‘Shark: The Storm’ Kim Min-seok “Lossed body fat percentage to 8%, action without protective gear” [DA : Interview ①]
He is not the ‘puppy’ younger man who was full of boyish charm.Actor Kim Min-seok is back with a poisonous gaze and rough action.He has broadened his acting spectrum and left a strong impression through the TVING original series ‘Shark: The Storm’, which returned for season 2 after 4 years.
‘Shark: The Beginning’, which was released in 2021, garnered attention as Tving’s first original movie based on an action webtoon.’Shark: The Storm’, which has been revived as a 6-part series after 4 years, is a real survival action piece that depicts a stormy showdown between ‘Cha Woo-sol’, who is training to become a mixed martial arts fighter after being released from prison, and the evil villain ‘Hyun Woo-yong(played by Lee Hyun-wook).’ Kim Min-seok, who took on the lead role in two seasons in a row, gave a passionate performance as ‘Cha Woo-sol’, who runs towards his new dream of becoming a mixed martial arts fighter after serving his sentence.
The ‘Shark’ series garnered much anticipation as it was Kim Min-seok’s comeback after his military service in 2020.Thanks to the hot popularity of season 1, ‘Shark: The Beginning’, season 2, ‘Shark: The Storm’, was also filmed.Filming was completed in 2022, but it was released on the 15th of last month after a three-year wait.
“Since I couldn’t actually fight, the director liked it in season 1.He said that my awkward fist-clenching and fighting style fit the character well.I went into it without learning anything.However, in season 2, the concept was that I only worked out for 1-2 years after getting out of prison, so I thought that my fighting poses had to be different.Including mixed martial arts, I worked out 350 days out of 365 without resting.At the time, I thought I was good at using my body, but looking back now, I have regrets.I think, ‘I should have done more, ‘and I have regrets.”
He lost 8% body fat for the sleek action scenes.Considering that the average body fat percentage for men is 15-20%, you can see that he put in more intense management and effort than you can imagine.Kim Min-seok laughed, saying, “I wanted to look better even when wearing a shirt, so I lost weight, but I felt wronged because there weren’ t many photos of me without it.” He said that he has been boxing steadily since “Shark.” He then said, “The amount of exercise is similar, but in your 30s, you have to diet unconditionally.I gained weight and got bigger because I ate a lot.My body fat percentage is around 15% now.My muscles have also become a lot more flabby.” He self-disparaged(?).
It is no exaggeration to say that ‘Shark: The Storm’ is a work that is running towards the final one-on-one action between Cha Woo-sol and Hyun Woo-yong.Kim Min-seok, who threw his whole body into the raw, high-intensity bare-handed action scenes with Lee Hyun-wook, recalled the extreme scene, revealing that he filmed the scene overnight for eight days.
“Since each episode was a full fight, I thought about how to make it not boring and keep the viewers watching.I used all kinds of techniques, broke things, and threw my body into it.Since there weren’t many spare props, I had to do it all at once, so I filmed it like an audition program.I think I aged two years while filming.Haha.I couldn’t wear protective gear because I was only wearing a shirt.When you see my face groaning after collapsing, it’s real.Fortunately, I wasn’t injured, but I think the more I hurt, the better it looks on screen.They used a body double for scenes that were too dangerous or involved falling, but I did about 80% of it.The same goes for Hyunwook hyung.”
“If I do, I have to take responsibility, but I also think, ‘Will I be able to work out again?’ When I was filming ‘Shark,’ I worked out three or four times a day.I ran 10km, went to the gym for two to three hours, and even lifted weights separately.I felt like I was back in the military after being discharged.After living like that for a year, it was so painful that I thought, ‘Even if I have children, I should tell them not to work out.’ However, I think Cha Woo-sol is a character who has to live like this.He’s a character who can’t be slacked off on management.I’m in my mid-30s now, so if I were to do season 3, I think I’d have to set the character’s age back a few years to match it to some extent.Haha.”
His next work is the tvN drama ‘Typhoon Boss’.He plays the role of Wang Nam-mo, a close friend of Kang Tae-poong(Lee Jun-ho).Kim Min-seok said, “I want to always exist as a character in the work to the viewers.I think that feeling is growing stronger as the years go by.My goal for my next work is to do my best and come back with a new side of Cha Woo-sol that is not seen before.”
He said he would like to try high-intensity action like the ‘Shark’ series again if it is a new style.He also expressed his desire to try other departments, drawing on his experience playing a neurosurgery resident in the medical drama ‘Doctors’.
“I like action, and I want to try film noir.I also like professional work.I study related content while preparing for a project, so time goes by quickly and I gain knowledge.I also want to try a law-related project.I’m taking group lessons to learn English, but I don’t think I’ll be able to do it well.I also like romance for people in their 30s, and I can wear a school uniform right now if I’m asked to.I want to work hard with the mindset that I’m going to run for a long time.”
Reporter Jeong com -yeon, Donga.com shine2562@donga
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