A 62-year-old veteran actor's 'playful antics' that cut deep into the pain of celebrity illness.. Choi Min-sik: "Actors who show off their sensitivity are not professionals" [Star Issue]

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Actor Choi Min-sik (62) displayed the dignity befitting a representative Chungmu-ro actor with 45 years of experience.

On the 16th, an interview video featuring Choi Min-sik, the lead in the film 'Intern,' was posted on the YouTube channel 'B tv Lee Dong-jin's Phaeakia.'

In the video, MC and critic Lee Dong-jin remarked, "Director Kim Do-young mentioned that when creating the role of Kim Ki-ho in the film, he reflected the natural charm and mischievousness of Choi Min-sik as a person."

To this, Choi Min-sik responded, "I am quite playful in private. There was also a slight intention behind it. Although we lived in the same neighborhood, we each pursued our acting careers and worked on different projects with separate staff, didn't we? We needed to become close quickly, drop all barriers, and be able to say anything to each other — at least regarding the production. That's why I made a conscious effort to relax myself and think, 'I am water,' just like that."

Lee Dong-jin then added, "As you get older, even if you don't speak much, younger people might still be afraid of you. On the other hand, if you talk too much, you end up saying things like 'Change the driver' as seen in the movie. You can't do this or that. In fact, even your mentor in the film tells you to stay quiet."

Choi Min-sik agreed, "Although they may not have expressed it directly to me, I'm sure some friends felt similar emotions. They probably thought, 'This guy needs to just keep quiet' because I was being so playful."

Soon after, Choi Min-sik revealed, "On set, everyone is struggling to reach their character and feels an urgent need to express themselves properly, which makes them extremely sensitive and sharp. While sensitivity itself is understandable, I personally feel it's unprofessional to show off that sensitivity by clashing with colleagues. This may sound like boasting, but it's not — I've been wary of this for a long time. On set, if half of your mind remains sensitive, raising your antennae to think about the character and the production, the other half should adopt a 'let's play' attitude."

The film 'Intern,' in which Choi Min-sik and Han So-hee worked together, was released on the 16th.

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