Writer Yoon Tae-ho: "Why Lee Byung-hun? ... 'Inside Men' licensing fee was set very high" [Baekban-gihaeng] [Byeolbyeol TV]

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Writer Yoon Tae-ho revealed behind-the-scenes details about the casting and production of the film 'Inside Men'.

On the 10th, cartoonist Yoon Tae-ho appeared as a guest on TV Chosun's 'Shikgaek Heo Young-man's Baekban-gihaeng' and visited Boseong.

On that day, Heo Young-man asked, "How did you feel when you heard that 'The Internal Men' would be made into a film?"

Yoon Tae-ho explained, "Since that was a work that had been suspended during serialization, when someone came to buy the film rights, I refused to sell them by setting the licensing fee very high. But they said, 'We'll do it.'"

He continued, "They said Lee Byung-hun was cast first. So I said, 'Don't lie. Why would he be in it?' Because my comic contains a lot of harsh content," he laughed.

'Inside Men' is a noir film that starkly exposes a corrupt structure involving collusion among politics, chaebols, and media power. It featured veteran actors such as Lee Byung-hun, Jo Seung-woo, and Baek Yoon-sik. The film recorded a cumulative audience count of 7.07 million viewers.

Yoon Tae-ho said, "In 'Inside Men,' there is a scene where a character named Director Jo says, 'Cut it here,' and gives an order. I thought this would be the most sensitive part with the director, but actor Jo Woo-jin handled it very well."

In response, Heo Young-man laughed, saying, "How can you be so cruel to people?" and added, "It shows that you have a cruel side within yourself."

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