'Dream' IU "I'm happy with a role without a story"

Singer and actress IU (Lee Ji-eun) looked back on her acting collaboration with actor Park Seo-joon.

On the morning of the 30th, a production briefing session for the movie 'Dream' (directed by Lee Byung-hun) was held at Megabox Seongsu in Seongdong-gu, Seoul, and actors Park Seo-joon, IU, Kim Jong-su, Go 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.

On this day, IU said, "It was already 3 years ago since I started filming 'Dream'," and "I mainly filmed dramas with roles with many stories, but when I thought I wanted to play a role without a story, I received an offer for 'Dream.' I was happy to participate." “It’s done,” he said.

IU recalled that she had high expectations for filming 'Dream' and also shared her thoughts on working with Park Seo-joon, her acting partner. He praised, "Every time the director made an unexpected request, I was so amazed and envious as I watched Park Seo-joon flexibly accept it and make it his own. I received a lot of positive stimulation while watching the acting right in front of me."

'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