‘Trigger’ Jung Sung-il talked about the new side of himself he showed through this work.

Jung Sung-il recently had an interview for the end of the Disney+ series ‘Trigger’ at a cafe in Samcheong-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, and met with Donga.com to talk about the work.

When asked why he chose ‘Trigger’, Jung Sung-il said, “It‘s because of actress Kim Hye-soo. Anyway, my older sister had decided to do it, and I wanted to do it when I read the script.“

He continued, “The public’s image of me was ‘Ha Do-young’, so I looked neat and upright. I‘ve played characters who don’t express their emotions, so I thought it would be nice to have a character who does. I wanted to show a different side of Ha Do-young, who is strong, and various other sides. He said, ”I thought that I could act as the character of Hando comfortably and freely, both in terms of the clothes he wears and the way he expresses himself.“



When asked if he attempted a transformation in his acting through this production, Jeong Seong-il said, ”I don‘t think people have seen the actor Jeong Seong-il, who they think of as Ha Do-young, in the media. To be honest, it wasn’t that big of a change for me. I‘ve been performing for a long time, so I’ve done various appearances in performances. Since it‘s a method of expression that I’ve used in performances, it was an opportunity to show something developed from what I‘ve done before. It wasn’t a huge transformation in acting.“

As Jeong Seong-il said, ”Trigger“ was an even more welcome production because it allowed us to see his unpolished appearance. Jeong Seong-il said, ”Hando‘s clothes are the style I usually wear. It’s jeans or a hooded set-up. Doesn‘t your acting change depending on your clothes? That’s why I had fun wearing comfortable clothes and acting comfortably. It was a piece where I could express a lot of things freely,“ he said.

In particular, the reason why Jeong Seong-il‘s character in ‘Trigger’ became a hot topic was because he had to act much younger than his actual age. Jeong Seong-il said, ”When I saw that he was born in 1990 while watching a broadcast, I thought, ’Isn‘t that too much?’ I didn‘t act to look young, or do anything with my style, or intentionally hold candy. I wondered if the issue of age really needed to be discussed this much. I thought 10 years old was too much,” he said, and added, “My friends also asked why I was born in 1990,” making everyone laugh.



When asked about the response to the drama after the release of ‘Trigger’, Jeong Seong-il said, “The timing was such that when the drama was aired, I was always in the middle of rehearsing for a performance. Since I practice for a performance without paying attention to the outside world, I don’t really know what’s going on outside,” and added, “People who watch it often tell me that they’re having fun. People who watch it said they enjoyed it.”

Meanwhile, ‘Trigger’ depicts the story of vicious investigative journalism professionals who first stick their cameras in this flower-like world and expose the wrongdoings of the bad guys. The first episode was aired on January 15th, and the last episode was aired on February 19th.

Jung Sung-il plays the role of Han-do, a rookie PD who is dropped into the investigative journalism program ‘Trigger’ team like a parachute. He is a self-made outsider ‘Trigger’s gold-skinned ’Han-tto-rai’’’ who does not fit in with the team, and naturally portrays the process of him awakening and growing on his own as a true member of the team and changing his mind into a true PD of ‘Trigger’, drawing sympathy from viewers.

Choi Yoon-na, Donga.com reporter yyynnn@donga.com

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