In her new Netflix series, the actor adds to her formidable career of dynamic characters, from Dr. Cristina Yang on “Grey’s Anatomy” to Eve Polastri on “Killing Eve.'
.” Written and directed by Chinese Canadian filmmaker Mina Shum, who would go on to frequently collaborate with Oh, the 1994 movie is a slice-of-life portrait of Jade Li , an aspiring actor in her early 20s.
When she played Jade, Oh was also in her early 20s, trying to make it as an actor and figuring out whether to leave home. Like Jade, “[I was] breaking away from my family, and then actually having the gift of actually playing it at the very end of the film — you know, Jade basically leaves and separates from her family to go pursue her dreams,” she said. “Yeah, I didn’t have to reach that far for that.
It was particularly in these familial dynamics where Oh could seamlessly infuse culturally specific details into the show. For example, in building Ji-Yoon’s relationship with her dad, Oh told “The Chair” co-creator and showrunner Amanda Peet to keep his dialogue mostly in Korean. It served multiple purposes. Lee felt more at ease speaking in Korean And it accurately reflects the relationship that many immigrant parents have with their children.
“It was really important to me that the show lives and dies on the chemistry between these people and the intimacy between these people in this department,” she said. “The question is, do we want to hang out with these people? Do we want to be with these people? Do you want to see what happens to them next week?”
It often comes up in small but meaningful ways. At the start of Season 3 of “Killing Eve,” Eve is trying to rebuild her life after being shot by Villanelle . So she ends up in a place where she can blend in and seek out the familiar: New Malden, a suburb of London that’s home to many Korean immigrants. We see her folding dumplings as a cook at a Korean restaurant and shopping at an Asian supermarket.
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