Park Bo-gum Trains Like a Champion for 'Good Boy'
May 09, 2025
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JTBC's new Saturday-Sunday drama 'Good Boy' (directed by Lee Dae-il, scripted by Shim Na-yeon), which will premiere on the 31st, is a comic action youth investigation drama in which medalists who have become police officers wear police ID cards around their necks instead of medals and fight against a world of unconscionability and foul play. Accordingly, the extraordinary action of former national team-turned-strong detectives is also a refreshing and thrilling point to watch by 'Good Boy'. The process of actors pouring out all their blood, sweat, and tears to become 'Action Good Boy' is also extraordinary. Park Bo-gum, Kim So-hyun, Lee Sang-i, Heo Sung-tae and Tae Won-seok have continued their training and preparation to fully realize their roles.
Park Bo-gum said, "'Good Boy ' was a new challenge for me, too."I let off the rhyme. First, to become a boxing gold medalist 'Yoon Dong-ju', he continued his strength training and boxing training for more than six months and learned the movements by working with a real Uzbek player. In addition, he worked with the action team until just before filming and constantly refined the details. "As a member of a strong special team, I did my best in every scene. To keep up with the fast-changing sum, I kept repeating and repeating until I got used to it" is his explanation. However, contrary to expectations that the shooting would not have been easy, Park Bo-gum said, `All those days were good days" he said. All the moments I overcame with the team were precious. Park Bo-gum's action performance, which he accumulated by constantly pouring sweat on and off the camera, will portray the hot fighting spirit of a character named Yoon Dong-ju more clearly.
Kim So-hyun, who played the role of a superintendent of a powerful special team in the shooting goddess, challenged for the first full-fledged gun action in her life. It is a shooting that looks like a static movement, but it has been trained that requires both concentration and physical strength to maintain the same posture for more than 40 minutes. Kim So-hyun explained "I repeated the practice of increasing accuracy by measuring the actual score, not just mimicking the form." Also, "At first, even the weight of the gun was too much, but as time went by, it felt like a part of my body. During action training, I even enjoy muscle pain." He said, expressing his immersive experience without shaking. Through the process, he expressed deep respect, saying that he guessed the athletes' hard work. In particular, the scene where Hannah handled the gun was burdensome because special effects, lighting, and timing between actors had to be matched, but the joy of the moment when everything was right was difficult to express in words", raising expectations for Kim So-hyun's full-fledged action performance.
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Heo Sung-tae, who plays the role of a strong special team team leader 'Gomansik' from the National Wrestling University, received a one-on-one special training from an actual wrestler and increased about 5kg at the time of filming to build a solid body. "Even when climbing, I climbed into a wrestling stance. My knees are slightly bent and I put strength on my core and thighsHe also shared a unique training method. Even Heo Sung-tae, who had performed various actions in his previous work, said that the action scene in a special environment was the most memorable. "It was the first time such an action was taken. It's almost never been tried in a Korean drama. So I'm excited to see how this scene was completed", adding to the curiosity about the main broadcast.
Finally, Tae Won-seok played the role of 'Shin Jae-hong', who threw the disc further away from the wide track and field, and was the first to increase 20kg more than the previous one, maximizing the synchronicity with the character. In addition, he was directly coached by a track and field throwing coach at the Korea Sports University for eight months, and continued to practice discus throwing on days when there was no schedule. "There were many difficulties because it was my first time meeting the event, but after repeating it, a satisfactory scene came out."Especially, the day we filmed the actual game was the most proud moment.
As such, the five actors did not spare their bodies and hearts to bring their characters to life. In addition to sports training, it has become a real 'action good boy' by understanding and living characters in their own ways, from weight control to overpowering, shooting, and using weapons. The production team "The actors worked hard in each scene to capture their respective professionalism and beliefs. The level of immersion goes beyond the action and gives a strong energy to the whole story. Please look forward to the team play and the hot growth narrative they will provide."
On the other hand, 'Good Boy' is a collaboration between director Shim Na-yeon, who directed 'Bad Mother', who won the 57th Baeksang Arts Awards TV Drama Prize, and writer Lee Dae-il, who presented differentiated genres such as 'Life on Mars' and 'Aide' series. It will premiere on JTBC at 10:40 p.m. on Saturday, May 31, and will be released to viewers around the world through the global streaming service Amazon Prime Video.
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