Byun Yo-Han decided to appear in the "Tazza" series and attracted attention by revealing the reply he received from Cho Seung-woo.
A group pictorial of Byun Yo-Han, Roh Jae Won and Ayaka gathered for Tazza: The Song of Beelzebub is capturing attention.
The final installment of the Tazza series, Tazza: The Song of Beelzebub (director Choi Guk-hee, distributed by CJ ENM, produced by Cydus), is a crime film in which Jang Tae-young (Byun Yo-Han), who thought he had the world with his online Big Bet business, and his close friend with the same name who stole everything from him, Park Tae-young (Roh Jae Won), meet again on a global gambling stage to play a game of revenge.
Tazza: The Song of Beelzebub revealed its Harper's Bazaar September issue pictorial featuring Byun Yo-Han, Roh Jae Won and Ayaka. In the shot of the three standing side by side, the measuring and aiming relationships of the characters are reproduced exactly. This Chuseok you can already sense the atmosphere of an adult-only, deadly crime-entertainment film from the pictorial.
Byun Yo-Han recalled the moment he first read the script, saying, "When I first received the offer I felt a lot of pressure, but after reading the script I decided to do it within two hours. The film was vividly drawn in my head." After deciding to appear, he sent a text to Cho Seung-woo of the first Tazza and received the line "what's gone is gone"—the line by Madam Jung—as a reply. He said he gained courage from the encouragement to make the new work entertaining and well done.
Roh Jae Won said he thought of Amadeus while playing the friend Park Tae-young consumed by jealousy. Roh Jae Won said, "Hasn't everyone at least once loved a friend who is better than them and felt jealous?" and explained, "Park Tae-young is a character who is more tormented because he loves and feels more diminished because he loves."
Ayaka, one of the hottest actors recently thanks to Netflix's K-foodie meets J-foodie and Alice in Borderland, decided to appear in Tazza: The Song of Beelzebub out of affection for Korea. Ayaka cited Kaneko's line "shall we be on the same side?" as the most impressive moment and said, "Because the character has had various experiences, that line has persuasive power." She added, "She is clever and moves toward her goals with strong will, but she is not a person devoid of love. I was drawn to that human side."
Celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, the Tazza series is widely regarded as the representative Chuseok entertainment for Korea's adults. The fact that its world is completely different from the previous three films and that you can immerse yourself in the final installment without having seen the earlier films is cited as a viewing point for adult viewers who are a new generation.
The final installment of the Tazza series that writer Heo Yeong had most awaited for a film adaptation, Tazza: The Song of Beelzebub, opens on Sept. 23.
The Tazza series began with the 2006 film starring Cho Seung-woo and Kim Hye-soo, followed by Tazza: The Hidden Card (2014) and Tazza: One Eyed Jack (2019), and has received much love. The newly released Tazza: The Song of Beelzebub, coming out after seven years, is drawing more attention for its original world and individuality.
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