Director of ‘Zero Behavior’: “Ryu Seung-beom and Gong Hyo-jin are good at acting.”

Director Jo Geun-sik of the movie 'Zero Conduct' looked back on his time working with actors Ryu Seung-beom, Bong Tae-gyu, Gong Hyo-jin, and Lim Eun-kyung.

Recently, director Jo Geun-sik of the movies 'Zero Behavior' and 'That Summer' appeared on the YouTube channel 'Vivo TV'. Host Song Eun-i and director Jang Hang-jun were delighted with director Jo Geun-sik's appearance.

On this day, director Jang Hang-jun introduced himself as 'Chungmuro's cat', and Song Eun-i, who heard this, teased, saying, "There is no film studio in Chungmuro these days," and "Jang Hang-jun is from the past."

Next, we talked about director Jo Geun-sik's masterpiece 'Zero Conduct'. Director Cho said, “We released 'Zero Behavior' in the winter of 2002, and it did well due to word of mouth.” In response, Director Jang said, “Bong Tae-gyu came out and said that Director Jo Geun-sik is a wandering type,” and “If he said he liked it after learning, he said okay, and if he asked to film again , he said he would film again.”

Director Cho, who heard this, said, "That's right. I didn't graze because I'm the nomadic type. At that time, the actors Ryu Seung-beom, Bong Tae-gyu, Gong Hyo-jin, and Lim Eun -kyung were all inexperienced and untrained, so they were rigid. After thinking about it, I thought it wouldn't work, so I made them comfortable. "We said let's have fun," he said. "We set up the lights wide. and made them move around everywhere. The actors walked around and asked us to chase them around. Now they are excited and say, 'This is not right' and 'How about this?' He said, I didn't have much to do. 'Do you do it like this?' I said, 'Try it like this,' and I said, 'Is that right?' “Then I thought, ‘I guess that’s right,’” he said, laughing.

Choi Ji-ye, Ten Asia Reporter wisdomart@tenasia.co.kr