“Parasite” Confirms Jessica Jung Was Originally Mentioned In The Script

Parasite (2019) is thriller film gaining global attention for its plot, direction, and overall positive reception.

This award-winning movie directed by Bong Joon Ho just released its original script to the public.

 

To the surprise of many, a line in the script spoken by one of the main characters, Ki-Woo (Choi Woosik), mentioned a specific celebrity.

 

This was none other than Jessica Jung, former member of Girls’ Generation.

The lines were as follows:

 

This is official confirmation that the idol was supposed to be mentioned in the original script.

 

Ki-Woo remembered Jessica for her luxury brand Blanc & Eclare which she launched in 2014.

 

He was actually referencing another main character, Jessica or Kijung (Park Sodam) who plays a fake art therapy teacher in the film.

 

Now netizens are loving the direct mention of the former Girls’ Generation member.

so in the script for Parasite, Ki-Woo picks the name Jessica from the k-pop star from Girl's Generation💀the impact of SNSD@ParasiteMovie #jessicajung pic.twitter.com/uMKpV0bNMz

— wendell (@RhodeToLove) January 5, 2020

apparently an earlier draft of the parasite script makes reference to jessica from snsd as inspiration for the pseudonym, lol pic.twitter.com/e5CgLBk8up

— JΔY 🍑 (@loonadays) January 5, 2020

 

Parasite is a film about greed and class discrimination as explained in the relationship between the wealthy Park family and the poor Kim family.