Lost (TV series) - Yunjin Kim

 

 

 

 

Sun Kwon (née Paik) is a fictional character on the ABC television series Lost played by Yunjin Kim.

 

Sun Kwon

 

 

Yunjin Kim as Sun Kwon

 

First appearance	"Pilot: Part 1"
Last appearance	N/A
Flashback episodes	"House of the Rising Sun", "Exodus: Part 1", "Exodus: Part 3", "...And Found"

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Name	Sun Paik-Kwon
Age	N/A
Place of origin	Seoul, South Korea
Profession	Unknown; has a degree in Art History
Reason for trip	Was told a vacation in which she would leave Jin, but loved him too much to do so; was actually accompanying Jin on a mission for her father.
Portrayed by	Yunjin Kim

 

 

 

Prior to Oceanic Flight 815

Sun Paik attended Seoul National University, majoring in Art History, but to her mother's dismay, did not return with a husband. one potential suitor, Jae Lee, seemed sincere but already had a commitment to an American woman. Shortly after learning this from him, she quite literally bumped into Jin-Soo Kwon, her future husband.

 

Their marriage began with great promise, as Jin managed to convince her wealthy father, Mr. Paik, of his intentions. Unbeknownst to Sun, however, her father had placed a significant burden on Jin by demanding he come work for him. Over time, Jin became distant and abusive, and, seeking to escape her failing marriage, Sun began taking English lessons in secret. Finally, with the help of a friend, Sun was given a chance to escape her husband while at the Sydney airport. A single moment of tenderness from Jin while waiting in the check-in line reminded her of her love for him and she decided not to leave him at the last minute.

 

 

Trivia

Yunjin Kim, a successful South Korean movie actress who originally auditioned for the role of Kate, though subsequently the role of Sun was created just for Yunjin. As well as acting Yunjin's involvement with the show also includes serving as a translator between the show's dialect coach and fellow Lost star, Daniel Dae Kim.

 

 

 

 

 

 

About the Show

 

 

The multiple Emmy Award-winning Lost returns for a second season of action-packed mystery and adventure that will continue to bring out the very best and the very worst in the people who are lost.

After Oceanic Air flight 815 tore apart in mid-air and crashed on a Pacific island, its survivors were forced to find inner strength they never knew they had in order to survive. But they discovered that the island holds many secrets, including the intense howls of a mysterious creature stalking the jungle, as well as a polar bear, a marooned and possibly crazy French woman, a mystical boar, a mysterious group known only as "The Others," a ship called The Black Rock and... a hatch.

This season, Jack's mistrust of Locke will grow, as he continues to question his motives and obsession in uncovering the secrets of the mysterious hatch. The fates of Sawyer, Michael and Jin will be revealed after their raft was blown out of the water by "The Others" - who at the end of last season kidnapped Michael's son, Walt. Sun will become less dependent on husband Jin and more autonomous, as she wonders whether he is still alive.

 

Kate's back-story life as a fugitive will continue to be explored. Charlie will become even closer with Claire and her baby, Aaron, but the stash of drugs he found in a statue could seduce him back to a dark life of addiction. The cursed numbers that turned Hurley's life upside down before the crash will continue to haunt him as he begins to uncover their meaning. Shannon will decide where Sayid fits in her life while she continues to grieve over the death of her brother, Boone, and develops a growing sense of unease about the raft passengers and their fate. In addition, we discover that there is at least one more previously unknown survivor of the crash of flight #815 - Ana-Lucia (Michelle Rodriguez, Girlfight, The Fast and the Furious) -- the mysterious woman Jack met at the Sydney airport bar. And Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (Oz) joins the cast as a resident of the island whose story is one of the mysteries that will be explored as the season progresses.

The band of friends, family, enemies and strangers must continue to work together against the cruel weather and harsh terrain if they want to stay alive. But as they have discovered during their 40-plus days on the island, danger and mystery loom behind every corner, and those they thought could be trusted may turn against them. Even heroes have secrets.

