"The Hunter with the Mess" Kang Hoon said, "I gained 5kg and strengthened my physical strength..."Detective role, when I show you the strong image"

Jun 12, 2025

Actor Kang Hoon poses at the STUDIO X+U mid-form drama 「'The Hunter with the Mess" production presentation held at the Ramada Seoul Sindorim Hotel in Guro-gu, Seoul on the 12th.

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Actor Kang Hoon expressed his feelings about returning to an intense genre after shedding his romantic and pleasant image.

On the morning of the 12th, a production presentation was held at the Ramada Seoul Sindorim Hotel in Guro-gu, Seoul, for the LG Uplus STUDIO X+U mid-form drama 「The Hunter with the Mess」 (planned and produced STUDIO X+U, production soul creative, directing Junghoon Lee, script Cho Han-young, Park Hyun-shin, Hong Yeon-i, and Jin Se-hyuk). Actors Park Joo-hyun, Park Yong-woo and Kang Hoon and director Junghoon Lee attended the meeting.

'The Hunter with the Mess' is a crime thriller in which Se-hyun of the autopsy, who discovered the familiar way of murder of his father and serial killer 'The Tailor', who thought he had died 20 years ago on the autopsy table, goes out to find him before police Jeong-hyun in order not to fall prey to his father. Park Joo-hyun as Seo Se-hyun in the autopsy of a sociopath genius with a killer instinct, Park Yong-woo as Yoon Jo-kyun, a psychopathic serial killer who is serious about dissecting the human body, and Kang Hoon, who played Jeong Jung-hyun, a powerful leader who believes in human goodness, are all predicting an attractive character play and explosive acting ensemble.

Kang Hoon said, `There have been many warm and unrequited images of someone so far, but I want to hear the evaluation that an actor named Kang Hoon can show various aspects through this work.'

In the play, he plays Jeong Jeong-hyun, a violent detective with a sense of human justice. He said he also tried external changes to change his image, saying, `As it is a police role, I prepared it physically and consulted with acquaintances who are real police officers"He added "I paid a lot of attention to the external part while increasing about 5-6kg."

In this work, Kang Hoon will play a detective with human charm in the confrontation with a sociopath autopsy doctor, and will present a new acting spectrum.

'The Hunter with the Mess' will be released on U+TV, U+ MobileTV, and Disney Plus, a global online video service (OTT) on the 16th.

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