On the 30th, a video titled ‘A movie star who learns about fitness’ was posted on Kim Jong-guk’s YouTube channel, Jim Jong-guk. Jin Seon-gyu and Jang Dong-gyu, the main actors of the movie 'Count', appeared in this day's video.
On this day, Kim Jong-guk asked Jin Seon-gyu and Jang Dong-gyu about their exercise experience and physical condition.
Jin Seon-gyu said, "I've been to the gym only a few times. I really like exercising. I haven't tried many exercise machines, but I like running, so I continued to wear out my ankle and iliotibial band. Since I didn't do strength training, it started to get worse as I got older." He said. Kim Jong-kook said, "He said such good things. Weights are basic. I need to establish a framework to do the exercise I like."
Kim Jong-kook also made people laugh by saying, "I always say this to actors. If you look good, don't exercise, but today I won't do that."
Next, we talked about ‘Count’. Jin Seon-gyu said about his character, "I am a boxer who won a gold medal at the 1988 Olympics and returned to his hometown 10 years later in 1998. I gathered all my friends who were playing and those who were bullied, and I trained them to be healthy mentally."
In response, Kim Jong-kook said, "Exercise is very essential for friends who play and those who are bullied. If friends who hang out also learn to exercise, they will learn humility. I learn humility by directly seeing strong people who are better than me." Jin Seon-gyu, who heard this, said that Jang Dong-ju's character is like that.
Kim Jong-kook added, "I also came to my senses by going out to society and going to the boxing gym. I thought that I had never met the right person in my life."
Regarding the viewing point of 'Count', Jin Seon-gyu said, "It's healthy and refreshing," and Jang Dong-gyu added, "I cried halfway through watching it." Kim Jong-kook said of Jin Seon-gyu, "He has a boxing face," and "He is a man who has been fighting for about 20 years." Jin Seon-gyu said, "I had an after-party with Hwang Jung-min, and it was when we didn't know each other. But he said, 'Hey, did you box?' “He said so,” he said, laughing.
Kim Jong-kook then said that Jin Seon-gyu needed weights and started training directly, saying, "For those of you who are curious about what to do when you go to the gym, I will tell you."
Meanwhile, 'Count' (Director Kwon Hyuk-jae), in which Jin Seon-gyu plays his first lead role since his debut, is about Si-heon (Jin Seon-gyu), a former gold medalist and a My Way teacher who never lets go once he bites, meets a ragtag group of hack-ass students and delivers a delightful blow to the world. It is a movie that tells a story. Released on February 22nd.
Choi Ji-ye, Ten Asia Reporter wisdomart@tenasia.co.kr