"You have to get married no matter what.""Choi Woo-sik, meaning of family [★FULL Interview]

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• Choi Woo-sik interview for the movie "Number One."

Actor Choi Woo-sik (36) returned to the screen as the nation's son. Choi Woo-sik worked with director Kim Tae-yong in the movie "The Giant" for the second time with "Number One."

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.

Choi Woo-sik said, "Actually, I feel more nervous ahead of the release than ever. As I work with director Kim Tae-yong for the second time, I feel pressured to show a better performance than before. I filmed more movies than dramas, but there was always someone I could lean on whenever I filmed. Should I say there is a place to hide. Now, it is true that it is more burdensome to work on my name as a one-top casting and holding the director's hand as the main character. I'm very nervous because the movie market doesn't have a good score these days. It's not my favorite genre, such as action or horror, but I hope you watch it because there are good rumors," he said.

Director Kim Tae-yong, who has been with Choi Woo-sik again for the first time in 10 years since "The Giant," expressed his affection at a press conference, saying, "Choi Woo-sik directed it thinking that I was an expert." In an interview on that day, Choi Woo-sik said, "I hope (the director) doesn't say that. Honestly, director Kim Tae-yong seems to know me well. I don't want to admit it, but I think it's true. Sometimes even if I don't look at the monitor, I already know everything I've thought of and finish it. I also think I know well when I feel most uncomfortable and happy," he said.

Choi Woo-sik also said, "As I work, I think I have to be good at something whenever I meet people. As a result, sometimes I am not honest without realizing it, and sometimes I show a different side from myself. On the other hand, when I took "The Giant" more than 10 years ago, it looked like an egg without a shell. I think the director and I know each other well because we met in the rawest way, not in society. While filming this time, the director was surprised to see something about me and said, "You've grown up so much." I'm 37 years old now," he said, drawing laughter.

Jang Hye-jin, who appeared as Choi Woo-sik's mother in "Number One," said, "The way Woo-sik eats in the poster of "Number One" looks so much like our son. It really looks a lot like him. I once said to Woo-sik, "I wish my son would grow up like you," but my son really looks like Woo-sik. His face and personality are the same," he said, expressing affection.

Choi Woo-sik said, "I actually saw the picture, too. You showed us during "Parasite" and watched it again this time. In my opinion, he actually looks a lot like me. In a way, I thought it was a good device for us to immerse ourselves in acting with a mother-son relationship. Also, my mom's boystone and her senior boystone are actually similar. It also had a good influence on me and helped me, he said. "In fact, when we filmed 'Parasite', we didn't communicate much on the spot. I'm very nervous, too. At that time, everyone was standing up because they wanted to do well. I couldn't communicate acting or emotionally because the scenes that came together were mainly ensembles, but I think I exchanged a lot while filming this movie. It was fun."

Choi Woo-sik also praised Gong Seung-yeon, who worked together as a lover in the play. He said, "I worked with Seung-yeon for the first time in this work. Director Kim Tae-yong and I are already close, and Jang Hye-jin's mother is already close, so Gong Seung-yeon must have been nervous and nervous to be together, but she permeated well. "If I can't talk to the director straight, Seung-yeon talked well next to me and it was very helpful and good when we were acting with each other," he said.

Choi Woo-sik, who plays a cancer patient in the movie, shows that he is becoming more emaciated in the second half. Choi Woo-sik said, "Actually, I'm the type to lose weight when I shoot, so I got a lot of help from that. Even when I watch a movie, there are times when I look so sick and dirty. "I didn't lose a lot of weight, but I was always so skinny that even a little bit of it looked like I lost a lot of weight," he explained.

Choi Woo-sik wore a school uniform while acting from high school students to adults in the drama. He laughed, saying, "Maybe 'Number One' is the last work I've ever worn a school uniform." Choi Woo-sik said, "I want to keep wearing it, but it's not easy. This time, we wore school uniforms while filming with actors of the same age, but it's really funny to film with actors of the age who will wear real school uniforms. It will be possible if the field conditions are met, but I think this will be the last time. Certainly, acting in high school students has a different emotional line. "The tone is a little different when acting, but it's not easy for me to be as pure as a student because I'm so into the world," he confessed.

Choi said he thought about the meaning of family while filming the film. Choi Woo-sik, now in his late 30s, was also thinking about marriage. Choi Woo-sik said, "Most of my friends are married and have children. Whenever I see such a scene, I think, 'I might have been married by now.' But now that I'm working. I don't think it's yet because I've had a lot of experiences that I haven't even talked about getting married. It's not non-marriageism and I've never thought about getting married directly. When the situation comes, I think we'll make sure it's right. Certainly not many actors are married my age now. As I work, I often miss things that are so natural. Ordinary people say, "Worrying about celebrities is useless," and that's right. But sometimes I can't even do the obvious thing. I think I'll keep thinking about marriage in the future. I should get married, when would be a good time. I think marriage is a must. Family, family, and such things are important," he stressed.

Finally, Choi Woo-sik said, "In fact, in the meantime, I've turned down such emotional dramas because I've been filming them because I'm afraid it'll be difficult. I wanted to do a lot of fun, pleasant, and comical things with my greed. However, while doing this work, it was good to enjoy and act on the spot. I was afraid to approach works that were emotionally sad or likely to fall into a swamp, but it was good to shoot in a good environment and a good scene. It was fun to be with a well-matched director and good actors," he said. Asked if he felt pressured to jump into the theater during the Lunar New Year holidays with his one-top lead work, he said, "I really feel that time flies so fast. At first, I always worked with my brothers and sisters, but at some point, friends who are more than 10 years younger than me came to the scene. It's still a bit new for me to show my face and works with my name on it. It feels good and burdensome to see a poster with only my face attached to the theater again after "The Giant." I hope many people will look at it warmly," he added.

"Number One" will be released on the 11th.

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