If you want to name this year's most popular Korean actor, Sun Xijiu is basically the best candidate for the dispute, on the big screen, "Crime City 2" South Korean local movie viewers have exceeded 12.6 million, is this year's box office champion, in the history of Korean films can also rank in the top three, small screen, "My Liberation Journal" was rated by netizens as the most cured TV series in the first half of 2022, after the start of broadcasting, Douban rating has been stable at 9.2, is the highest score of Korean dramas broadcast this year. In the credits of these two plays, the male protagonist is played by Sun Xijiu. For such a popular star, how can the media be indifferent? No, the July issue of the South Korean edition of the gentleman's men's magazine "Esquire Korea" launched a dozen pages of Sun Seok-kyu's personal interview for the first time.
Reporter: Sun Xijiu's popularity is really amazing, I personally in order to know who is the most popular actor at the moment, often browsing on major social network platforms, not long ago "Crime City 2" search volume surged, all kinds of hot searches, super talk and fan base topics, can you feel that heat, right?
My feelings have always been sluggish. This kind of thing needs to be compared to see clearly, but I didn't have similar experience in the past, such as making movies that attracted millions of viewers before, and now I feel "Ah, it turns out that this is a movie loved by tens of millions of viewers!" Of course, now that I attend many occasions, I can often receive everyone's love for this film.
Reporter: "My Liberation Journal" started with a rating of 2%, but when the "worship" scene was staged, the popularity began to soar, and now there are audiences everywhere who are invested in the TV series, looking forward to the broadcast of the second season.
"My Liberation Journal" is a very weak beginning in a way, and the process of it receiving a lot of attention is very dramatic for me, and this process continues to "Crime City 2", and I have to say that this year I have really good luck.
Reporter: All belong to the night, all involve violent crimes, Mr. Gu and Jiang Haishang in "Crime City 2" have a slight overlap in the role, in the eyes of the audience, it seems that "My Liberation Journal" staged a foreign film on the big screen.
That's right, "My Liberation Journal" and "Crime City 2" are both works that have been postponed for a long time. In fact, during this time, I said a lot of things like this to my agent: after starring in "Designated Survivors" and "Love Physique", I felt like after eating appetizers at the wedding, waiting for the next main course of the play road, these two works are the results of my waiting.
Reporter: The Jiang Haishang you played only grasped the characteristics of the characters in the script, but I can't imagine what kind of distress and wishes such a person would have in real life.
Yeah, that's a single-dimensional character.
Reporter: On the contrary, Mr. Koo is a character with a rich personality, and after showing his multi-faceted acting skills with the help of Park Hae-young's works, you have captured a wonderful story with a popular theme through "Crime City 2".
Another person said something similar, and Che Taixian, who has not been in contact for a long time, called yesterday and said so - Xi Jiu, the audience may mistakenly think that you will only choose more alternative, low-grossing films, and now you can show two works with strong entertainment and good works, such a combination is fantastic!
Reporter: The complete separation of captain Ma and Jiang Haishang's world is also a major advantage of "Crime City 2", the police life of Captain Ma and his colleagues has many comedic elements, but Jiang Haishang's eyes are a criminal world without a smile.
As far as I know, "Crime City 1" has also been revised and edited many times, and the dual structure has been determined by holding blind test screenings and collecting opinions from the audience. Crime City 2 identifies this structure, and more extremely, with hilarious passages and horror scenes alternating repeatedly. Frankly, no one is unaware of how this movie ended, and I think that knowing this and being able to give viewers the pleasure of watching the movie is precisely the power of this series.
Reporter: So, when I watched "My Liberation Journal", I wondered if you were also healed by the story of this TV series?
There really is, in some moments of filming, a lot of hearts have been healed. Walking on the road in the countryside of Yamaura, I often think that when I am really tired in the future, I must remember this moment, and I think of this moment when I look at the sky and walk slowly in such good weather.
Reporter: The performance methods of the two characters of Jiang Haishang and Mr. Gu are also very different.
The role of Jiang Haishang was almost created by director Li Xianglong, and I am just a specific executor. And Mr. Koo is under the trust of director Kim Seok-yoon, I have a lot of places to play, in the shooting scene, Director Kim and I greeted the basic is "please today also" and "today will be good-looking". When playing Gu Zijing, I constantly asked questions and communicated with the director, what kind of person is Gu Zijing? What is he thinking when he is alone? How did his heart come to be like this? Will he really feel it? In "Crime City 2", I only need to conscientiously implement the director's requirements, and Jiang Haishang is such a persona.
Reporter: In "My Liberation Journal", not only is it healed, but it seems to have been inspired, and there must be words that move you in your lines and lian Meizhen and your dialogue, right?
Most of Mei Zhen's lines were deeply touched when I watched the TV series, and in the first episode, "I have to do a lot of these things, from here to there." "Mei Zhen's lines to her colleagues in the company are very flavorful.
During the broadcast of the TV series, the audience also had such an idea - will Mr. Gu have to repair the group leader who bullied Mei Zhen no matter what? But I didn't do that, Mei Zhen didn't accept anyone's help, she just watched and did it herself, and walked through the dark tunnel by her own strength. After overcoming everything, he told Ju Zijing.
Reporter: Can you reveal your next step?
"Casino Casino", which was filmed in the Philippines not long ago, will be able to meet you in November if it goes well.