[SAS Acting Awards’ Biggest Surprise. Best Actress. <The Heirs> Kim Siyeon.]
[The first actress to win both the Newcomer Award and Best Actress Award. 14-year-old newcomer Kim Siyeon. Mixed reactions.]
[A historic acting award record with four wins. Simultaneously winning both the Newcomer Award and the Best Actress Award. Is this possible? Interview with an SAS insider.]
[Interview with <The Heirs> writer Kang Eung-sook. ‘Kim Siyeon deserved the Best Actress Award.’]
[The youngest-ever winner of the Best Actress Award. Simultaneously winning the Newcomer Award and Best Actress Award. Four-time winner at a single awards ceremony. Kim Siyeon, who gained countless accolades in just one day. What’s next for her?]
[Kim Siyeon wins Best Actress Award. Is it really possible?]
[Kim Siyeon’s acting skills are discussed again. ‘She deserved it.’]
[SAS Acting Awards’ record-breaking viewership. Kim Si-yeon’s Best Actress win moment hit 47% viewership. The highest viewership record for the ceremony.]
[The assassin girl’s tears. She cried when she won the Young Actor Award but didn’t cry when she won the Newcomer Award.]
The whole world was buzzing with my award news.
After all, this had never happened in history. And it seemed like something that was thought to be impossible.
A newcomer who won the Newcomer Award is also winning the Best Actress Award? And she’s only 14 years old? And she’s a total newbie who’s never been properly trained in acting?
Of course, my acting skills are superior to anyone in the world.
But to the people who value perception, this will be a topic for a long time.
Originally, I usually only have positive public opinion, but this time, there were mixed reactions about my Best Actress Award.
Even as I was watching, there were annoying negative comments, so I had Dong-su take care of those parts properly.
The internet world, where anonymity is guaranteed, can be bothersome.
But with Dong-su, we were able to break through that anonymous wall to some extent.
Besides, when I saw people in the comments fighting for me, most of them seemed to be my fan club members.
[Title: What do you really think about this?]
Kim Siyeon winning Best Actress, this is truly legendary. Everywhere I go, all I hear is this story. Haha. In terms of acting skills alone, I think she deserved it. It seems like writers like Kang Eung-sook and even giants in the broadcasting industry like Gil Dae-su mostly recognize it.
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Honestly, if you watch <The Heirs>, Siyeon’s acting was the best. Honestly, there are very few actors who can act like her overall.
That’s true, but can a newcomer who won the Newcomer Award also win Best Actress?
Well, if they’re good enough, they can win. It hasn’t happened before, but it’s possible.
But isn’t an award supposed to be given for contributions and things like that? Should a complete rookie win it?
Where does it say that? If you’re good, you should win. If we choose based on popularity or experience, how can newcomers grow? Honestly, the acting awards haven’t been that great until now, but it feels like it’s finally getting better.
I think this is the right way.
I heard that Kim Siyeon intentionally held back during Here Heart to match the other actors. Honestly, I think she did the same in The Heirs. The kid’s at a level beyond talent—she seems like she’s living her second life.
Ha-ha.
Click, click.
As usual, my mom was typing on the keyboard.
She used to only comment on news articles, but now she was going around different unknown communities and leaving comments everywhere.
I said I didn’t mind any reactions, but she didn’t listen.
Then my phone rang.
- Siyeon, I heard the news. Congratulations! I fell asleep yesterday, so I couldn’t watch the ceremony.
“It’s okay. You must have been busy too.”
It was a call from Ji-young.
She must have called to congratulate me.
- But is it true that you won Best Actress? That’s insane.
Ji-young was equally surprised.
We talked about various things and hung up.
We’re both busy, and since it’s vacation time for school, there was no chance to meet up in person.
I had a feeling, but there was no call from Chae-young.
She had appeared in the KAS drama that aired earlier this year.
Maybe she was too busy with the KAS Acting Awards today.
I thought I should fully rest today.
Since I didn’t have a schedule. Tomorrow there’s another movie-related award ceremony.
The Black Dragon Film Awards. The most prestigious film awards in Korea.
After the acting awards, I participated in the Black Dragon Film Awards with the Here Heart team.
Since the chances of winning were lower than at the acting awards, I didn’t put in as much effort.
But personally, I liked this one a bit more.
It felt more natural compared to the overly stiff atmosphere of the acting awards.
“Black Dragon Film Awards Best New Actress. Wishlist, Ji Mi-yeon.”
Clap, clap, clap, clap-
This time, I didn’t win the Newcomer Award.
The major awards left were Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, and a few other big categories, so I knew there was little chance I’d win anything today.
After all, I had only appeared briefly as a young lead in Here Heart.
While I gave an excellent performance, it was objectively impossible to win an award here.
Anyway, thanks to that, I could relax and enjoy the ceremony.
Unlike the acting awards, there were some snacks, so I enjoyed some cookies.
“Next, we’ll announce the Best Actress nominees. Five candidates have been chosen.”
The Black Dragon Film Awards were heading toward the final stages.
