'True Education' Jang Yo-hoon: "The shaved-head scene isn't CG... The prison urination scene was my idea" [Interview 2]

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• Interview with actor Jang Yo-hoon, who plays Min Ji-woong in Netflix's 'True Education'

Actor Jang Yo-hoon shared his thoughts on the shaved-head scene in 'True Education' and revealed behind-the-scenes details.

On the 24th, StarNews conducted an interview with Jang Yo-hoon at its Seoul Jongno-gu office regarding the Netflix original series 'True Education' (script by Lee Nam-gyu, directed by Hong Jong-chan).

Released on the 5th, 'True Education' is a series depicting the refreshing and satisfying true education carried out by the National Education Rights Protection Agency, established to defend the educational rights and reality of Korea's education system, which had collapsed due to students, teachers, and parents overstepping their bounds. In Episode 6, the story unfolds involving juvenile offenders under the age of criminal responsibility who were involved in youth crime and drug trafficking. Jang Yo-hoon portrayed Min Ji-woong, considered the main villain of this episode.

Jang Yo-hoon revealed that he actually had his head shaved for the scene where his character enters a juvenile detention center and gets his head shaved in the series. He added, "It was very different from how it's depicted stylishly in 'The Man from Nowhere' starring Won Bin," smiling. He continued, "There are many works where characters get their hair cut, but not many where they get their heads shaved. So I thought it would be fun to have a shaved-head scene. That's why I readily agreed to have my head actually shaved. But some people thought it was done with CG."

Jang Yo-hoon also described the atmosphere on set during the prison scenes. He said, "The actors I met then looked fierce and even had tattoos. Seeing them with their arms around each other was genuinely scary. In scenes where I had to act scared, my expressions came naturally without much effort." He also revealed, "Even in the scene where the workshop leader Kim Soo-kyun (played by Kim Gyun-ha) stabs me with a toothbrush, I was scared that even though I knew it was fake, I might accidentally get stabbed."

Additionally, the scene where Jang Yo-hoon's character is threatened by Kim Soo-kyun in prison and accidentally urinates himself was created based on Jang Yo-hoon's idea. He shared the behind-the-scenes detail: "That scene wasn't in the script; I proposed the idea."

Jang Yo-hoon also expressed his deep affection for actors Im Hyun-mook, Yoon Tae-sik, and Choi Hyun-joon, who played the juvenile offenders who committed crimes alongside his character. He stated, "Except for one episode, we filmed all the episodes together. During the production, none of us had company cars, so we all traveled together by car and subway, stayed together, and became very close. We even planned to meet up today."

He also expressed his respect for senior actor Kim Mu-yeol, whom he met on set. Jang Yo-hoon said, "Senior Kim Mu-yeol made sure I could do everything I wanted to do. He even communicated my ideas and what I wanted to do to the director on my behalf. I thought I wanted to become an actor like him." He added, "He was incredibly handsome, skilled in using his body, and possessed everything. With such acting ability and attitude toward life, I realized why he keeps getting called upon."

He also did not forget to express gratitude to other senior actors he worked with. Jang Yo-hoon said, "Senior Pyo Ji-hoon and Senior Jin Ki-ju were always there to help me. Since I haven't been in commercial media for long, they gave me many encouraging words."

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