Park Eun-bin 'had a blast' as teleporting hero in Netflix's 'The WONDERfools'

Actress Park Eun-bin said she "had a blast" playing a teleporting superhero in Netflix's upcoming comedy-action series "The WONDERfools," set in 1999 Seoul, according to The Korea Times.

The series follows a ragtag team of superhumans protecting their Seoul neighborhood in 1999, arriving as Park marks her 30th anniversary in the entertainment industry — a milestone year she closes with a second new role on cable network tvN in July.

Park plays Eun Cha-ni, a jobless 27-year-old woman with congenital heart disease who dies in the first episode and is resurrected with teleportation powers, according to The Korea Times. Her team of allies includes characters with superhuman strength, adhesive secretions and telekinetic abilities — each protecting their neighborhood by a different means.

The actress said she first encountered the script on a flight to the United States shortly after the success of her series "Extraordinary Attorney Woo." "I felt an immediate pull of curiosity," Park said, according to The Korea Times.

To embody Cha-ni's anarchic spirit, Park dyed her hair orange with dark roots, wore loose free-spirited clothing and held her vocal pitch at a heightened register throughout filming. She said dropping that energy even briefly would have changed the show's entire feel.

"And I had such a blast playing her, thanks to Cha-ni's bulldozer-like personality and her 'don't overthink it, just do it' mentality," Park said, according to The Korea Times.

Park added that sustaining the role required protecting herself off-camera as much as on it. "I felt that if Cha-ni's energy dropped even slightly, the whole show would become much darker," she said. "I believe I can fully devote myself to a character only when my own well-being is protected," Park said, according to The Korea Times.

Park is also set to appear in tvN's "Spooky in Love" in July, playing a chaebol heiress with the ability to see ghosts. "The WONDERfools" is directed by Yoo In-sik.