Ryu Jun-yeol returns as a pastor filled with madness.

He will once again embark on an intense acting transformation through the Netflix film ‘Revelation’, which will be released worldwide on the 21st. Having previously taken on drastic transformations as a blind person, a Taoist priest, and a male hostess in his leading roles, he will now play a character with extreme blind faith and madness.

‘Revelation’, based on a webtoon of the same name, tells the story of a pastor who believes that punishing the culprit of a missing person‘s case is a revelation from God and a detective in charge of missing person’s cases who is plagued by hallucinations of his younger sibling who died in a terrible incident in the past, each pursuing their own beliefs. Director Yeon Sang-ho, who created ‘Hell’ ‘Train to Busan’, wrote the script for this new film, and webtoon writer Choi Gyu-seok, who worked with him in ‘Hell’, wrote the script.

Ryu Jun-yeol, who plays the role of pastor Sung Min-chan in the drama, unravels the conflicting images of a “faithful pastor” and “madness” with his own excellent acting.

Ryu Jun-yeol attended the production report meeting held at the M Gallery in Naru Seoul, Mapo-gu, Seoul on the morning of the 18th and said, “There are many images of pastors, but I wanted to portray them as honest and transparent characters in their conversations with God and their views on their jobs.” He continued, “I think it will be fun to see what actions a person who believes in revelations from God takes and how far they go.”

Unlike many of the characters in Director Yeon’s works, such as “Train to Busan” and “Parasyte,” which were full of cinematic fantasy, the fact that this time, the character reveals the most realistic and intimate psychology is also noteworthy.

Director Yeon said on this day, “It deals with the story of destruction and salvation of people who only see what they want to see and believe what they want to believe.” He added, “In the original, the character of Seong Man-chan is a very worldly person. ”Before filming, Ryu Jun-yeol said, ‘It seems like it will be expressed more strongly if you are sincere,’ so I reflected that a lot,“ rather than the worldly aspect, which would make it easier for the audience to empathize with it.
Ryu Jun-yeol also said, ”Because it deals with a very realistic story, I think anyone in the world will sympathize and say, ‘Isn’t this my story?‘ I was most fascinated by that part.“

This production is especially drawing attention because director Alfonso Cuaron, who directed ‘Gravity’’’’’’’, is participating as an executive producer.

On this day, director Alfonso Cuaron said through the video, ”I was impressed by the fact that it deeply explores various themes while following a clear genre,“ and ”the actors’ passionate performances and mise-en-scène (screen composition) are the key driving forces that give the film its power.“



Reporter Lee Jeong-yeon annjoy@donga.com

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