Jeon Jong-seo (born July 5, 1994) is a South Korean actress. She is
best known for playing the role of Hae-mi in the 2018 acclaimed South
Korean thriller Burning.Jeon Jong-seo was born in Seoul, the only
child in the family. Jeon and her family moved to Canada when she was
a child. She attended a middle school in Canada, then returned to
Korea and graduated from Anyang Arts High School. After high school,
she attended Sejong University majoring in film. Later, she was being
expelled from university to pursue her acting career more freely.Jeon
Jong-seo started her acting career after she joined a management
agency and attended her first audition in August 2017, for director
Lee Chang-dong's mystery flick Burning. An inexperienced actor without
any history in the entertainment industry, Jeon won the competition
and landed the lead role at her very first audition, to play alongside
recognized actors like Yoo Ah-in and Steven Yeun.Jeon initially did
not seek the role of free-spirited Hae-mi in Burning because she
thought she had no chance of getting it. The audition took place only
three days after she joined her current talent agency. Director Lee
Chang-dong said about her audition, "When I saw her, she seemed to
have this very childlike sense of innocence, but at the same time, she
carried this sense of duality â€" as if something much bigger was on
the other side of that innocence. So I thought she would be great to
give Hae-mi the presence that is so central for the film â€" conveying
that inner depth that this character has." And, "Perhaps I was
unconsciously drawn to the fact that everything was a 'first time' for
her. Also, she has a face that makes people wonder what she's feeling
and thinking. I think that made her a good fit for Haemi's character."
Lee also said that although the dance scene was in the screenplay, the
dance movements were not planned or being rehearsed, but rather Jeon's
spontaneous movements.
best known for playing the role of Hae-mi in the 2018 acclaimed South
Korean thriller Burning.Jeon Jong-seo was born in Seoul, the only
child in the family. Jeon and her family moved to Canada when she was
a child. She attended a middle school in Canada, then returned to
Korea and graduated from Anyang Arts High School. After high school,
she attended Sejong University majoring in film. Later, she was being
expelled from university to pursue her acting career more freely.Jeon
Jong-seo started her acting career after she joined a management
agency and attended her first audition in August 2017, for director
Lee Chang-dong's mystery flick Burning. An inexperienced actor without
any history in the entertainment industry, Jeon won the competition
and landed the lead role at her very first audition, to play alongside
recognized actors like Yoo Ah-in and Steven Yeun.Jeon initially did
not seek the role of free-spirited Hae-mi in Burning because she
thought she had no chance of getting it. The audition took place only
three days after she joined her current talent agency. Director Lee
Chang-dong said about her audition, "When I saw her, she seemed to
have this very childlike sense of innocence, but at the same time, she
carried this sense of duality â€" as if something much bigger was on
the other side of that innocence. So I thought she would be great to
give Hae-mi the presence that is so central for the film â€" conveying
that inner depth that this character has." And, "Perhaps I was
unconsciously drawn to the fact that everything was a 'first time' for
her. Also, she has a face that makes people wonder what she's feeling
and thinking. I think that made her a good fit for Haemi's character."
Lee also said that although the dance scene was in the screenplay, the
dance movements were not planned or being rehearsed, but rather Jeon's
spontaneous movements.
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