Lost stars Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Mr. Eko, Naveen Andrews as Sayid, Emilie de Ravin as Claire, Matthew Fox as Jack, Jorge Garcia as Hurley, Josh Holloway as Sawyer, Daniel Dae Kim as Jin, Yunjin Kim as Sun, Evangeline Lilly as Kate, Dominic Monaghan as Charlie, Terry O'Quinn as Locke, Harold Perrineau as Michael, Michelle Rodriguez as Ana Lucia and Cynthia Watros as Libby.

Lost was created by Jeffrey Lieber and J.J. Abrams & Damon Lindelof. Abrams, Lindelof, Bryan Burk, Jack Bender and Carlton Cuse serve as executive producers. Lost, which is filmed entirely on location in Hawaii, is from Touchstone Television.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Awards

Note: Awards won are not listed under nominations.

Wins

Emmys:

• Outstanding Television Series - Drama (2005)
• Outstanding Director of a Television Series - Drama, Pilot Part 1 & 2 J.J. Abrams (2005)
• Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series - April Webster, Mandy Sherman, Alyssa Weisberg, Veronica Collins (2005)
• Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series - Mary Jo Markey (2005)
• Outstanding Music Composition for a Series - Michael Giacchino (2005)
• Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series - Pilot: Kevin Blank, Mitch Suskin, et al. (2005)

Golden Globes:

• Best Television Series - Drama (2006)

Nominations

Emmys:

• Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series - Drama Naveen Andrews (2005)
• Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series - Drama Terry O'Quinn (2005)
• Outstanding Writing for a Television Series - Drama, Pilot Part 1 & 2 J.J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof, Jeffrey Lieber (2005)
• Outstanding Writing for a Television Series - Drama, Walkabout David Fury (2005)

Golden Globes:

• Best Television Series - Drama (2005)
• Best Actor in a Television Series - Drama Matthew Fox (2006)
• Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series - Drama Naveen Andrews (2006)

Screen Actors Guild:

• Ensemble in a Drama Series (2006)

Writers Guild of America:

• Outstanding Achievement in Writing - Dramatic Series (2005)

 

References

• ^ J.J. Abrams (Director) Lloyd Braun (Director). (2004). "Lost Season 1 DVD [DVD]." Los Angeles:Buena Vista Home Entertainment..

• ^  'Lost' strikes a chord worldwide. Reuters. URL accessed on January 17, 2006.

• ^  Paul Dini Gives "Lost" Spoilers. Dark Horizons. URL accessed on January 18, 2006.

• ^  Lost' book mention may be good for small press. Chicago Tribune. URL accessed on January 18, 2006.

• ^  'Lost' Team Discusses Upcoming Death and Mysteries. Zap2It. URL accessed on January 15, 2006.

• ^  Lost Answers are Out There. SciFi Wire. URL accessed on January 15, 2006.

• ^  Damon Lindeloff E-Mail interview 9/21/05. Lost TV Forum. URL accessed on January 15, 2006.

 

 

 

 

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Interview: Lost's Yunjin Kim

The actress talks about season 3, flashbacks, and who might be the father of Sun's baby.

by Eric Goldman

 

February 8, 2007 - on Lost, Yunjin Kim's character, Sun, has gone through many changes, or at the very least, the audience perception of the character certainly has changed. When first introduced, she seemed like a passive wife to an angry husband, Jin (Daniel Dae Kim), but the revelation that she secretly spoke English opened the door to many new storylines for Sun. And the flashbacks we've seen of Sun and Jin's life before they crashed on the island have radically altered how we see them, as we've learned many things, including the fact that Sun was having an affair.

Recently, IGN was among a group of journalists who spoke to Yunjin Kim, to get her thoughts on her character, who we now know is pregnant, and the much talked about series on which she stars.

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Q: Do you and the cast ever sit around and discuss theories on what's going on regarding the show's mysteries?

Yunjin Kim: We used to, like crazy, in the first season. And then the second season, we just gave up, because everything we came up with, it was completely wrong.

Q: When you're in the middle of a scene, like when you see the foot of the statue, do you go to the writers and say, "Alright, what the hell is this?"

