“High-level ‘LTNS’, Lee Som and Ahn Jae-hong set it on fire” [28th BIFF Comprehensive]

[Busan (Haeundae-gu) = Sports Today Reporter Seo Ji-hyun] Actors Lee Som and Ahn Jae-hong returned as a sexless couple. ‘LTNS’ is the third couple acting with two people who showed more passion than the staff.

On the afternoon of the 6th, the TVING original series ‘LTNS (Long Time No Sex)’, which was officially invited to the on-screen section of the 28th Busan International Film Festival (28th BIFF) at the GIFFXGENESIS outdoor stage at the Busan Cinema Center in Haeundae-gu, Busan (An open talk was held (written and directed by Lim Da-hyung and Jeon Go-un). Actors Lee Som, Ahn Jae-hong, director Dae-hyung Lim, and director Go-woon Jeon attended the scene.

‘LTNS’ is a comedy series in which Woo-jin (Lee Som) and Samuel (Ahn Jae-hong), a couple of five years who have become estranged from their relationship due to life, start blackmailing an affair couple to make money, and in the process, face their already ruined relationship.

Director Jeon Go-woon said, “Lee Som and Ahn Jae-hong appear as a married couple who have been together for five years. Woo-jin and Samuel are a sexless couple, but they are having a hard time making a living, so they make money by chasing down unfaithful couples. Ironically, as the time increases, their relationship grows stronger. “It is a complex genre work of comedy, action, chase, and melodrama in which various incidents occur while looking back,” he said.

Ahn Jae-hong, who plays Samuel, said, “My character’s name is Imbak Samuel. If I use MBTI, I would think of him as INFJ. He is a friend who really needs his own time and space. He appears as a couple with the character played by Lee Som. I am a taxi driver. Taxi driver.””This is a character who drives the taxi as a driver and becomes his or her own unique space,” he explained.

Lee Som, who plays Woojin, said, “Woojin has been living with Samuel for 5 years. They are a sexless couple. They are hoteliers who work at a hotel. His personality is INTJ. He is instinctive and goal-oriented.”

In particular, Lee Som and Ahn Jae-hong reunited with director Jeon Go-woon again after the 2018 movie ‘Little Princess’. Director Jeon Go-woon said, “The level of the work is strong. The actors chose the work without thinking about such things. The two actors burned us to the point where we tried to stop them.””I felt like I was doing it,” he said, expressing his gratitude.

At the same time, director Jeon was satisfied, saying, “I think our relationship has become much deeper, both when we were doing ‘Little Princess’ and now. Our relationship and our depth as actors.”

Regarding this, Lee Som said, “It was the same in the beginning, but even when I was going through a very difficult time, I told the director, ‘Please don’t give up and lead me. Push me.’”He continued, “I felt like he handled me well as a director. ‘Small Princess’ “I think I was able to play a little more comfortably because the coaches were there during ‘LTNS’ as well,” he responded.

In addition, regarding co-directing, Ahn Jae-hong said, “I felt precious because there were two directors. Everyone was amazed that they watched the monitor, directed together, and talked together.”He added, “The two people create great synergy on set. There were many great scenes. I asked, ‘How can these two people come together so well and create such a powerful work?’ and he said, ‘Isn’t it because we worked on the script together so we have the same picture?’ That is the biggest differentiator of our work. “I think this is it,” he said.

Among them, Ahn Jae-hong laughed and said, “We had a system of class president and vice-class president. At the beginning of filming, the person who played the role of class president wore an armband. It was a fluorescent-colored armband like a soccer captain.”

Director Im Da-hyeong added, “To avoid confusion on the field, we decided on a class leader. Only the class leader could speak.”

[Sports Today Reporter Seo Ji-hyun ent@stoo.com]