Janet W. Lee Yuh-Jung Youn is under some serious pressure. At the spry age of 73, the Korean actor is in the middle of a career surge, taking on the role of caring yet foul-mouthed grandmother Soonja in Lee Isaac Chung’s family drama “Minari” — and, with her historic SAG and BAFTA Awards wins, facing new expectations from Korean audiences.“I didn’t expect the movie to get this much attention from the audience or from critics,” Youn tells Variety from her home in South Korea. “It still doesn’t feel real to me.”But when it comes to the Oscars on April 25, she isn’t letting that pressure get to her head. “I feel like I’m competing in the Olympics,” she says with a laugh. “But really, I’m not that ambitious.
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