Sooyoung and the Cast of 'The 3rd Hospital' Interviewed in 'Singles' Magazine

Sooyoung, 과 함께 her co-stars Kim Minjung, Oh Jiho, and Kim Seungwoo from her upcoming drama, “The 3rd 병원”, were featured in the September 문제 of “Singles” Magazine. The cast took 에 참여 a photoshoot 뿐만 아니라 a 재미있는 interview that 보여 their playful and comfortable 관계를 with each other. The first episode of “The 3rd병원” will 방영 on September 5th at 11PM KST on tvN.

I heard Girls’ Generation’s Yuri and Sooyoung held a birthday party for Kim Minjung. I assume you would have been jealous that she has a fixed member, while the job of actors is a lonely one, always having to move alone.

Kim Minjung: That’s right. Because Girls’ Generation members are close, they visited the set often. It was interesting, and I was jealous thinking about how they could give each other strength.

There are a lot of members who have doubled as actresses, do they give you acting advice, too?

Oh Jiho: Sooyoung is the best at acting.

Now that I think about it, I’ve seen Sooyoung at a theater. If it’s to the point where you go to watch musicals alone, I thought that you were fairly serious about acting. But I learned that your sister is a musical actress?

Kim Seungwoo: Her sister will be making an appearance in the drama, too. She was good at acting. I heard she was in a musical recently, but I didn’t get to see it.

Sooyoung: After the work called ‘King Sejong’ is over, she will be starting ‘Looking For Kim Jongwook’, so come watch that. It’s something that my sister has really been wanting to do for a while.

Kim Seungwoo: Wow. ‘Looking For Kim Jongwook’? Isn’t that a gateway-like musical for stars? Your sister is popular.

Honestly, based on just looks, it would be right for Oh Jiho to do Western medicine, and for Kim Seungwoo to do oriental medicine. (laugh)

Kim Seungwoo: We should have done that. Haha. Because he has a more Western look. He’s Agrippa. It’s hard not being greasy while being this good-looking. It’s Jiho’s strength.

Oh Jiho: I worked under a company in 1998. Someone said I looked greasy as soon as they saw my profile picture.

Kim Seungwoo: It was ’98. I was a star then, paying 700 million won in taxes. (laugh)

Oh Jiho: You do that now, too.

Kim Seungwoo: I’m saying I’ve been doing this for that long. [Translator's note: implying the taxes part was a joke]

Sooyoung: Kim Seungwoo oppa’s comedy concept is ‘acting conceited’. (laugh)

Kim Seungwoo: It’s not acting conceited, but being a distinguished person. (laugh)

All the 주요 characters are doctors and only Sooyoung is a musician. Did you not have any sense of alienation? The situation was like 것 the only 보통 사람 while everyone was in their superhero costume in the 'Avengers'.

Sooyoung: I was a little jealous of them 을 입고 a doctor's gown. I normally wanted to take on the role of a doctor, but I'm the youngest on 세트, and I come on as a weak character. Also, being 사람들 틈에서 wearing doctor's gowns makes me 느낄protected, so it좋네요.

Kim Minjung: Sooyoung actually stands out the most.

You’re a member that girls like the most out of Girls’ Generation. I thought you had a more laid-back image, but I heard you’re feminine and do a lot of aegyo, too? How did you adjust?

Sooyoung: I had a 약간 문제가 at the 처음. I'm shy and am the type where it 시간이 오래 걸립니다 to get close. But my role in the drama is 매우 밝고 and 이야기 informally to people I meet 처음. I think the insides are similar 에도 불구하고.

Kim Seungwoo: You look like you’d be like that though?

Sooyoung: Oh, really? I will take that as you saying that I act well. (laugh)

Kim Seungwoo: I’m friends with Sooyoung on KakaoTalk, and she’s no joke at acting conceited. When I wrote, ‘You’re so pretty,’ on KakaoStory, she said, ‘Hmph. You’re just noticing? I’ve been pretty’. (laugh)

Oh Jiho: She should be like that. The generation where celebrities play innocent saying, ‘I’m not~’ has passed.

Sooyoung has a lot of overseas activities. Did you film the drama amidst all of that?

Sooyoung:There weren’t 많은 overseas schedules. The company was considerate in letting me focus on the drama aside from 그룹 activities. It’s a pre-production. The script was 일찍, and because there was time to spare, I was able to focus comfortably. When I saw my 다른 회원 receiving pages of scripts like 의 라이브broadcast system [Translator's note: receiving parts of the script close to the actual공기 date, rather 이상이 receiving 전체 script 한 번에 like Sooyoung 한] I 생각, '글쎄요' t think I could 할 like that'. The members who 수있었습니다 do it under 이러한conditions are 정말 잘.

Kim Seungwoo: Don’t be surprised while watching our drama, [surprised at] Sooyoung acting so well.

Is she better than Yoona? She [Yoona] is the member who has become most situated as an actress.

Oh Jiho: From what I’ve seen, [Sooyoung] is better.

Kim Seungwoo: Everyone has their own style when it comes to singing or acting, so it’s not fair comparing them, but Sooyoung was really surprising. When I met Lee Sooman privately, I complimented her, saying she was really good, and he said,‘Sooyoung always acted the best.’

You’re a good senior. Complimenting a co-worker in front of their boss is loyalty.

Kim Seungwoo: I don't have a 비즈니스 관계 with Lee Sooman and 오전 friends with him personally. I really 만나고 싶어 him to talk 이런 상황 에선 because she's so commendable. Because judging 여부를 her acting 좋은거야, 나쁜거야 is up to the viewers, I설정할 수 that aside, but her posture on 세트 was 정말 잘. She wasn’t like 다른 idols 요즘. She was just trying to focus, but what does 아이 know. (laugh) 어떻게cute would that be.

