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| ▲This photo, shows actor Lee Jung-jae during '7th London Asia Film Festival.' (Yonhap) |
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| ▲This photo, shows Lee Jung-jae signing autograph at '7th London Asia Film Festival.' (Yonhap) |
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| ▲This photo, shows Lee Jung-jae at '7th London Asia Film Festival.' (Yonhap) |
SEOUL October 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korean actor Lee Jung-jae who visited United Kingdom due to his director debut piece “Hunt” addressed “Soon the production of the Star Wars will begin.” adding “I am preparing for the upcoming production every day.” Actor Lee Jung-jae who visited United kingdom in order to participate at the “7th London Asia Film Festival” addressed during the interview conducted at a hotel located center of London on October 20 (UK time).
When asked about his role on the upcoming Star Wars movie, actor addressed “I cannot disclose any information because I have signed a non disclosure agreement, therefore I am not in any position to say anything,” adding “I hope you guys, understand. There will be a release of information shortly.”
“I feel like once I am done with the movie they will ask me to keep the details to myself and not to disclose any information” adding “I have not participated in any of the foreign production that is this big in size. Therefore I am just following everything as I am told, mainly because I am new to the scene.” stated South Korean actor Lee Jung-jae during the interview.
Although Lee Jung-jae has been casted as the lead role of Disney’s upcoming Star Wars series “The Acolyte” detailed information of his role has yet to be disclosed.
“I am working on my English constantly” adding “I’ll be shooting the scenes pretty soon, so I am putting time and effort to get ready for my role.” addresses Lee Jung-jae.
When asked whether the actor will stay in United Kingdom in order to shoot the series, actor hesitated for a moment and answered “Yes.”
Actor has stated that it has been a while since he visited the United Kingdom due to wide spread of COVID 19.
British people are showcasing polar opposite reactions to Lee Jung-jae’s work after his appearance in the world phenomenon “Squid Game.”
Spanish worker from the hotel the interview was conducted was not familiar with the actor Lee Jung-jae until the actor appeared throughout the series “Squid Game,” the worker stated that he really enjoyed watching Lee Jung-jae act out his role throughout the series.
When the actor received such information, he stated “A lot of people in United Kingdom recognize me from ‘Squid Game’ and talk to me about the series.”
Moreover, actor disclosed that throughout the interview with local media such as The Guardian, Metro and more number of questions related to “Squid Game” was asked.
When asked about whether he will try out for the BAFTA, after his achievement in Emmys actor questioned “Is there a segment for TV shows?” showing how the thought has never occurred.
Originally the purpose of the interviews conducted with the UK media was intended for the South Korean Movie “Hunt” which will be premiering in the United Kingdom. “Hunt” was recently showcased as the opening film of “7th London Asia Film Festival.”
When the UK media asked about his dream and goal as the director of movie “Hunt” and as an actor, Lee Jung-jae stated “At our age, it is normal for us to not pinpoint our future goal or dream.” adding “For the question on what I want to do in London, I have not thought about it.”
“When I was young, or should I put it as when I was less famous, or was not familiar with the term of being famous, I had dreams and goals I wanted to achieve, however those dreams are early impossible to achieve therefore, I know I will get scared. Hence I don’t think I keep dreams or goals anymore.” address the actor throughout his interview.
Continuing on with his thoughts actor described “Since we are not at a position to know what our future will look like, I am thankful for the current situation.” adding “Nowadays when I am offered with a role the biggest concern that lived within my mind would be what I can do to make this character work.”
When the actor was asked with the question whether he has similar understanding and thought about his goals before he became the world star, as Lee Jung-jae who appeared on “The Housemaid” in 2010, actor described “I feel like when I was participating in the production of ‘The Housemaid’ I had build up the understanding that every day has greater meaning to me than my goal.”
Moreover, Lee Jung-jae stated “Way before I appeared on ‘The Housmaid’ I had dreams and ambition” adding “However, that is because I did not understand the true nature of live therefore I sometimes feel it was more fun as a young actor filled with ambition and goals.”
When asked about what he would want himself to look like when he is in his 60s and 70s actor gently chuckled stating “I just want to be healthy,” adding “Nowadays it hurts to walk, and I recently tore a ligament in my shoulder, my back hurts, my eyes are dry as well.”
When asked about how to foreign viewers who are not familiar with the modern history of South Korea, movie “Hunt” might come across as a fast movie, Lee Jung-jae stated “It was one of the biggest concern to chose a place to speed things up throughout the movie. However I have always thought we should speed things up to meet the standard of South Korean audiences.”
Moreover, “It is very hard to find the midpoint of both South Korean and foreign audiences.” addressed the actor.
“I hope foreign audiences will go home with this in their mind, ‘Oh, South Korea has some interesting spy action film’ and find all the hidden gems located throughout the movie.” Lee Jung-jae stated when asked about what he want foreign audiences to leave the theater with after watching “Hunt.”
Continuing on actor stated “Nowadays a lot of foreign audiences have no problem look up the historical events and name of provinces without a translation, therefore I would hope more people will be interested in South Korean culture, however that I not the reason why I created this movie and came all the way to United Kingdom.”
Throughout the interview Lee Jung-jae explained when his interest in modern history has occurred, which in his perspective as a South Korean citizen, who have lived through those eras, it is just natural for one to build up the interest.
“Since I have acted out various roles throughout the time being, I had to take a deeper look into the roles.” Adding as a person who has worked in the field for this long, I am sure they would have developed interest for modern history.” addressed actor Lee Jung-jae during his interview.
When asked with a comparative question between his closest friend Jung Woo-sung who has shown interest in social and political issues where he made stance with his opinion, Lee Jung-jae sated “Some of the actors might use different channel to spread his thoughts, however I try to use movie as a channel to communicate with my fans.”
As for his movie “Hunt” attracting little over 5 million audiences, actor Lee Jung-jae stated “That is a success in my perspective.”
“Throughout COVID 19 our way of enjoying the movie has changed a lot” adding “when meeting with those involved with film industry we talk a lot about what we need to change to meet the current demand.” moreover, “When I was introduced with oculous at Jung Woo-sung’s house the other day I was surprised by the technology development. Since it technology will continue on with its development more rapidly, changes always occur so I will do my best to follow the trend as it occurs.” addressed Lee Jung-jae during his interview.
Before the interview the most frequently requested question for Lee Jung-jae to answer was his relationship with heiress Lim Se-ryung and his future plans such as marriage. For the question, Lee Jung-jae stated “Since it is private matter it is hard for me to answer such questions.”
(This article is translated from Korean to English by Joonha Yoo)
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