'Pyrenche' Kim Min-jong, "Long hair + beard and homeless misunderstanding...""Surprised by the 100 million views of Reels" [Interview 1]

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Actor Kim Min-jong told how he returned to the screen after 20 years with "Pyrenche."

At a cafe in Samcheong-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul on the 13th, he met with Kim Min-jong of the movie "Pirenche" (director Lee Chang-yeol) and shared various stories.

The movie "Pyrenche" is a road movie about a middle-aged man, Seok-in, who is the end of his loss, and a healing narrative that blooms again under the sunshine of Florence, where his passion was breathing when he was young. Set in beautiful Florence, the main character who has lost the meaning and direction of life in the middle of life conveys a message of hope, "Middle-aged is not a stop, but a restart."

Kim Min-jong's last screen appearance was Palm Forest, released in 2005, and he returned to the screen with Pyrenees after 20 years.

For Kim Min-jong, the appearance and release of "Pirenche" was like a "miracle." He said, "At the request of director Kim Yong-hwa, I made a cameo of the movie 'Along with the Gods' once, and I stopped for a while, but time has already come like this."

Regarding the starting point of "Pyrenche," he said, "The director suggested the main character of another work three years ago. But the main character was burdened, so I asked him to play a villain, but he said no. No matter how much I think about it, the main character turned down the appearance because it was burdensome. But after a year, I will grow my role as a villain, so I asked him to do it together, so he grew his hair and asked for villainous styling. But the movie was finally put on hold because the main actor was not cast well."

"So I was going to cut my barely grown hair, but I couldn't because of the timing, but the director contacted me again. At that time, I wrote a scenario called 'Pyrenche' in advance, but they asked me to take a look. But the scenario was so difficult, and I was going to reject it, but the reaction to the scenario was so good that I was shocked. I thought, 'Did I see it wrong?' so I asked for a few days. But when I heard the director's intention and looked at the scenario once again, I understood it, and I thought about doing it boldly.

In particular, a movie-related video featuring Kim Min-jong recorded 100 million views of the release. He said, "People around me said, 'It doesn't suit me,' and I heard that I look like a homeless person." I actually went to the restaurant, but my mother wasn't paying for it. I think you saw it that way because you grew out your beard and hair," he said.

"But I heard that the number of views for Reels exceeded 100 million, so I thought, 'What is it?' but they saw a lot from China. The drama "The Gentleman's Dignity" was well received in China, but I think it became an issue because I, who was a neat and dandy image, changed a lot."

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