In her first melodrama "Missing You" Yoon Eun Hye cried often and she cried convincingly.
Although she initially worried about her ability to act in a melodrama, Yoon so thoroughly identified with the drama's traumatized heroine that it was not difficult to sob through her scenes. The character's pain became so real for her that the tears just flowed.
"While our childhood scars are different, I also have scars from my younger days," said Yoon.
But even if the tears flowed easily, crying in almost every episode was emotionally exhausting. So, it's not surprising that her new role is in a romantic comedy.
"The previous drama was very emotional and did have a lot of crying scenes in it," she said at the press conference for the KBS series "Future's Choice," also called "Marry Him If You Dare."
Yoon's new role in "Future's Choice" should be less exhausting as her acting resume already includes a long list of popular romantic comedies, including "Coffee Prince," Lie To Me," "Princess Hours" and "My Fair Lady." But as popular as these comedies were, the actress has faced criticism in the past for limiting herself to similar romantic comedy roles. That was one reason she chose to take on the melodrama "Missing You."
And yet she wondered whether returning to a comedy would be seen as playing it safe.
"I did feel some pressure when deciding whether to return to a romantic comedy," she said.
But her concerns about returning to a romantic comedy evaporated the first day she showed up on the set and enjoyed getting into her character.
In "Future's Choice" she plays Na Mi Rae, a call center worker who dreams of becoming a TV writer. Just when it looks like she will never achieve her dream, she meets a woman who says she is her future self. She has returned to the past to help Na Mi Rae make the right choices. And she does set her on the right path.
"Na Mi Rae ends up deciding to become a writer after she runs into her future self," said Yoon.
Her co-stars are Lee Dong Gun and CNBlue's Jung Yong Hwa. Lee has not been in a drama for five years and Jung last appeared in a drama two years ago. Jung plays the heir of a broadcasting company pretending to be only a cameraman there. Lee is a broadcast network announcer.
"Future's Choice" begins Oct. 14.
