(Following interview②) Bloodhounds 2 actor Woo Do Hwan spoke about working with singer and actor Jung Jihoon (Bi).
Woo Do Hwan conducted an interview on the afternoon of the 9th at a cafe in Samcheong-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul. At this meeting he spoke with domestic reporters about the recently released Netflix original series Bloodhounds 2.
Bloodhounds 2 is a drama that depicts Geon-woo (played by Woo Do Hwan) and Woojin (played by Lee Sang Yi), who once beat a brutal illegal loan shark gang, landing another satisfying straight hook against a global illegal boxing league ruled by money and violence. Following season 1, which was released in 2023, season 2 was released three years later.
Bloodhounds 2, released as a seven-episode series on Netflix on the 3rd, recorded 5 million views (the number of views calculated by dividing viewing time by the work's total running time) three days after release, based on the Netflix Tudum TOP10 website on the 8th, ranking second in the global non-English series category. It also immediately took first place on Korea's TOP10 series and continued its hot popularity by appearing on the TOP10 lists in 67 countries worldwide.
Returning as the lead Geon-woo from season 1, Woo Do Hwan delivered a passionate performance and showed intense action chemistry with Jung Jihoon, who plays Baekjeong, in Bloodhounds 2. Woo Do Hwan said he was moved by their chemistry, recalling, "When I first heard that senior Jihoon would be in it, I thought, 'A day has come in my life when I get to fight a ninja. I really made it, Do Hwan,' and felt proud of myself."
He said, "I grew up watching that senior's action, dramas and films. What still comes to mind is when I was 13 and asked to have my hair done like in Full House. My mother curled it with a hot iron when I was in sixth grade. I wondered whether I could fight and win against Ninja Assassin. He even came out with hair like a ninja," his eyes shining.
However, it was not easy to express that. That is because Lee Sang Yi, who also appeared, had long been a fan to the extent that he won first place in a dance video contest for Jung Jihoon's hit song "Rainism." Woo Do Hwan laughed, "Sang-yi hyung is much more of a success story fan than I am. I couldn't even say, 'I'm a fan.' I let it pass. He kept sticking to being a 'Jung Jihoon admirer.'"
Still, Woo Do Hwan marveled, "I could only think about whether I could do that at senior's age. There is exactly a 10-year difference between us. Will I be able to maintain that body, stamina and that flexibility in 10 years? It seems he showed by example that you have to manage yourself a lot to do so."
He added, "There were many attitudes on set that I wanted to emulate. And the senior has no 'stubbornness.' That's how it felt to me. In directing from the director or the martial arts director, he would naturally say, 'Then I'll change it like this,' and I respected that. The senior worked hard. Because he was doing boxing for the first time, he was very strict about not letting his posture be odd, so he seemed to prepare for boxing harder than anyone else," he said, tongue-clicking.
Woo Do Hwan said with a smile and exaggerated fear, "He's so scary. That's not how Baekjeong is, right? Even on set, when I made eye contact it was so scary," and revealed a filming anecdote, laughing, "Actually the senior told me to stop shouting at him so much. When Geon-woo yelled 'Wow!' and ran toward Baekjeong."
(Continued from interview④)<
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