Lee Joo-young of 'Nokya', "I was so moved to receive a handwritten letter from Fan Bingbing."

Actress Lee Joo-young (31) attracted attention by revealing that she was drawn to the movie after receiving a handwritten letter from actress Fan Bingbing (42).

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, Jooyoung Lee said, "Choosing this movie wasn't easy at first. It was really challenging, and I had a lot of thoughts about whether I could do it." He said, "I felt in my heart that the director's love call was not light. He gave me a proposal after already understanding the actor like me and planning how to include it in the movie, so I thought I could trust him and jump in."

Lee Joo-young said, "When I was hesitating to appear on the show, Fan Bingbing wrote me a very warm handwritten letter. When I saw that letter, my heart was 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 thought I wanted to make this movie with these two people. Furthermore, I thought I wanted to appear in it," he reflected.

Jooyoung Lee smiled and said, “I wanted to see a screen showing two women overcoming this hardship and running forward. In the end, I decided to appear on the show with a really happy heart.”

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.

'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