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Writer: 54IVY @Moonsclub
Featuring the stepsister to Cinderella instead of the Cinderella herself, Cinderella's Sister adds twisty depth as it take the psychologically complex and humans dark side from the well-known fairy tale.
Eun-Jo (Moon Geun Young) as Cinderella's sister who is illegitimate daughter of a poor mother, has grown up with no illusions about fairy tales. Eun-Jo's mother has gone through a constant succession of drunken and violent boy friends, and the two live constantly on the run from lowlifes. Eun-Jo doesn't trust anyone. And there is no"happy ending" on her dictionary.
Her life seems about to change completely however when Hyo-Seon (Seo Woo), a naive and spoiled Cinderella, decides that she wants Eun-Jo's mother for her mother.
The only person who accepts Eun-Jo as is is Ki-Hoon (Chun Jung Myung), who has always been an older brother figure to Hyo-Seon. Instinctively understanding Eun-Jo beyond barriers, the two forge a solid bond, yet Hyo-Seon, who adores Ki-Hoon, so she divides them in childhood and adulthood. And then Han Jung Woo (Ok Taecyeon) returns to Eun-jo's side, all the story begin.
Cast
Chun Jung Myung as Hong Ki Hoon
Moon Geun Young as Song Eun-jo
Ok Taecyeon as Han Jung Woo
Seo Woo as Goo Hyo Sun
Kim Gab Soon as Goo Dae Sung (Hyo Sun's father)
Lee Mi Sook as Song Kang Sook (Eun-jo's mother)
Choi Il Hwa as Chairman Hong (Ki Hoon's father)
Go Se Won as Hong Ki Jung (Ki Hoon's brother)
Drama info
Native name: 신데렐라언니
Genre: Romantic melodramaNetwork: KBS2
Year: 2010
# of episodes: 20
Director: Kim Young Jo
Wiki Cinderella's Sister here
[MTV] It has to be you (Yesung of Super Junior)
니가 아니면 안돼
너 없이 난 안돼
나 이렇게 하루 한달을 또 일년을
나 아파도 좋아
내 맘 다쳐도 좋아
난 맨날 너 하나만 사랑하니까 우우우
It has to be you
can't live without you
thus every day, every month, every year
Even it is painful
Even my heart is broken
can I only love you everyday? Woo Woo Woo
Flower basket for the press conference dd March 24, 2010
Press Con entrance
Before press con
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"Cinderella" is not quite the fairy tale
- written by asiae.co.kr dd March 25, 2010
Q: You must be quite determined since this is the first drama you're taking on since being discharged from the military.
Chun Jung-myung (Chun): While I was in the military, I had mentioned to Zo In-sung that I would like to take on a certain type of drama and it was similar in certain ways with "Cinderella." So I was happy when I got the part. I do feel pressured because reports have been saying I'm making a comeback for the first time in four years. I'm just focusing on my acting for now.
Q: What was it about "Cinderella" that worked for you?
Chun: I personally had wanted to do a film but had told Zo that it may be better to do a drama first since the reaction comes faster. After I made up my mind to take on a drama, I thought hard over which I should do. I didn't think I would be ready to take on genres outside youth romance, so "Cinderella" worked for me in that aspect too. And more than anything, I liked the producer and scenarist. My close actor friends, such as Ko Hyun-jung and Zo In-sung, had been in dramas by Kim Kyu-wan. They said I'd have a hard time because my lines would be long but they told me it would be great and it would be an honor for me. Gi-hoon wasn't supposed to play such a big part in the drama. That's why I thought a newcomer would play the female role opposite me. But the script got changed the more I talked with the scenarist and my role got better.
Q: What was your first impression of each other Moon Geun-young and Seo Woo, since you two would constantly face each other in the drama?
Moon Geung-young (Moon): I did have a lot of interest in her because I had seen the roles she had played. I wanted to meet her as a fan because I had thought, "How could there be an actress like her?" but honestly, I was scared to act with her. There is a fear I feel when I meet an actress who I think may be better than me because I want to be good too. But I realized I had been having silly thoughts after meeting her on set and talking with her a lot. I'm going to have to act in harmony with her anyway. I'm shy so I liked Seo
Seo: Moon is the so-called 'national younger sister' and looks young too but I felt a bit bad because I was playing the younger role in the drama. It's easy for the older person to act the role of the younger person even if you first meet but I thought it would be difficult to do it the other way around so I asked her to treat me as if I was younger. I didn't worry though because Moon has been acting for a long time now. There is a vibe about her which makes her worthy of playing the main character.
Q: You get to wear school uniforms in the drama.
