“5 years of reporting on President Baji”… Jo Jin-woong

(Seoul = News 1) Reporter Jang A-reum = Actors Cho Jin-woong and Kim Hee-ae buy and sell names, ‘Baji Boss’ The world-themed crime chase drama ‘Deadman’ is coming to theaters for the Lunar New Year. I am looking forward to seeing what kind of passionate performances Cho Jin-woong and Kim Hee-ae will show in this work with fresh material.

On the 19th, a production briefing session for the movie ‘Deadman’ (director Ha Jun-won) was held at Megabox Seongsu in Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul. On this day, director Ha Jun-won and Cho Jin-woong and Kim Hee-ae attended and talked.

‘Dead Man’ is a story about a so-called barge boss ace who makes money by his name, gets framed for embezzlement of 100 billion won, and ends up living as a ‘dead man’ with people who become entangled with just one name. This is a movie about a man on a quest to regain his stolen life. This is the debut film of director Ha Jun-won, who co-wrote the script for director Bong Joon-ho’s film ‘Monster’.

Cho Jin-woong plays ‘Lee Man-jae’ who lives as a dead man after being framed as a criminal who embezzled a large amount of money.

Cho Jin-woong said about his first impression when he received the scenario, saying, “At first, I felt it was a very well-made story.”He then confessed, “The director has been meticulously covering the story for about 5 years,” and “I don’t know if these tragic stories actually exist, but it is a scary place, and I am wary of not touching the dark side.” He also said, “These things were carefully incorporated when designing the scenario, so it seemed like the characters were portrayed well,” and, “I thought it was a fairly attractive scenario.”

Cho Jin-woong also talked about the process of showing raw acting. He said, “Lee Man-jae’s situation changes rapidly in the play,” and “I decided to throw 100% into the situation.” At the same time, he made people laugh by jokingly saying, “I will feel fear and have many emotions, but I will expose them raw. To put it simply, I did not prepare for the character.”However, Cho Jin-woong soon said, “Rather than saying I wasn’t prepared, I tried to completely leave myself to the situation. I thought it would be very raw,”and added, “It shouldn’t go on consistently, right?””I felt quite excited when faced with the situation, so I guess I was really happy when I was acting. It was exciting and fun when I was able to express my rapidly changing emotions,” he added about his acting impressions.

Kim Hee-ae played the role of Mrs. Shim, a mysterious consultant who controls the political world. Regarding the character of Mrs. Shim, Kim Hee-ae said, “It was a character I had never seen or heard of before,”and “She is a political consultant who brings Lee Man-jae out into the world. It was a role that any actress would covet because she was so attractive.”She continued, “She was a character that no Korean actor could match,”and, “Even though the character was Koreanized when they gave me the script, I was happy because it was such a mysterious and precious role.”I recalled the time when I received the offer.

Regarding Mrs. Shim’s characteristics, she said, “She is very powerful,”and “She is so powerful that she brings a completely different world to Lee Man-jae, both internally and externally. Although I pull out Lee Man-jae for my own benefit, I have no doubts about whether Mrs. Shim will become a villain.”He raised expectations by saying, “You’ll find out when you see what happens.”

Kim Hee-ae predicted a colorful appearance externally as well. He said, “Mrs. Shim has so many different charms that she needed a lot of external transformation, including makeup, art, and hair.” “It’s an exciting and fun job to look different from previous characters, so I was happy,” he added.

Lee Soo-kyung believes that her father died after being exploited by Lee Man-jae and sets out for revenge against ‘Gong Hee-joo’ I took on the role. Lee Soo-kyung spoke about working with her two seniors, saying, “It was very surprising.”He continued, “When I was a middle school student going to acting school, I had to choose an actress I respected, and that was senior Kim Hee-ae.”He continued, “She’s really cool. Even when we were actually filming, I thought she was a really cool actress, even when she was right in front of me. He expressed his fandom by saying, “I watched it while thinking about that.”

Also, regarding Jo Jin-woong, he expressed his affection by saying, “I really liked the drama ‘Deep-Rooted Tree’ and, ‘It was a time when my senior was creating a lot of memes, and I really liked it so much that I used it as my wallpaper.’”.

Director Ha Jun-won confessed the reason for presenting a work based on Boss Baji. He said, “People are born with a name and live with responsibility for their name,” and “If you live like this, you will see people living without taking responsibility for their name. When a problem occurs, the person who should take responsibility for that problem.” “I became aware of social issues when I saw these incidents where people took their place in the name of agents without taking responsibility,” he explained.

Director Ha Jun-won continued, “I was wondering what keywords there would be to tell this in a fun way.” He added, “Perhaps Mr. Baji is a familiar word, but we haven’t seen it much in movies, so I chose this subject because I thought it would be harmonious when combined with the theme of the name.” “he added.

Regarding the reporting process, he said, “It was more difficult to cover than I thought,”and, “There were no cases of exposing one’s identity, and it was difficult to cover title transactions. I covered the crimes that were happening here, thinking they were real cases, but looking back, it was dangerous coverage.”; he confessed. At the same time, he raised expectations for the movie by saying, “It took 5 years as the reporting period became longer,”and, “I tried to make a movie that everyone could enjoy with the vast amount of data.”

Cho Jin-woong said, “I didn’t know anything about this subject. I thought it was a well-made story. I didn’t know there were victims that way.”He added, “Seeing as the director said that the reporting itself was difficult, I guess there was a world that wasn’t revealed.”There must have been a wiser and more correct way, but (President Baji) confessed, “I thought it was a vague word.”

Kim Hee-ae also expressed her admiration, saying, “I was so surprised,” and “It felt like I was watching a documentary.” He continued, “I was very surprised and dramatic because the director said he had personally visited and investigated a difficult world.” He added, “You will see when you see it, it contains a variety of stories that go back and forth between fiction and reality to the point where you wonder what is real and what is drama.” The announcement added to the anticipation.

Meanwhile, ‘Deadman’ will be released on February 7th.

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