Actress Song Hye Kyo shared her thoughts on playing her first mother figure in the movies. In the morning of August 4, 2014, the press conference of the new film "My Palpitating Life" took place in a CGV theater in Ap Goo Jung, Seoul. Film director Lee Jae Yong, actor Kang Dong Won, actress Song Hye Kyo among many others attended the conference and conducted interviews with the reporters.
On this day, actress Song Hye Kyo said, "Because I had faith on director Lee Jae Yong, I did not have much issues. I worried about having to play a mother character, but fortunately my character's age was similar to mine, and the personality was cheerful and sanguine, so it was not too difficult." The upcoming movie "My Palpitating Life" tells a story of a couple, portrayed by actor Kang Dong Won and actress Song Hye Kyo, and their child who has a progeria. The film tells the story of parents who had their first child at the ages of seventeen, and their seventeen year old son who is preparing to say good bye to the world. "My Palpitating Life" is based on a novel of the same name, written by Kim Ae Ran, which sold 1.4 million copies in the first three months of its publication. The movie "My Palpitating Life" will premiere on September 3, 2014.