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Yoo In-young joins Cheese in the Trap movie as Baek In-ha
Feb 17, 2017
My first thought upon hearing this casting
news was that Yoo In-young (Mask, Goodbye Mr. Black) would be able to pull off
a pretty spot-on Baek In-ha in the movie remake of Cheese in the Trap. And then
my next thought was, Hmm, this version is skewing kinda old…
Here are the ages of the primary cast: Oh
Yeon-seo (Come Back, Ajusshi), playing leading lady Hong Seol, is 29; leading
man Park Hae-jin (Man to Man), reprising his role as mysterious sunbae Yoo Jung,
is 33; as his ex-friend and now-rival, Park Ki-woong (Monster), though somewhat
baby-faced, is 32; and Yoo In-young, playing the rival’s volatile noona, is 33.
The story is difficult to describe in a single nutshell, though one way to do
it is: Introverted university student is deeply suspicious of handsome older
student’s interest in her, finds his overtures sinister, ends up dating him,
gets entangled in his angst-filled backstory, and tons of complications ensue.
Yoo In-young’s character, Baek In-ha, was
played by Lee Sung-kyung in the tvN drama series, who was a pesky antagonist
who often popped up to make the heroine’s life difficult. Materialistic,
selfish, nosy, and sometimes violent, In-ha poked her nose in other people’s
business and only ever thought of herself, in an over-the-top way that was
almost comical, if not for the aggravation she also casued. I found the
character much less likable in the original webtoon; she was a brat and a half
in the TV show, but at least she didn’t do too much damage in the end. I recall
Lee’s performance in the drama being heavily criticized initially as overdone
and manic, although I think by the end of the series, many had come to terms
with it as being in keeping with In-ha’s outrageous
personality.
Yoo In-young, meanwhile, has a wonderful
knack of finding something relatable in bratty or antagonistic characters,
whether it’s as the snooty actress rival in You From Another Star, the
dangerous old flame in Three Musketeers, the neglected wife in Mask, or the
insecure rival in Oh My Venus. I expect that Yoo will do a lot for bringing
In-ha some depth (maybe even some she never had). Age matters aside, acting-skills-wise, I’m
a big fan of all of these main players, and I suppose casting in the same age range
for everyone sort of smooths things out so that nobody sticks out. And hey,
remember all those teen movies from the ’90s where they got 28-year-olds to
play high schoolers? At least in Cheese, they’re supposed to be in their
early-to-mid-twenties?
The movie version of Cheese in the Trap
will be directed by Kim Je-young, who has directed a few films (So I Married My
Anti-Fan, Queen of the Night) and written a few others (Wonderful Radio,
Wonderful Nightmare). It will begin filming in April. Source-http://www.dramabeans.com/2017/02/yoo-in-young-joins-cheese-in-the-trap-movie-as-baek-in-ha/