Actor Shin Min-a said Tuesday she tried to portray Empress Navier in the upcoming Disney+ series "The Remarried Empress" as a strong and unwavering character but also as a human being who finds new love. Based on the web novel of the same name, the Korean fantasy romance epic follows Navier and her husband, Sovieshu (Ju Ji-hoon), as their seemingly peaceful marriage is unsettled by the appearance of Rashta (Lee Se-young), a former runaway slave. Rather than succumbing to her fate and vying with Rashta to reclaim her husband's love, Navier seeks to choose her own course of life, with the help of Heinrey (Lee Jong-suk), a mysterious prince who can transform into a bird named Queen. "Although the emotional transition had to be subtle, given the weight of Navier's character as an empress, I was determined to show the humane side of her as a woman who finds new love and makes new choices," Shin said at a press conference held in Seoul ahead of the series' release later Tuesday. "I felt I had to balance that very well for audiences to relate to Navier and support her ... there was a lot of pre