Actor Im Si-wan’s unstoppable transformation

Actor Im Si-wan is active in all fields, regardless of genre or field. He earned the nickname ‘Clear-Eyed Maniac’ by playing a crazy villain in his previous works ‘Emergency Declaration’ and ‘I Just Dropped My Cell Phone’. In ‘1947 Boston’, which was released on the 27th of last month, he played a perfect marathoner. transformed. In addition, they will utilize their careers as idol groups to sing the official theme song for the ‘2024 Busan World Table Tennis Championships’ and continue their journey toward becoming a global star by filming Season 2 of ‘Squid Game’.

Im Si-wan played the role of marathoner Seo Yun-bok in ‘1947 Boston.’ Although he has never received proper marathon training, his skills from working in various delivery jobs to make a living were chosen by Son Ki-jeong (Ha Jung-woo), a gold medalist at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, and he is the first person to compete in an international marathon wearing the Taegeuk symbol.

In order to transform into a marathoner, he lowered his body fat percentage to 6% by combining intense training with up to 70% of the training volume of actual athletes and diet management. He has been immersed in his role by participating in actual marathon competitions since 2019, and continues to participate in charity marathon events with colleagues such as singer Sean, former national soccer player Lee Young-pyo, and actor Park Bo-gum.

Expectations for the sequel are also high, as it has shown a variety of faces, from a creepy villain to an indomitable marathoner. In the Coupang Play drama ‘Boys’ Generation’, which will be released in November, he plays the role of a lonely high school student who one day becomes the school’s ‘Jjangjang’ and shows off his delightful comedic acting for the first time in a long time. He will also play a major character along with Lee Jung-jae and Lee Byung-hun in Season 2 of the world’s most anticipated work, ‘Squid Game’, which will be released next year.

Along with his close friend, actor Jung Hae-in, he showed his honest and unaffected side on the recently concluded JTBC travel program ‘Actor Traveling’. Not only this, but as she is from an idol group, she sang ‘Win for you’ (Win for you), the theme song for the ‘Busan World Table Tennis Championships’ to be held in February next year, with girl group Espa member Winter. He will also serve as an ambassador for the competition.

Reporter Seungmi Lee smlee@donga.com