“‘Yoon Yeo-jung, divorced woman, you shouldn’t be on TV.’ Most of them hated me.”

“I have a lot of stress. People now think of me like a soccer player or an Olympic player, and it’s a burden.”
Actor Yoon Yeo-jeong (74), who was the first Korean actor to be nominated for the American Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the movie’Minari’, told the New York Times (NYT) on the 3rd (local time). One day ahead of the American Actors Association (SAG) awards ceremony. ‘Buttercup’ was nominated for three categories of the American Actors Guild Awards, including his Best Supporting Actress Award, Ensemble Award (all cast members) and Best Actor Award (Stephen Yeon).

Last year, director Bong Joon-ho’s’Parasite’ won an ensemble award for the first time in a foreign language film at this awards ceremony, and then won four crowns including the Academy Awards. Yoon Yeo-jung, who video interviewed a NYT reporter at her home in Seoul, said, “People have hope that I will be awarded the prize.” “I keep telling him (director Bong Joon-ho) that this is all because of you.”

‘Minari’, which contains the autobiographical family immigration history of the 1980s, was first released at the Sundance Film Festival in the U.S. in January of last year and won the Jury Awards and Audience Awards. He won a film close to dog. In particular, Yun Yeo-jeong, who played Sun-ja, a strange maternal grandmother from Korea, received a lot of attention when she received the Best Actress Award of 30 crowns.

NYT said in an interview article titled “She, who had never dreamed of acting, is now nominated for an Oscar (aka Academy Awards nickname) for “Buttercup”, Yoon Yeo-jung finished filming in Vancouver, Canada, Apple TV American drama “Pachinko,” tvN entertainment. We dealt with recent activities such as’Yoon Stay’. He also introduced the beginning of his debut as a star actor in the 1970s, starting as a part-time job at a broadcasting station when he was a college student. He moved to Florida with his marriage and lived as a mother and housewife of two children for 10 years. After divorce, he returned to Korea as an actor and recounted the difficult times.

“’Yoon Yeo-jung is a divorced woman. You shouldn’t be on TV.’ People did that back then. But now, please like me very much. It’s weird. But that’s the people.” In the interview, Yun Yeo-jeong said. “I’m ashamed of my debut as a broadcaster’s public talent at an accidental opportunity,” he said. “Most people like movies or plays, but in my case it was just an accident.” “Honestly, I didn’t know what acting was,” he said. “I had a feeling of inferiority because I didn’t learn acting at school or studying movies. So, when I received the line, I practiced very hard.” When I returned after divorce, “At the time, I only had small roles, and most people hated me. I was thinking of quitting or returning to America,” he said. “It was worth it. I survived like this and I am enjoying acting.”

From his screen debut, Director Kim Ki-young’s ‘Hwayeo’ (1971), director Jeong Isak, who has been a fan of Yoon Yeo-jung, said in an email interview with NYT that “Yoon Yeo-jeong’s own life and attitude (modeled by Jung’s maternal grandmother) I thought that they were in contact.” Yeo-Jung Yoon is an actor who is famous for his generous heart and sincere attitude in Korea. That is why I thought, “I thought it would be possible to capture the audience in’Minari’.”

“Director Jung is a very quiet person and I like my son as much as I like,” said Yoon Yeo-jung, who praised him. “It would never have been possible for a 73-year-old Asian woman like me to be nominated for an Oscar.” ‘Buttercup’ brought a lot of gifts,” he said. However, he said he would be willing to try if he had a chance to learn, although he was skeptical about his lack of English in his future entry into Hollywood.

NYT described Yoon Yeo-jung, who met him in an interview, as “a kind smile and cheerful laughter often popped out from a thoughtful expression, and there was a natural dignity in the serene appearance.”

‘Minari’ is nominated in six categories, including his Best Supporting Actress Award, Works, Screenplay, Director, Best Actor, and Music Awards at the 93rd Academy Awards, which will be held on the 25th (local time). It is noteworthy whether Yun Yeo-jung will set the record for the first Korean actor to win the performance award.

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