Jaehong Ahn, the story of how he gained weight in just one week

Actor Ahn Jae-hong transforms into the new coach of a basketball team on the verge of disbandment in the movie 'Rebound' (directed by Jang Hang-jun).

On the 7th, distributor Barunson E&A Co., Ltd. released a still of Ahn Jae-hong, who transformed into Kang Yang-hyeon, the new coach of a basketball team on the verge of disbandment, in 'Rebound'.

'Rebound' is a miraculous story of 8 days during the 2012 National High School Basketball Tournament, when a new coach and 6 players of the weakest basketball team that no one paid attention to ran tirelessly.

In the play, Ahn Jae-hong plays Kang Yang-hyeon, who has been selected as the new coach of the Busan Jungang High School basketball team. In the past, Yang Hyeon was a high school basketball MVP, but he bounced around the second division league and is now a coach as a public service worker. He joins the basketball team of his alma mater, Jungang High School, whose reputation has faded, and begins to dream again.

It is his first time as a coach, so he is clumsy and makes mistakes, but with his passion for basketball and warm cheerfulness, he personally gathers and trains players, and achieves valuable growth by leading the weakest team to the finals.

Director Jang Hang-jun, who was in charge of directing, looked for an actor with similar height and body type to embody the character of Coach Kang Yang-hyeon, which is close to reality, and thought Ahn Jae-hong was the right person. In order to meet the production team's expectations, Ahn Jae-hong made special efforts to bring out Coach Kang Yang-hyun's appearance as much as possible.

Ahn Jae-hong gained weight a week after deciding to appear in 'Rebound' and surprised coach Jang Hang-jun by appearing with an appearance similar to the real coach Kang Yang-hyeon. In addition, he not only paid attention to hairstyles and small props, but also thoroughly analyzed all game videos, interviews, and article materials from the time, and learned Coach Kang Yang-hyun's eyes, actions, and hand movements one by one and recreated them to perfection.

Director Jang Hang-jun highly praised the work, saying, "It was an important work to speak without sounding like lines, and in that respect, every scene and cut was very good. I feel good that the humanity he showed in his previous works was clearly revealed in this work."

Meanwhile, 'Rebound' will be released in April.

Kang Min-kyung, Ten Asia reporter kkk39@tenasia.co.kr