Park Jihoon's boy growth story..Weak Hero 2 Unveiled Netflix Worldwide (Roundup)

By Jiyoun, Moon

Apr 21, 2025

Park Jihoon's boy growth story..Weak Hero 2 Unveiled Netflix Worldwide (Roundup)
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Park Ji-hoon's academy action, Weak Hero will return to Class 2.

Netflix held a production presentation for the new original series 'Weak Hero Class2' (Park Hyun-woo, script by Yoo Soo-min, directed by Yoo Soo-min, hereinafter 'Weak Hero2') at a hotel in Mapo-gu, Seoul, on the morning of the 21st. Park Ji-hoon, Ryeo-woon, Choi Min-young, Yoo Soo-bin, Bae Na-ra, Lee Min-jae, and Lee Joon-young, director Yoo Soo-min, and planning director Han Jun-hee attended the event.

'Weak Hero Class 2' is the second story of 'Weak Hero Class 1', which became a sensation in 2022 and opened a new era of the academy's action-growth drama. It is a desperate survival and brilliant story of Yeon Si-eun, a model student who confronted violence for her friend but transferred to Eunjang High School with trauma that she could not keep because she could never lose her friend again. Young actors such as Ryeo-woon, Choi Min-young, Yoo Soo-bin, Bae Na-ra, Lee Min-jae, and Lee Joon-young joined, including Park Ji-hoon, who won the 2nd Blue Dragon Series Awards for his performance in season 1.




Following Class 1, Park Ji-hoon, who plays Yeon Si-eun, the main character of Class 2, said "The story of a boy's growth against greater violence" and tried to express his feelings a little deeper. Unlike Class 1, I tried to put a little more desperation in my eyes. I hope you look forward to what kind of new friends you'll make and face" he said.

Park Jihoon's boy growth story..Weak Hero 2 Unveiled Netflix Worldwide (Roundup)
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'Weak Hero' was originally introduced through the domestic OTT platform Wave, but from Class 2, it will be released worldwide through Netflix original works. As soon as Class 1 was released on Netflix, it also achieved high performance on the global stage, drawing attention. Director Yoo Soo-min, who directed the movie, said, `I'm glad that I can show it to viewers around the worldClass 1 was about the process of becoming an adult from a boy. If we talked about pain in the process of growing up and a kind of growing pain, we thought about what the process would be after that and how we became adults. At the end of it, I think I came up with the keyword reconciliation. There is reconciliation with others, but I thought that reconciliation with myself, reconciliation with the world, and the past of acknowledging and accepting something are necessary for us to become adults. A boy named Yeon Si-eun tried to deal with the process of growing up one step through the process. I focused on the fun of watching it rather than class 1, and I tried to make the genre color distinct, but I hope you also take a good look at that"I asked.

Director Yoo Soo-min then said, `I think I made Class 1 with Park Ji-hoon and had a lot of conversations based on it. Thankfully, Park Ji-hoon's body and mind seem to have remembered Yeon Si-eun. Park Ji-hoon solved many of his troubles as a director, and he showed his own performance from the first shoot to the last. I don't know if you've watched the growth well, but I think it's hard to play the two main characters in the series. I would like to thank Park Ji-hoon for doing his best until the end by silently winning those things."




Park Jihoon's boy growth story..Weak Hero 2 Unveiled Netflix Worldwide (Roundup)
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Park Ji-hoon's chemistry with new characters is also an important point to watch "Weak Hero 2". Yeon Si-eun, played by Park Ji-hoon, builds a friendship with new figures Park Hu-min (Ryeowoon) and Seo Joon-tae (Choi Min-young). Director Han Jun-hee explained, `I never thought that I would put a social message or implication in the outer shell of the work, but this story is about a friend.' Park Ji-hoon played Class 1 and even Class 2 was honored to be with Netflix. I'm glad that you can show the character Yeon Si-eun to a little more people, and that you see her as a character who can grow together by hanging out with friends around her. I think there's something touching and sad left as a person."

Finally, Park Ji-hoon heralded a more dynamic action scene. Park Ji-hoon "I think the combat power has increased considerably. While watching Conti, the fighting power increased to the point where I wondered, "'Did Si-eun fight this well?' Si-eun doesn't want a fight, but doesn't she keep getting into a fight. Perhaps this character has grown into an action as well. And they get hit a lot. I don't just hit him, but I think that'll give him more fighting power and know-how"Physical didn't really care. But if there's anything else, I think the action or something like that using the opponent's object can be seen as a change, raising expectations.

'Weak Hero 2' will be released on Netflix on the 25th.






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