Hi! I'm Carolyn Yuen Marino, creator and writer of Sweet & Power.
Welcome to Episode 2 of Short & Sweet, where we do a quick debrief of the previous episode and answer any of your questions.
Today we have two guests with us.
We've got Yeji Sakoda who plays Yoona Kang,
and Burt Shin, who plays Sung Min, her boyfriend in Episode 2.
How do we all know each other?
Uh, we know each other from, uh,
the Hennessy days...
The real Hennessy days.
And we used to... we used to...
We used to study together actually. That's how we met. - That's right.
We were hardworking students.
Thanks so much for agreeing to play Sung Min, especially after Episode 1 "Proof".
In Episode 1, we find out that Cici and Noy don't like Sung Min very much...
probably because he sent a few choice pictures to some girls.
Never would have done that in real life.
So in Episode 2 "Boys", I wanted to delve into Yoona and Sung Min's relationship a little bit more.
How did you feel preparing for the role of Sung Min?
It was fun. I laughed a lot.
I had a lot of private laughing moments to myself in my car.
While you were running lines?
My brother would see me driving home, and I would be talking really animatedly in the car by myself.
And he was like, who are you talking to on the phone? - You were just getting into character.
Did you feel like Sung Min was a bad boyfriend?
No, I thought he was a good boyfriend actually.
A really good... he was a really good guy. I mean, he had his issues, he has vices... - Who doesn't?
He's got a lot of redeeming qualities though. - Exactly.
I think he really cares about Yoona, and obviously doesn't want her doing Addys... or anything else, I'm sure.
Why did you want Yoona and Sung Min to meet at a college party, like the way they did?
Well, it probably went down like that.
That's probably, yeah, based on actual events.
The footage was actual footage from 2008.
We dug it up from our Nokia phones or our Sidekicks or Motorolas. - Yeah, it was pretty impressive you guys found all that.
We're not that dated.
Well, I wanted all the college scenes to have the same feel.
You know, sometimes when you're in that party life, every night just feels the same,
or is all just a blur.
Yoona's also living it up in college right now, when she feels like her behaviors are acceptable.
So she's going out, getting with guys...
Plus, we wanted to shoot every scene with Yoona leading the guys up the stairs,
because we wanted to show that she was in control,
and that there is nothing wrong with women who are sexually empowered.
That's right.
Why do you think Yoona could be herself in college but not so much once she's graduated?
There is a line in the party scene where Cici talks to Noy about how
Papa Kang never lets Yoona out of the house.
She's just like really wanting freedom in college.
She has developed this pattern of hiding her habits,
and hiding a lot of secrets from her friends and family.
And now that she's in her mid-20s, she feels like it's really hard to break out of that pattern.
Plus, she just has like a lot on her plate.
She feels like she needs to be a forgiving girlfriend,
and she has to be a good friend to her friends like Cici.
Even though Yoona has a ton of work, she still goes out with Cici.
She's just a ride-or-die chick.
Yeah, she shows up. - She's a good friend.
It kind of compounds the stress on Yoona. It makes it so that she doesn't have anyone to talk to.
Plus, she's so busy and stressed out, and now she's resorting to some of these unhealthier habits.
Yeah, she's just kind of digging her own grave.
Plus, Cici is "hella judge-y".
We've all had these friends who are really protective of you,
and Cici is one of those friends to Yoona.
That makes it really difficult for Yoona to kind of be herself around her.
Cici has... - Good intentions, but is just a little intense.
Needs to lighten up.
Just a little bit.
Maybe take a hit.
"Maybe you should take another hit."
Cici really should.
Well, people keeping secrets is one of the themes of Episode 2.
We have Yoona lying to her friends, boyfriend, and really herself.
We've got Robin who's secretly engaged.
We have Noy who shared that she's had a longterm crush on Yoona.
We'll just have to see how this all unfolds in the rest of Sweet & Power.
Thank you for tuning in to Short & Sweet Episode 2!
We will have a Short & Sweet after every episode,
where we'll dive deeper into details.
You can also ask questions on our YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook page,
and we'll cover those questions in our next episode of Short & Sweet.
Bye!
I didn't say bye.
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