Lee Hae-young Reflects on 'Women’s Narrative' in 'The Old Woman With The Knife'
Apr 28, 2025
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In the afternoon of the 28th, Lee Hye-young delivered her thoughts on playing the legendary killer sculpture, which all killers admire and fear, in an action film 'Fagua' (directed by Min Kyu-dong, produced by Soo Films).
Lee Hye-young "First of all, I am grateful to the original writer Koo Byung-mo for making this story. And I am also grateful to director Mingyu-dong, who is interested in these characters. However, as an actor, I don't think she's a woman. It's just one human being" he expressed his conviction.
He "I think the character is more important than anything else. It is usually called a female narrative, but I have never seriously considered the framework of 'Women's narrative'. Of course, when I first became an actor, actresses only played the relative role of men. It was mainly melodramatic, and actresses who were not suitable for melodrama are pushed out. It goes with a comical image or is depicted as a strong woman. It is right that I was also pushed out of the main camp in that sense. However, now there are more roles to play even if they are a little independent and not a relative woman. It's not just Korea. But I wonder if I should be happy about it. Doesn't it hurt your pride?," he said with a smile.
Then "I was one of the actors who didn't have a partner. If you think about the taste of people who like me or the reason why I survived, I survived because I was a strong woman and an independent woman image. So I don't consider myself an actress. I am a human being. If it is already named a woman, it is a preconceived notion from then on. So I don't think this work is great because it's also a 'women's narrative.'"
Based on the novel of the same name by Koo Byung-mo, 'Fagua' is a breathtaking blood-red battle between a legendary killer who has been working for 40 years in the Sacred Quarantine, which deals with cockroach-like humans, and a mysterious killer who pursues him. Lee Hye-young, Kim Sung-chul, Yeon Woo-jin, Kim Moo-yeol, and Cynthia appeared, and director Mingyu-dong, who directed the series `Scary Story'`Ganshin`Herstory, took the megaphone. It will be released on the 30th.
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