Korean actress Kim Tae-ri says she enjoyed bossing her ‘Space Sweepers’ co-stars

Kim Tae-ri (right) with her 'Space Sweepers' co-stars (from left) Yoo Hai-jin, Jin Sun-kyu and Song Joong-ki. Photos: Netflix

Playing Captain Jang in the Korean sci-fi flick Space Sweepers provided multiple award-winning actress Kim Tae-ri with new opportunities.

This includes playing a commander of a spaceship, and working against green screen as Space Sweepers is the first Korean sci-fi film set in space.

Kim Tae-ri was excited to play a character she has never played before in 'Space Sweepers'.

It also gave the 30-year-old actress a chance to boss her cast mates around. She shared this during a recent virtual press meet that StarLifestyle participated in.

“I had a lot of fun on set because I got to shout at all the other (actors playing the) crew members, ” said Kim, whose breakthrough role was in the film The Handmaiden which was showcased at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.

Describing the set of Space Sweepers as a great place, she added: “The film is a story about the crew on board a spaceship who are much like a family under the leadership of Captain Jang.

“I got along with the rest of the cast from the very beginning.

“And I gradually became close to the filming crew as well, so I could get a lot of great energy from everyone on set.”

When Space Sweepers’ trailer first came out in 2020, netizens loved Kim’s look in the film.

The Mr Sunshine star confessed that even some of her friends texted her to say that she looked really cool as Captain Jang.

You don't want to mess with this captain.

In the film, Jang wears leather jacket on top of T-shirts with really cute pictures, sunglasses and her hair pulled back.

“But in real life I’m a clumsy person, not at all like Captain Jang,” admitted Kim. “Captain Jang is determined and perfect with everything that she does.”

The fact that Captain Jang is unlike anything she has played before is what ultimately drew Kim to the movie.

Space Sweepers (available on Netflix) is set in the year 2092, centring on a crew on board a spaceship that collects space debris.

One day, they pick up a valuable item that promises to change all their lives for the better.