Oh Jiho: She told me that she’s trying to focus, so not to laugh.

Sooyoung: Oppas and unnies can laugh and immediately focus when filming starts, but I can’t because I’m a beginner. But they keep teasing me before filming. They kept making me laugh, so I was sad I couldn’t focus well that day.

Is the best action scene in this to the point where the two characters grab each other’s collars?

Sooyoung: No. It’s a scene where Oh Jiho oppa pulls medicinal herbs on a cliff. I thought he was filming a sports CF. (laugh)

What order were you all cast?

Kim Seungwoo: Sooyoung was the first. The main male role wasn’t decided on, so while the scenario was being sent around, Sooyoung was still the only one confirmed.

Sooyoung: The 처음 I received the script was 주변 October of 지난해. With the cancellation of 다른 work I 뭘해야, I came 이 일을. I told 그들에게 I would be in it regardless 누가 the other actors would be. The scenario was 정말 잘. The drama was normally 되어 to 공기 before '사랑 Rain' and 'Fashion King', but because 상황이 didn't판명 as desired, I 기다리게.

Oh Jiho: The viewer ratings can jump 1% just because of you.

Kim Seungwoo: The goal is 5%.

After hearing the other actors who were cast, what did you think?

Sooyoung: I’m a singer, so I worried more about what the others would think of me. I was really nervous, and I worried about whether I would cause trouble.

Kim Seungwoo: Because Sooyoung has a role that doesn't act directly with me, 난 그냥, 'She acts too 지금.' 같은 with Minjung. We aren't in the 연령 group to be interested in 서로. I just 생각, because she's 누군가가 who 을 잘 acting, there wouldn't be any hindrances. My concern was on 했던 사람들은 playing the role Jiho has. After 청각 that the scenario was 에게 Jiho, I said, ‘Do you think he would do that?’ and I was told he immediately did. Who knew he was that free! (laugh)

Oh Jiho has played both manly, charismatic roles and slacking, clumsy roles, but I think an intelligent role is a first.

Sooyoung: He is normally clumsy. He has an unexpected appeal.

Oh Jiho : A doctor is a role that actors 가 정말 want to play, because it's also a 꿈의boys have when they are 거의. It was a role I 하고 싶어 as an actor, and because it's a doctor in oriental medicine 대신 than one of Western medicine, I felt it suited me.

I heard you panicked during the first shoot, Sooyoung.

Sooyoung:It was difficult adjusting to the 세트 equipment. I 갔다 prepared, and it was a script that I 본 for a long time, but because I was nervous, my acting came out 강제. I panicked, thinking, '뭐가 잘못된거야 with me?' But 있기 때문에 they 만들어 me feel so comfortable, I adjusted 신속하게. I was 처리 of a lot and teased a 많은.

Which Girls’ Generation members have not visited the set yet?

Sooyoung: Hyoyeon, Jessica, and Sunny are the members who have not visited. I have three episodes left. Haha. But the other members bought vitamins and cupcakes, so I was really thankful.

Sooyoung’s Acting Generation

“Something that 기타 의료 dramas don't have? Girls' Generation.” That's Kim Seungwoo and Oh Jiho's joke. Kim Seungwoo, with a 심각한 face, said that Sooyoung's acting was 기대 이상으로 잘. He also guaranteed that 모든 사람이 would 놀랄 [by her acting]. While it has become the standard for a drama production crew to cast an idol for audience value, there aren't 많은 idols who 기대 to build 자신의 presence amidst 군중 of middle-aged actors. With her 언니가 being a musical actress, she has earnest affection for acting, like her singing.

Before making 그녀의 이름 known as 소녀 시대, she already debuted 을 통해 the film “Hello, Schoolgirl”, so 그 꿈 didn't ripen in just 하루 이틀. While it 것 같습니다 her 공식acting 시작 later 보다 her colleagues, “The 3rd 병원은” is a drama that 되고 있던prepared 하기 전에 other 소녀 시대 members' dramas, such as “사랑 Rain” and ”Fashion King”.

In this drama, she acts as the loveable violist, Euijin, who 전체-heartedly follows Oh Jiho's character, Seunghyun, 주위에. This role of Euijin, who 가지고 a lot of aegyo, was unfamiliar 처음 to Sooyoung, who 말합니다 she 는 일반적으로 is really shy. “It was 하드 adjusting because I was acting 에서 처음으로 a while.” 하지만, she was able to begin finding her 장소를 as a member on 세트 through the 다른 행위자' affectionate teasing. “What does 이 아이는 know to say she's focusing… Haha.” Kim Seungwoo explained what happened on set, implying she’s cute. Oh Jiho added, “She told me not to interrupt her because she has to focus.” Sooyoung reacted as if she were already used to their jokes.

Sooyoung contributed in increasing 의 힘을 the 세트 in ways 이외의 acting. Girls' Generation 멤버' encouraging visits on 세트 boosted the actors and male 직원 morales greatly. They also held 깜짝 파티 for Kim Minjung, who had her birthday 하는 동안 the drama shoot. While she is an icon that the 전 세계 already focuses on, as an actress, she is a rookie and the youngest member on 세트. Sooyoung accepted that 위치를cheerfully. The reason why she does 보이지 lonely 나 nervous at all 다시 시작 as “rookie actress Choi Sooyoung” and not “소녀 시대's Sooyoung”, is because of that.