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[스포츠조선 안소윤 기자] Lee Byung-hun and Park Seo-joon of the movie ‘Concrete Utopia’ met global audiences at the 48th Toronto International Film Festival.
‘Concrete Utopia’ was held at ‘In Conversation With…’ held at Sotiabank theater on the 11th at 10:50 am (local time). ‘ The section was successfully completed.
On this day, Lee Byung-hun and Park Seo-joon attended ‘In Conversation With…’ on behalf of ‘Concrete Utopia’. ‘ section raised the audience’s interest by condensing the careers of two actors who have accumulated a diverse filmography across the screen and TV. Starting with the first part, which reviews the previous works of the two actors who appeared in Korean films that fascinated domestic and international critics and the public under the theme of ‘the box office hit of a movie,’ the K. -From the second part, ‘Leading Roles on TV’, which looked at the history of content, to the final part with the theme of ‘Concrete Utopia’, ‘In Conversation With…’ in which Lee Byung-hun and Park Seo-joon participated. ‘ The section was filled with meaningful moments and satisfied the audience as the global audience filled the seats with enthusiastic interest.
In particular, in the last part with the theme of ‘Concrete Utopia’, Lee Byung-hun and Park Seo-joon shared how they got to play three-dimensional characters in an original work and their impressions of working together in the same work for the first time. First, Lee Byung-hun said, “When choosing a work, the most important point is how persuasive and interesting the story is, and then I look at the characters. At first, I made the choice because I fell in love with the story, and Yeong-tak started out as an ordinary family man, and went through extreme situations. He was an attractive character and the way he changed with the power he was given, and I chose this work because I wanted to express that really well,” he said, explaining why he participated in ‘Concrete Utopia’.
Park Seo-joon said, “Rather than asking for acting tips while acting together, I closely monitored senior Lee Byung-hun’s acting. Obviously, he had to film a serious situation, but when he was waiting, he was relaxed, but when filming, I was always amazed to see him act as a different person, as if he changed his eyes. I did it, and I thought that all those moments were something to learn from. In addition, while watching Senior Lee Byung-hun’s acting, I thought that I should not lose sympathy for Min-seong, who I portray. I also had the mindset that I should do well and create a work that is not lacking. That is why I am here today. “It’s very meaningful to be together,” he said, expressing his feelings about acting with Lee Byung-hun, whom he had wanted to work with for a long time.
In addition, Lee Byung-hun said, “I think ‘Concrete Utopia’ is talking about humanity in the current era. In extreme situations, people who want to live in apartments see the bottom of humanity in the process of creating new laws and rules, and in the end, the present “I thought that if we were to express our lives in an extreme way, it would look like that,” he said, providing an even more enriching time by talking about the message contained in the movie. In the Q&A session that followed, a variety of questions were asked one after another about ‘Concrete Utopia’, proving the explosive interest of global audiences.
Reporter Ahn So-yoon antahn22@sportschosun.com
