Ha Jung-woo‘s third directorial film, ‘Lobby’, is raising expectations by releasing a video about the making of ‘Lobby Project Proposal’.

‘Lobby’, which will be released on April 2, tells the story of Chang-wook (Ha Jung-woo), a startup CEO who only knows research, starting his first lobby golf game in his life to win a 4 trillion won national project.

The video released this time contains the actors’ thoughts and behind-the-scenes footage, as well as the meticulous production process, in line with the concept of a business proposal presentation, just like Chang-wook‘s presentation to win a national project in the film.

Ha Jung-woo, who took on the challenge of directing and acting at the same time, said, “Unlike other works, I did almost 10 times more readings with the actors,” and added that he put in a lot of effort and passion to increase the perfection of the piece.

Kwak Sun-young, who played Chang-wook’s assistant Director Kim, said, “It was fun to see the director call cut himself after I finished acting,” and expressed her deep impression on Ha Jung-woo’s challenge of taking on the roles of both director and actor. Cha Joo-young, who played the role of Da-mi, the wife of the golf course owner, said, “As a fan of Ha Jung-woo’s comedy, I wanted to participate (in this piece).” Lee Dong-hwi, who played lobbyist reporter Park Ki-ja, said, “This piece contains the DNA of the director’s previous work, ‘Roller Coaster.’” The director was able to foresee my condition, my direction, and even my next steps,” he said, revealing his special admiration for director Ha Jung-woo.

Director Ha Jung-woo himself revealed the reason for casting each actor, which is one of the main points of the work, which also amplifies curiosity. Since the work is full of the flavor of the lines, director Ha Jung-woo had to cast the best actors who could not only deliver the lines with a sense of tempo but also maximize the acting chemistry between the actors. He focused on the other side of each actor and their freshness, and as a result, the actors who were cast in the right places at the right time are expected to deliver captivating acting and strong laughter to the audience.


Reporter Seungmi Lee smlee@donga.com

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