At the 28th Chunsa International Film Festival held on the 7th, Ryu Jun-yeol won the Best Actor Award for the movie 'Owl'. Through 'The Owl', Ryu Jun-yeol completed the character of Kyung-soo, who has an interesting setting called 'day blindness', through in-depth and passionate acting, leading to the box office success and favorable reviews of 'The Owl'.
Following the Best Actor Award in the Film Category at the 59th Baeksang Arts Awards, he went on to win the Best Actor Award at the 43rd Korean Association of Film Critics Awards, Best Actor Award at the 43rd Golden Cinematography Award, and the Best Actor Award at the 28th Chunsa International Film Festival. .
Among these, Ryu Jun-yeol's daily activities attract attention. Last April, he was appointed as a public relations ambassador for Greenpeace, an international environmental organization that has been involved in campaign activities for over 7 years, and showed interest in various social activities and demonstrated his interest in taking action.
In addition, in June, he had a meaningful time as the first protagonist of 'Filmo Talk', a talk concert between the audience and actors. In October, he took on the challenge of his first marathon, for which he had been preparing for a year with strong will and passion, and showed his unique sense of challenge by completing the 42.195km full course in 4 hours, 54 minutes and 39 seconds at the '2023 Chicago Marathon'.
Recently, Ryu Jun-yeol has been showing off his side as a photographer since the 10th of this month following his first exhibition in 2020. A total of 40 photographic works were released for the first time, capturing the harmony and beauty of the world through a 'my own' perspective on one's own life and story, and an exhibition 'A Wind Runs Through It and Other Stories' was held, which was filled to capacity until the beginning of the year. spend a year
Ryu Jun-yeol plans to run hard in 2024 as well. In the second part of the movie 'Alien + Humans', he returns as the completed Taoist monk Muruk and not only returns to the screen with a more grown-up appearance, but also is about to release director Han Jae-rim's production 'Money Game'.
We are even more looking forward to the next destination of Ryu Jun-yeol, who does not waste his time acting, but does not stop at just acting and constantly improves himself and shows off his hard work.
Ten Asia Reporter Kim Seo-yoon seogugu@tenasia.co.kr