Actor Shin Hae-sun spent her 20s without a single luxury bag, choosing instead to ignore what she could not afford. Now, she anchors the Netflix mystery thriller "The Art of Sarah" as a woman so consumed by the desire for status that she fabricates her entire identity around counterfeit designer goods. During a recent interview at a cafe in Samcheong-dong, Seoul, Shin discussed the psychological toll of playing Sarah Kim, the Asia branch manager for the fictional luxury brand Boudoir. The series deliberately subverts traditional morality, opening with Sarah's sudden disappearance and the discovery of an unidentified corpse in a sewer outside a high-end boutique. While Sarah boasts a flawless attitude and impeccable styling, her life is an illusion. Her designer bags are manufactured in an underground sweatshop in Sinwol-dong, and her name hides her original identity as Mok Ga-hee. The character's profound ambiguity forced the veteran actor to discard her meticulous preparation methods. Shin typically designs her emotional arcs and physical movements long before arriving on set. "The script