Actor Ryu Kyung-soo expressed his thoughts about appearing in the Netflix movie 'Jeong-i'.
On the 12th, a production briefing session for the Netflix movie 'Jungi' was held at the entrance of Lotte Cinema Konkuk University in Jayang-dong, Seoul. Director Yeon Sang-ho and actors Kim Hyun-joo and Ryu Kyung-soo attended.
Kim Hyun-joo played the role of Jeong-i, a subject for brain cloning to develop the best combat AI. Jeongi is a former elite leader of the Allied Forces and a legendary mercenary who participated in numerous operations and led them to victory. He participated in the final bombing operation that could have ended the civil war that had lasted for decades, but the operation failed and he fell into a vegetative state. He becomes the subject of brain cloning to develop a combat AI that retains all of Jeongi's strategies, combat skills, and strong loyalty and will. Ryu Kyung-soo played Sang-hoon, the head of a research center who must succeed in developing combat AI.
Following 'Hell', Ryu Kyung-soo is working with director Yeon Sang-ho once again. Ryu Kyung-soo said, "Director told me about it when I was recording the after-effects of 'Hell'. The subject matter was also interesting. The result is important, but I tend to think the process is more important. Director Yeon Sang-ho's filming set makes me happy about the process. I'm happy." “I think I can go to work,” he said. Kim Hyun-joo also added, "There are times when it's serious, but the director also tries to fill it with laughter."
Director Yeon Sang-ho said, "The character of Sang-hoon can turn out to be strange overall if the design is wrong, but Ryu Kyung-soo had a plan for what to do. It is no exaggeration to say that he is the most talkative character in the movie and drives the movie. Ryu Kyung-soo designed it well and did it." praised.
Ryu Kyung-soo is said to have acted thinking that Sang-hoon's MBTI was ENFP. He said, "I thought I should express it boldly. As a human being, when you go to work early in the morning, your tension is bound to drop. So, to raise your tension, I often listened to songs with a fast tempo. Normally, I don't listen to songs with a fast tempo. And director Yeon Sang-ho's “The jokes also helped. Michael Jackson’s songs helped,” he said. Director Yeon Sang-ho made everyone laugh by saying, "I ran laps around the set to get my adrenaline up." Kim Hyun-joo laughed, saying, “It’s amazing to me that MBTI is now applied when creating characters.”
Regarding the CG filming, Ryu Kyung-soo said, “There were a lot of unfamiliar visuals. You like to experience scenery you have never personally seen or food you have never tried. So it was interesting to try it in the greenback.”
Ryu Kyung-soo said about what is different from his character, “I use a high level of humor. “Sanghoon makes jokes that make the atmosphere cold,” he said, making everyone laugh.
'Jeong-i' is a science fiction film that tells the story of people trying to develop the best combat AI by cloning the brain of the legendary mercenary 'Jeong-i' in order to end the war that broke out in the shelter where they migrated away from the Earth devastated by climate change. It will be released on the 20th.
Kim Ji-won, Ten Asia reporter bella@tenasia.co.kr