Character stills of Nam Joo-hyuk, who plays Kim Ji-yong, a model police student during the day and a vigilante at night, have been released.
On the 18th, Disney+ released a character still of Nam Joo-hyuk, who plays Kim Ji-yong in 'Vigilante'. 'Vigilante' is an action thriller about Kim Ji-yong (played by Nam Joo-hyuk), who is a model police student who protects the law during the day, but lives as a vigilante who directly judges criminals who have escaped the law at night, and the people surrounding him with different goals who fiercely fight against each other. .
In the play, Nam Joo-hyuk plays the role of Kim Ji-yong, a model police student who lives as a vigilante. He lost his mother, who was brutally assaulted by a local gangster when he was young, and decided to personally judge the gangsters who committed crimes even after being given leniency and released from prison. From that day on, Jiyong Kim judges criminals who evaded the law and creates justice that the law could not solve in his own way. Nam Joo-hyuk is a perfect model student at the National Police University during the day who is good at martial arts, academics, and daily life, but at night he plays a ruthless and cold Vigilante and will lead the play by playing polar opposite characters.
Nam Joo-hyuk, who is challenging the action genre for the first time in his life through 'Vigilante', spared no effort to create realistic and realistic action by receiving weight training, boxing, judo, and martial arts training. In addition, when he was Kim Ji-yong, a police student, he portrayed an ordinary college student who was no different from other people in their 20s, and when he was Vigilante, he wore a hoodie deeply and expressed the darker inner side of the character, portraying a character with two sides in detail. and expressed it through detailed acting. Nam Joo-hyuk's acting, which strives to vividly portray a character with complex emotions, is expected to further increase the fun of the play.
“I really liked the webtoon ‘Vigilante’ and I chose it because I really wanted to play the role of Kim Ji-yong,” said Nam Joo-hyuk, who spoke about his love for the original work and the reason why he chose the work. He said, "As this is my first action film, I talked a lot about the details with the martial arts team while filming. I think the feeling was very different when I wore the police uniform and when I wore the Vigilante clothes. When I was active in Vigilante, it was a bit more dark. "I acted with a different level of seriousness. I tried to act internally rather than express my emotions intensely," he said, revealing the process of struggling to portray the multi-layered side of Kim Ji-yong, a character with polar opposites.
Director Choi Jeong-yeol, who directed 'Vigilante', said, "In the case of the main character, Ji-yong Kim, I thought it would be good to have an actor with sparkling eyes that express the boundary between good and evil well and eyes with sadness inherent in them, and actor Nam Joo-hyuk expressed them very well. He expressed his satisfaction with the casting of Nam Joo-hyuk, saying, "I gave it to him. There were many moments of admiration." Yoo Ji-tae, who plays Jo Heon, Vigilante's pursuer and head of the metropolitan investigation team, did not spare affectionate praise for Nam Joo-hyuk, who has a variety of charms, saying, "Nam Joo-hyuk is an actor with many strengths in expanding into global content."
'Vigilante' will be released on Disney+ on November 8.
Kang Min-kyung, Ten Asia reporter kkk39@tenasia.co.kr