South Korean actress Park So Dam, who was diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer while she was filming Phantom, sat for an interview where she candidly talked about her thyroid cancer diagnosis, surgery recovery, and current health status.
During the interview with Korean publication Newsen, the actress recalled her early days and talked about experience of reuniting with her The Silenced director Lee Hae Young for the upcoming film. “Director Lee Hae Young asked me, ‘So Dam, do you think you can show some crazy tension?’ and I got so excited. I read the script [for ‘Phantom’] while holding on to that excitement,” she recalled, as translated by Korean media portal Soompi.
However, as Park So Dam explained, the day she began filming for Phantom, all she felt was anxiety and pain instead of excitement. “While filming, I didn’t know my body was in pain. I just thought it was burnout,” she shared. “It was the first time I felt afraid to go on set. I think my body was sending me a signal, but I just thought of it as a mental issue.
“I felt so apologetic towards the director and my seniors. After filming, I even cried because I felt apologetic.” She further went on, “But the director told me, ‘I’m not someone who says ‘OK’ that easily, so you can trust me.’ While waiting for my biopsy results, I did my voice recordings for ‘Phantom.’ I was in a bad state, to the point where I almost lost my voice, so if I was just a little bit late, I almost would’ve been unable to do the recordings.”
Talking about her current health status, the Parasite actress shared, “I’ve recovered my health and I feel thankful these days that I can meet lots of people and greet them with my own voice. Although I’ve gotten a lot better, my skin has been a mess due to hormone imbalances. While going to Pilates five or six times a week, I’m rediscovering my body’s flow.”
She continued, “While my stamina has not fully returned to what it used to be, if I think about this time last year, I can only think about how happy I am.” She went on to express how her sickness was a blessing in disguise, saying, “Although I experienced something I didn’t necessarily have to experience, I think to myself, ‘You were in pain well.’”
“My past self only moved forward for my projects, without investing any time in myself,” she continued. “I didn’t think about how human Park So Dam could live healthily. Since I haven’t done anything on my own, I thought I wouldn’t be able to do it at first. I thought, ‘I really don’t know how to do anything besides acting.’”
“I went with the mindset ‘The plan is having no plan,’ but I’m thankfully good at driving so I was able to go here and there.” Park So Dam said. “It was fascinating that foreigners recognized me. I began thinking that I’d have to live better in the future.” This year, Park So Dam will complete 10 years in the industry. Meanwhile, according to Korean tabloid Soompi, Phantom is set in 1933 during the Japanese colonization of Korea.
“The film draws out the intense story of various suspects who have been locked up in a secluded hotel as potential ‘phantom’ spies planted by anti-Japanese organizations in the Japanese Government-General of Korea. As they try to prove themselves innocent and escape, they come to face the real phantom’s unstoppable operation.” Park So Dam will portray the role of Yuriko, the secretary of the Government-General political affairs chief.
Directed by Lee Hae Young, Phantom will be released on January 18 in theatres in South Korea. The international release date is yet to be announced.
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