'Top Mountain' PD: "Heo Kyung-hwan as the 'Catfish Man' is like DEX in 'Around the World with Kim' — I bought low when he was unpopular"

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Broadcasters Yoo Se-yoon, Jang Dong-min, Heo Kyung-hwan, Boom, and Yang Se-hyung will endure hardships in the mountains to deliver primal laughter.

On the afternoon of the 28th, a press conference for MBC's variety program 'Top Mountain (Mountain)' was held at the Golden Mouse Hall in Sangam, Mapo-gu, Seoul. Yoo Se-yoon, Jang Dong-min, Heo Kyung-hwan, Boom, Yang Se-hyung, and PD Kim Myeong-yeop attended.

On this day, Heo Kyung-hwan greeted the audience by saying, "I am the character of the summit in 'Top Mountain.' There are all sorts of tricks and battles. Please watch it carefully."

Heo Kyung-hwan appears as the 'Catfish Man' in 'Top Mountain.' PD Kim Myeong-yeop explained the reason for casting Heo Kyung-hwan: "I bought low when he was at his lowest point in popularity. He has no flaws in looks or humor, so I cast him." He added, "Heo Kyung-hwan plays a role similar to DEX in 'Around the World with Kim.' I think he might even win the grand prize this time," he joked.

Heo Kyung-hwan said, "I am not a member of the '2025 MBC Broadcasting Entertainment Awards,' but I have won excellence awards from all three major networks. I want to start the final Choi U (수상) at MBC. While competing here, I thought, 'This is happiness.'"

'Top Mountain' is Korea's first survival mountain variety show featuring intense competition toward the summit through various missions set in the mountains. The production team behind 'Radio Star' and 'Around the World with Kim' has come together. Yoo Se-yoon, a male Choi U-su-sang (수상) nominee at the '2025 MBC Broadcasting Entertainment Awards,' along with Jang Dong-min, Boom, and Yang Se-hyung, who were also nominees in the same category, are joined by the 'catfish' Heo Kyung-hwan as a member.

'Top Mountain' will premiere on May 3 at 6 p.m.

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