Photos: Tammi Tan
Video: Teng Siew Eng, Vina Chia
After nearly a decade of acting, South Korean actress Park Bo Young finally landed her first onscreen kissing scenes in Oh My Ghost, which she got to share with musical theatre heartthrob Cho Jung Seok.
This show also happens to be the 25-year-old’s first television series in seven years, as she had only taken on movies during that period, including wildly successful flicks A Werewolf Boy, alongside Song Joong Ki, and Speedy Scandal with Cha Tae Hyun.
“It’s not that I was deliberately avoiding dramas, but it was all about timing, and this one came at a good time for me,” Bo Young clarified in an interview with Toggle yesterday (September 4), when she and Jung Seok, 34, were in town for a fan meeting and to promote the show’s airing in Singapore.
She added that she was also drawn to the idea of taking on two different roles in one series, as her character, the timid Na Bong Sun, turns into a seductress when she is possessed by sex-crazed ghost Shin Soon Ae. The object of Soon Ae’s lustful affections is Bong Sun’s boss, star chef Kang Sun Woo, played by Jung Seok.
“I don’t like aggressive women but if they look like Park Bo Young, then it’s fine,” Jung Seok, who is dating singer Gummy, quipped during the press conference.
Although it was Bo Young who was making her televised smooching debut, Jung Seok admitted to being nervous as well. “I felt a lot of pressure because I wanted it to look good for Bo Young’s sake,” he said. “We didn’t rehearse that much but everything came naturally and there weren’t many bloopers.”
“All the staff knew it was my first ever kissing scene so they made it very comfortable for me,” Bo Young elaborated.
Continued on next slide: Jung Seok and Bo Young rate each other’s onscreen kissing skills