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Jung Yu-mi talks about her role in Netflix's 'The School Nurse Files'
Actress Jung Yu-mi plays the lead character Ahn Eun-young, a school nurse with a supernatural ability.” Courtesy of Netflix
By Lee Gyu-lee
By Lee Gyu-lee
Netflix has unveiled actress Jung Yu-mi's teaser images for its upcoming original series “The School Nurse Files.”
The images show Jung as lead character Ahn Eun-young, a school nurse who has a supernatural ability to see monster-like creatures “Jelly.”
She uses her ability to perform an exorcism on the creatures using rather unlikely tools ― a rainbow-colored toy knife and a BB gun. When a mysterious event unleashes the creatures, putting the whole school in danger, she teams with a fellow teacher (Nam Joo-hyuk) to fight them off.
A still from “The School Nurse Files.” Courtesy of Netflix
“I normally choose a role based on if it would offer a sense of comfort to the viewers,” the actress said through Netflix, Monday. “But with Ahn Eun-young, I was the one getting it.”
She added that she hoped viewers would feel the same as she did from watching the series.
Although Ahn is unhappy with her special ability, she fiercely works to take out the Jellies to save the students.
Explaining her character as “oddball but gutsy,” the actress said, “she seems inflexible, but she's actually tender-hearted.”
Jung says acting her character gave a sense of comfort. Courtesy of Netflix
“She doesn't hide the frustration, but she accepts her fate and fights off the Jellies,” she said. “The 'tough on the outside but soft on the inside' personality of the character was very appealing to me.”
Based on the novel of the same name, the quirky fantasy series is directed by filmmaker Lee Kyoung-mi, director of “The Truth Beneath” (2016), and written by Chung Se-rang, the novel's author.
“The School Nurse Files” is set for release on Sep. 25.