"The Man Who Lives With The King" Kim Min "Jang Hang Jun Kids" Glory..父 I look like Yoo Haejin, right?" [Interview 1]

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Kim Min of "The Man Who Lives with the King" overcame the burden of trying out a historical drama for the first time and clearly imprinted her name.

Kim Min recently visited the Star News headquarters in Jongno-gu, Seoul, and said, "It's been about a week since it opened, and I'm grateful that it seems to be going viral, and I have a feeling of relief."

"The Man Who Lives with the King" is a movie 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. He played the role of Taesan, the son of Chief Um Heung-do (Yoo Hae-jin), showing a character where intelligence and innocence coexist.

Kim Min will work with director Jang Hang-joon for the third time with "The Man Who Lives with the King" after his commercial film debut "Rebound" (2023) and "Everyone Waiting for Him" (2024) of "The Killers."

He said, "I think it's a grateful moment to be able to do it again with the people I've been with once. Anyway, he believed in me, he said. "I could understand the director's language more than before. "I think the chemistry is good because I can see what you want in this scene and what you want to express," he said.

When asked about the difference from his previous work, Kim Min said, "It was a scene where I could see combat power." "In fact, the production cost is high, and it was filmed last year, and the film production environment was difficult at that time. It was a valuable work that went into it, and the casting was so good, so the director seemed to have a lot of responsibility. Of course, it was a happy scene, but everyone had some tension," he recalled.

The representative of the production company, who shared the "rebound" with Kim Min, proposed him directly as Taesan, and director Jang Hang-joon also accepted it based on his trust in Kim Min. Kim Min said, "The CEO called me directly and told me to read the script. But the script was so good, and I also had faith in the director and the production team, so I decided to participate," he said.

Kim Min tried historical drama for the first time with "The Man Who Lives with the King." He confessed that he had a vague fear of historical drama, but said, "The script was so good and the role was attractive, so I started with the thought of 'Why don't we make it well?' In fact, historical dramas had concerns about their unique tone, and I wanted to challenge them after accumulating more years of experience because I thought they might not be enough to express the emotions of the times. But I couldn't resist this good opportunity," he stressed.

Kim Min continued to think carefully from makeup to costumes to scars in order to embody the character of that era. "At the time, I had to express 'hide' because I was the son of a village chief living in the countryside," he said. My face is usually a bit white, but I tried this color and that color to tone down. He also explained, "I thought about where the scar would be because hunting can cause wounds."

In particular, he talked about the tension of playing the role of Yoo Hae-jin's son. "Like all seniors, Yoo Hae-jin is one of the indispensable people in the movie industry, and I grew up inspired, so I'm lying if I didn't have pressure or tension," he said.

He said, "I wanted to show a good performance in front of you. I tried not to fall behind and not to cause inconvenience, but I learned a lot from watching it. I also felt responsible as I saw my senior's attitude and passion toward this work and his responsibility to the Korean film industry."

Yoo Hae-jin once said of Kim Min, "I thought (the visuals) were similar to mine, but I felt more sophisticated." In response, Kim Min said, "I feel that there are some similarities. I think the director also casted the image. I think it's good because there are people who look at it as father-to-son without any sense of heterogeneity. I think the director has an eye for it," he said with a smile.

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