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[Interview] "Love in the Moonlight" Kim You-jung, "I love Ra-on"

She grew up well. The recent Kim You-jung we met was mature and grown up. It's not just her looks that have grown up, but also the way she talks and the way she thinks about acting. She's not a child anymore. She's actress Kim You-jung; cheerful and honest.

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"Usually when a drama is over, I feel relieved but this time I'm disappointed. I made a lot of good memories this time".

Kim You-jung played an eunuch in the recent KBS 2TV drama "Love in the Moonlight". She disguised herself as a man and lived in the palace as Hong Sam-nom but she was Hong Ra-on on the inside.

"Sam-nom was in Ra-on and I had to bring her out. There is a scene where Sam-nom gets slapped by the princess (Han Soo-yeon) but I didn't feel physical pain. I felt pain on the inside. That's when I felt the emergence of Ra-on".

She's lost a lot of weight while she filmed "Love in the Moonlight". Ra-on wasn't really in the situation to eat by the end of the drama while she went around with her father Hong Kyeong-rae (Jung Hae-kyun). What are the similarities of Hong Ra-on and Kim You-jung?

"I'm sometimes off the wall. I didn't know I was funny before but people start laughing at the smallest things I say. One of my dreams is becoming someone who makes people laugh. Ra-on helped me change. On the last day of the shoot, my father texted me I did a good job and that I might have a hard time letting Ra-on go. I replied that I didn't want to let her go. I love her so much. She's someone I can laugh and cry with. When she cried, I felt hurt and Sam-nom helped me to become more cheerful".

"Love in the Moonlight" ended with 23.3% according to Nielsen Korea. Kim You-jung could feel just how popular the drama was because of the people around her.

My friends texted me all the time and they would mimic the lines from the drama. They were the only connection I had during the making of the drama, my only feedback.

Ra-on declined Kim Yoon-seong (Jin Young) love for her and kept her romance with Lee Yeong (Park Bo-gum). Although some supported her romance with Lee Yeong, there were those who criticized her for not picking Kim Yoon-seong. If Kim You-jung was in Ra-on's place, would she have done the same thing?

"I always answer Lee Yeong. That's because Ra-on had such deep feelings for Lee Yeong. If she did something that didn't help the prince at all, I would talk to her on the inside, "Why did you do that?" (laughs). I was really sad when Yoon-seong died though. I thought he was really awesome when he died too. In the end when he said, "I always missed you. I am happy to have been happy with you. I want you to be happy" and I really loved it. I didn't want to let him go when I heard that. But if I really had to choose, it'll still be Lee Yeong because of the time I spent with him".

Kim You-jung joked that she would like to be the prince one day. She's had a lot of historical drama experience but she's never been on the throne. She confessed she took a picture in Park Bo-gum's costume before. She also said she was most happy when she was playing a role fit for her age like Ra-on. She says being an eunuch was really fun.

"I don't want to forget about "Love in the Moonlight". Even the dust that lays on the memories in the future will seem lovely".

Kim You-jung is going back to studying and she's going to promote her next movie, "Because I Love You".

"Sometimes I wish people won't forget "Love in the Moonlight" and continue talking about it".

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