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Son Ye-jin stars in the Netflix period erotic drama "The Scandal", playing the role of Mrs. Zhao, involving 19-year-old standards and complex character creation, sparking discussion.
2026/09/30 07:09
[Reporter Zhong Zhijun/Comprehensive Report] Son Ye-jin returned with Netflix's period romance drama "Scandal". Unexpectedly, the work received polarizing reviews, sparking a lot of discussion from pacing, character motivation to casting. When she was interviewed by Korean media yesterday (29th), she did not avoid negative comments. Instead, she directly admitted that she knew from the beginning that this was not a work that "everyone would like". Even herself, who played Mrs. Zhao, could not 100% understand this woman.
Son Ye-jin faced negative reviews for "The Scandal" head-on for the first time. (Courtesy of Netflix)
Son Ye-jin explained that Mrs. Cho is neither a simple evil girl nor a character that the audience can root for her without reservation. She is trapped in an era when women are almost unable to freely realize themselves. Repressed desire, jealousy, love and control are all mixed together. Therefore, sometimes even she has to dismantle character behavior bit by bit "like doing homework".
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She admitted that she had expected to receive mixed reviews, but she "didn't expect it to be so harsh." However, after decades of acting, she also understood that it is not easy to come across a work that everyone unanimously praises, so she chose to accept the different voices from the outside with humility.
Sun Yizhen bluntly said that even he could not see through Mrs. Zhao. (Courtesy of Netflix)
In the movie, Son Ye-jin is very generous, and she even has an ambiguous scene with Ji Chang-wook. Off-screen, what everyone is most curious about is of course what her husband Hyun Bin thinks. She laughed and said that Hyun Bin didn't say anything in particular about his acceptance into the 19-ban film, "In this regard, he should respect me as an actor."
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