaluated the nominations of Yoon Yeo-jung and Stephen Yeon as “a historic nomination for Asian actors.”

‘Buttercup’ was nominated for a total of 6 categories after’Mank’, which was nominated in 10 categories, and tied for second place. Chinese director Chloe Zhao, who directed the movie “Nomadland,” became the first Asian woman to be named in the Director’s Award category. Meanwhile, Korean-American director Eric Oh (Oh Soo-hyung)’s’Opera’ was also nominated for the short animation category.

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