Child star Seo Shin-ae takes on new role, new adversities

8 October 25, 2008October 24, 2008

Child star Seo Shin-ae takes on new role, new adversities

by javabeans

The little girl who stole viewers’ hearts as the precocious HIV-stricken Bom in last year’s Thank You, ten-year-old Seo Shin-ae, is returning to television in KBS’s new daily drama Glory of Youth, playing the youngest child in a family growing up in the 1960s.

In the drama, Seo is the youngest (11-year-old) daughter to a bus driver, who has twin sisters and a slightly dim-witted brother. Although she has a loving father, she also receives the brunt of her stepmother’s frustrations.

While child actors don’t usually grab headlines when they are cast in drama series, Seo Shin-ae is one of the newest crop of scene-stealing kid stars. After debuting in 2004 in CFs, she already has several movie roles under her belt and worked with some high-profile adult actors, such as Park Shin-yang in Shiny Day and Jang Hyuk, Gong Hyo-jin, and Shin Goo in Thank You. Add her to the list of young actors to keep an eye on, joining others like Yoo Seung-ho and Shim Eun-kyung of Legend, Park Bo-young of King and I (although she’s growing out of the “child actor” label), and Kim Hyang-gi of When Night Comes.

Daily dramas really aren’t my cup of tea, but they tend to be good learning experiences for young or inexperienced actors since they shoot every day and offer more chance for growth than, say, much shorter miniseries. The drama will take to the airwaves after Big Sister finishes in mid-November.

Via OSEN

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1 pabo ceo reom

October 25, 2008 at 12:56 AM

Yup, can't say that I follow daily dramas but I'm sure this one will give her plenty of learning experiences.

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2 robbo4

October 25, 2008 at 8:17 AM

What an elevating bit of news for me to wake up to! Being amongst those of whom are firmly in the camp of his little wunderkind actress, I'd recently begun to worry that last year's breakthrough performance by the cherubic sceen-stealer might have been the beginning and the end of her career. Completely overlooking the fact that she is just a child, and that children have more important jobs to fulfill (like school, play, and growing up) than providing us with age-defying quality entertainment, I feared that there may have been some posssibilty that the casting directors and production teams hadn't been hit by the same arrow that struck me dead in the heart while spending those few short emotion-packed hours with little "Lee Bom" and the inhabitants of her tiny village community on the "Blue Island."
Was it all just a dream? The awards, the acclaim, the talent that stood upon equal or near equal footing with seasoned veterans Gong Hyo Jin, Jang Hyuk, the great Shin Goo, and others... Apparently not! I am so looking forward to spending an elongated period of time watching this precious young actress working and growing as a performer with her smiling face beaming back at me from my television screen five days a week.
I truly believe that this kid could be the next Yoon Eun Hye. Nothing that I've seen of her work suggests otherwise. Thank you for the great news, Dramabeans. While I know that your time, like most anyone else's, is severely impacted and must be carefully spent, I'd suggest that you provide a little room in your own world to find out what all the fuss is about. You may be pleasently surprised...

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3 Mindy

October 25, 2008 at 8:55 AM

she's so adorable! and she's such a good actress!

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4 Mary

October 25, 2008 at 2:25 PM

Great actress! Love her ^ ^

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5 TheThingsWeCreate

October 25, 2008 at 5:17 PM

Looking forward to seeing her in a new drama. I hope I'll be able to catch it.

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6 ed

October 25, 2008 at 7:11 PM

her role sounds quite grown-up, a mature beyond her years type character? i've been interested in her since "mr. housewife", so it's good to see she's not leaving the industry any time soon!

now if someone would throw a good role at little park ji-bin too...