Actress Cho Yeo-jeong playfully confessed that despite being an Academy voting member, she has not been able to pay her membership dues for nearly six years, bringing laughter to those around her.
On the afternoon of the 10th, an interview with actress Cho Yeo-jeong, the lead star of the Netflix film Possible Love, took place at a cafΓ© on Samcheong-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul.
The Netflix film Possible Love depicts the story of two couplesβa laid-off worker and his wife, alongside a documentary filmmaker and her husbandβwhose lives and hidden desires intertwine as they meet for a documentary project. It marks the long-awaited return of master director Lee Chang-dong after 8 years.
Director Lee Chang-dong was honored with the Silver Lion Jury Grand Prize at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival held in September. Amidst local and international predictions that Possible Love could secure a Best Picture nomination at the upcoming 98th Academy Awards next March, anticipation continues to grow.
Cho Yeo-jeong stars as documentary director Yeji, forming a married couple with Jo In-sung. Reflecting on the release of her new project, Cho shared her excitement and nervousness about global fans and Korean audiences viewing the work.
Having previously experienced the Oscars with the 2019 film Parasite, which won four awards at the 92nd Academy Awards, Cho is now participating in a full-scale Oscar race as Possible Love has been selected as Korea’s submission for the International Feature Film category.
Especially since Cho became an Academy member following Parasite, she is eligible to cast her vote if Possible Love officially becomes a nominee. When asked how she plans to exercise her voting rights, she laughed and confessed that she hasn’t been able to pay her dues for six years because she is not familiar with digital apps, jokingly adding that she will need to ask her Parasite co-stars for help.
