Bae Doona has emerged as a south Korean actor with a growing global pedigree. She started her career with modeling in 1999 and eventually for a year into the acting world with the Tv drama series school in the same year.
Bae Doona was seen in the Korean remake of the popular Japanese horror film The Ring titled The Ring Virus but she was destined to become one of the few South Korean actors who carved a niche for themselves internationally, as well her film sympathy for Mr vengeance somehow made him big in the west and she became quite a celebrity in the shores of Hollywood and European cinema.
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She’s superstar Material that’s for sure but certainly, a superstar of a different kind and one that today’s viewers could really use more of.
10 Facts Know About Bae Doona.
1 She Takes Acting Very Seriously
Starting her career as a catalog model she followed in her mother’s footsteps and venture into the field of acting thinking that it was a job only people with extraordinary talent could do. When she came to the realization that she wanted to be an actress.
Bae Doona didn’t just want to look cute onscreen and grow a fan base she wanted to be a good actress, the kind who throws herself into the role 100 and with her character is able to the way we see the world relate to one another and for her female viewers challenge their concept of the perfect Korean woman instead of using the word act to describe what she does on screen and suggests that everything is merely make-believe or pretend.
Bae Doona chooses to describe it as learning when she rehearses for a character she’s all in she’s done everything to prepare for a role to make it as authentic as possible including learning Archery French and even kickboxing.
2 Her Martial Arts Showcase
Not many people might know that she is the star of one of the hottest television series sense 8 and an American science fiction series which is broadcast on Netflix here character is sensate who becomes an enforcer in her area this role demands that she shoot a lot of martial arts action scenes often intense ones.
Bae Doona was not very physical admits that a role challenges her to be a stronger person in controlling her physicality so she trained with her personal trainer every day in the morning and evening, in addition, she also does three hours of stunt rehearsals with the stunt team when filming the series although it seems tiring she was honest and says that she feels great that she gets paid for acting and working out at the same time her martial arts skills are also applauded by her fellow sense 8 cast member Miguel Angel Silvestre.
“Bae Doona is one of my favorites. When I see how subtle and sophisticated Doona is and how she tries to reveal nothing, nothing, nothing, and suddenly puff, She breaks your heart.”
3 She’s Big On Risk-Taking
Bae Doona knows the gains that can be made when she gathers the courage to explore unchartered territory and it’s likely the reason why she’s gotten as far as she has in the industry if a role doesn’t challenge her enough she decides it’s not for her.
4 Photography Books
Besides working as a model and actress Doona has expanded her horizons into photography. This is proven by the fact that she has released three travel photo books her first photo book is entitled Doonas London play released on august 182006 the book, which covers her travel time in London comes in at 254 pages and has eight chapters year later.
Bae Doona released a second travel photo book entitled Doona’s Tokyo play on august 132007 the book focuses on her experiences in Tokyo during her filming for the movie Linda Linda Linda comes in at 264 pages she published the third travel photobook entitled Doona’s soul play on November 25th, 2008. Unlike the previous photo books, Doona’s soul play portrays her daily life for the last five months allowing the readers a more intimate view.
5 She Isn’t Really Ambitious
Bae Doona goes with the flowline in the present kind of person. She admitted that she really isn’t as ambitious as you might think and doesn’t really preoccupy herself with thinking of the future and how to find success. next, if there is anything that she does exert energy however it’s challenging the vision of the perfect Korean woman with her work and with the very woman that she is she goes against the grain of the flawless doll-like and immune picture of a female Korean celebrity and she couldn’t be happier doing so.
6 She didn’t Intend To Make A Career In Hollywood
Bae Doona has achieved acting success in both the US and Korea. She became known outside Korea because of her roles in sympathy for my vengeance the host and heir doll she made her English language debut in the Wachowski film cloud atlas followed by Jupiter ascending and the Wachowski tv-series sense eight but Bae Doona didn’t intend to make a career in Hollywood as she explained in an interview with official
‘I am not ambitious. I didn’t intend to make a career in Hollywood. I have been lucky enough to receive many interesting proposals and I am working on them with the same curiosity, without a strategic approach.”
“Perhaps it is a lack of sensitivity but I do not feel any difference {betwen American and Korean films} except, of course, at the level of budget.”
7 She Can’t Watch Horror Films
although her character in Netflix’s drama kingdoms brave enough to pulverize zombies the actress says that in real life she would probably faint if she saw one she can’t even watch horror films because she gets so easily scared in an interview she said
“It might be because I easily immerse myself into a film, but watching a horror film can give me a hard time for a whole week.”
Filming a horror story is a different matter in the Korean Tv drama kingdom. She fearlessly portrays her character to be a dedicated physician who aligns with the nation’s crown prince to defeat both zombies and court corruption.
8 She’s Totally Okay With Receiving Criticism
Bae Doona attempted magic drama for the first time with the kingdom. She has taken on the role of a nurse who is looking for the source of the plague in an interview she talked about how she focused on making and developing her character for the drama saying she practiced a song tone that has been receiving criticism when asked whether she is upset about receiving criticism for her acting she replied.
“I’m not upset in the slightest my acting has always been either loved or hated [….] I think that it’s personal preference whether a person likes someone’s acting.”
“Even when I received good reviews I never thought that I did that well “
“Having experienced an acting controversy for the first time, I tried to balance out my feelings by thinking, ‘it wasn’t [bad] to that extent.’
“On one hand, I thought, ‘You should experience criticism too.’ On the other hand, I’m proud that I tried this even though I knew there would be criticism.”
” I thought that it’s cool to boldly something I’m bad actually these days I feel uncomfortable when I receive praise.”
9 She Doesn’t Follow Trends
Bae Doona revealed that she does not follow trends or have a specific role model when it comes to style.
“Because people are different, even if you try to dress like someone it won’t be the same.”
Bae Doona further shared that style should be something that makes your own self happy as it’s more important to grow closer to the ideal self you want rather than how you want to be seen by others.
10 Her Hobbies.
In an interview on February 2021, she said that Bae Doona liked baking for more than 10 years and since last year it got pretty serious she also said that her new hobby is watching movies.
“I finally fell in love with watching movies after 21 years of being an actor she said while laughing.”
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