Park Bo Young's most harrowing work to date
Park Bo Young was cast as Heeju because her image was the total opposite. Director Kim Sunghoon described her as a kind and ordinary person, someone who wouldn't steal, so it was paramount that she distance herself from that image in order to portray this character. Heeju isn't likable, but the audience can sympathize with her. She makes a lot of frustrating decisions, borne out of desperation and greed, but she's fascinating to watch. Her tenacity is shocking, the lengths she's willing to go to in order to keep the gold. She'll even give up her own life, because to her, death is preferable to a miserable existence. The only existence she's ever known, beginning with her childhood of neglect. She steals from thieves and murderers, outwits them at every turn, and still keeps her humanity. An exceptional performance.
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