Jeon Jong-seo, "I'm Very Instinctive"

Jeon Jong-seo is an actress who is growing at her own pace step by step as an actress and person.

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Jeon Jong-seo of the movie "Ballerina" (Director Lee Chung-hyun), which will be released on Netflix on the 6th, had an honest interview while conducting a photo shoot for the October issue of Cosmopolitan.

"Ballerina" is a beautiful and ruthless emotional action revenge drama in which former bodyguard Ok-joo (Jeon Jong-seo) pursues Choi Pro (Kim Ji-hoon0-I), who drove her precious friend Min-hee (Park Yu-rim) to death.

In the pictorial, which was conducted with the concept of black and red, Jeon Jong-seo gave off a charismatic and fatal charm, signaling an unconventional and beautiful blood-red revenge in the work.

Jeon Jong-seo said, "I tried to properly show why Ok-joo is taking revenge, and the loss and revenge of losing her one and only precious friend. I tried to emotionally relate with the many tragic incidents that occur in society these days", she said..

"I found a similarity between Ok-joo and me. I don't try to save myself and my body always reacts before my head. I acted with the thought that I might have done this to protect the most precious thing to me because my instinctive appearance resembles that", she affirmed.

Jeon Jong-seo, who had to take on various actions, including self-defense, swordsmanship, guns, and bikes, is a former bodyguard. "I differentiated myself with speed, flexibility, and intelligent movements in order not to be defeated by a large number of men", said Jeon Jong-seo, "It was a pleasant experience because I liked using my body. I've built a camaraderie with the martial arts team", she said with a smile.

Jeon Jong-seo, who has played a wild and unpredictable 'new type of female character', introduced herself as an 'intuitive person' and said, "I always believe in my senses, and I live according to my feeling, whether it's wrong or right. It's good to have a job of expressing it. If it's not movies or dramas, where can these senses be allowed? I want to do something that others haven't done before. I have no fear of acting", she stressed.

Jeon Jong-seo, who has been invited to three major film festivals in the world from the Cannes Film Festival to the Venice Film Festival, is building her own unique filmography, and the standard for choosing works is 'fun'. Jeon Jong-seo said, "The power to make me want to turn the next page is fun. I decide my work very quickly. It takes less than a day", she said.

"However, I don't think, 'I should do it because others do it'. Even if people like it, it's no use if I don't have fun", she said. "I like to have a sense of humor in every day. Living is very occasionally a pleasure. Therefore, efforts are needed to look at other moments in a fun way", she added.

She was just an introvert in her childhood. "I talked late, and I was the kind of person who cried alone because I was embarrassed when I was pushed to do something", Jeon Jong-seo said. "When I first said 'I want to act', my family said I could never do it because of my personality. It was a dream that I had quietly and secretly raised by myself", she said.

Jeon Jong-seo said, "I've always watched TV since I was young. I loved watching animations, dramas and movies. Since I was a child who didn't know what an actor was, I want to do something on the screen. It came as a ridiculous dream. It looked as sweet and shiny as a sugar-coated job. I think people who have dreamed of this will know what this feels like", she said, asking for consent.

Jeon Jong-seo is an actress who is showing herself straight through her work rather than appearing in entertainment shows after her debut. "Is there an actress who is not as public friendly as I am?" said Jeon Jong-seo, who smiled, "I was neither confident nor interested in appearing in entertainment shows. I was always a person who said I want to stay in one place at once', she confessed honestly.

However, after the change of agency, the company now recommends working with the public more. "At first, I thought, "Why?" but eventually, when I asked myself, "Why are you doing a movie?" Without the public, there is no movie", said Jeon Jong-seo. So, I came to think a lot about 'what does the public like?' In the future, I will show myself on various channels", she promised, adding to expectations.