Unlike the usual action-packed roles or bubbly romcoms she’s recently starred in, When the Weather is Fine is a slow and steady drama that draws from its characters’ deep experiences and follows their journey to healing.

Talking to Soompi, Park likened the quiet, realistic drama to comfort food: “like a cabbage pancake, which has a deep taste without too strong flavours”, as well as Pyongyang naengmyeon, “which doesn’t have any strong flavours but is somehow addictive.”

She also revealed how she initially wasn’t drawn to the drama, finding it was “a bit bland” compared to other scripts she’s read. “But after I finished reading, my thoughts kept returning to it. Something about it lingered in my imagination,” she said.

Based on a novel of the same name, Park plays Mok Hae-won, a former cello teacher who moves back to her hometown in Gangwon Province after growing exhausted with her life in Seoul.

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“It strangely occurred to me that I wanted to heal my heart just like this character – that’s how I made the decision [to join the drama],” Park told Singaporean press. “It's a calm character, which I've never tried before,” Park continued, explaining how she was challenged to “maintain an expression of hurt and sorrow”.

She can dance really, really well

To many fans’ surprise, acting isn't only where Park’s talents lie. In November 2018, Park's agency uploaded a practice video aside choreographer May J Lee, the pair dancing to Ariana Grande's God is a Woman and Little Mix's Touch. 

Perhaps another way to thank her supporters, Park's dance video was released only a few weeks after she held her first-ever official fan meeting. According to Soompi, Park worked hard to make the event memorable for attendees, playing games with them and giving away home-made kimchi to a lucky fan.

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She’s always had dreams of getting married

Back in a 2015 interview with Entertainment Weekly, Park revealed her dreams of getting married. She added, however, that people around her didn’t always have positive views on marriage. “I realised that I want someone truly on my side in this life,” she told host Kim Saeng-min, who quickly joked about the difficulties of marriage and raising a family.

However, Park merely laughed at this and continued, expressing that she imagines being able to go on family holidays and at that time, she had recently been inspired watching baby shows.

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Park had to cry 10 times a day – for work

In an interview with The Swoon, Park recalled that during filming for Queen for Seven Days she was was required to cry in nearly every scene – and at one point, had to cry 10 times in one day of shooting! Despite such an emotionally exhausting experience, she recommends the drama to anyone ready to navigate through feelings of sadness.

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Park Min-young grew up with the characters she’s played

Having debuted in 2005, Park’s colourful career has spanned 15 years – and counting. Looking back, she recalled in a 2017 episode of Entertainment Weekly how she’s experienced the milestones of life through the characters she’s portrayed: going to high school through I Am Sam (2007) and college through Sungkyunkwan Scandal (2010), getting her first job in the drama Glory Jane (2011), experiencing love through Healer (2014-2015), and finally in Queen for Seven Days (2017) getting married.

Park would later on work on two hit romcoms, What’s Wrong with Secretary Kim? (2018) and Her Private Life (2019), both dramas she considers highlight of her career in her thirties.

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