When faced against national athletes double her size, there wasn't much Elaine Wong could do in Netflix's Physical: 100 — but she gave as good of a fight as she could. In an interview with AsiaOne on Monday (Feb 6), Elaine shared what it was like squaring off against these titans in South Korean sports, but also expressed that she...
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Netflix's latest reality show, Physical: 100, pits some of the strongest people in South Korea against each other as they vie for the prize — 300 million won . In fact, she could literally be picked up by some contestants and carried around, she shared with AsiaOne. Netflix had learned of her through word of mouth and through her work in other variety shows, such as South Korean Foreigners.
Recalling how Netflix had dismissed her questions, she ended up coming to her own conclusions: "I seriously thought it was like Dream Team, where you just run across a pool and try to push the opponent into the water — that's fun, right?" In order to win, contestants would have to outlast other competitors by hanging on the metal bars. If they fell into the water, they would lose.
Afraid of falling, she hung on as long as she could, but she had neither the skill nor strength to keep holding on.In hindsight, she noted that the other contestants had found leverage in the competition by pulling themselves up and resting the metal bar under their armpits. Unfortunately, Elaine didn't know how to do that and could only rely on her fingers.
In the second challenge, the top 50 performing contestants get to pick their opponents for a one-on-one deathmatch where two people would fight for ownership of a ball — at 80th place, Elaine was unfortunately not able to pick her adversary. While other contestants played it up with threats like "I'm going to kill you" or "I'll make you regret choosing me", Elaine opted for a different approach: Damage control.And perhaps it was good that she did — according to Elaine, the second challenge was brutal, with many contestants sustaining injuries.
In her match against Eu-ddeum, she did get close to getting the ball, but Eu-ddeum was simply faster and stronger than her, Elaine said.
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