Actor Choi Wooshik of the film "Number One" expressed his feelings about reuniting with director Kim Tae-yong of "The Tower" after 10 years.
On the 29th at CGV Yongsan I'Park Mall in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, the new film "Number One" (director Kim Tae-yong, provided by By4M Studio·Fetchur Invest, distributed by By4M Studio, produced by Semicolon Studio·Studio MM, co-produced by By4M Studio·IPD Company) held a press screening and press conference. After the screening, the cast and crew session featured lead actors Choi Wooshik, Jang Hye-Jin, Gong Seung-yeon and director Kim Tae-yong answering questions from domestic reporters.
"Number One" tells the story of Ha-min (Choi Wooshik), who one day begins to see a number that decreases by one each time he eats his mother's food, and when that number reaches zero he learns that his mother Eun-sil (Jang Hye-Jin) will die, so he tries to protect his mother.
In particular, the film attracted attention as the work in which Choi Wooshik and director Kim Tae-yong reunited 12 years after the well-received "The Tower" in 2014. In response, Choi Wooshik said, "I felt a lot of pressure preparing for Ha-min. First, many people liked me for 'The Tower,' and meeting again a second time brought the pressure of how to do this well."
He continued, "But actually I leaned on the director a lot. For things I was curious about, things I was lacking, and because it was my first time doing a dialect, I had to speak in Busan dialect in an entertaining way, and in that regard my mother (Jang Hye-Jin) helped me and there were teachers on set to check. What makes our film fun is that although the story it handles can be a bit heavy, it also resolves things with quick wordplay and has many back-and-forth scenes, so we adjusted a lot on set."
He also said, "When we met for 'The Tower' we were 24 and the director was 27. At that time, neither the director nor I had much experience. Because of that, there was a good synergy. When we met a second time more than 10 years later, both the director and I had gained experience, so things progressed more smoothly on set. It was smooth even when there was nothing before, but synergy was added. We had so much fun acting on set. I didn't have to go to the monitor to ask because the director already knew. I acted very happily."
"Number One" opens in theaters nationwide on the 11th.
[Photo] OSEN reporter Min Kyung-hoon.
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