The Wonder Fools director introduced Cha Eun-woo's character.
On the morning of the 12th at the JW Marriott Dongdaemun Square Grand Ballroom in Jongno-gu, Seoul, a production presentation for Netflix's new series The Wonder Fools was held. Director Yoo In-sik and lead actors Park Eunbin, Choi Dae-hoon, Lim Seong-jae, Kim Hae-sook, Son Hyunjoo, Jung I-seo, Choi Yoon-ji and Bae Na-ra attended the event. The male lead Cha Eun-woo was absent as he is currently serving in the military.
Netflix's new work The Wonder Fools is set in the end of the century in 1999 and tells the story of neighborhood fools who accidentally gain superpowers and struggle to protect the world from villains who threaten peace. It is a superpowered comic adventure in which somewhat lacking bunglers come together, accidentally gain superpowers and save the world.
Park Eunbin, Cha Eun-woo, Choi Dae-hoon and Lim Seong-jae play Haesung City's official mess 'Eunchaeni', the mysterious Haesung city hall official 'Lee Un-jeong', Haesung City's troublemaker 'Son Kyung-hoon' and Haesung City's big pushover 'Kang Robin', respectively, presenting a four-character, four-color character battle and showing the chemistry of TEAM The Wonder Fools. In addition, Kim Hae-sook, Son Hyunjoo, Jung I-seo, Choi Yoon-ji and Bae Na-ra provide a uniquely characterful ensemble, and the well-made production that perfectly recreates the end-of-century sensibility when 1999 end-of-world theories were prevalent is another point of interest.
However, The Wonder Fools was embroiled in controversy outside the work as lead Cha Eun-woo faced accusations of tax evasion ahead of the release.
Cha Eun-woo was subjected to an intensive investigation by the Seoul Regional Tax Service's Investigation Division 4 on suspicion of tax evasion before enlisting in July last year, and it was reported that he was notified of a tax bill exceeding 20 billion won, causing a social uproar. The controversy grew after a eel restaurant corporation A run by Cha Eun-woo's mother was identified, and as a result Fantagio was notified of 8.2 billion won and corporation A, including Cha Eun-woo, was notified of 20 billion won in additional taxes. This is the largest amount of additional tax levied on an entertainer to date, and Cha Eun-woo's side filed a pre-assessment administrative review to contest the tax office's decision and hired a major law firm to respond.
In the end, Cha Eun-woo bowed his head after paying 13 billion won to the National Tax Service in April this year. On his personal social media he repeatedly apologized, saying, "I respect the procedures and results of the National Tax Service, and to prevent further confusion I have paid all related taxes. I will faithfully attend to the remaining procedures."
Cha Eun-woo played the mysterious Haesung city hall official Lee Un-jeong in the drama, and The Wonder Fools director Yoo In-sik described Cha Eun-woo's character as "a Haesung city official, but no one knows how this guy ended up sitting here. He always eats alone and is a character lacking social skills."
He continued, "In fact, this guy is a superpowered person who can use telekinesis. For some reason he does not reveal that and lives quietly, but he is exposed using telekinesis and becomes entangled with these people. He then goes through a forced socialization process and is a character with many secrets."
Park Eunbin said of her role, "Today I play an off-the-wall, reckless, immature role who gains the ability to teleport," and added, "This is my second collaboration with director Yoo In-sik since Extraordinary Attorney Woo. It was a project I started because I wanted to have a lot of fun. Above all, when I first read this script I thought it was ingenious. To elaborate on that, I thought I myself could be very entertaining, so I chose it."
Park Eunbin added, "As Chaeni, the disposition I portray is simpler in thinking than any character I have expressed before. I also had many enjoyable experiences getting to know this character's world. If you follow Chaeni, I think viewers will also share an enjoyable experience."
Meanwhile, The Wonder Fools will be released in more than 190 countries worldwide through Netflix on the 15th.
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