Cho Jung-seok Shares Excitement Ahead of ‘My Daughter is a Zombie’ Premiere
Jul 24, 2025
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Cho Jung-seok met with Sports Chosun at a cafe in Samcheong-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul on the 24th and said, "Luckily, the movies released in the summer performed well."I don't know what will happen to "Zombie Daughter", but the actors are also looking forward to it because the current events are well received."," he said.
「Zombie Daughter」, which will be released on the 30th, is a comic drama about a father of a daughter who has entered top-secret training to protect her daughter, who became the last zombie in the world, and the director of 「Hostle」 took the megaphone.
Cho Jung-seok became a hit in the summer theater, earning the modifier 'Summer Man'. Released in 2019, 'Exit' attracted 9.42 million viewers, and 'pilot' attracted 4.71 million viewers. In response, he said "I think it's just right to say that I'm deeply moved ahead of the release of the work. I was born in winter, and the modifier 'Summer Man' seems to help me (laughs). Thankfully, the summer releases went well and we got good results."
In particular, 'Zombie Daughter' is released on a cultural day and can receive movie discounts. In addition, the government supports discount coupons for movie admission fees, and on the day of release, you can watch the movie for only 1,000 won. When Cho Jung-seok heard this news, he thought 'Is the real heaven helping?' I'm already drinking kimchi soup by myself (laughs). The box office is always looking forward to and hoping for success. I don't know what will happen to "Zombie Daughter" but the actors are hopeful because the current events are well received"He confessed.
Cho Jung-seok, who played Jeong-hwan, the father of his daughter, who became a zombie daughter trainer in the play, said "As soon as I saw the scenario 'This is me?I didn't say ' It's so funny? I really want to do it. When I received the script, I became a daughter's father, so I felt confident that I could express the character well.'
In the meantime, "I wondered how this work came to me, who was naturally aging. Apart from the subject matter being zombies and the genre being comedy, when I met a work dealing with "Parental Love" at a time when my mind was growing as a parent, I felt very touched.
"Zombie Daughter" is based on a popular webtoon of the same name. Cho Jung-seok said "When I first joined, I heard that there was an original webtoon, but I didn't look for it on purpose, and I watched it after I finished filming. "There are works that are helpful in the original, but there are works that have great merit in the scenario itself. If I sublimate my desperation when I read the scenario well, I thought that the synchronicity with the original character would match well. I wanted to make a work that even those who haven't seen the original can enjoy," he said.
Then, comparing the synchronicity of the characters in the webtoon and the movie, "JUNG HWAN and I have a different feeling, but in the case of my mom Bamsoon (Lee Jung-eun), "What is this?' He exclaimed, `It was just the character that tore it apart.'
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