An Actor’s Map of Seoul

Here’s an excerpt from my behind-the-scenes report for An Actor’s Map of Seoul on Seoulist.

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Flea market excursion
At the market, we were joined by Mr. Jeong’s friend, a movie actor, who showed up looking so nondescript that he might as well have been invisible. He hid behind horn-rimmed glasses and wore a cap pulled down to his cheekbones. It turned out that he was actually a bit intimidated by the amount of attention he was receiving after his villain portrayal in Korea’s current reluctant box office hit (yes, that movie based on a true story that everybody has seen or is dreading seeing). I had watched the movie the night before, so I felt a bit weirded out, hanging out with the man who did unspeakable things the night before. But for the record, he’s a really nice guy and even helped me find a great designer jacket.

 

The designer jacket was a great steal, but my favorite find from the flea market were stamps from North Korea. I successfully haggled a book of vintage stamps to 20,000 won from the original asking price of 50,000. Mr. Jeong would later remind me that it was possible because I was born a woman.

–Yaeri

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