Yoo Yeon-seok, who lost his guarantee, "The main actors are not me, but 8 'dogs'"

“Dogs are important.”

Actor Yoo Yeon-seok was interviewed about the movie 'Puppy' (directed by Kim Joo-hwan) at a cafe in Sogyeok-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul on the morning of the 16th.

On this day, Yoo Yeon-seok was told by a reporter that the guarantee related to appearing in 'Puppy' was also reduced, saying, "Money was not an important project. Not only me, but everyone said that," and "This story is not a masterpiece, and it may not be easy to reach the audience. “I thought the work itself would have meaning, so we all started with similar thoughts.”

"Oh, that's right? But it didn't really matter to me. What does it matter if I get more or less? In fact, it doesn't really matter how many viewers there are left in numerical terms. Before the release of 'Puppy', it was the closing film of the Seoul Animal Film Festival. “I was worried about opening it as well because the meaning was more important.”

After finishing filming ‘Puppy’, Yoo Yeon-seok adopted an abandoned dog, Rita. He said, "Coincidentally, the CEO of KARA at the time was director Lim Sun-rye. While filming 'Informer,' (Park) Hae-il got to know director Lim Sun-rye through his older brother, and we had a relationship that led to him adopting Rita through director Lim Sun-rye." “There were small things I was doing for , and I heard there was an animal film festival, and ‘Puppy’ was introduced at that time,” he said with a smile.

To that extent, Yoo Yeon-seok thought that the main actors of ‘Puppy’ were the eight dogs that appeared. “We have to film the main actors first. And we filmed in our spare time. It was a natural process. I just hoped that these people (8 puppy dogs) would not give up on our film. We are not important. "Dogs are important. We worked hard to get the best acting out of these people's short attention spans. We prepared catering, prepared trailers, gave them private rooms, and let them rest while filming. It was the Hollywood system."

‘Puppy’ tells the story of cousins Minsu (played by Yoo Yeon-seok) and Jin-guk (played by Cha Tae-hyun) who unexpectedly meet each other while on a journey to find the perfect owner for their beloved dog Rooney.

Released on March 1st.

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