'At 51, a time of self-realization': Shin Ha-kyun's important value, "To have a good tomorrow, you must live well today"

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The three men from the drama 'Fifty Percent', Shin Ha-kyun, Oh Jung-se, and Heo Sung-tae, presented an unusual concept.

In an interview after recently completing a pictorial shoot, the three showed an intimate 'chemistry'. When asked, much like the title 'Fifty Percent', how much of your life is currently filled, Shin Ha-kyun replied, "I feel like I've reached exactly half."

Oh Jung-se added, "Isn't it more hopeful to think of it as half? If only 10% were done, one might feel the remaining life is too long and tiring. If 80% were done, it would feel very regrettable. Being exactly at half means you can start anew and have hope to run further." Heo Sung-tae then said, "When I was young, I thought that by the time I turned 50, everything would be natural and stable, but as that age approached, unexpected worries suddenly piled up. The drama mentions menopause and presbyopia, but those settings didn't feel like stories about others." His words resonated with the others.

When asked about the backstories of the characters in the work, Jeong Ho-myung, Bong Je-soon, and Kang Beom-ryong, Shin Ha-kyun explained about Jeong Ho-myung: "He has lived as a National Intelligence Service black agent whose identity cannot be revealed, yet he reached the highest position. Now, he hides his identity even from his family, is not recognized, and endures each day without a sense of purpose, becoming numb to himself."

Meanwhile, Oh Jung-se, who plays Bong Je-soon, said, "Je-soon has a quite essential deficiency. It is the absence of memory. Ultimately, Je-soon is a character who gropes for his identity and relationships amidst questions like 'Who are my real family?' and 'If my memories return, what meaning do the people I currently believe to be my family have?'" Heo Sung-tae added about Beom-ryong, "He is a character with a significant deficiency in that he has never properly experienced love or family," and continued, "Through a new relationship with Ho-myung, he learns about a different world for the first time."

The three actors vividly recounted everything, from action scenes filmed on a ferry in the freezing cold weather, facing the sea breeze of the East Sea, to episodes of 'laughing through tears' on set. Heo Sung-tae expressed his affection for Shin Ha-kyun and Oh Jung-se, saying, "Both have been active for so long that during breaks, each of them poured out their own stories. From filming stories to tales from old sets, time flies quickly, and it is so much fun."

Just like the three characters in 'Fifty Percent', the three actors' prime time has also begun. When asked about the values they consider most important at this stage, Shin Ha-kyun answered, "Doing your best today. To have a good tomorrow, you must live well today." When asked to say a word to his future self who has filled '100 percent', Oh Jung-se said, "I would rather say, 'You don't have to fill 100%.' Of course, I will run hard and happily, but without the obsession of having to fill it to the very end, wouldn't it be okay to go happily to that vicinity?"

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