‘I Was Fooled By You’ Park Hae-joon talked about what he felt while playing the character of Yang Gwan-sik.

On the afternoon of the 1st, Park Hae-joon of the Netflix series ‘I Was Fooled By You’ met with Dong-a.com for an interview and talked about the series.

When asked about his thoughts on presenting the conclusion of ‘I Was Fooled By You’, Park Hae-joon said, “I had high expectations because I met such a great script, director, writer, and actors. I was worried about how the story would be delivered to the viewers, but after watching parts 1 and 2, those concerns disappeared. We‘ve really cried and laughed together for the past month, and although it’s not over because it‘s an OTT series, I feel like it’s come to an end in my heart. I‘m so sad, but I’m also so happy that it seems to have a good outcome.” I never thought I‘d meet a work like this, and I wonder if I’ll ever meet him again,“ he said.



About his feelings about playing the middle-aged Gwan-sik, he said, ”Bo-gum did such a good job in the beginning that he made me think of the character Gwan-sik. I was so grateful. When I appear, don‘t you think of the young Gwan-sik? I was like that too. There was a senior who sent me a text saying, ‘It made me sad just to see my face when I appeared.’ I benefited that much from Bo-gum. If you look closely at the part where Gwan-sik appears, you can see that the people around him are creating the character of Gwan-sik. There were so many people who made Gwan-sik into that kind of person through flashbacks or narrations, even though he didn’t do anything, so I don‘t know what to do. He just happened as the play went on, but the people around him are making him into a very affectionate father and an honest and sincere person. He humbly replied, “I did nothing.”

When asked about the reactions of people around him who watched ’I Was Fooled‘, Park Hae-joon said, “There are always many people around me who support me when a project comes out. This time, my friends from when I was young and those who are getting older with me said they cried so much when they watched it with their wives and said, ’Thank you.‘ That made me really happy. When I got texts from my college friends, it reminded me of memories I had with those friends. Friends who ran away from home after fighting with their fathers and came to my house, friends whose fathers passed away when they were young, etc. When these friends told me they were so grateful and thankful that they watched it, it made a different kind of feeling.”



When asked if Director Kim Won-seok of ‘I Was Fooled’ had any say in the reason for casting him, Park Hae-joon said, “‘My Mister’. I guess I felt burdened by cutting my hair. The director said he really wanted to cast me. He felt so bad about actually shaving his head that he said, ‘I’ll do whatever it takes.’. I remember Sung-kyun jokingly saying, ‘Director Kim Won-seok is responsible for you’. I think that‘s why he kept doing it. I’m not the type of person who usually contacts the director or gives him gifts during the holidays. I just made up my mind, but I‘m so grateful that he keeps casting me. I’ve come this far and achieved such good results, so now I have to repay him for the rest of my life. Even if I don‘t get a guarantee. He’s like a benefactor. He said, “He‘s someone I rely on because he gives me really good advice so that I can act properly.”

Meanwhile, ‘Fooled in a Box’, which was first released on the 7th and ended with 16 episodes, is a Netflix series that unfolds the adventurous lives of ‘rebellious girl’ Ae-soon and ‘unstoppable iron’ Gwan-sik, both born in Jeju, through four seasons.

Park Hae-joon played the role of a middle-aged Yang Gwan-sik in ‘Fooled in a Box’ and acted as a married couple with Moon So-ri.

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

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