Jo In-sung says he was on edge while shooting the ocean-swimming scene with Jeon Do-yeon in Netflix's 'Possible Love.'

In an interview with News1 on November 10 at a cafe in Samcheong-dong, Jongno District, Seoul, the actor opened up about the film, directed by Lee Chang-dong, and the sequence in question. "How could that scene not be a burden? It was hard," Jo said.

Jo went on to describe the physical demands of the shoot. "As you can see, we went in like it was one scene, one cut, swimming around out there like sharks. If either of us slipped up in the performance, we'd have to start over," he recalled. "That meant drying off, drying our hair and going back in, so I was extremely nervous."

As it turned out, Lee approved the scene on the first take. "He told us to play it as if this were happening for the first time, so from the start we tried to play it tense and raw with each other," Jo said. "Because of that, even though we were nervous, I think we got the result faster than we expected."

Jo added that the scene took a great deal of work from the entire crew. "A lot of people worked hard. The sea wasn't ours, and we had to control the boats in the background, too," he said. "The local government and residents were very considerate. Finishing quickly while we were tense was the answer, and the film gods were on our side."

'Possible Love' follows two couples — a laid-off worker and his wife, and a documentary director and her husband — who meet to make a documentary and come face to face with their different lives and hidden desires. The film marks Lee's first feature in eight years, following 'Burning' (2018), 'Secret Sunshine' (2007), 'Oasis' (2002), 'Peppermint Candy' (2000) and 'Green Fish' (1997). It won the Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize, the festival's second-highest honor after the Golden Lion, at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival. It is also South Korea's submission in the international feature film category at next year's 99th Academy Awards.

Jo plays Sang-woo, a wealthy husband who supports his wife, Ye-ji, as she makes a documentary about a laid-off worker.

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