Yunjin Kim: You know, we gave up on that too, because they won't tell us! You don't know how many phone calls I made to each producer, trying to find out who the baby's father is! I still don't know. That's how kept [secret] all that information is. All that information is really kept from the actors, and I think it's a good thing. Because I'm a terrible liar, and it would show in my face right away.

Q: Since you don't know what they're going to reveal ahead of time, it must be pretty interesting for you when you film a flashback episode for your character.

Yunjin Kim: Uh huh! "Well, if I had known this, I would have done something very different, like a year ago." That's the little tiny regrets I feel once in awhile. It's like, "Oh, if I knew this first season, that scene would be a lot different…" How I would have acted it, you know?

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Yunjin Kim on Lost

Q: Do you think that it's possible that the producers don't know what the heck is going on?

Yunjin Kim: No, I think they know how they want to end the whole series. I think they have the final destination mapped out. As far as how many stops they need to make along the way, we don't know exactly how long we need to be on air, and that's one of the things that [Executive Producer] Damon Lindelof was talking to [ABC President] Steve McPherson about; you know, they need to map out a full story, because there's so many characters involved and [they're] so weaved in together. And so in that sense, I think they know the final destination, but how they're gonna get there will change.

Q: Did it surprise you how quickly the show exploded, as far as its success, when it came on?

Yunjin Kim: I had a good feeling. As soon as I read the script, I knew that it was either going to be the best show or the worst ever. Like, "You're on that weird show! on the island… a Fantasy Island type of thing." It was either going to be really good, or really bad.

Q: When did you move here from Korea?

Yunjin Kim: Well, I grew up here. I grew up in New York. I just went back to work [in Korea] as an actress for six years, before coming out here.

Q: Has Lost aired in Korea yet?

Yunjin Kim: Oh yeah. The first time for an American television show to get picked up right away, because I was in it and Daniel was in it too.

Q: What's the reaction been like there?

Yunjin Kim: They love the fact that there are two series regular characters on an American television show [that are Korean]. I mean stuff like this has never happened before, where you get 40% [of an episode] in a different language. And for that to be Korean, is pretty amazing. So that being the case, they love it. They love to watch, and they write [letters] and support the show. They're just all over it.

Q: Did you know Sun could speak English when you shot the pilot?

Yunjin Kim: Yeah. I knew. That was like the only thing I got out of the producers in the beginning. only because they wrote the character around me. They were talking to me a lot about the details of what it means to be a Korean woman nowadays. And they wanted to make her believable and they wanted her to serve a purpose, but at the beginning there was a lot of conversation about how we were going to approach this character. And that's one of the things I knew from day one. 

 

Q: Initially it seemed like Jin was such a domineering, and possibly even abusive husband. Did they tell you early on, "This relationship isn't what it seems"?

Yunjin Kim: Well yeah. Because we were worried, Daniel and I, we were both worried about our characters being stereotypical. We wanted to represent our people right, not badly. So we kept on having this conversation, as to, she's a little timid and very like the Asian woman we all know, like Madame Butterfly. We were like, "No, no, no." But they knew from the very beginning where they wanted to take this character. We were just taking baby steps, making her different.

Q: Because you grew up partially in the states, do you get any grief for not having a perfect Korean accent?

Yunjin Kim: I had to relearn Korean when I went back to Korea to work. It's actually Daniel Dae Kim who got that [reaction], at the beginning. But he's taking Korean lessons and he works super hard, so now days, people are like, "Your Korean is great!"

Q: Do you give him pointers on set?

Yunjin Kim: In the beginning I did, but now I don't think he needs my help. He's good.

Q: In the first season, did you think they were portraying a Korean woman correctly?

Yunjin Kim: You know in the beginning, I think all these characters started out to be archetypes. Not stereotypes, but archetypes of some sort. So at the beginning, yeah, she did come off a little two dimensional, stereotypical character. But then as the season went on, now you see her in so many different levels, and she's a lot more dark. She's got a lot more secrets than I can even handle, so she's becoming a really complicated woman, which I'm really appreciating.

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Q: Is there any frustration when you don't have much to do during some episodes?

