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Actress Son Ye Jin's youthful appearance in the Netflix series 'Scandal' is currently a significant talking point among Korean viewers, as it was achieved using CG de-aging technology. It has been revealed that her teenage face, seen in flashback scenes, was not created with makeup or by a child actor, but rather by applying CG effects to Son Ye Jin's current performance.
The production team referenced Son Ye Jin's actual appearance from her early 20s, specifically her representative film 'The Classic', to create her younger face. This involved more than just smoothing out her current face; it meticulously recreated the soft facial contours, volume, eye and eyebrow impressions, and jawline from her 'The Classic' era. The high level of realism was such that even co-stars Nana and Yoo Byung Jae did not realize it was CG.
Bloggers highlighted that Son Ye Jin herself felt the finished scenes genuinely reflected her 20s. This natural result gave viewers a sense of déjà vu, as if seeing Son Ye Jin from 'The Classic' 23 years ago, and is considered an example of the advanced potential of de-aging technology in connecting past archival footage with current performances.
