Seo Ye Ji Was Once Pressured Into Inhaling Actual Smoke For A Scene Where Her Character Tried To Take Her Own Life

The director pressured her to inhale actual smoke, so she did.

In a past interview of actors Seo Ye Ji and Kim Jae Wook of the 2015 film, Another Way, a shocking story was revealed regarding the scene where Seo Ye Ji’s character tried to take her own life.

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When the reporter mentioned a particular scene that shocked viewers due to how realistic the acting was, Seo Ye Ji confessed that it looked real… because it was.

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Seo Ye Ji shared,

The director wanted me to actually inhale smoke from burning coal during filming.

— Seo Ye Ji

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And although Seo Ye Ji agreed to do it, she was soon faced with excruciating pain.

Because I inhaled it with a clear mind, I felt like I was literally going to die. I couldn’t even act properly.

— Seo Ye Ji

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It was so painful that she tried to convince the director out of it, but in the end, she decided to see it through and filmed the scene 8 times in the course of 40 long minutes.

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Seo Ye Ji added that once they finished filming the devastating scene, every single staff member was grimacing and even the director looked sorry.

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Sure, the end result was riveting and spectacular, but netizens are shocked after realizing the lengths Seo Ye Ji took to make the scene that much more convincing.

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Some of the comments include “She actually put her life on the line to film that scene“, “Shouldn’t acting be acting and nothing else?“, and “Is that allowed?

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Check out the full reveal below:

Source: Insight