Fashion magazine Singles has released a pictorial of Park Hyung-sik, who is signaling a drastic acting transformation through the drama ‘Treasure Island’. In the revealed pictorial, Park Hyung-sik completed the pictorial by creating an intense atmosphere with his sharp eyes and cool expression.

Park Hyung-sik will meet viewers as the ambitious hacker Seo Dong-joo in the SBS drama ‘Treasure Island’, which is scheduled to premiere on February 14. In the previously released teaser video, Park Hyung-sik is signaling a drastic acting transformation with a coldness and dark shadow that is completely different from his existing image.

Park Hyung-sik said about this drama, “I think we all have our own treasure island. However, I think it is a work that shows how fierce, mean, and vicious a person can become when their treasure island is in danger of being taken away by someone else. In the process, an incident occurs due to the conflict between personal desires and ambitions. While filming this piece, I thought a lot about what my treasure island is and what my goal in life should be,” he said.



Park Hyung-sik expects this piece to be a turning point for him as an actor. He said, “I thought there would be fixed perceptions or images of the actor Park Hyung-sik. That’s why when I got the offer for this piece, I was so amazed and curious about what kind of image the director saw in me. It’s an actor’s calling to show various sides of themselves, but the timing wasn’t right and it wasn’t easy to come across such pieces, but after serving in the military and getting older, I thought I could finally show a new side of myself.”

Park Hyung-sik said about his character Seo Dong-ju, “I thought (Seo Dong-ju) was an arrogant person with a special memory called a photo memory. He is a confident person who tries to use his abilities to realize his ambitions. However, he is smart but not wise, so he puts himself in a corner,” he explained, revealing his deep understanding of the character.


Regarding his goals and direction as an actor, he said, “Like James McAvoy in M. Night Shamalone’s film ‘23 Identities,’, I want to become an actor who breaks his fixed image and goes beyond it. I thought it was amazing how he expressed multiple personalities in ‘23 Identities. I want to be an actor who constantly pursues new things. I feel the most fun and alive when I whip myself to expand the scope of my experiences or emotions,” he said, showing his passion for acting.

Park Hyung-sik’s pictorial can be found through Singles.

Hong Se-young, reporter for Donga.com, projecthong@donga.com

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