When we shot one of the final scenes, there was a moment when all of us were sitting outside in our chairs on 8th Street. I’m really grateful the audience gets to experience that, too.ĭoes any moment from filming stand out to you? I had this really visceral feeling - my palms were sweating and my heart was pounding out of my chest. I’d go in for a hug or to shake her hand, and she would say, “No, save it for the screen.” So when you see us meet in New York for the first time in 24 years, that’s actually the first time we ever touched, so we yearned for each other. How did you create the chemistry with Greta Lee to play old friends who have been sort of unknowingly longing for each other?ĭuring rehearsal, Celine never wanted Greta and I to touch. ![]() But I also knew that she had to put together the right chemistry for the entire ensemble. And I could tell i did a good job and I was confident about that. I spent time getting Hae Song’s body language, intonations, and even Konglish accent, right.ĭid you feel immediately that the role was yours?Īfter every audition you can tell, like with us right now, if there’s a certain kind of rapport or chemistry going on. I’m trying to make right by the Korean audience, but also be a romantic lead acceptable for an American audience. But it can be hard to express the right emotions for the specific cultures who are going to view this movie. For example, I think vulnerability is one of the most beautiful words in the English language in Korean the translation is used to describe peeling away a layer. It has always been a struggle in my life to express certain feelings or emotions that exist in one language but don’t exist in another. ![]() How did you feel the juxtaposition, between Korean and American cultures, during your work on the movie? I moved to Korea because I wanted to embrace my identity, which also means embracing that struggle - it added a color onto the palette I use as an actor. There is also a mentality here in Korea, that a lot of people suffer from, that you have to work really hard in your everyday life, and I have a lot of empathy for that. ![]() I could understand feeling like there are forces in your life that you can’t change. It’s given me an underlying current of sadness and melancholy, which I think Hae Sung has. I was born and raised abroad - I’m basically the only German-Korean actor working internationally, and from a Western perspective, I’m a Korean actor, but Koreans don’t perceive me that way. I’ve had a feeling of displacement for a long time. Your character is quite different from you biographically. Yoo, who was raised in Germany and studied in New York and London, explains what went into making the film. The Italian Box Office Success Sparking Discussion About Domestic Violence “But if you believe that even if something isn’t in your inyeon in this lifetime but it could be in the next life, then it’s more bittersweet and comforting.” “If you believe that your life is linear, that you just pass away after you die, this movie can be sad,” Yoo explains. ![]() It’s part love triangle, part exploration of fate - the film relies on the Korean concept of inyeon, a reincarnation-esque idea about how we end up in one another’s lives. Lee’s character has moved to New York, where she’s married to a fellow writer and has begun to feel a pull to the life she left behind Yoo’s Hae Sung is curious about what became of her. Past Lives follows two childhood friends - played by Yoo and Greta Lee ( The Morning Show) - who grew up in Seoul and reconnect after decades. “Every day I try to pinch myself,” Yoo tells THR over Zoom from his home base in Seoul. The actor stars in Past Lives, the feature debut from playwright-director Celine Song that took Sundance by storm, and as the ethereal romance nears its June 2 release, he’s feeling ever more amazed that this is, in fact, real life. Teo Yoo is waiting for someone to tell him this is all a dream.
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