Actor Park Ji-hwan expressed his affection for the cast of Boss.
On the 26th, at a café in Samcheong-dong, Seoul, an interview was held with lead actor Park Ji-hwan of the film Boss (director Ra Hee-chan, produced by HYBE Media Corp., provided/distributed by HYBE Media Corp. and Mindmark).
Boss is a comic action film depicting the desperate battles of organization members who fiercely "yield" the boss position to each other for the sake of their own dreams ahead of the selection of the next boss, which will determine the organization's future.
Park Ji-hwan plays Pan-ho, the third-ranking member of the organization who is the only one who wants to become the boss, and he expressed his affection for the work. He cited "colleagues" as the reason for his affection for the project and said, "It's true that (my colleagues) are good, but there are moments when we meet to get better and for our colleagues to work harder. I genuinely wanted to meet and do it. It's all because of Jo Woo-jin, my treasure," expressing his affection.
He added, "These days I think a lot about Woo-jin hyung. As a junior, too. How one actor endures, thinks about, and handles these things. I learned a lot about attitude and things like that, and it was the same on set. I leaned on him a lot. He is truly a treasure to me. He's like a genie-type hyung that I really want to take home and pull out to talk to whenever I need him," he said.
He also said, "The bodyguard was like that, and Gyu-hyung too. If you wanted to raise Gyu-hyung, he'd be like a pet dog. He's that cute and lovable. You can't not love him."
He went on, "When I worked on the previous film Handsome Guys with HYBE, there were things I wanted to understand about comedy. Handsome Guys also makes you wonder, what kind of story is this? It's hard to approach. Seeing this one too, it's simple but not easy. For things like this the members are important, and when the group formed I thought, wherever it goes, let's row. Actually, I told Woo-jin hyung, 'This comedy is hard to interpret. I don't know how to start; it doesn't come easily like a cartoon,' and he said, 'Me too. But why are you worrying alone when senior colleagues around you are here? If we all try together, won't something come out of it?' That loosened my heart and moved me. Yes, with such excellent actors around me, I thought, let's go," he said.
(Interview continued in part 2.)
[Photo] Provided by HYBE Media Corp.
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