Not acting genius, but action genius..Lee Jae-in announces cool acting in high fives
May 01, 2025
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Lee Jae-in, who has built his acting career step by step since he was a child, won the 55th Baeksang Arts Awards Best New Actor Award for his thrilling performance as a two-person actor in the film `Sabaha' that shaved his head after passing through 'I Can Speak'Adult Book', and emerged as the next generation actor in the film industry's attention. After that, it was night' Lee Jae-in, who has performed various acting transformations regardless of the genre and character, plays Wan-seo in 'High Five' and challenges action acting to draw attention.
Wan-seo, a pure and courageous girl who loves Taekwondo, receives a heart transplant like a miracle after a long illness, and finds out that she has an explosive power and a superpower with lightning speed. Having spent her lonely school days without friends, she, like herself, receives organs from the same donor and meets Ji-sung (Ahn Jae-hong), Seon-nyeo (Rami-ran), Yak-seon (Kim Hee-won), and Gadong (Yoo Ah-in), who have superpowers, to form a team high five and play a pleasant team play.
Lee Jae-in, who has the highest synchronicity with Wan-seo among the characters he has played so far, will conduct action training for 10 months from pre-production to filming for Wan-seo, the central axis of the action among the high-five members, completely devouring from high-level wire action to taekwondo movement and perform powerful actions.
Director Kang Hyung-chul said, `I was not an acting genius. He performed the action so well that he received a lot of applause on the spot. You'll see another side of Lee Jae-in." Martial arts director Lee Kun-moon also praised Lee Jae-in's passion for acting, saying, `He was an actor who didn't show any difficulty or pain even in the wire action scene until he was satisfied again and again.' It amplified expectations for Lee Jae-in's cool acting, which turned from an acting genius to an action genius.
'High Five' is a story about five people who accidentally acquire different superpowers through organ transplants and meet with those who covet their abilities. Lee Jae-in, Ahn Jae-hong, Ra Mi-ran, Kim Hee-won, Yoo Ah-in, Oh Jung-se, and Park Jin-young appeared, and Kang Hyung-chul, the director of 'Speed Scandal'Sunny'Taza-God's Hand'Swing Kids', took the megaphone. It will be released on June 3.
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