Actor So Ji-sub shared his thoughts on acting in an action movie for the first time in 13 years.

‘The Square’, which will be released on the 6th, is a noir action film about Ki-jun(So Ji-sub), who cut his own Achilles tendon and left the world of the square, but returns 11 years later to dig up the background to seek revenge on the death of his younger brother Ki-seok(Lee Joon-hyuk), who was the number two man in the organization.

At the production conference held at the Grand Ballroom of the Ambassador Seoul Pullman Hotel in Jung-gu, Seoul on the 5th, So Ji-sub was surprised by the news that it had been 13 years since he had acted in an action movie, saying, “It’s already been that long?” and laughing, saying, “I wanted to do action scenes again.” He then explained the criteria for his character in the drama, saying, “He’s a person who speaks with actions and eyes rather than words,” and “I tried to show that between the lines rather than through lines.”

Also, director Choi Sung-eun, who took the megaphone that day, said, “All the characters, including Ki-jun, have their own desires and emotions.I hope you follow the story while empathizing with the motivations behind these characters,” and “Emotions were important when doing action scenes.I thought that if you can’t convince yourself of the emotions, (the action scenes)will simply look like physical conflicts,” drawing attention.



Reporter Seungmi smlee@donga.com

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