MOVIE
'Unofficial Operation' Ha Jung-woo, "Filming in Morocco... I almost got bitten by wild dogs that are getting more and more ferocious"
On the 4th, the production report of the movie 'Unofficial Operation' (director Kim Seong-hun) was held at CGV Yongsan I'Park Mall in Yongsan-gu, Seoul. Actors Ha Jung-woo and Ju Ji-hoon, and director Kim Seong-hoon attended.
'Unofficial Operation' is a buddy action movie between 'Min-jun', a diplomat who leaves for Lebanon to rescue a missing colleague, and 'Pan-su', a local taxi driver. Director Kim Seong-hun of the films 'Going to the End', 'Tunnel' and the Netflix series 'Kingdom' took charge of directing.
Actor Ha Jung-woo played the role of 'Min-jun', a dirt spoon diplomat with nothing but guts, and actor Ju Ji-hoon played the role of 'Pan-su', a local taxi driver with a temperamental swindler.
70% of 'Unofficial Operation' was filmed overseas in Morocco. Ha Jung-woo revealed an anecdote in which a pandemic overlapped with an uncontrollable situation. He said, "At that point, I had to finish filming in the Dominican Republic, the location of 'Suriname', and leave in 10 days. When I arrived the next day, I felt more comfortable than I thought. There was nothing to worry about. The city itself. It was cozy. The first feeling seems to have continued well to the end. It was regrettable that the beef was stiff because there was no marbling."
Joo Ji-hoon added, "It's Africa, so I only brought shorts and short sleeves. I remember being shivering because it was colder than I thought." As it was a local shoot, he also revealed an anecdote about making his own food when he couldn't eat Korean food. Ha Jung-woo burst out laughing, saying, “Jang Jo-rim, actor Joo Ji-hoon, is his specialty. I think he weighed about 1 ton.”
Ha Jung-woo, the head of mukbang and the prince, is also famous for his potato mukbang in 'The Yellow Sea'. In response to a question about junior Lim Ji-yeon, who is now becoming a hot topic for her jajangmyeon mukbang in 'House with a yard', she said, "I'm watching closely. I say that I'm the head of mukbang, but I'm satisfied if I gave a good influence to my juniors. I try various foods. I feel proud and alive when my juniors do mukbang through it. If I get a chance, I plan to eat everything that I can eat."
When asked if there were any memorable scenes while filming in Morocco, Ha Jung-woo said, "The director is a very unique and interesting person. There is a scene where you are chased by wild dogs, and from the second day the wild dogs became ferocious. They weren't the kids I saw yesterday. I could hear screams. As the episode went on, the wild dogs became more aggressive. I couldn't help but feel natural emotions while acting."
'Unofficial Operation' will be released on August 2nd.
Reporter Lee Ha-neul, Ten Asia greenworld@tenasia.co.kr
