"Salmokji" Kim Hyeyoon shared her feelings about returning to the screen after four years.
On the morning of the 4th at CGV Yongsan I'Park Mall in Seoul, a footage screening and production briefing for the film "Salmokji" were held. Director Lee Sang-min, lead actor Kim Hyeyoon, Lee Jong-won, Kim Jun Han, Kim Young-seong, Oh Dong-min, Yoon Jae-chan, Jang Da-a and others attended.
"Salmokji" (director Lee Sang-min, distributed by SHOWBOX Co., production The Lamp Co.) is a horror film in which an unidentified shape appears in a road view photo titled "Salmokji," and while the filming crew heads to the reservoir to reshoot, they encounter something in the black, deep water. It is director Lee Sang-min's first solo feature-length directorial work, after establishing his own color and sensibility in the horror genre with short films "Hamjinabi," "Dollimchong," and "The App That Calls Ghosts: Young."
Kim Hyeyoon delivered a passionate performance as PD Su-in, who leads the crew to Salmokji to retake the road view photo in which an unidentified shape was captured. Kim Hyeyoon, who has appeared in the dramas Sky Castle, Lovely Runner, and No Tail to Tell, won the Blue Dragon Film Award and the Grand Bell Award for best new actress for the 2022 independent film The Girl on the Bulldozer, and returns to the screen after four years through "Salmokji," transforming into a "horror queen."
Kim Hyeyoon said, "While playing this character, I focused more on expressing emotions through my eyes than through actions or external things. I tried to coordinate those aspects with the director and express them." She added, "It has been four years since my last return to the screen, and I am honored, excited, nervous and thrilled to meet audiences in theaters with a horror film."
Lee Jong-won plays PD Ki-tae of a road view company in the film. He is a character who heads to Salmokji to find his colleague Su-in and encounters horror that sinks like a swamp. "Salmokji" is his first starring role in a commercial film and his challenge in the horror genre.
Regarding his chemistry with Kim Hyeyoon, Lee Jong-won said, "The chemistry between Su-in and Ki-tae comes out in many different ways in the film. I am looking forward to showing the eye expressions and actions Hyeyoon mentioned, the things they do to protect each other, and the attempts to save multiple people," piquing interest in the film.
Meanwhile, "Salmokji" opens on Apr. 8.
[Photo] Park Joonhyung, reporter
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