USC student Ji-young Yoo’s middle school foray into acting precipitated an acting career that resulted in a role in an A24 film. (Photo courtesy of Ji-young Yoo.)
What sparked years of roles in plays, commercials and now films for USC senior and actress Ji-young Yoo originally started just as a way to get an easy A.
“In middle school, I was required to take an art … A girl in my dance studio said she took acting class because the acting teacher is super easy,” Yoo said. “And then I took the class and ended up loving it.”
As Yoo expected, the class wasn’t intensive, but she still remembers performing a three-page long scene called “The Funeral.”
Written and Directed by Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead.
Starring Jamie Dornan, Anthony Mackie, Katie Aselton, Alexia Ioannides, Shane Brady, Bill Oberst Jr., Natasha Tina Liu, Martin Bats Bradford, Devyn A. Tyler, Lawrence Turner, Aaron Groben, Betsy Holt, Walker Babington, Sam Malone, and Carl Palmer.
SYNOPSIS:
Two New Orleans paramedics’ lives are ripped apart after they encounter a series of horrific deaths linked to a designer drug with bizarre, otherworldly effects.
Coming away from
Synchronic I was a little taken aback at how simplistic the approach is to high concept sci-fi, but it’s also something I will take any day over the rather characterless/style over substance mindset that plagued a recent blockbuster’s attempt to save the theatrical experience. Yes, the latest effort from the highly regarded indie duo of Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead (