'Dream' IU "Director Byung-hun Lee, just smile like a crazy person"

Actors Park Seo-joon and IU looked back and found it difficult to keep up with director Lee Byung-hun's fast speaking tempo.

On the afternoon of the 17th, a press preview of the movie 'Dream' (directed by Lee Byung-hun) was held at Megabox COEX in Samseong-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, and actors Park Seo-joon, IU, Kim Jong-su, Ko Chang-seok, Jeong Seung-gil, Lee Hyun-woo, Yang Hyun-min, Hong Wan-pyo, and Heo Jun-seok, as well as director Lee Byung-hun attended. .

Regarding his feelings about working with director Lee Byung-hun, Park Seo-joon said, "I liked all of the director's works, so I was curious about his working method." He added, "I knew the lines well and went into filming, but I thought I was speaking at a faster tempo than expected. “They asked for 1.5 times the tempo. Even though I thought I practiced enough, it wasn’t easy to keep up,” he said.

In response to the same question, IU said, "I also requested that the speed be about 2.5 times faster. I liked Somin's lines that the director showed directly. I thought, 'Oh, I want to do that too,' so I tried to catch the director's tone of voice. “I did it,” he said.

He also added, "The director's direction is very detailed. There were detailed directions such as 'I want you to laugh like a crazy person and just keep your mouth smiling', so I relied on them a lot and tried to follow them on set."

'Dream', which became a hot topic due to the meeting between Park Seo-joon and IU, is the story of Hong Dae (played by Park Seo-joon), a former soccer player with no concept, and So-min (played by IU), a passionless producer, who challenge an impossible dream with a ragtag group of homeless national team players. It is an adaptation of the true story of the 2010 Homeless World Cup, in which Korea participated for the first time.

‘Dream’ will be released on April 26th.

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