Moon: I portray my character from when she is in tenth grade to eight years later. I didn't feel anything wearing a school uniform in the past because I was used to it but I was excited to get to wear it this time. It's been a while since I've graduated so I thought to myself that I have grown older.
Seo Woo: I've worn a school uniform for almost all the roles I've played so far. I'm doing my very best this time though, thinking that it'll be the last time I wear it because I think even the viewers might cringe at the sight of me still wearing a school uniform. I would feel bad wearing one again next year so I think I'll only do it till this year.
Q: Did you not feel any burden, before shooting the drama, because you were taking on an evil role this time.
Moon: I think I was most burdened by what viewers would think of me. I took on the role thinking that it would be fun and I wasn't expecting anything in particular but to others, this could be considered a change. And some were starting to say it's an extreme change so that's when I started to feel the pressure. I still feel it and I'm worried.
Q: But although you say that, there are a lot of actors who consider playing such roles as fun.
Moon: I'm not sure if it's fun because I have to be evil but it's fun because it's new. I don't use the normal form of communication -- I can be prickly with my dialogue and reactions while blowing punches so there's a fun I get out of expressing my character.
Q: Seo Woo, in your case, are there any difficulties with having to play the nice character?
Seo Woo: My character Hyo-sun is Cinderella but she's not the Cinderella who gets hated because she's overly nice. She can be quite straightforward and I'm trying to portray her in a way that the viewers will able to empathize with how even someone who is as nice as her could feel the emotions she does. I'm trying to make her into a more humane Cinderella. But at the same time, not stray too far from the original story which has been loved by so many people.
Q : Moon, you're probably the most experienced when it comes to acting. Do you think you're playing a role as having that experience?
Moon : Age isn't really a factor once you start acting. You can't judge whether someone is good or bad from their years of experience. I actually don't know how I've helped because you could learn from a newcomer or a senior actor. Everyone has things that I don't have so I'm learning and realizing a lot. I do think I act like I'm more experienced around Taecyeon though. It's actually probably the first time I'm not the youngest on set so I sometimes feel like giving the treatment to Taecyeon. I ask him why he's late sometimes.
Seo Woo: She does that to me and Chun too. (laugh)
Q: Does your character Eun-jo change over time?
Moon: It would be hard to define her as a villain from start to finish but she's not a warm-hearted person either. She was cynical when she was young but becomes a bit more rational as she matures and makes new realizations. She's not the typical villain though. It's actually quite hard to define which characters are good or bad in the drama overall, so I think that will be the appeal about "Sister of Cinderella."
The untypical "Sister of Cinderella" - Don't stop running away
- Written by Kim Sun-young (TV critic) dd April 2, 2010
"Sister of Cinderella" - First episode (KBS2 TV, Wednesday/Thursday evenings 9:55 P.M.)
Eun-jo (played by Moon Geun-young) kept running and running. To get away from her mother's live-in boyfriend, who turns into a dog after drinking alcohol, and from her mother who gets a new man again and tries to take her with her. But she fails to escape every time. And Kang-sook (played by Lee Mi-sook) kept on pretending, believing that unlike all those "men like dirt," Dae-sung (played by Kim Gap-soo) who lives in a fairy tale-like house with a princess-like daughter, would be her last man in her life.
The first episode of KBS TV series "Sister of Cinderella" was a preview in itself, showing that the most intense and dramatic storyline would gush out of how Cinderella's stepmother and stepsister, who can survive through anything, will struggle to escape their unfortunate destiny. The scene where Eun-jo and Kang-sook fight in the taxi while they are running away, each going at the other fiercely, reveals their destiny exactly as it is. "You need a destination. You can't just get on a train, stupid girl, you need a place to get off!", says Kang-sook. "Anywhere! Anywhere but here is fine!", answers Eun-jo. While Kang-sook, in order to survive, was hooking up and breaking up with countless men whom she didn't even like, Eun-jo was often sexually abused by her mother's boyfriends and didn't even get to go to school.
But the show does not focus on that tragic element of the story, forcing viewers to relate to it, but rather depicts their destiny in a cheerful tone as if reading an old fairy tale book out loud. One cannot help bursting into laughter while watching Kang-sook nonchalantly seduce Dae-sung and Eun-jo's narration, which expresses how desperate of a situation she is in, sounds 'chic in an indifferent way.' The camera consistently keeps a certain distance from the characters, but on occasional moments when it goes up close and tightens its view on the character, the scene produces an unforgettable scenery. For example, the scene where Eun-jo's hair rolls down in Ki-hoon's (played by Chun Jung-myung) hand and starts blowing in the wind. Such sensational image, old landscapes of traditional houses and descriptions of untypical characters are enough to make "Sister of Cinderella" an interesting drama. As well as the end to Kang-sook and Eun-jo's fate.
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