Kim Goeun Reflects on Growth and Friendship in Netflix's 'You and Everything Else'

By Jiyoun, Moon

Sep 23, 2025

Kim Goeun Reflects on Growth and Friendship in Netflix's 'You and Everything Else'
photo courtesy of Netflix



Actor Kim Go-eun (34) cherished 'You and Everything Else'.

Netflix's original series 'You and Everything Else' (played by Song Hye-jin, directed by Cho Young-min) is a story about two friends who like and admire each other the most at every moment, and who are jealous, hateful, and intertwined throughout their lives. Kim Go-eun plays Ryu Eun-jung in the play, portraying the stories of people in their 20s, 30s, and 40s.

Kim Go-eun met with Sports Chosun at a cafe in Jongno-gu, Seoul on the morning of the 22nd and said, `I'm relieved that I think I've got a good work.' `When the work comes out, I get a call from an acquaintance around me, but this time, the actors and seniors really contacted me a lot. I thought that people in the industry gave me a lot, so I thought I was watching it well. Many people laughed, saying, `I've been watching all night because of you,' or `The sleep pattern is ruined.'




'You and Everything Else' are works that resonate with viewers of all ages by depicting their teens, 20s, 30s, and 40s. Kim Go-eun also said she sympathizes with both Eun-jung and Sang-yeon."There were times when I was Eun-jung and there were times when I was Sang-yeon. I can't say I understand everything, but I have an understanding of the mind that I have no choice but to do so. There were situations where I had that kind of mind, and I thought a lot that there might be a part where my thoughts or vision could be narrowed. I think the most heartbreaking line in this work is 'If a child thinks like that, the world will be like that'. Of course, I'm not a child, but I once thought that once I crossed my mind and settled down, a world was created, and it seemed easy, but it was difficult to come out. When I remembered the time when I struggled to come out like that, Sang-yeon really came out late and felt fortunate that he somehow came out, and when I heard the line, I thought 'Samuda'. It was a pity, and I wondered if Sang-yeon's life would have been different if he had come out early.

Kim Goeun Reflects on Growth and Friendship in Netflix's 'You and Everything Else'
photo courtesy of Netflix
Kim Go-eun played differently in her 20s, 30s, and 40s in the play, and was praised for her appearance and emotional changes according to the flow of age. After gaining 6kg for acting in his 20s, he lost 3kg for acting in his 30s and 3kg for acting in his 40s. Kim Go-eun "I thought that the early 20s would still be a period of teenage energy, so I put on weight thinking that it would be nice to have plump cheeks externally. I think I gained about 6kg. I wanted to express the feeling of being a freshman. I was not good at dealing with emotions, and I had that feeling" he opened his mouth.

Kim Go-eun "I think I've changed how much I've changed in my 30s because I'm in my 30s. Obviously, if it's different from the way you speak in your early 20s, it's the most active time to work. I thought that the influence from work would be revealed in the way I speak. There are occupations that emit such energy because the atmosphere varies depending on the type of job in which the energy is worked, so I tried to create that atmosphere, although I don't say that my walking, greeting, gestures, and attitude are a little more active than those in their 20s."




Kim Go-eun also said, `I think I saw a lot of people around me in my early 40s. Anyway, I haven't been to my 40s either, so the atmosphere will change a lot when I'm in my mid to late 40s, but when I think about my mid-30s to early 40s, nothing really changes. So I thought that making such a change might seem exaggerated in a way, so I gave it a feeling of calmness. I think I left the profession, and since it's a job where I write alone, I think I spent 10 years thinking about such calmness and changes in the atmosphere."

In particular, Kim Go-eun shed tears at the production presentation of 'Eunjung and Sangyeon' as she recalled the way to spend the end of the performance. "I was only going to tell this story at this time," Kim Go-eun opened up, "and actually lost my closest friends in 2023.It happened in a short time, and it's amazing that the works I filmed in the year of 2023 were 'Loving Law in the Large City' and 'Eunjung and Sangyeon'. I didn't mean to do that, and it was set up like that. But of course 'The Love Act in the Large City' is also about friendship, but the story of friendship in their 20s is dominant. When filming 'Eunjung and Sangyeon', I thought Eunjung, who left a work called Eunjung, was talking about Sangyeon. Looking at Sangyeon's diary, I thought it was a story that conveyed the child's life and my life well from the child's point of view. We don't really have a chance to let someone we really love go. Sometimes it's very difficult to protect someone's death, whether it's a grandmother or not, but as I told you on the bed at the last minute, then I could tell you, and I worked hard so that I could go well. I can also add 'Well endured', and I think that was a good opportunity for Eunjung. Of course, it must have been difficult for Eun-joong, who was left behind, but I wonder if he would have relieved his mind. When I think of that scene, I cry."

Kim Goeun Reflects on Growth and Friendship in Netflix's 'You and Everything Else'
photo courtesy of Netflix
Kim Go-eun then said, "If my friend asks me to do this, I think I'll go."When I was in my 20s, I lived alone with my grandmother for six years. I lived alone for six years from my first year of college until I finished my work called "Cheese in the Trap". I had a lot of communication, and I told me everything that my grandmother didn't even tell my aunts, and it was like a friend. My grandmother, who only eats makgeolli with me, passed away, and I think she slept in the hospital for three days and night to see her death. I fell asleep at the last minute and couldn't see the moment. My dad woke me up and said 'Grandma's gone', but it came out in 'Unknown Seoul'. I think my grandmother made a will in advance in my ear a few days before she died. Tell me 'Go-eun, you live by giving. Help me a lot and live by giving me a lot, okay?He did it. Such communion. I also talk to my grandmother every day, and I feel fortunate that I was next to her for three days and all night, even though I couldn't keep my deathbed. It's very sad and hard in life, but I like the feeling that I accompanied him at the end. I read it because there are many stories of people left behind and what are well written in documents and books that follow the emotional lines of people left behind, but it was very difficult at the time and I wonder how emotionally difficult it would be to return alone. However, I think I will feel good that I made that choice after some time has passed."




It contains a deep narrative, but it is not receiving much attention from global viewers, perhaps due to the rather long episode of 15 episodes. However, viewers who watched Eunjung and the performance ' in Korea are constantly receiving favorable reviews. "I'm new to the Netflix original, so I'm not sure how to view the figures. But I heard that you have to watch it from part 1 to the end to get good grades. Then, since it's a good work, I thought it would gradually increase even if it was slow. I hope and hope so again. Please."





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