Director Lee Byung-hun and Park Chan-wook? Ponytail hair on the first meeting...I didn't like your first impression
Sep 19, 2025
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At the Actors House of the 30th Busan International Film Festival held at Sohyang Theater Shinhan Card Hall in Haeundae-gu, Busan on the 19th, Lee Byung-hun said, `When I first met Director Park Chan-wook, I had a hunch that I would not work with him.'
Actors House, which was newly established in 2021, is a signature program unique to the Busan International Film Festival where contemporary actors with acting skills and star quality tell honest and in-depth stories about their performances and works. This year, Lee Byung-hun, Son Ye-jin, Ninomiya Kazunari and Kim Yoo-jung were listed in the lineup.
Lee Byung-hun has nothing to do with director Park Chan-wook, following the Joint Security Area JSA','Three, Monster'It was reunited with ' to attract the audience's expectations. Recalling his first meeting with director Park, he said, `It was the day when I finished two movies and the third movie 'Their Own World' technology preview took place. I was watching a movie for a long time, and suddenly the director came in and said that a director was waiting for me. As soon as the movie was over, I went out, and one of the ponytail hairstyles was standing with a scenario envelope. He delivered the envelope saying, `I want to work with actor Lee Byung-hun, so please take a good look at it.' It's my personal preference, but I don't really like ponytail hairstyles (laughs). The director's impression was not very good. I don't think I'm going to work with himI had a hunch that ' But that was director Park who mixed up a movie.
"At that time, a new director no longer received investment in Chungmuro even if one movie went wrong. If more than two works do not go well, actors will not be invited. It was a miracle that we both did our next work because there was a strong perception that "If that actor comes, we will also fail." I don't know what's going to happen when a ruined director and a ruined actor meet, but together?The work that I wanted to shoot while saying "X?" was 'JSA' in the Joint Security Area.'
Meanwhile, the 30th Busan International Film Festival will be held for 10 days from the 17th to the 26th around the Film Center in Haeundae-gu, Busan.
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