BoA, who has already been crowned as queen of album charts in Korea and Japan. She is dreaming of becoming queen of a new world. As an actress and as a beauty model, BoA came to Seoul for the filming of L'Occitane advertisements from LA, where she was staying as she was cast as the female lead in the dance movie COBU which is her first entrance into Hollywood.
When the earthquake in Japan took place BoA immediately came to mind. I wondered about her safety as more of her time is spent in Tokyo than in Korea. However BoA was not in Japan but in LA. She was receiving dance lessons and acting lessons in LA for the filming of Hollywood movie COBU. BoA's Hollywood entrance project COBU, the directorial debut project of Step Up and Save the Last Dance writer Duane Adler, is the story of two dancers who grew up in different environments and fall in love as they compete in an underground New York club. Essentially, BoA has taken on the role of the female lead who overcomes her family's opposition and falls in love in this movie which could be said to be the dance version of Romeo and Juliet. Opposite her is dancer and choreographer Derek Hough who is well known as Cheryl Cole's boyfriend and has appeared in Footloose in London's East End and rose to stardom through popular American television series Dancing with the Stars. She's filming a dance movie together with someone who is garnering attention in Hollywood, and I became more and more curious about the story of BoA's Hollywood entrance.
When I announced that I was going to go meet BoA, those in the surrounding vicinity asked "She's in Seoul right now?" It appeared that everyone felt fascinated by the fact that BoA was in Seoul. The reason BoA flew from LA to Seoul is because she has become the model for skincare brand L'Occitane's newly released Angelica Line. Was BoA's complexion that good? A singer's stage makeup is flashy. In addition the makeup is applied heavily so that it is not erased by the sweat from dancing. As a result a singer does not remove makeup easily like an actor does, but instead cleanses almost to the level of scrubbing their facial skin. And so one must have preparation for easily blemished skin, and to speak from the ending, the BoA I saw at the filming location was very pretty. And her complexion held moisture and really sparkled. I could not help but to ask her about her skincare methods.
"I did like L'Occitane's body line. I like that they use natural materials, and most of all the scent of the product is nice. However I was surprised when they told me that an advertisement proposal came in from L'Occitane. From L'Occitane? It's not for their hue line but they want to use me as the model? The colorful image is strong for singers so I couldn't help but be surprised that L'Occitaine, an organic cosmetics brand, wanted to use me as their advertisement model. But it appears that people from the advertisers' side heard from somewhere that my complexion is good. In actuality I tend to put a lot of care into my skin but am unable to receive professional care from a dermatologist frequently. All it amounts to is going to 'CNP' dermatology when I'm in Seoul. Instead I work hard to do all I can for my skin care. To start with I sleep a lot, use a sheet mask two or three times a week, use a cream to sooth my skin if it becomes sensitive, and I also tend to use moisturizing cream and moisturizing packs often. But truthfully my secret for a good complexion is to not use anything. If I'm not standing on stage I barely use any makeup. I tend to enjoy drinking alcohol and the days after I drink I put forth more effort into skin care. I make sure to use a pack."
BoA, who says that lately she unfortunately does not have the time to drink. "I only drink when I don't have work the next day, but since nowadays I have to continuously work I don't have time to drink. Also, those who are older may say something if they hear this, but year by year my body is different. Last year when I went to the States I enjoyed vodka mixed with juice, but this year I can't drink it well." The conversation trickled from complexion to alcohol, and then to acting. I asked her about the reason why she decided to appear in a movie. "I really had no interest in acting. I received many acting proposals when I was active in Korea but I turned all of them down. At that time I was busy enough just with singing, and outside of singing I had no other interests. Truthfully if this movie wasn't a dance movie I would have refused it as well. However as I prepared for the movie I came to realize the appeal of acting. It's fun. To try living someone else's life, I mean. I've always been trapped in the frame of 'singer BoA' and lived by only working, but as I live a different life as I act the genre of acting feels very fun. I'm learning dances of a wide variety of genres through this dance movie. It's incredibly fun learning diverse dances like contemporary dance, tap dance,
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