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"Where should I go now?"
At the beginning of the play, Danjong's words and his eyes, immersed in guilt and helplessness, make the audience fall into the play at once. Director Jang Hang-joon was right to choose to cast only by looking at his acting skills. A 117-minute acting party will be held, with Yoo Hae-jin and Park Ji-hoon, who show the acting skills of "The Untold," and Yoo Ji-tae, Jeon Mi-do, Lee Joon-hyuk and Ahn Jae-hong, who made special appearances. Based on historical records, "The Man Who Lives with the King," which expanded the cinematic imagination, completed a story where hope and despair, laughter and tears intersect.
On the 21st, a press distribution preview of the movie "The Man Who Lives with the King" (director Jang Hang-joon) was held at Megabox COEX in Gangnam-gu, Seoul. Director Jang Hang-joon and actor Yoo Hae-jin, Park Ji-hoon, Yoo Ji-tae, and Kim Min-mi, former director of the show, attended the meeting to talk about various things.
"The Man Who Lives with the King" is the story of Cheongryeongpo in 1457, a village chief who claimed to be exiled for the revival of the village, and a young predecessor who was expelled from the throne and exiled.
"The Man Who Lives With the King," which is the first Korean film to capture Danjong at the center of the screen, was the crown prince of King Munjong who passed away two years after his reign, but King Danjong Lee Hong-wi, who was a young king who was thrown into a secret battle with the throne, was eventually deprived of the throne. The movie begins when he, who has never lived his way since he was born, left the palace in 1457 and went into exile in Cheongnyeongpo, a mountain village in Yeongwol.
Director Jang Hang-joon said, "There were many history advisory professors even before the work was prepared. "I needed to ask them for advice, to what extent it was real, to what extent it was recorded, what among the numerous theories about King Danjong's death should be taken, and how it should be connected," he said.
"A character named Eom Heung-do was recorded in the Annals for about two short lines. I needed imagination to dramatize that short record, and I struggled quite a bit."
In particular, "The Man Who Lives with the King" is a work in which actors' acting skills lead to immersion throughout the 117-minute running time. Director Jang Hang-joon said, "I thought he was a coach who was overthrown while working with the actors."
He continued, "It was like that on the spot, and I cast it based on my acting skills. I didn't care about the popularity, but I watched the character's synchronization and acting, and while editing, I thought, 'The casting went well,' and I'm just so grateful. I am grateful that (the actors) have been with me in these good times," he said.
Yoo Hae-jin plays Um Heung-do, the chief of Gwangcheongol, where King Danjong came to exile. He said, "I didn't prepare anything in particular, and I didn't think I should focus on anything. The sadness or warmth that I vaguely thought after reading the scenario naturally permeated the scene. Later, there was a scene where I watched Danjong play water by the river, and I felt the parents' heart to see their young children. I think it was the most important to express the desire to understand Danjong," he explained.
Director Jang Hang-joon said of Yoo Hae-jin's casting, "As I write it, I want to emphasize the humanity of Um Heung-do, and I wanted to emphasize a friendly rural person, and I worked on the scenario for a long time thinking about Yoo Hae-jin," adding, "Thank you so much for giving me much more life than I thought in the script." When I accepted the casting, I said, "I really appreciated it."
He added, "When this scenario came out, I decided to give it to Yoo Hae-jin, and when I gave it to him with a pounding heart, he said he wanted to do this, so the production team sang a delightful song." Yoo Hae-jin laughed when he answered, "Was I so light?" to the evaluation that it reminded him of coach Jang Hang-joon.
Park Ji-hoon becomes King Danjong's Lee Hong-wi itself and moves the audience's hearts. He said, "I didn't think about how to express it. When I worked with others, I tried to naturally immerse myself, he said. "Even though I was a king of Joseon with excellent communication, I thought it could be expressed in itself by coming into exile and sitting like that."
In addition, regarding Yoo Hae-jin's breathing, he said, "Like acting, I didn't actually approach my senior with any plans. In addition to filming, I think the relationship that I have built naturally with my senior was well reflected in the movie. I acted with respect to him," he said.
Yoo Ji-tae shows his strong presence as one of the most powerful people of the early Joseon Dynasty. Yoo Ji-tae said, "I thought there was a point where the Han Myeong-hoe of 'The Man Who Lives with the King' must do, apart from the existing one. It's a villain in the movie, but it feels like a spine, so I thought I should draw that one person well."
He said, "When the director gave me this scenario, I thought it would be an opportunity to transform after hearing that I wanted to draw a new one that was different from the one I previously drew. Han Myeong-hoe explained, "There was a point that Han Myeong-hoe had to do in an intuitive feeling because he was away from the villagers, and I constantly studied it to maintain my acting tone."
"When acting real characters, actors are put under a lot of pressure. "What if I were a one-person event?When I thought '', I thought that even though I had a wrong belief, I would have a sense of justice alive. He said, "I tried hard not only to emphasize the functionality of the villain, but to create the emotional level of the character."
Jeon Mi-do, who challenged historical drama for the first time in her acting career, played Maehwa, a court lady who supplemented King Danjong Lee Hong-wi. Director Jang Hang-joon said there were six court ladies who joined King Danjong when he left for exile, and the court lady who gathered the six was the plum flower played by Jeon Mi-do.
He said, "I thought he wouldn't do it because the amount was too small, but he asked me to meet him at once after seeing the scenario. Every time we actually met, the amount increased little by little. Meeting and talking as an actor stimulated my imagination, and it was so good that this role itself seemed to be becoming a meaningful role, not a folding screen. He said, "I hope we can do it together next time."
Park Ji-hoon said about his chemistry with Jeon Mi-do, "I don't have a real sister, but I thought if I had, I would have cared for and taken care of me like this. Even when he was not on the set, the warmth remained," he said.
Jeon Mi-do then said, "Yoo Hae-jin also talked about Ji-hoon's eyes, and I think that's what all the actors who worked with Park Ji-hoon feel. Just by looking at Hongwi's eyes sitting with all the food in the beginning, I naturally felt how the plum blossoms felt. There are not many scenes where I talk to Hongwi, but because of the atmosphere and aura that Jihoon has, I naturally have the emotions that Maehwa should have," he said.
Jeon Mi-do also said, "The Man Who Lives with the King is a movie that knows the ending and sees it. I think you can enjoy it more if you follow along while imagining what the story will be on the way to death," he said.
Finally, coach Jang Hang-joon said, "Everyone's wish is to cross the break-even point," adding, "I desperately hope to cross the break-even point." I hope that our film will become a grain of wheat for another leap forward in the stagnant Korean film industry," he said.
Meanwhile, The Man Who Lives With The King will be released on February 4.
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