Here Heart had only won Best Art Direction, and there were no other awards for it.
There were still possibilities for Best Picture and Best Director, but…
If we didn’t win Best Actress, no one from the cast would receive an award.
Of course, winning at the Black Dragon Film Awards is extremely difficult.
But, for a movie heading toward ten million viewers, it’s a bit disappointing.
“Best Actress nominee. Here Heart’s Joo Hye-won.”
Then, in the final moments, Hye-won was announced as a Best Actress nominee.
Tension filled the air at the awards venue.
The Here Heart team hadn’t said anything to Hye-won yet.
There were fierce competitors. It was possible that Hye-won wouldn’t win.
“Phew…”
Hye-won looked unusually tense.
The Black Dragon Film Awards Best Actress is the highest honor an actress can receive in Korea.
And director Bong Joon-young is one of the top five directors in Korea.
Despite being in his 30s, a very young age.
Perhaps this was Hye-won’s once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
A chance to win the Black Dragon Film Awards Best Actress, an award she had never received in her long career.
And to reignite her career as she entered middle age.
After a long tension-filled moment, the presenter spoke.
“Black Dragon Film Awards Best Actress. <Wishlist> Shin Jeong-sun. Congratulations.”
Sadly, Hye-won failed to win.
With a soft sigh, she smiled bravely and stood up to clap.
Perhaps it was because I had seen her since childhood, or maybe because I felt somewhat guilty since we had been compared in this film.
For some reason, I felt a little sad that she didn’t win the award.
‘But honestly, it was difficult to win.’
But honestly, it’s true that it was hard to say she was definitely better than the other nominees.
It can’t be helped.
Reality is cold.
The sequence passed, and the next category was for Best Director.
Aside from Best Picture, it was the most important award.
“Best Director. <Here Heart> Bong Joon-young. Congratulations.”
“Wow, ha ha ha ha ha!”
“Director! Congratulations!”
“Congratulations!”
And the Best Director was none other than Bong Joon-young.
He had been looking at his phone the whole time, and upon hearing the news, he jumped up in surprise.
He went up to the stage with an unusually happy expression.
“Thank you so much. Honestly, I was half-doubting it, but I never thought I would win Best Director. This is the first time I’ve received this kind of award, so I’m…”
“I’m so nervous.”
It was a typical director’s acceptance speech.
But Bong Joon-young really seemed happy.
However, as it turned out, the reason he was so happy wasn’t only because of the award.
“Actually, before I came up here, I checked the audience count for today, and coincidentally, <Here Heart> just crossed 10 million viewers today.”
A round of applause and cheers erupted simultaneously.
I checked, and his words were true.
A 10 million movie. It was such a surreal, significant moment.
I had suddenly become a 10 million actress, and I listened intently to the rest of Bong Joon-young’s acceptance speech.
“…So, I believe this award belongs to the actors and the filming team. And above all,”
Bong Joon-young looked over this way for a moment.
He smiled and continued his speech.
“I dedicate all the glory to our <Here Heart> team’s youngest and treasure, Siyeon. If there’s anything more valuable than this award, it’s meeting Siyeon. Her acting is really…”
Then, Bong Joon-young began to sing my praises for quite some time.
He was known for being a bit of a fanboy. After seeing him act this way, I understood why people call him a “fanboy.”
I mean, there are other actors, so why me? One thing’s for sure: tomorrow, there will be a flood of articles.
“Well, that’s enough. Director Bong Joon-young, due to time constraints…”
Finally, the MC interrupted, and his long acceptance speech came to an end.
And so, the night of the Black Dragon Film Awards passed.
[<Here Heart> Bong Joon-young. 15 minutes mentioning Kim Siyeon. ‘Next project, I will definitely work with Siyeon.’]
[Kang Eung-sook, Bong Joon-young, and industry giants captivated by the assassin girl. Who is she?]
[The birth of a supernova star? A summary of Kim Siyeon’s spectacular year.]
[No awards at the Black Dragon Film Awards, but number one in buzz. The assassin girl Kim Siyeon, extraordinary from the start…]
As expected, articles poured out the next day.
According to Ji-young, interview requests were coming in so much that it was becoming overwhelming.
For now, I asked her to decline them all because it seemed like it would be bothersome.
I didn’t think it was a time to focus on such things.
I was tired from the awards ceremony, having received too much attention.
“Hey… Siyeon. I know you’re getting interview and variety show offers, but you should definitely hear this one.”
“What is it?”
Ji-young, who had been organizing emails and calls, came over to me with her laptop.
“Do you know Mission Possible? The one you said you watched before.”
“Yeah. What happened with Tom Cross coming over?”
Did she mean the Tom Cross event I had asked to attend earlier?
I was drained from the awards ceremony, but this suddenly sparked my energy.
“I looked into it, and since it’s so famous, I thought it would be hard to get a seat, but…”
Ji-young showed me the laptop screen.
There was an email written in English.
“Tom Cross wants to meet you during his special event.”
“Really?”
The email said that Tom Cross wanted to have a conversation with me during his special screening event.