Kang Yoo-seok: "Retaking college entrance exams, countless auditions… I empathize with the desperation of 'Final Interview'"

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Actors Jo Yi-hyun and Kang Yoo-seok revealed that they empathized with the desperation of job seekers in "Final Interview" based on their own real-life experiences.

The production report for the film "Final Interview" (directed by Kim Jeong-hoon) was held at Lotte Cinema Gangnam Station in Gwangjin-gu, Seoul on the 29th. Director Kim Jeong-hoon, along with actors Jo Yi-hyun, Kim Jae-won, Shin Seung-ho, Kang Yoo-seok, and Bae Kang-hee, attended the event.

"Final Interview" tells the story of six candidates who gather for a final interview and discover mysterious envelopes containing each other's exposés, leading them to suspect one another and fall into confusion.

The film directly addresses the new threshold faced by those moving from the college entrance exam war into society, capturing on screen the emotions and situations that any job seeker would have experienced with sharp precision.

Regarding why she could empathize with the situation in the work, Jo Yi-hyun said, "Don't actors also go through auditions and wait for acceptance notices? That process felt similar to an interview, so I was able to relate."

She continued, "I think there have always been interviews not only in my acting career but throughout my life. There were interviews when I entered an arts high school, and there were interviews at university as well," adding, "Because I have always lived with that tension and waiting, those emotions from the past seem to have served as a great reference for performing this role."

Kang Yoo-seok also revealed that he incorporated his own experiences into his character. He said, "Heechan is someone who has failed multiple interviews in the past, and I have a similar background," explaining, "I retake my college entrance exams, and before becoming an actor, I went through a huge number of auditions."

He added, "I remember being extremely desperate at that time. So when performing as Heechan, I think I was able to focus on that desperation."

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