MOVIE
‘Rebound’ Ahn Jae-hong “Increased weight by 10 kg in one week”
On the morning of the 14th, a production briefing session for the movie 'Rebound' (directed by Jang Hang-jun) was held at Lotte Cinema at the entrance to Konkuk University, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, and director Jang Hang-jun, including Ahn Jae-hong, Lee Shin-young, Jeong Jin-woon, Kim Taek, Jeong Geon-ju, Kim Min, and Ahn Ji-ho, attended.
On this day, Ahn Jae-hong announced that he had increased his weight to increase synchronization with his coach, Yang Hyeon. He said, "I barely lost weight while filming the drama 'Melodrama', but I gained weight again to make my body similar to the real character. To be in sync as much as possible, I gained about 10 kg. It took a week."
He joked, “It wasn’t difficult at all and it wasn’t hard. I was happy to increase my weight with a goal,” and “It was rather difficult to stop at 10kg.”
'Rebound' is a moving true story that tells the miraculous story of the 8 days of the 2012 National High School Basketball Tournament, where a new coach and 6 players of the weakest basketball team that no one paid attention to worked tirelessly.
Yang Hyeon (Ahn Jae-hong), a public service worker who was the MVP of a national tournament in the past, played the role of a basketball coach. Guard 'Ki-beom' (Lee Shin-young), who was a genius player who was attracting attention but fell into a slump; all-rounder small forward 'Kyu-hyuk' (Jeong Jin-woon), who gave up his dream due to an injury; 'Soon-gyu' (Kim Taek), a powerful center who was a former soccer player with only good jumping skills; only played street basketball. The six members of the basketball team include Kang-ho (Jeong Geon-ju), a power forward who has been playing basketball for seven years, Jae-yoon (Kim Min), a bench sixth man with 7 years of experience, and Jin-wook (Ahn Ji-ho), a self-proclaimed Michael Jordan with a passion for basketball.
Released on April 5th.
Choi Ji-ye, Ten Asia Reporter wisdomart@tenasia.co.kr
