Good News Director Byun Sung-hyun Hong-kyung, I think I'm watching it during Park Hae-il's heyday...The best actor of his age
Oct 21, 2025
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Director Byun Sung-hyun met with Sports Chosun at a cafe in Samcheong-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul on the 21st and said, `Hong-kyung seems to see Park Hae-il during his heyday in Korean movies.'
Released on the 17th, 'Good News' is a movie about the suspicious operation of people gathered in one place to land a hijacked plane in the 1970s, and director Byun Sung-hyun of 'Bulhan: The World of the Bad guys' (hereinafter 'Bulhan', 'Kingmaker', and 'Gil Bok-soon' has taken the megaphone.
Hong Kyung succeeded in transforming her acting by playing Seo Seo Ji-myung, an elite air force lieutenant in the play. Director Byun said "Hong Kyung is the actor I picked when I asked who I was looking at the most in an interview after 'Gil Bok-soon". After watching the movie 'Innocent' and the drama 'Weak Hero Class 1', I thought I could capture a lot, and I felt that I was the best actor among actors of my age.
In particular, Hong Kyung fully performed three languages (Korean, English, and Japanese) in her work, receiving favorable reviews from viewers. Director Byun said "I heard Hong-kyung speaks some English. I was surprised that he was more fluent than I thought (laughs). Actually, I thought this character didn't need to be very fluent in English. The garnish character is not a character who lived in the United States, but he was an officer who lived with Americans, so 'You're good~' was enough. But Hong-kyung is greedy, so she wants to speak more fluently like a native speaker. In fact, he was good at English and sounded like a native speaker, perhaps because I was not good at English."
In the meantime, Hong-kyung "I feel like I'm watching Park Hae-il during the heyday of Korean movies."I've been working out hard and controlling my diet before the shooting, so I've gained 7kg only with my muscle mass." "I felt like I was away from the image of a slender boy." he gave a high praise.
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