The actors of the film No Other Choice complained of suffering under director Park Chan-wook's directing.
On the 12th, a new video was released on the YouTube channel Channel Fifteen titled "This year's No. 1 must-see movie."
That day director Park Chan-wook said about the film No Other Choice, "I began adapting it about 17 years ago. Back then the original English novel title was 'Axe,' and the title I had in mind was 'Neck.' When someone is fired they call it 'neck,' so because there were preconceptions about films I make, I couldn't use either," explaining why he changed the title.
He added the behind-the-scenes story of the title No Other Choice, saying, "Axe implies a serial killer, and 'Neck' would make people literally imagine a cut, so I created a new one."
The actors also spoke about their encounters with director Park Chan-wook. Lee Byung-hun said, "The director is not the type to demonstrate acting. He speaks, but he gives directions in a really demanding way."
Son Ye-jin also said, "In the past Gang Dong-won asked in an interview to pronounce short and long notes precisely. The pitch too. He talked about those details a lot," and added, "Even a veteran like that senior's head is busy, but I'm working with the director for the first time. On the first shoot we did so many takes that I wondered, 'Is this that important?'"
Lee Byung-hun lamented, "But if you follow that request and pay attention to long and short notes and pitch, what I say doesn't come out. You have to speak Korean like a foreigner. Like a foreigner speaking Korean for the first time who learned it—there are sentences like that."
In particular, after finishing filming the actors even used cell phone recordings to make further corrections. On that, Lee Byung-hun added, "Cell phone recordings are a relief. I even did cell phone recordings, and he called to ask, 'When should you come?'"
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