Kim Jun-su, "Just acting cool all the time? I wanted to break the mold with "Beatlejuice"" [Interview 1]

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• "Beetlejuice" interview with Kim Junsu.

Singer and actor Kim Jun-soo expressed his reason for choosing the musical "Beatlejuice" and his feelings about working.

On the 23rd, I met actor Kim Jun-soo of the musical "Beetlejuice" at a cafe in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, and talked about various things.

"Beetlejuice," a musical based on Tim Burton's film of the same name (1988), tells the extraordinary story of a newly ghosted couple holding hands with "Beetlejuice," who is trapped between the world and the underworld to evict a strange family member who has moved into their home.

Kim Jun-su took on his first comic role as "Beetlejuice." He said, "Show musicals were the mainstream on Broadway, but not in Korea. "I think 'Kinky Boots' opened the door and 'Aladdin' peaked," he said. "I thought the audience was ready to accept (black comedy) now, and I decided that this timing was enough to challenge."

"Since full-fledged comedy dramas such as 'Beetlejuice' are not common in Korea, I thought it would be a new challenge and an opportunity to learn," he said. "I'm a person who always wants to break the mold, and I felt this work could be another turning point for me."

Kim Joon-soo, who said "Beetlejuice" is different from his previous work, said, "I've played a lot of roles pretending to be cool. I try to be funny in the parts where I can be funny in them, and I actually like to be funny. But full-fledged comedy is another story, so it was a challenge in itself," he said.

"I was worried a lot during the preparation process, and I was worried in my own way. There were some parts that didn't fit me to follow this character as it was, so I needed the process of making my own "Beatlejuice." "There were many awkward and embarrassing parts in the practice process because I'm not used to using ridiculous expressions on purpose to make them laugh, swearing, or making obscene jokes," he said.

Then, how was "Kim Junsu's Beetlejuice" made. He said, "Because I'm an 'outside' character, I didn't think it was necessary to express my age group as it is. The idea was to maintain the basic framework but make my own weapon, and the direction was kind of like "gold," he said. "I thought that if I express the character's taste in a variety of ways by utilizing the cute side and the pitiful side together, I would revive the character's taste, and the director readily accepted the direction."

Kim Jun-su's goal through "Beatlejuice" was also clear. "I've always been a series of challenges since some point," he said. However, I often heard that "Kim Jun-su is smart in choosing something that suits him, not a wide spectrum," he said. "I thought it was because I did a good job, but I don't think such words will come out anymore if I finish 'Beatlejuice' successfully."

"Even I was half-hearted until just before the performance went up," he said. "However, question marks have always followed my first casting articles on 'Des Note' and 'Dracula'. But as a result, I received a lot of love," he said. "My fellow actors also said, 'Why do you keep trying new works. "Isn't it okay to continue the works that are well-received?" but I don't think I can do that because of my personality. I always like to challenge myself," he added.

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