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'Crime City 3' Lee Jun-hyeok "If I had more time, I would have gained 120kg"
Interview with Lee Joon-hyeok as the villain Joo Seong-cheol in the movie 'Crime City 3'

Following Yoon Kye-sang and Son Seok-gu, Lee Jun-hyeok transformed into a third-generation villain in 'Crime City 3' (director Lee Sang-yong). 'Criminal City 3' is an exhilarating story of Ma Seok-do (Ma Dong-seok), who moved to Gwangsu University in Seoul, to catch Joo Seong-cheol (Lee Jun-hyeok), who is behind a new drug crime case, and another villain, Ricky (Aoki Munetaka), who is involved in a drug case. Draw a crime-fighting operation.

He said, "I always feel like I'm breaking up with a close friend after a project is over. Isn't it like starting a new job after that? I remember thinking, 'Someday, I wonder if a Hollywood actor will contact me'."
Lee Jun-hyeok received a call from Ma Dong-seok, who plays the role of Gilgamesh in the Marvel movie 'The Eternals'. Lee Jun-hyeok and Ma Dong-seok appeared together in the 'Along with the Gods' series. Of course, there was no scene where the two appeared together. Is that why? To Lee Joon-hyeok, Ma Dong-seok's phone call was very loud.

After being announced as Lee Joon-hyeok as the new villain of 'Crime City 3', he became a hot topic. When the news that Lee Jun-hyeok appeared as a new villain was announced, the public expected a 'pretty boy villain'. Lee Joon-hyeok said, "I never thought of myself as a pretty boy. That's ridiculous. Director Lee Sang-yong wanted me to be realistic and have a realistic feeling with Maseokdo. I've never played a pretty boy role. It was. Other than that, there was nothing special.”

Lee Jun-hyeok said, "In terms of muscle mass, bulking up is correct. (Body mass index) has risen by more than 6-7 kg. My goal was to have flesh rather than pretty muscles. Senior Ma Dong-seok told me to eat more. He kept saying 'you can eat well'. He did it. I also did a lot of heavy weights. Lifting heavy weights like a wrestler was fun. There was a sense of pleasure, 'I can hear heavy weights'. In fact, the period of building my body was short because it took 3 months. I had more time, so I went up to 120kg. It would have been nice if I had gone, but that's a pity. I wanted to do it with the feeling of a weightlifting mountain before. However, he said, "Unlike the previous villains (Yoon Kye-sang, Son Seok-gu), he has a lot more money. He commits bigger crimes than them, drives a nice car, and wears a suit again."

Lee Jun-hyeok has a special love for movies. He joked, "I spent more money than I earned from movies. I also buy Blu-rays and DVDs. I still have pride that I did better for movies. Now I want movies to give me (grades)." During the corona pandemic last year, 'Criminal City 2' was the first Korean film to attract 10 million viewers, and recorded a cumulative audience of 12.69 million. Lee Joon-hyeok said about the prediction of the box office success of 'Crime City 3' following his previous work, "(If it's a box office hit), I usually can't use the word 'happiness', but if it goes well, I think I'll say 'Wow, it's okay today'."
Reporter Kang Min-kyung, Ten Asia kkk39@tenasia.co.kr