Erika Sawajiri (27) will be guesting on the 11/15 episodes of Pittanko Kan★Kan (TBS, Friday 7:56) and A-Studio (TBS, 11:00). She was interviewed by the host Tsurube Shofukutei (61) for A-Studio, her first appearance on a variety show in 6 years, and she comments, "It was so refreshing and fun~!"
Sawajiri sported a white cardigan and jeans for the occasion, a more natural look for a glamorous actress such as her.
"I have this pretty bad image, right? Even around town, when people see me, they don't call me 'Erika cha~n'; they get surprised and go, 'Ah...', and shy away from me... I may say some nasty things from time to time, but I'm actually a normal person."
A-Studio was shot on location in the city. Sawajiri was all smiles the entire time, and was even using her hands and her body to make gestures. Even Tsurube couldn't hide his surprise and said, "She's super easy to talk to!".
Erika Sawajiri responded to Sankei Sports' interview after the shoot and said: "It was so refreshing and fun~!" with a smile on her face. She also talked about the image that she mentioned and said: "I don't really concern myself with what other people think, and that must be because I didn't really talk about myself too much".
"It must be my age, but the way I look at things has changed, and I think I should be expressing myself a bit more."
On the program, they also talked about her movie Helter Skelter, which was shown last year. She had a steamy scene in the movie and even won the best actress awards at the Japanese Academy Awards, but had to cancel promotions due to health issues.
She reflects on this and says: "I had to take a break since I was still mentally dragging that role on with me, but it's truly something regrettable as a professional to do that..." "But if I kept on doing promotions at that time, I might have said something strange again, and people would have probably taken it the wrong way".
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