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![[Seoul = Newsis] Reporter Kim Hye-jin = Actors Gong Seung-yeon (from left), director Kim Tae-yong, director Jang Hye-jin and Choi Woo-sik pose at the press preview of the movie "Number One" (director Kim Tae-yong) at CGV Yongsan I'Park Mall in Yongsan-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 29th. 2026.01.29. jini@newsis.com / Photo = Kim Hye-jin](https://image.starnewskorea.com/21/2026/01/2026012916303326094_1.jpg)
Director Kim Tae-yong expressed his affection for actor Choi Woo-sik to his heart's content.
On the afternoon of the 29th, a press distribution preview of the movie "Number One" (director Kim Tae-yong) was held at CGV Yongsan I'Park Mall in Yongsan-gu, Seoul. Choi Woo-sik, Jang Hye-jin, Gong Seung-yeon and Kim Tae-yong attended the press conference after the premiere.
The movie "Number One" is a story about Ha-min (Choi Woo-sik), who started to see a decreasing number every time she eats her mother's food, and trying to protect her mother when she learns that her mother "Eun-sil (Jang Hye-jin)" dies when the number becomes 0.
Director Kim Tae-yong said, "There are a lot of stimulating content these days, and this movie is a story that thinks about how precious the life of me and my family is. "I hope it will be a movie that stays in my heart for a long time rather than a movie that touches my eyes," he said. "It is different from the two movies I presented in my 20s, 'The Giant' and 'The Teacher.' It feels like I'm coming back as a dance singer after being a ballad singer. If the previous works were taken in their 20s, this work will be presented at the beginning of their 40s. That's what I want to say when there is a line in the movie that says, "Deficiency is not a flaw, but hope." I wanted to give comfort to the audience," he said.
Director Kim Tae-yong, who will be with Choi Woo-sik again for the first time in 10 years after the movie "The Giant," said, "Choi Woo-sik directed it thinking that I was an expert. It was a movie of opposition to "The Giant," so we had such fun filming it. During the "Giant" meeting, Choi Woo-sik's acting was said to be a miracle, but this time, Choi Woo-sik's acting was a miracle," he said. "Even when filming, we had fun together like an old couple."
Choi Woo-sik said, "Once I prepared for this character, I felt a lot of pressure. There were many people who liked "The Giant," but I met with the director for the second time and felt pressured about how I could do better. I leaned a lot on the director. "I talked a lot about what I was curious about or lacking," he said. "When I met him as a 'giant', I and the director were in my 20s. There was a better synergy because neither I nor the director had any experience. When we met for the second time, the experience was accumulated, so it was a little easier on the spot. The director also knew me well, so I acted very happily," he said.
Meanwhile, Number One will be released on Feb. 11.
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