"First love call for Lee Byung-hun's appearance"... 'Concrete Utopia', from casting to box office, will Lee Byung-hun special enjoy?

'Concrete Utopia', a human disaster movie with an emphasis on reality, is coming. At the center of this was actor Lee Byung-hun.

At 11:00 am on the 21st, at Lotte Cinema, Konkuk Univ., Achasan-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, the movie 'Concrete Utopia' (director Uhm Tae-hwa) production briefing was held. this place was

'Concrete Utopia' is a disaster drama depicting a story that begins when survivors gather at the only remaining imperial palace apartment in Seoul, which was devastated by a major earthquake. Lee Byung-hun took on the role of Yeong-tak, the new resident representative of the imperial apartment. Lee Byung-hun said of this movie, "I don't think it's a disaster movie." "If it's a disaster movie, the disaster continues and the disaster should be the main narrative until the end of the movie. It's dealing with whether you're struggling while overcoming it. I think it's a human or black comedy," he explained.

On this day, Park Seo-joon, who plays Min-seong, who has only one goal to protect his family, said, "This role itself seems to have a very different texture from my previous works. He was a person who could express so many emotions in it." The reason I really wanted to do 'Concrete Utopia' was that I wanted to meet director Eom Tae-hwa, but I was a fan of senior Lee Byung-hun, so I had a strong desire to do it together. It wasn't even a project that was offered to me. Knowing that there was such a work, I appealed to my desire to appear strongly. The director also accepted it well while doing it," drawing attention.

Next, Park Seo-joon smiled at the character of 'Min-seong' he was in charge of, saying, "I thought I should try to express the character of Min-seong well. I feel that I spent a lot of time and effort because I had to express my feelings delicately." At the same time, he answered "60%" to Lee Byung-hun's weight among the reasons for choosing this work.

Park Bo-young plays the role of Myeong-hwa, who does not lose faith even in the face of disaster. Park Bo-young plays the role of Min-seong and his wife, played by Park Seo-joon. Park Bo-young said, "I had to wear a wedding dress right after I met and greeted Park Seo-joon for the first time.

Kim Seon-young, who played the role of Geum-ae, the president of the women's club at the Imperial Palace Apartment, was also suffering from 'Lee Byung-hun'. Kim Seon-young said, "I heard that Lee Byung-hun was coming out and decided to appear without even reading the script." Throughout the production briefing, he praised Lee Byung-hun's appearance and acting, raising the atmosphere with 'Lee Byung-hun's sickness'.

Park Ji-hoo played Hye-won, who came back alive from the outside, and Kim Do-yoon played the part of Do-gyun, an uncooperative villager.

On this day, all the actors praised Lee Byung-hun's acting in unison. Park Seo-joon raised his thumb, saying, "I was really curious about what Lee Byung-hun would do on set. He was constantly thinking about it. There were a lot of images of him worrying and monitoring each cut. It was nice just watching from the side. Going to the set was exciting." erected

Park Bo-young, who also sent a love call to appear on the news of Lee Byung-hun's appearance, said, "There was a fingerprint in the script, but he acted unimaginably. How could he express this fingerprint like that, but the director was satisfied." ' He looked back and said, “I thought that you prepared 100 versions, so I thought a lot that day.”

In particular, Park Bo-young said, "I was sitting and talking with senior Lee Byung-hun, and he went straight into the shot. He was obviously joking, but he did a perfect job of acting in anger. I thought he had changed his eyes." At the same time, Park Bo-young said, "If it were me, I would have thought that I would have to concentrate on acting all day long, but I experienced many days when I became small, thinking 'Ah, is that an actor?"

Finally, when asked, "Why should I watch this movie at the cinema?" Lee Byung-hun said, "The nature of this kind of movie is that it is very large, and there are many overwhelming sound scenes. I think there is a huge difference between watching it in a theater and watching it on TV." He urged going to the theater.

'Concrete Utopia' will be released in August.

Jiye Choi, staff reporter at TenAsia wisdomart@tenasia.co.kr