Yunjin Kim: I think by the time we're doing our flashbacks, we're so hungry, and we want to do great work. But we all know we'll get another chance. So if I'm not really in love with this particular episode, that's fine; I'll get another great episode. But every time I've picked up [the script for] our episode, when we go back to Sun and Jin, I've been intrigued and I've been so happy with how our story's been unfolding. I never for a second thought, "Oh, maybe I have to sit back and wait." It's been great.

Q: It seems like filming your flashback episodes, where you have completely different sets and costars, must be like going off to film your own little movie.

Yunjin Kim: Exactly, exactly. Interior, exterior… All Korean. And all those signs they put up. In the first season, sometimes they would write the Korean characters wrong, and now we have an expert; a translator on set, to make sure all those signs are correct. The first season, it was just me saying, "You can't shoot that. That's doesn't make sense." But now, they know more than I do. They've really done a lot of research.

Q: When they made Sun pregnant, my first thought was that the way time moves on this show, we're not seeing that baby until season eight.

Yunjin Kim: I know, exactly. Unless they go to, "Skip to six months later," and you see me pop the baby out.

Q: So how many potential daddy's do we have?

Yunjin Kim: We have three. When reading the script, I didn't even think of Michael, but a lot of the fans think it's Michael. But Dominic wants to be one of them, because he kidnapped Sun for a day, remember? He's like, "I think it's my baby." I'm like, "Yeah, but the dates don't work out. That was like a week ago that you kidnapped me."

Q: How much money is being bet on who the daddy is?

Yunjin Kim: There's no money yet, but I think Daniel really wants it to be Jin's baby, just because I think he's a positive guy. He likes happy endings. And Harold [Perrineau] is like, "I think it's Michael's." Right now he went away, but I would love for that to bring him back somehow. Because we all miss him so much. And of course, the flashback, Jae Lee's character, that she actually has an affair with, of course he [the actor] wants it to be his baby, so he can keep on appearing on our show!

Q: Anything you can tell us about an interesting storyline coming up on the show?

Yunjin Kim: Claire has a very intimate relationship with one of the characters on the island… And it's not Charlie. And that's all I can say.

Q: That's some good info!

Yunjin Kim: That's good! That's a lot.

Q: Have you shot another flashback episode?

Yunjin Kim: No. We have one coming up, and it's supposed to be really, really juicy.

 

 

 

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Yunjin Kim

 

Yunjin Kim helped pave the way for multi-lingual characters on television with her portrayal of Sun Kwon, one of of Lost's most beloved characters.  We had the opportunity to speak with Yunjin briefly to get her thoughts on Lost's upcoming fourth season.

 

UGO: What is your assessment as an actor of season 4 in comparison to the other seasons.  Is there a difference between a Season 4 episode versus one from, say, season two?

Yunjin: I feel like they are more self-contained. So each episode, you start with something with a definite answer, and of course another question opens up with every answer, but I feel like they are more contained. It's a faster pace. So some of the frustrations that viewers were having with Lost, of going on and on and on and not getting near the answer, I think all of that, or some of that, will go away with season 4. So I'm super excited.

 

UGO: What is your assessment as an actor of season 4 in comparison to the other seasons.  Is there a difference between a Season 4 episode versus one from, say, season two?

Yunjin: I feel like they are more self-contained. So each episode, you start with something with a definite answer, and of course another question opens up with every answer, nut I feel like they are more contained. It's a faster pace. So some of the frustrations that viewers were having with Lost, of going on and on and on and not getting near the answer, I think all of that, or some of that, will go away with season 4. So I'm super excited.

 

UGO: Definitely. And, ya know... Sun, up towards the end of season 3, she has one of the overarching imperatives now, that really seem to go along with the new plot of getting off the island, where the pregnancy is particularly in danger. Are we seeing more of Sun this season than we typically would?

Well, yes and no. Well, now with the newcomers. Ya know, supposedly these people who are going to rescue us, the first couple episodes, They are concentrating on more on their back stories and who they are why they're here on the island. The 7th episode is our episode, they provide for Sun and Jin and our crazy flashback stories all over again, and then you... you find out more. But, again, in that episode in itself, it's totally self-contained. It feels like one little, ya know, one mini-movie at a time. But... but it's sort of satisfying because you sort of get the arch of the story versus... ya know, having 7 questions at the end. You might have 3, but not... not 7 to 10.

