Lee Hye-young X Kim Sung-chul ‘Breakthrough’, Perfect Harmony of Action X Drama(Comprehensive)[DA : On-site]
On the afternoon of the 24th, a press conference for the movie ‘Breakthrough’ was held in Yongsan-gu, Seoul.Actors Lee Hye-young, Kim Sung-chul, Yeon Woo-jin, Cynthia, and director Min Kyu-dong attended the press conference that day.
On this day, Director Min Kyu-dong said, “When I first thought of an action noir featuring a female killer in her 60s, I thought it was impossible.I thought it was a project that everyone would discourage.The moment I thought about that, I had a quandary,” and “I wanted to make a unique film that intertwined genre pleasure and drama.It has a big outer shell of revenge and reconciliation, but if we could share themes such as the reason why we must live after hearing about loss, I planned it with the thought that it would be a success.”
Kim Sung-chul explained about the action scenes with Lee Hye-young, “From the moment I read the script, I thought the build-up to the final battle was important, and that it should be condensed and explode at the end.We filmed from sunrise to sunset.It was the first time the two of them had an action scene together, so the synergy was important.Although it wasn’t all shown in the movie, we designed and filmed more action scenes.”
Lee Hye-young continued, “When we were about to start the action scenes, he got injured a lot and Sung-chul had a hard time.He practiced stunts to his heart’s content, but when he did it with me, his strength would have been different.That’s why Sung-chul must have felt disappointed.I think it’s true that I came out as a woman who was much more capable than my actual skills.”
Director Min Kyu-dong said about the differences between the original novel and the movie, “The original novel is very popular.The movie had no choice but to take a different approach from the novel.The two-hour time limit was a big limitation.In terms of the story, I did as much treatment work as the eight-part story.I even made episodes of the bullfighting past that doesn’t appear in the movie.To that extent, the novel had many things that could expand many motifs.It was to the point where one line could be expanded into an episode.It was fun like that.In the novel, the main characters don’t meet this often.I also took a non-linear plot where the present and the past are directed in one scene.I took a unique directing method where the past story had to appear in the present story.”
When asked why he had Kim Sung-chul sing the song that plays during the ending credits of “Breakthrough,” director Min Kyu-dong said, “I thought it would be nice to have a song that admires the sculpture in the movie, and I wrote the lyrics for a long time.After refining it in several versions, I finally mustered up the courage to ask him.I asked him to write the lyrics with the feeling of a bull calling out the sculpture’s name, thinking about what kind of song a bull would sing to a sculpture.I hoped that the image of the sculpture in the movie would remain deeply in the hearts of many people.”
Kim Sung-chul said, “When I saw the lyrics, I thought they were really good.The melody of the music is important, but I’m someone who values lyrics more, so I really liked the lyrics of ‘Piece.’ However, I felt burdened when singing it.I felt like I wouldn’t be able to be there if my voice echoed during the ending credits of the movie.The director said it would be more beneficial to the movie if it was there, so I mustered up the courage,” drawing attention.
Lee Hye-young said about the expressions used to describe the character in the movie, “When I dealt with the character of Jo-gak, I thought it was her ability.I wondered what the source of that power, the power that others call a legend, was.Old and waste are just words, and I have never thought about such things.Jo-gak is an unprecedented figure who broke such stereotypes.I thought I was showing Jo-gak as a human being, and I don’t think I thought of her as an old woman.”
Kim Sung-chul especially drew attention when he said about the behind-the-scenes of the action scene filming, “After we finished filming the last scene, the teacher sat down and the director burst into tears.I burst into tears when I saw that.It felt like the movie was ending.I thought that we developed camaraderie while filming this action scene.”
Lastly, actress Cynthia revealed her ambitions by saying that she expects the number of viewers for ‘Breakthrough’ to be 3 million.
Meanwhile, ‘Breakthrough’ is an action drama depicting an intense confrontation between Jo-gak(played by Lee Hye-young), a legendary killer who has been active for 40 years in an organization that deals with cockroach-like humans, and Tou(played by Kim Sung-chul), a mysterious killer who has chased her all her life.It will be released on the 30th.
Reporter Yoonna Choi com Donga.com yyynnn@donga
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