“The Glory” Actress Cha Joo Young’s Dad Felt A Certain Way About Her NSFW Scene
Though it has been a month since Netflix’s hit drama The Glory released its much-awaited second season, the show is still enjoying much public attention. Though the entire cast delivered memorable performances in the show, one particular scene by Cha Joo Young (playing the role of Hye Jeong) earned considerable interest from viewers.
The scene in question is an NSFW one, where Hye Jeong takes off her top, and her bare upper body is completely exposed to the camera. The scene invited some criticism when the episode came out, with many worrying that it was exploitative. There was also some debate about whether the nude scene was shot using CGI.
If outsiders were this concerned about her nude scene, how would people close to Cha Joo Young react to it? In the latest interview, the actress opened up about her father’s reaction to the scene and her career as an actress in general.
Cha appeared as a guest on the show Omniscient Interfering View on April 8. During one of the conversations, she shockingly revealed that her parents were vehemently against her pursuing an acting career. So she kept her dreams hidden until she finally started her professional journey as an actor. She said, “My parents did not want me to debut, so I started acting in secret. I knew they would be against it, so I debuted first and then told them about it. I told them when it became time to let them know.”
Though she had already debuted, her parents were not convinced of her dreams yet. In fact, Cha shared that even after the massive success of The Glory, there is a long way to go for them to accept her choice to become an actor.
They almost passed out when I told them. They stopped talking to me for a while. They wanted me to quit and move back to the states, but I disregarded that…They’re still not too completely supportive of my career. But they did watch Netflix for the first time to watch The Glory. They didn’t watch it as soon as it premiered. It wasn’t too long ago that they watched the show.
—Cha Joo Young
After she mentioned The Glory, comedian Hong Hyun Hee asked about her nude scene and how she broke the news to her parents. The actress replied that she gave her father a heads-up about the scene and told him they could talk about it later.
I gave my dad a heads-up about it. I told him that there are parts that will frighten him, but that we can talk about it after he finishes the whole show.
—Cha Joo Young
She added that despite her trying to ease things out, “He walked out of the house [after watching].”
While she is winning accolades from fans and critics alike for her commendable portrayal of a complex character like Hye Jeong, Cha said that her parents are still “working on trying to understand her career.“
