Park Ji-hoon of "The Prince" said, "I was scared of casting 役.."Losing 15kg without eating" [Interview 1]

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Park Ji-hoon of the movie "The Man Who Lives with the King" said he lost 15 kilograms, explaining why he decided to appear in the movie.

On the 27th, I met Park Ji-hoon of the movie "The Man Who Lives with the King" (director Jang Hang-joon) at a cafe in Samcheong-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, and talked about various things.

"The Man Who Lives with the King" is a film about Cheongryeongpo in 1457, a chief who claimed to be exiled for the revival of the village, and a young predecessor who was expelled from the throne and exiled. Park Ji-hoon played the role of King Danjong Lee Hong-wi, a young king who was expelled from the throne and exiled.

Park Ji-hoon said he heard scary emotions first after receiving a proposal from "The Man Who Lives with the King." He said, "To be honest, I was scared. I was afraid of whether I could understand the heart of King Danjong, the king of misfortune, and express his empty heart in the movie."

"But I had three or four meetings with Hang-jun, and at the end, he said, 'The ending has to be you.' After hearing that, I thought a lot about it as I drove in the car," he said. "Maybe I can try it?" "I was confident that I might be able to express that feeling, so I trusted the director and made the decision," he said.

Park Ji-hoon said, "I wanted to repay coach Jang Hang-joon's faith," adding, "In fact, I think it's thanks to the 'weak hero.' Director Hang Jun said that he casted the eyes of a "weak hero." I think you've seen energy that is never weak," he added.

In particular, Park Ji-hoon has made a character by losing 15kg since the casting was decided. He said, "It's simple, but it's a hard way, but I just didn't eat it. I endured it while eating a slice of apple, but I couldn't sleep and became devastated. I just didn't eat and didn't exercise because I wanted to make good use of that appearance," he said.

Coach Jang Hang-joon said earlier, "If Park Ji-hoon hadn't lost weight, 'The Man Who Lives with the King' would have been my posthumous work." Park Ji-hoon said, "I think I would have thought so. It was the off-season, and it was a vacation period when I ate, slept, and played without thinking. You might have thought, "It's not the image I saw." I went on a diet so as not to betray that belief. I think I lost about 15kg," he said.

"There was a lot of food on the set, but when I saw or ate it, I filled it up. I wasn't feeling well, but it was delicious when I ate it (for filming). I don't want to eat it, but when I ate salt, I felt it was delicious," he said. He said, "I realized by screaming that I was dizzy because I didn't have energy to use in my body. Since I didn't eat anything, I felt like my head was spinning after screaming at Ji-tae. Still, he didn't fall down. It's okay," he said.

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