Overview
- The Art of Sarah, released Feb. 13 on Netflix, has been reported at No. 3 on the platform’s global Top 10 for non-English series and continues to stream worldwide.
- Shin Hae-sun says the role’s core ambiguity made it uniquely difficult, prompting her to abandon a detailed plan and work from abstract images instead.
- She describes shaping the character through a ‘swan’ metaphor—poised on the surface, frantic beneath—while letting scenes evolve in the moment on set.
- A pivotal interrogation-room shoot with co-star Lee Jun-hyuk was filmed late in production and demanded strong chemistry; Shin says Lee was battling a virus and had nearly lost his voice during filming.
- The show’s fashion and beauty have fueled ongoing social-media chatter, with the makeup artist releasing an unusually detailed product breakdown, as Shin frames the story as a pursuit of personal value rather than materialism.