Park Jin-young, who became a cult leader, challenges his first villain role(High Five)

MOVIES May 15, 2025

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Actor Park Jin-young is hinting at a new side of himself in ‘High Five’.

Park Jin-young, who has established himself as a popular acting idol through his consistent acting career, will challenge his first villain role in ‘High Five’.’High Five’ is a comic action film that depicts the story of five people who accidentally gain different superpowers through organ transplants and encounter those who covet their powers.

Park Jin-young, who began his acting career with ‘Dream High 2’, stole the hearts of women with his delicate emotional acting in ‘Yumi’s Cells Season 2 ‘and won the Best New Actor Award at the Baeksang Arts Awards and the Korean Association of Film Critics Awards for his passionate performance in dual roles in the film’ A Christmas Carol ‘, gaining attention as a next-generation actor.Park Jin-young, who recently received favorable reviews for proving his solid acting skills in the recently aired’ The Witch: Part 2 ‘, has joined the film’ High Five ‘, foreshadowing the appearance of a strong villain.

After receiving a pancreas transplant, the leader of a cult,’ Young-chun ‘, who gained the superpower to absorb youth, erases his past of being helpless in the face of death and is reborn.After gaining superpowers,’ Young-chun ‘, who only dreamed of’ eternal life ‘, learns of the existence of other organ transplant recipients besides himself and sets out to find them in order to monopolize all superpowers.Park Jin-young, who revealed the reason for participating in the work, saying, “The scenario was so interesting that there was no reason not to do it,” said about his first challenge as a villain, “It was so great because it was a character that I could act in various ways as an actor.” Director Kang Hyung-chul said, “He is an incredibly hard-working actor.It was as if he was born for the role of’ Young-chun ‘, and he prepared hard to create his own style and digested it wonderfully.” He raised expectations for Park Jin-young’s acting transformation.

Park Jin-young’s performance, which heralded the strongest villain in the world of superpowers, can be seen in theaters on May 30th(Friday)through the movie ‘High Five’.

Reporter Yoonna Choi com Donga.com yyynnn@donga

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