With the success of Squid Game, When Life Gives You Tangerines and Sweet Home, K-dramas have become increasingly popular across the UK in recent years. Another show that has captured the hearts of the UK audience is the coming-of-age tear-jerker, You and Everything Else.
Leading the 15-part series is Kim Go-eun, who is known for Exhuma and Guardian: The Lonely and Great God. The Korean actress was instantly drawn to the role of Ryu Eun-jung as it had a narrative that “runs deep” with “multiple layers".
“When I got the script for You and Everything Else and decided to join the project, I was going through some things in my life. There were certain emotions that I was feeling and this project was the chance for me to channel those emotions into the series and this character. This came at the perfect time, the timing was incredible,” said Kim Go-eun.
“It got me thinking about friendships and relationships and if you can properly send off someone in their final moments, I think that’s a big chance that you have and it’s a really great opportunity for you as a friend and someone who loved that person,” said Kim Go-eun. “It’s very rare that you get to send someone off in their final moments; you’re usually not there when they are dying."
She added: “I think it’s almost a miracle that you get to be there in their final moments. I felt that through being part of this project, I got a chance to properly send off a friend and be there until their last minute.”
“I’ve always liked [Park Ji-hyun] as a person and an actor and I have always felt that she can be a very trusted actor. This time, working with her, I was very much energised and happy to work with her,” said Kim.
The series follows Eun-jung and Sang-yeon throughout their lives from childhood to their 40s. Kim plays the protagonist Eun-jung in her 20s, 30s and 40s, which was an interesting challenge as she had to portray the same character in different ways as circumstances and life experiences affect her demeanour and outlook on life.
“For Eun-jung in her 20s and 30s, I’ve been there. I’ve been in my 20s and I’m in my 30s right now, so I looked back at myself as a reference. When you’re in your 20s, you might be a little bit naive and feel these emotions that are hitting you for the first time,” said Kim Go-eun. ”In her 30s, she’s probably very focused on her work, just like I am. I know these moments so it was a little bit easier to portray the 20s and 30s.”
As Kim Go-eun portrayed Eun-jung in her 40s, she made slight changes to the character but didn’t want to make “dramatic changes.” Instead, she decided that her character’s new job as a writer would make her more “introspective” and “calmer” so she reflected this within her acting.
“40s is uncharted territory for me. I thought maybe there should be some dramatic change outward but I decided not because I looked around and I have friends who are in their early 40s and I don’t feel like they go through dramatic change just because they turned 40. I had to rely on imagination for Eun-jung in her 40s, said Kim Go-eun.
You and Everything Else is available to stream now on Netflix. Sign up for Netflix from £5.99 a month. Netflix is also available on Sky Glass and Virgin Media Stream.
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