Jun Ji-hyun, "Survivor leader role.."Acting vividly without preparing in advance"

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Actor Jeon Ji-hyun has returned to the screen after 11 years, confessing that he tried to show a vivid reaction, not a calculated acting, for his role as a survivor leader.

On the morning of the 6th, a report on the production of the movie "The Group" (director Yeon Sang-ho) was held at CGV Yongsan I'Park Mall in Yongsan-gu, Seoul. Actors Jeon Ji-hyun, Ji Chang-wook, Koo Chang-hwan, Shin Hyun-bin, Go Soo, Kim Shin-rok and Yeon Sang-ho attended the event.

"The Colony" is a film about isolated survivors fighting against the infected, who evolve into unpredictable forms inside a building blocked by an unidentified infection.

Director Yeon Sang-ho's new film "Collective," which surprised audiences around the world with unexpected productions, including "Train to Busan," which marked the milestone of the Korean zombie genre, and the series "Hell," which showed the peak of the dystopian world, is expected to open up another new horizon. In particular, this work draws attention as actor Jeon Ji-hyun returns to the screen for the first time in 11 years.

Jun Ji-hyun said, "I'm excited to be back in a movie after a long time," adding, "I'm especially happy to greet you with Yeon Sang-ho's work as a real fan of the director." Jeon Ji-hyun said, "The reason I chose 'Collective' was because it was director Yeon Sang-ho's work, and I didn't hesitate to choose it because I thought it would be rare to work with great Baius in one work."

Jun Ji-hyun said of his breathing with the actors of the infected, "The raw feeling came into contact with the scene much more vividly, so if I prepare it separately, I can see the calculated feeling. So I didn't prepare in advance and felt the raw feeling, so I tried to convey the acting well vividly," he recalled at the time of the acting.

Jeon Ji-hyun said, "My character should be in the field with the survivors as the leader of the survivors, and the most frustrating things while acting were Hyun-hee (Kim Shin-rok) and Hyun-seok (Ji Chang-wook). If it were a real situation, I would have abandoned Hyun-hee long ago. However, as the character could not do that, he was very frustrated with Hyun-hee at the scene. He explained, "There was an urgent need to say, 'Get up quickly and walk.'"

"The Colony" is scheduled to be released in theaters in May 2026.

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