‘1947 Boston’ Ha Jung-woo “Son Ki-jeong’s performance on the podium at the Berlin Olympics felt solemn” [N Site]

(Seoul = News 1) Reporter Jang A-reum = Actor Ha Jung-woo revealed what he tried to do and what he focused on to portray director Son Ki-jeong in ‘1947 Boston’.

Ha Jung-woo said at the press preview of ‘1947 Boston’ (directed by Kang Je-gyu) held at the Lotte Cinema Konkuk University entrance in Jayang-dong, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul on the 11th, “I discussed and talked with the director a lot about what kind of person (Director Son Ki-jeong) is, and the director also told me a lot. “Everything,” he said.

He also said, “I think I thought about what the director must have been thinking and what his emotions were like in each take. As those thoughts accumulated one by one, I didn’t easily lose my footing when the Berlin Olympics podium scene appeared in the prologue scene. It was an actual experience.””I felt like my heart was heavy, and I also felt a solemnity that I had not felt while filming,” he confessed.

Meanwhile, ‘1947 Boston’ is a film depicting the challenges and thrilling journey of marathon runners to participate in international competitions wearing the Taegeuk symbol for the first time after liberation in 1947, and will be released on the 27th.

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