Kim Shin-rok of "Hellbound", "I Was Excited for the Last Scene Hinting Season 2"

Actress Kim Shin-rok benefitted the most from Netflix's "Hellbound". This is because it provided her an opportunity to become more familiar to the public using this work as a stepping stone.

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"Hellbound" is a story depicting a supernatural phenomenon in which people are sentenced to hell without notice and a revival of religious groups Saejinri and those who want to reveal the reality of the incident taking advantage of this confusion. It was unveiled on the 19th of last month and ranked No. 1 in the world in the Netflix TV program category, showing the power of K-content following "Squid Game" and "My Name".

Kim Shin-rok played Park Jeong-ja, a character who receives a demonstration from the angels of death in front of the entire nation in the drama. As it is an important scene, it is the character that received the most attention from overseas fans. In particular, there were many high praises for Kim Shin-rok's realistic acting.

"My husband, who is a theater actor, also saw "Hellbound" and was proud that it was my best work yet. I also got a lot of calls from my friends who I've been out of touch with. I'm excited and happy that many people seem to be curious about me".

The relationship with director Yeon Sang-ho began with the tvN drama "The Cursed". Director Yeon, who wrote the script for "The Cursed" at the time, paid attention to Kim Shin-rok's acting. Director Yeon tends to watch the actors' performances freely rather than specially directing them, but sometimes one or two words that he utters reverberates through the actors' performances. Kim Shin-rok said that thanks to him, she seems to have experienced a much more three-dimensional change in character.

"Director Yeon's work has a special worldview. There are many extreme settings in it. It's a great environment for actors to act in. In this work, there was a lot of room for actors to interpret and express dramatically".

As if heralding season 2, the scene of Park Jeong-ja's revival in the last episode shocked viewers. Kim Shin-rok was excited and engaged in acting even though it was not even in the original webtoon. In particular, it was a scene that expanded the worldview and various interpretations that would come out, so she tried to put everything down and act in a way that seemed like she had been just born rather than trying to express many things.

Kim Shin-rok, who has been mainly active on the theater stage, began to impress with JTBC's "Beyond Evil", which aired in April.

"I want to be an actress who crosses various genres, including visual arts and dance. I think a good acting for me is to express the relationship that the character meets better than to draw only one character well. I'm going to work hard to show you that kind of acting".

Kim Shin-rok plans to continue her challenge for good acting in the future.