Actor Lee Kwangsoo argued with director Kim Seong-hoon over the origin of the character's "tooth gem" idea in Goldland.
On the morning of the 27th at the Conrad Seoul hotel in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, the Disney+ original "Goldland" press conference was held. Attending the press conference were actors Park Boyoung, Kim Sung-Cheol, Lee Hyun-wook, Kim Hie-won, Moon Jeong-hee, Lee Kwangsoo and director Kim Seong-hoon.
Goldland is a gold-hued survival thriller about Heeju (played by Park Boyoung), who comes into possession of 150 billion won in gold bullion from a smuggling ring and fights to monopolize the gold amid a chaos of greed and betrayal.
In the story Lee Kwangsoo plays Park director, an executive of the organization who obsessively pursues the missing gold bullion. Lee Kwangsoo, who drew attention before release for his shocking tooth gem, said, "I tried to express Park director's harsh life through scars, an obsession with gold, accessories and so on, and I created the idea together with the director."
In particular, he said, "I suggested the (tooth gem) idea, but the director later claimed that since people started showing interest in gold teeth, 'that was actually my idea. Don't you remember I mentioned it first?' What I clearly remember is that I came up with it first. Tooth gem also never received money," he said, asserting ownership of the idea and attracting attention.
Then director Kim Seong-hoon insisted the tooth gem was his idea, saying, "To be honest, it's fine to say Kwangsoo came up with it, but I worried someone else might claim it. To be precise, I suggested what if we do gold teeth; plain gold teeth would be obvious, so I said let's frame them like window frames, but he didn't understand."
Hearing this, Lee Kwangsoo flared up and said, "I'll reveal the text messages. This isn't something to let pass," and repeated that his share of the idea was larger, saying, "(The idea split is) about 8:2," prompting laughter.
When asked about disappointment that the tooth gem is not very visible early in the work, Lee Kwangsoo said, "Because it's an unusual setting, if we expose it too blatantly it might feel like it's there just to be seen. And Park director's story really begins in earnest from the middle, so after episode 4 you'll be able to see the tooth gem a lot more." Director Kim Seong-hoon jokingly added, "I have the copyright, so I tried to make sure (the tooth gem) appears a lot," drawing more laughter.
Meanwhile, Goldland will be released for the first time on Disney+ on the 29th.
[Photo] OSEN reporter Jo Eun-jung
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