After the tax evasion controversy... Fan Bingbing spurs activities in Korea by shouting “I love you” to Lee Joo-young

Actress Fan Bingbing (42), who had been on hiatus due to tax evasion, met her domestic fans by shouting "I love you" to her co-star Lee Joo-young (31).

At 2 p.m. on the 5th, a press conference for the gala presentation 'Green Night' (directed by Han Shu-ai) was held at the KNN Theater in Suyeonggangbyeon-daero, Haeundae-gu, Busan, and director Han Shu-ai and actors Fan Bingbing and Joo-young Lee attended.

On this day, Fan Bingbing said, "Thank you for inviting me to the Busan Film Festival," and "It feels like it's been 7 or 8 years since I came." Fan Bingbing returned to Korea about a year after making a special appearance in the JTBC drama 'The Insider' last year.

Fan Bingbing, who returned to 'Green Night' after a long hiatus following the tax evasion controversy, said, "I think actors need to calmly take their time," and "After filming 7-8 movies, you need to take a break and meet new people and new stories." “There is,” he said.

At the same time, he said, "I felt new about actor Chow Yun-fat's award yesterday. Actor Chow Yun-fat started making movies in 1979, and if you look at his acting career, there are times when he filmed 8-9 films a year, and he filmed 1-2 films a year and made the most of his life. “You can see that you are accumulating experience,” he said. “Just like the life cycle, everyone has ups and downs in life. Those ups and downs are not a bad thing.”

Fan Bingbing, who said, “I took time to calm myself and catch my breath for a few years,” said, “I developed a feeling of encountering different stories and characters with new eyes. I feel like I have the power to face life in a new way.”

Fan Bingbing also said, "During my break, I watched a lot of movies, interacted with people in the film industry, and took a lot of film-related classes. I had time to accumulate more of my life by doing things I couldn't do before because I didn't have time." added.

Fan Bingbing also related to the background of her participation in 'Green Night', saying, "I was moved when the director showed me the scenario. I was very attracted to the role of these two women saving each other." “I was very moved because it seemed like this role matched well with my personal events and stories,” he said, laughing.

Lee Joo-young, who said she had a lot of concerns before choosing this movie, cited 'Fan Bingbing's handwritten letter' as the reason she decided to appear. He said, "When I was hesitating to appear on the show, Fan Bingbing wrote me a very warm handwritten letter. When I saw that letter, I was so touched. I thought that I would receive a letter like this from Bingbing while I was working as an actor." “I thought it would be rude to them not to appear here, and I wanted to make this movie with these two people,” he said.

Lee Ju-young, who said, “This work itself had great meaning,” added, “It was a joint film between Korea and China, and it was also set in Korea. The staff was half Korean and half Chinese. I hoped there would be more collaborations, and I could have contributed a little. “I appeared in this work to become a person,” he added.

Fan Bingbing, who heard Lee Joo-young's words, shook the audience by responding with the words "I love you." He said, "I had a lot of worries that night when I wrote the letter. Since I can't speak Korean, I was worried and worried about how I should express myself. I felt like if I overdid it or showed too much passion, it would undermine my sincerity. It felt like I was writing a love letter. . Still, I thought it was something that allowed us to communicate heart to heart even if we couldn’t understand the language,” he said with a smile.

Fan Bingbing, who said she watched Lee Joo-young's movies and dramas, said, "I was really happy when the director took out a picture of actress Lee Joo-young. But I was a little stressed when I saw that Joo-young was 10 years younger than me. Female actors get stressed about things like this." He said, "I thought that Jooyoung was an important image that could spark a fire in this movie. I thought I should bring Jooyoung to me, even if it meant writing a hand-written letter. At the end of the letter, I poured out a lot of hearts."

Lee Joo-young, who heard this, created a warm atmosphere by responding to Fan Bingbing's words, "I love you," with "Woah, I love you."

Regarding the casting of Fan Bingbing and Lee Joo-young, director Han Shuai was confident that they were “unconventional casting” and added, “I thought the audience would have enough reason to choose them based on that alone. I wanted to make a new and difficult choice, and in the end, everyone will be interested in seeing the results.” “I’m happy that I created a work that I wanted to do,” he said.

'Nokya' is a work depicting the solidarity between Jin Xia (Fan Bingbing), who wants to escape from her husband, and a green-haired drug dealer (Lee Joo-young). This is the second feature from director Han Shuai, who was invited to the New Currents section of the 2020 Busan International Film Festival and won the Pipressie Award, and was invited to the Panorama section of the Berlin International Film Festival.

Meanwhile, at this year's Busan International Film Festival, a total of 269 films, including 209 officially invited films from 69 countries and 60 community beef screenings, will meet the audience. The opening film was 'Because I Hate Korea' (directed by Jang Geon-jae) starring Go Ah-seong, Kim Woo-gyeom and Joo Jong-hyuk, and the closing film was 'The Emperor of Movies' starring Yu Deok-hwa (directed by Ning Hao).

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