Melo ♥ I want to do it too..Trigger Kim Nam-gil presents his gun action and wishes (Roundup)

By Jiyoun, Moon

Aug 04, 2025

Melo ♥ I want to do it too..Trigger Kim Nam-gil presents his gun action and wishes (Roundup)
photo courtesy of Netflix



The gun action shown by actor Kim Nam-gil (45), but the dream is still 'Melo'.

Released on the 25th, 『Trigger" (played by Kwon Oh-seung, directed by Kwon Oh-seung and Kim Jae-hoon) is a gun disaster action thriller about two men with guns for their own reasons amid the delivery of illegal guns of unknown origin and continuous gun incidents in South Korea. Kim Nam-gil plays the play Jung-do. Having previously served as a military sniper in a conflict zone, he faces an illegal gun case and raises his gun again to defend justice.

Kim Nam-gil recently met with Sports Chosun for an interview 'Trigger' and expressed his public feelings. Referring to the incident of a homemade gun incident that happened just before the release of the 'Trigger'The work was not made by predicting such a situation, so there is a part I would like it to be separated from the work. And I said that I made it with fantasy elements in my country, and I thought it would happen in reality, but I was really surprised that it happened. In fact, there were victims in the work, so I think they were cautious in such a will. "




'Trigger' is a work based on 'Excited Imagination' as director Kwon Oh-seung said. It was fun to see how guns randomly sent to South Korea, a gun-clean country, react. Kim Nam-gil also said that he had fun in this part and "The plan was good." Someone might say if it's possible for men to handle everything about guns, but Korea is a country that is possible. Since I am a country that half of the people can handle, and I have a duty of national defense, all men know how to handle guns. So things were fresh about how the reaction would be if the gun were released. When I was young, I thought 'If I have a gun', and in my youth, I see a lot of guns in games. Since Korea is a country where guns are sensitive and prohibited, we approached and paid more attention to the types of guns. If you take any wrong information, it will increase the hurdle, so I took care to make sure you didn't feel repulsed.'

Regarding the fact that Kim Nam-gil thought "What if there was a gun",I thought about that a lot in the past. In school days, it was not a period of personal and physical completion, so I thought that if I changed a little emotionally, I would have shot when I had a gun. Rather than punishing someone, it seems to think about the power that guns have. It's hard now because it's a time when there were a lot of suppressed and pressed and things not to do, but it's even harder then I think he imagined carrying a gun with a feeling of like an escape."

Kim Nam-gil then said "Now, values are changing. For example, if the prevailing idea was that guns would be necessary to protect myself in some form, I think I change my mind while working on the work. The reason why guns were legal in American society was to protect livestock and property, so I wondered if we should have them for that reason. If having a gun is not to protect and protect someone, but if it is peace that is obtained even by killing someone, I think it should be avoided. The ending was good because I thought it would be good to remove some of those risk factors for future children and generations who will live in the future.




Melo ♥ I want to do it too..Trigger Kim Nam-gil presents his gun action and wishes (Roundup)
photo courtesy of Netflix
However, in the play, Kim Nam-gil was also criticized for being so frustratingly nice, and he also said a lot about how long he would pretend to be nice, mentioning that "It's too frustrating to punish him." I think that's the philosophy and worldview that Ido has. I clearly set the character concept that I would not repeat it again because of past mistakes or situations. Actually, it's frustrating while acting. Another actor 'It's been a long time since I've had a mild taste?He sometimes does ' As I expand my straightforward and natural Kim Nam-gil's things, I tend to be frustrated, and I'm the type to pursue something cooler, but he told me that it tastes mild this time. Of course, there are frustrating copies, but I think we should change the ones that repeat sin and step on it. Rather than being angry and selfish, it seemed that there would be no end to the limit if they punished them when they met the social requirements. He said, "I hate sin, but don't hate people, but I don't think it's right to go in that direction rather than understanding it even now."

Since its recent release, the `Trigger' has drawn attention as it has been ranked in North America, including the United States and Korea. According to the Netflix Tudum TOP 10 website on the 30th of last month, 'Trigger' recorded 29,000 viewers (view time divided by the total running time of the work) within three days of its release, ranking fourth in the global TOP 10 series (non-English). On top of that, from immediately after its release to today, it ranks No. 1 in the 「Top 10 Series」 of Korea and has also been listed on the Top 10 list of 20 countries around the world.

Kim Nam-gil was very happy at this news and "There are issues that can be called disasters in American society, and there are constant debates for and against them. Did you?? "I dare to say that it can be premature in some matters, and I don't know it very well, but I can sympathize with it to some extent because it has shown from our point of view how people should treat guns, and I wonder how the perception will change and how it will be accepted."




Kim Nam-gil, who showed brilliant gun action from 'The Bandit' to 'Trigger', always dreams of 'Melo' and 'Romance' as his next film. Kim Nam-gil said, "The genre of melody has become a difficult time to survive. "My parents are asking me to stop acting and do something soft, but I want to do it too!It is said that '. So I hope we can try more things," he said with a smile.





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