Park Gyuri has been a child actress, a regular reality show guest andis currently the popular lead singer of the girl group KARA. But that’sjust the beginning. With her new role in the drama “Nail Shop Paris,”she is gaining even more acting credits plus a reputation as a firstrate nail artist.
Actresses often have to learn a new skill to successfully play a rolein a kdrama. An actress may have to master martial arts, table tennisor pottery making. For “Nail Shop Paris,” the first kdrama about a nailshop, Gyuri had to brush up on her nail art. And she had to learn morethan how to neatly apply nail polish. She mastered on the latest nailart trends, such as pasting on jewels and flowers and creating intricatepatterns.
Everyone in the cast of the MBC drama about a flower boy nail shophad to study manicure techniques but Park Gyuri’s talent in acrylicdesign surprised the trainer. She was so talented that the trainersuggested that she might pass the official licensing exam required tobecome a nail artist.
Her role in “Nail Shop Paris” is not the first time the world hasseen Park Gyuri’s nail art talent. When she appeared on the MBC program,”Talk Concert Queen,” she drew some exceptional designs on MC Joo YoungHoon’s nails.
In “Nail Shop Paris,” her character Hong Yuh Joo begins working inthe shop on a trial basis and starts out only knowing the basics. As theshow continues, her character will demonstrate more sophisticatedtalents.
Pretending to be a nail artist is just a disguise as Hong Yuh Joo isreally a writer. She’s an Internet novelist who is out of fresh ideas.She follows a man she sees on the train. Wondering what his story is,she hopes he will provide inspiration. She trails him to the nail shopwhere he works and applies for a job. Since the salon hires only men,she must cut her hair and pretend to be a boy.
Fellow cast membersand nail artists include MBLAQ’s Thunder, Song Jae Rim and Jun Ji Hoo.Gyuri has appeared in musicals and did a cameo in the comedy “What isMom,” but this is her first leading role as an adult.
Ironically, the singer had to trim her own long, beautiful nails, to play a flower boy manicurist.
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