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| ▲ Actors Park Hae-soo, Won Jina, Yu Inchon, and Park Eun-seok are posing at the press conference of the play 'Faust' held at the LG Art Center in Magok-dong, Gangseo-gu, Seoul on Tuesday. (Yonhap) |
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| ▲ Actor Park Hae-soo is greeting at the press conference of the play 'Faust' held at the LG Art Center in Magok-dong, Gangseo-gu, Seoul on Tuesday. (Yonhap) |
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| ▲ Director Yang Jung-woong, actors Yu Inchon, Park Hae-soo, Park Eun-seok, and Won Jina are answering reporters' questions at the press conference of the play 'Faust' held at the LG Art Center in Magok-dong, Gangseo-gu, Seoul on Tuesday. (Yonhap) |
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| ▲ Actors Yu Inchon and Park Hae-soo pose at the press conference of the play 'Faust' held at the LG Art Center in Magok-dong, Gangseo-gu, Seoul on Tuesday. (Yonhap) |
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Yonhap) – Actor Park Hae-soo, who made a strong impression with the Netflix dramas “Squid Game,” “Narco-Saints,” and “Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area,” is to meet the audience on the stage for the first time in 5 years.
Park Hae-soo, who will work with senior actor Yu Inchon in the play “Faust” at LG Art Center Seoul in Gangseo-gu, Seoul from 31 to April 29, said at a press conference held at LG Art Center Seoul on Tuesday, “I was desperate for the stage for five years without appearing in the play.”
“Faust,” a masterpiece completed over 60 years by German literary master Goethe, depicts the confrontation and existential concerns that unfold when Dr. Faust, who has acquired all the knowledge of the world, signed a dangerous contract with the devil Mefisto.
Senior actor Yu Inchon will be on stage as Dr. Faust for the first time since his debut, and Park Hae-soo will appear as a devil Mefisto who seduces him.
Park Hae-soo, who received the Yu Inchon Rookie Acting Award, named after Yu Inchon at the 48 Dong-A Theater Awards in 2012, said, “I’m honored,” to act with Yu Inchon in the play for the first time.
“When I heard Yu Inchon’s performance during our first reading practice, I felt like I was listening to an orchestra. I’m learning a lot about wonderful speech and acting that makes me feel the beauty of Korean expression.”
Park Hae-soo, whose name is known to the public with the drama “Prison Playbook” in 2017, “Squid Game” and “Narco-Saints,” debuted with the play “Annapurna” in 2007 and has been on the stage for 17 years.
Five years after 2018, when he began his media activities in earnest, he said, “I think ‘Faust’ came to me,” adding, “I wanted to be on stage with Yu Inchon and director Yang Jung-woong.”
Mefisto he plays is a character Goethe created based on the legend of the devil, and is a person who does not bother the ways and means to corrupt Faust.
Park Hae-soo said, “I’m grateful and afraid at the same time because it’s not an easy role to play,” adding, “I’m melting into the world of ‘Faust’ by having pleasant nightmares every day.”
He added, “Mefisto is a devil but is not depicted fully as a villain in that it represents the importance of senses and pleasure,” saying, “I am trying to show a Mefisto that the audience can sympathize with.”
Yu Inchon, who performed a heavy role as Hamelt’s uncle Claudius in the play “Hamlet” last year, is an old Faust who shows his teamwork with young actors such as Park Hae-soo, Won Jina, and Park Eun-seok.
He explained, “Dr. Faust, who has the best intelligence but is constantly more eager, is an attractive role that is difficult to act but has a lot to express.”
Yu Inchon, who also showed generational acting chemistry with young actors such as Kang Pil-suk, and Park Ji-yeon in Hamlet,” said, “I think acting with young junior actors is an opportunity for me to get more energy and improve my acting.”
Actor Park Eun-seok, who made his face know with the drama “The Penthouse: War in life,” will take the stage as a young Faust, and Won Jina, who starred in the movie “Secret: Untold Melody,” will try the play for the first time as Gretchen.
Won Jina said, “I thought it was a work that I would regret for the rest of my life if I didn’t do it after receiving the offer of ‘Faust,’ of adding, “I’m enjoying it by learning a lot through practice every day.”
Director Yang Jung-woong, who has shown sensible interpretations of classic with the plays “Coriolanus” and “Hamlet”, directs the play.
Direct Yang said, “I think ‘Faust’ is the most necessary play in this time,” and explained, “It will ask many questions and impressions to modern people who are constantly running toward desire.”
(This article is translated from Korean to English by Yunhee Cho.)
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