Director Woo Min-ho: "Hyun Bin is alive… 'Made in Korea' Season 3 will return with Baek Ki-tae" [Interview]

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Director Woo Min-ho, who directed Season 2 of Disney+'s "Made in Korea," directly stated, "Baek Ki-tae (played by Hyun Bin) is alive. He will return with Season 3."

On the afternoon of the 29th, Director Woo Min-ho met with StarNews at a cafe on Samcheong-ro in Jongno-gu, Seoul, and shared his thoughts on Disney+ original series "Made in Korea Season 2."

Disney+'s "Made in Korea" is a story about Baek Ki-tae (played by Hyun Bin), a man who tries to reach the pinnacle of wealth and power by using the nation as a profit model, and Prosecutor Jang Geon-yeong (played by Jung Woo-sung), who pursues him with terrifying determination to the brink, as they face enormous events that cut through the era in 1970s Korea, where chaos and leap forward coexisted. Following the release of Season 1 last December, Season 2 was released nine months later and was well-received.

Director Woo Min-ho, known for works such as "Inside Men," "The Department of Namsan," "The King of Drug," and "Harbin," took on his first challenge in directing a series with this work.

Season 2 of "Made in Korea" was loved as a well-made drama, but controversy arose due to the final ending depicting Baek Ki-hyun (played by Woo Do-hwan) appearing to shoot Baek Ki-tae with a gun.

Regarding this, Director Woo Min-ho stated, "Baek Ki-tae did not die." When asked about his reflections, Director Woo Min-ho said, "I spent about three years working closely with the actors and staff on 'Made in Korea,'" adding with a smile, "It does not end here."

When asked if "Made in Korea" will continue, Director Woo Min-ho replied, "Yes. Season 3 is coming out. We have been preparing for a while. We started preparing when we were making Season 2," and stated, "Baek Ki-tae will return. Baek Ki-tae is definitely alive. If Baek Ki-tae had died, I would not have saved Pyo Hak-su either."

Director Woo Min-ho continued, "I could not let go of Baek Ki-tae. In the original script, Baek Ki-tae was supposed to die, but while filming, I found myself unable to let him go. So, instead of directing it as Baek Ki-tae dying with a gunshot, I directed it as him disappearing from the era with that sound and then returning," explaining, "He will appear again in an era that needs Baek Ki-tae."

Previously, Director Woo Min-ho had expressed his desire to tell a story set against the backdrop of the Moon civil government. He stated, "(Regarding the Moon civil government) it is not certain, but there will be an era that needs Baek Ki-tae," and added, "The gunshot at the end of the film is not the sound of Baek Ki-hyun's gun, but the sound of the era's gun. That era began with a gunshot and ended with a gunshot. I found that sad and hollow."

Director Woo Min-ho expressed regret, saying, "While directing, I wanted to see Baek Ki-tae win, but I could not do so. History must be changed. Because Baek Ki-tae represents the KCIA (Central Intelligence Agency), I could not depict his victory in order to portray the collapse of the KCIA after the the 26th incident at that time."

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