Takuya expressed his hopes for future acting.
Recently Takuya met with OSEN for an interview at the office building of his agency Different Company in Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul in the morning, where he talked about being an "actor" Takuya.
Takuya debuted as an idol in the Korean entertainment industry in 2012, and from 2014 he appeared as Japan's representative on Non-Summit, receiving great love from viewers.
In particular, he has continued acting, appearing in the short film "Grandpa Ichiban", the independent film "Dokchin", and most recently the film "The Daechi Scandal", in which he worked alongside Ahn So-hee.
When asked about the difficulty of acting in Korean that day, he confessed, "In everyday life, people around me often compliment my Korean by saying I'm good. But when acting, if I play a Korean role, there are parts that are difficult to do perfectly, and I always seem to worry about those parts."
He continued, "I pay attention to pronunciation when talking with close acquaintances, so I tend to be careful when I speak. So I also read books regularly and try to improve my vocabulary." He added, "Actually acting is easier in Japanese, but I've been in the entertainment industry and there are many friends like me who act and work. I think, 'If not me, who will do (Korean acting)?' So I keep taking on challenges."
Takuya also admitted that acting as someone who is bad at Korean was more difficult. Referring to The Daechi Scandal, he said with a laugh, "The character in the film was a Zainichi Korean and an international student. He had to be bad at Korean, but I had always tried to speak Korean well and hadn't tried to speak poorly. When the director said, 'It would be better if he spoke Korean less well,' that was actually challenging. I ended up learning by talking with a Japanese friend and practicing conversations as someone who's bad at Korean."
Takuya, who said he is currently filming his next project, spoke about the types of roles he wants in the future: "When I read comments, many people say, 'You'd suit romance.' But I'm now 35. Of course I would do romance, but if there is a character I want to play, I tend to go the opposite way. I want to try genres like action and noir, and if we push it to the extreme I'd like to try an image like a yakuza. Recently I practiced action because of audition preparation. I'm good at fighting." He joked, "But what fans want to see is my pretty side. If the opportunity arises for that as well..." and laughed.
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