Interview with Bae Doona in JoongAng Ilbo

by Robert Koehler on November 1, 2012

in Korean Culture

There’s an English-language interview with “Cloud Atlas”‘s Bae Doona in the JoongAng Ilbo.

There’s also a video interview with her and Jim Sturgess here.

{ 4 comments… read them below or add one }

1 yuna November 1, 2012 at 7:27 pm

Heh? So 두나 was in Kimchi Princess (I believe she’s referring to this restaurant)? How nostalgic!

2 jkitchstk November 1, 2012 at 7:59 pm

Question: With “Cloud Atlas” you achieved the “Hollywood dream.” What do you want to do now?

Answer: “I don’t think there will be many opportunities like this. If a movie is full of creativity and imagination, I go for it. Also, if it motivates me, that’s good, too. Indie movies are great to play in as well.”

This is what she really meant -
“Indie movies are great to play in as well – since more movies are made in India than any other.”

3 yuna November 1, 2012 at 8:03 pm

#2 I actually noticed the very first question that really she doesn’t want to answer the question:

Q. You just made your Hollywood debut. Is this a dream come true?

A. I never really dreamed of appearing in a Hollywood movie, but I’m happy that I came across great directors and got to see a whole new world.

Those who speak Korean (not gbevers) will know that this is a usual polite Korean girl’s way of saying she doesn’t think much of Hollywood films in the first place and that NO IT WASN’T HER DREAM COME TRUE.

4 SalarymaninSeoul November 2, 2012 at 11:45 am

Sure, its not her dream to make 10, 20, 30 times what she makes in Korea. No, not at all!

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