>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY!
WELCOME BACK!
FOLKS -- LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY NEXT GUEST IS AN ACTRESS WHO
STARS IN THE NEW SERIES "PACHINKO" ON
APPLETV+.
>> STEPHEN: PLEASE WELCOME TO "THE LATE SHOW," MINHA KIM!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING )
>> HI!
>> Stephen: THERE YOU GO.
HELLO.
>> HELLO.
>> Stephen: WELCOME TO "THE LATE SHOW."
NICE TO HAVE YOU HERE.
>> OH, THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME.
>> Stephen: THIS IS YOUR FIRST LATE NIGHT TALK SHOW APPEARANCE,
ISN'T IT.
>> YES, YES.
>> Stephen: I'M HAPPY TO HAVE YOU HERE.
>> OH, I'M SO NERVOUS.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE STARRING IN "PACHINKO" ON APPLETV+, WHICH IS
AN ADAPTATION OF A BEST SELLING BOOK BY THE SAME NAME.
IT'S A CELEBRATED BOOK.
THE SHOW IS ALSO CELEBRATED.
YOUR PERFORMANCE IS BLOWING PEOPLE AWAY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: I'M CURIOUS, DID YOU READ THE BOOK BEFORE YOU
AUDITIONED?
>> NO, I DIDN'T HAVE ANY IDEA.
WHEN I FIRST STARTED THE AUDITION, I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS
HELDING.
SO THE CASTING DIRECTOR CALLED AND SAID, DO YOU WANT TO
PARTICIPATE?
I SAID, YEAH, WHY NOT.
I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS "PACHINKO."
AFTER I GOT THE SECOND CALLBACK, I READ THE BOOK.
I STARTED AT 10:00 P.M.
I JUST FINISHED AT 8:00 A.M.
I COULDN'T PUT IT DOWN.
>> Stephen: WHAT KIND OF RESEARCH WERE YOU ABLE TO DO TO
PLAY A WOMAN WHO IS LIVING NEAR POVERTY DURING A COLONIAL ERA,
DURING THE JAPANESE OCCUPATION OF KOREA, HOW DID YOU FIND YOUR
WAY TO THAT CHARACTER?
> WELL, AS A KOREAN, IT'S KIND OF NATURAL FOR US TO RECEIVE THE
CONCEPT OF THE COLONIAL ERA.
WE KIND OF LEARN THINGS, NATURALLY, WHEN WE'RE IN SCHOOL.
SO I HAD -- OF COURSE, I HAD TO DO A LOT OF FACT RESEARCH FOR
THAT ERA, AND THE FACT THINGS, AND I READ A LOT OF NOVEL IN
THAT ERA.
BUT I HAD TO ATTACH TO THE EMOTIONAL THINGS.
MY GRANDMOTHER IS 94 YEARS OLD, SO SHE'S ACTUALLY LEAVING THE
ERA.
>> Stephen: HAD YOU BEFORE THIS EVER SPOKEN TO HER ABOUT
THIS PERIOD OF TIME?
>> I HAD, BUT MORE SPECIFICALLY.
SO I JUST WENT TO HER HOUSE AND ASKED EVERYTHING THAT I WAS
CURIOUS OF.
SO -- >> Stephen: HAS SHE WATCHED
THE SHOW?
>> YES, HE DID.
>> Stephen: AND.
HE CRIED SO HARD I HAD TO STOP HER, YOU MADE ME CRY, SO --
>> Stephen: I FOUND OUT WE HAVE SOMETHING ELSE IN COMMON,
YOU'RE A BIG FAN OF "LORD OF THE RINGS."
>> YES.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
NOW, I HAVE TO ASK, THE BOOKS OR THE MOVIES?
BECAUSE THEY'RE BOTH GREAT BUT THEY'RE DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES.
>> YEAH, BOTH BECAUSE I HAD A VERY STRICT PROTOCOL TO WATCH
THE MOVIE, WHICH IS WRITTEN IN ENGLISH.
MY MOM MADE ME TO READ NOVEL FIRST, AND THEN --
>> Stephen: SO YOU WANTED TO SEE THE MOVIE BUT YOUR MOM SAID
YOU CAN'T WATCH THE MOVIE TILL YOU READ THE NOVEL IN ENGLISH.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: DID YOU SPEAK ENGLISH BEEN YOU STARTED READING
THE NOVEL?
>> YES, BUT I WAS TEN OR ELEVEN YEARS OLD.
WHILE I WAS READING IT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS KIND OF LIKE
ANCIENT WORDS IS THAT THERE ARE SOME UNUSUAL VOCABULARY.
>> YEAH.
THE SENTENCE, I FELT IT WAS NOT ENGLISH-ENGLISH.
SO I WAS SO CRYING.
>> Stephen: CAN I ASK YOU FOR SOME THINGS.
>> OF COURSE.
>> Stephen: HOW DO YOU SAY IN KOREAN, MY PRECIOUS?
>> THAT'S SO HARD BECAUSE, YOU KNOW WHAT?
AT THAT TIME, PEOPLE EMULATE "MY PRECIOUS" LINE A LOT, BUT THEY
DIDN'T TRANSLATE IT.
"MY PRECIOUS" INCINE IS KIND OF -- IN KOREAN IS KIND OF
LIKE -- ( SPEAKING KOREAN )
>> BUT THEY JUST SAY, MY PRECIOUS!
>> Stephen: HOW DO THEY SAY, YOU SHALL NOT PASS?
>> I WANT TO SAY IT REALLY IN AN ARTISTIC WAY.
BUT -- USUAL NOT PASS -- ( SPEAKING KOREAN )
>> Stephen: OH, BOY, I'M SO AFRAID TO BUTCHER THIS.
ONE MORE TIME.
( SPEAKING KOREAN ) >> Stephen: I TRUST YOU.
( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: MINHA, THANK YOU
SO MUCH.
IT WAS LOVELY TO MEET YOU.
>> OH, THANK YOU.
"PACHINKO" IS AVAILABLE NOW ON APPLETV+.
MINHA KIM, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH A PERFORMANCE BY BEACH HOUSE.