 

UGO: Now your season 4 episode, I don't know if you can say this... but is it a flashback or a flash forward?

Umm... I think that would be a spoiler. But, we have a twist with that, with it being a flash forward or a flash back, so I would rather keep it, ya know, secret for now. I think what's interesting about our episode is because we deal with that. I'm not saying that ours is a flash forward. There's a little twist to it.

 

UGO: Going way back to the beginning of the show, and I've heard this a couple of different ways, and I'm hoping that you can clear that up for me. one story is that you originally came in to audition for Kate, and then the other was that it was really just an open audition and that they really intended to create a character for you all along. Is that... Which of those is most the accurate?

I don't think they were looking at me as an actress to play  Kate. They really wanted to sit down and meet up with me because they heard about my background story. Ya know, how I grew up in New York, but went back to Korea... did some movies out there, and was quite successful. But then, leaving all that and coming back to Hollywood and starting from scratch. Especially JJ Abrahams, he was very fascinated with my story, and... and you know... when I went in to read... The only role, the only size they had available was, was Kate. So obviously I did read for Kate. But I think right off the bat, they weren't looking at me to play Kate. They were just looking for other possibilities. And umm, you know, right after I walked out of the room, they decided to actually create a character, which became Sun. And I think about 3 days later, they decided to add on, you know, another character... Which became Jin.

 

UGO: In your recent "Missing Pieces" mobisode, it was indicated that there was sort of a romantic attraction between Michael and Sun.  Is that something they were considering at the time Season one was being put together?

I definitely know that was sort of the route that they wanted to take. But then they... And the viewers also responded well with Sun and Jin, and they were rooting for... for ... like, for the only married couple on the island to work out their problems. So, I think, for sure, in the beginning, the writers were heading towards, you know, Sun possibly leaving Jin, and you know, starting a relationship with Michael, and having a, sort of a love triangle between the three of us. We did explore it, alot actually, but then, you know, they decided to drop the whole love triangle between the three of us. So I guess that's one of the things they they wanted to shoot, but never really got to it, because they felt like it wasn't right for the story line. They just decided not to go with it. So, it was fun actually. For, you know, for one of our mobisodes we actually went back and I had to wear a wig, we, we got our wardrobe from... actually... beginning of season 2, and going back to it, it was fun, it was a fun experience.

 

UGO: A lot is made of the fact that you're a huge star in Korea. I'm wondering if you can give some perspective on that.  When you return to Korea are you stalked by paparazzi?

Well, luckily in Korea, there are no paparazzi. Your personal life is really your personal. I mean, of course, people know who you are, so if you walk around, you're not as free as... you know, someone who's not a celebrity. People like coming up to see you, but you're safe, in a way. So, I've never had problems... walking around, doing my own little things... Running errands out in Korea, because, sure they'll say hi, sometimes they want to take pictures. Sometimes they make a huge fuss... sometimes they make very little. It varies. But, umm... So I have to say, it's a lot more... I guess, celebrity-friendly in Korea than in America. But then again, I never dealt with paparazzi, not that much, because we're all out here in Hawaii. So... umm... you know, very few of us had to really live with that. So, in a sense, I feel like we're really lucky to be actually shooting out here, sort of removed from all that, and actually concentrate on working on the show. Because that's, you know, the most important part, of it. I don't know how I would deal with it if I were being followed 24/7. Ya know, I totally sympathize, and I think it's a bit much.

 

UGO: So you've shot over 60 episodes now, way more with season 4, what is your favorite 'moment' so far?

It was a flashback of, umm, Sun and Jin, and how they actually met, in the beginning. I remember, Steven Williams, our producer, directed that episode, and... in the very last moment, where, Jin just gets fired, and then he's walking, and he's sad, and then he's... he bumps into Sun. And there's a moment between Jin and Sun, where they're just looking at each other. And, I just... I really like that moment. I think.. it defines how they started. And hopefully, we'll have a happy ending at the end of season 6. I always, I always say that's my favorite moment, on the show.

 

 

 

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