Park Hae-joon is going to ‘simultaneously conquer’ the big screen and home theater.

Following the Netflix drama ‘Fooled in a flash’ that became a hot topic after its release on the 7th, he is going to attract audiences by showing the movie ‘Opposition’ in theaters. He shows off his diverse charms by moving between ordinary, petit bourgeois characters and intense genre acting.

In ‘Bokssak Cheotsuda’, which depicts the love and life of Ae-soon (IU), the daughter of a haenyeo born in Jeju, and Gwan-sik (Park Bo-gum), the son of a fishmonger, through the four seasons, he plays the middle-aged Gwan-sik and shares the role of Park Bo-gum, who plays Gwan-sik in his teens and thirties.

The honest Gwan-sik who would do anything for his first love Ae-soon grows up to be a reliable ‘iron father’ who does not shy away from difficult tasks for his wife Ae-soon and daughter Geum-myeong, and he captures this with his quiet but warm expressions and speech.

In particular, he caught attention with a character that was 180 degrees different from the intense villain roles he had mainly played in his previous works. Director Kim Won-seok said, “The real Park Hae-joon is just like Gwan-sik,” and “I cast Park Hae-joon because I needed a ‘good actor’ who could match the kind Gwan-sik character. Park Hae-joon, who I worked with in ‘Misaeng,’ is the kindest actor I know.”

Park Hae-joon said, “I wanted to show through Gwan-sik how great it is to be sincere and work only for your family without worrying about complicated gains. I acted with a focus on what kind of happiness is created there and what kind of precious moments can be encountered there.”

He will transform into a persistent detective in ‘Opposition Party,’ which will be released on the 23rd of next month. ‘Opposition Party’ is a crime action film about a broker (Kang Ha-neul) who designs the South Korean drug ring, an ambitious prosecutor (Yoo Hae-jin), and a detective who is all set to crack down on drug crimes, all of whom have different goals and become entangled. Park Hae-joon plays Oh Sang-jae, a detective in the drug investigation unit who never lets go once he takes a bite.

Park Hae-joon, who realistically portrayed a character who delves into the relationship between a broker who designs the drug ring and an ambitious prosecutor who has made drug criminals tremble in fear, explained that he put sincerity into the character, saying, “I thoroughly prepared by listening to anecdotes and information related to actual drug investigation detectives and drug investigations.”

Reporter Seungmi Lee smlee@donga.com

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