[Official] 'The Assassins' Stage Greeting: Ryu Hye-young, Jang Ryeul, and Choi Yu-ri to Absent Themselves… "Change in Operational Format"

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Amid ongoing controversy surrounding the film "The Assassins," changes have also been made to the attendees for the stage greeting during the second week of its release.

Previously, production company HYBE Media Copf announced changes to the schedule for the stage greeting in the second week of "The Assassins" releases, stating, "Actors Ryu Hye-young, Jang Ryeul, and Choi Yu-ri will be unable to attend due to unavoidable circumstances on October 3 and 4."

They added, "We ask for your understanding regarding the tickets you have purchased, and please take this into consideration when viewing the film and attending the stage greeting."

However, it was confirmed that the three actors did not directly express their intention to be absent. Each agency explained to StarNews, "We received contact from the 'The Assassins' team stating that they will not attend due to a change in the operational format."

As a result, Ryu Hye-young, Jang Ryeul, and Choi Yu-ri will not attend the stage greeting originally scheduled for the second week of the release.

"The Assassins" is a film that traces the suspicions and masterminds behind an incident, using the 1974 assassination attempt on Lady Yoo Young-sook as its motif. Since its release on the 23rd of last month, controversy has continued as criticism of historical distortion has been raised by political circles and related organizations over certain settings in the film.

In response, the production team issued an official statement on the 28th of last month, clarifying that the work is "not a film produced to newly establish a specific historical conclusion or to deny or distort existing facts."

The production team explained that it is a feature film reconstructed by adding cinematic imagination based on publicly available records and materials, emphasizing that it does not designate a specific individual as the mastermind of the incident nor present hypotheses in the film as historical facts.

While stating that they respect various interpretations and criticisms given that the film deals with historical events and real people, they drew a line by asserting, "It is not a film produced for a specific political purpose or intent."

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