This is old news, but whenever an actor really goes for the gusto at the speed of maximum ridiculosity, Kaiju Shakedown will be there to congratulate them. And, in this case, a DeNiro goes to Korea's Su-Ae (or Soo-Ae) who previously appeared in the excellent A FAMILY. She recently starred in SUNNY, the July 24 release from director Lee Jun-Ik who's best known for the Korean mega-hit KING AND CLOWN. SUNNY, a movie about a woman chasing her missing husband through war-torn 1971 Vietnam is bound to earn a DeNiro based on its premise alone, and enough people were intrigued to give it a respectable opening and decent business, although it did nothing even close to KING AND CLOWN numbers. But now I want to see this movie myself to witness DeNiro-worthy method acting from Su-Ae. I Love Korean Movie describes it best:

"Su-Ae admitted in an interview with Yonhap News that had actually gotten drunk and blacked out for a scene. It was for a scene in her new film SUNNY, which takes place at a nightclub in a U.S. army base, where she drinks heavily and passes out in the bathroom. She revealed that she really drank more than half a bottle of whisky at the director�s criticism that she didn�t look real enough. As a result of drinking so much alcohol, she became really drunk, adding reality to the scene where she throws up in the toilet and blacks out. Su-Ae had won admiration from the director and the rest of the filming crew for her commitment to the film."

So let me get this straight: the director tells her she stinks while shooting a scene, so she downs half a bottle of booze, then yaks in the toilet and passes out while the camera's running. When she wakes up the crew (not including the director) congratulate her for her commitment. Yes, yes. Su-Ae, a DeNiro for you.

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(Read Variety's review of SUNNY)

(See the trailer for SUNNY)