The rom-com inspiration behind Elemental
“The last little piece was my wife—this experience of marrying someone that wasn’t Korean,” Sohn said. “Growing up, my grandmother’s dying words were, like, ‘marry Korean!’ That comes from a real place that created all these sorts of culture clashes. [When] we came up into the idea of opposites attracting, fire and water, these opposites became our clear focus on the film. I wanted to tell a story for everyone who’s ever made a sacrifice for taking a risk, and set it in the hustle and bustle of a crazy city.”
