Last month's Netflix series "Squid Game" became a phenomenon-level hit. South Korean actor Park Hae-so plays one of the two male protagonists in the play, Sang Woo.
For actor Park Hae-so, "Squid Game" is a turning point. It was a message of comfort that the world had reacted hotly at a time when it was deadpan, and that what had been done so far was not wrong. He received a clear response at a time when he was questioning himself, and he gained the driving force to move forward.
For actor Park Hae-so, "Squid Game" is a turning point. When he was confused, the whole world gave him a warm response, which comforted him and let him know that what he had done so far was correct. He got a clear answer when he had doubts about himself, and got the driving force to move forward.
The Netflix original series "Squid Game," released worldwide on 17 July, is a story about a 45.6 billion won prize-winning survivor who risks his life to become the last winner to challenge the extreme game. Park Hae-so is said to have graduated from Seoul National University, joined a large company, and was a winner, but in reality, he failed to invest in the client's money, and he played the role of Sang-woo, a figure who sat on a large sum of money. Sang-woo joins ki-hoon (Lee Jeong-jae), who was his childhood brother, and runs to the championship alone, regardless of the water.
The Netflix original series "Squid Games", which was released around the world on the 17th of last month, tells the story of people who participate in the suspicious survival game with a prize money of 45.6 billion won and risk their lives to challenge the limit game in order to become the final winners. It is reported that Park Hae-so plays a character who entered a large company after graduating from Seoul National University, and his life was smooth, but in fact, he embezzled customers' money, but his investment failed, so he was in debt. Sang Woo and his childhood brother Ki Hoon (Lee Jung Jae) participate in the game together, regardless of the three seven twenty-one towards the goal of winning the championship.
"When I first received the scenario, it was fun to see the characters' psychology changing in extreme circumstances.' It was interesting to think that people make these choices. The material itself was amazing. In fact, when I looked at the finished work, it looked more visual than I thought, and with the addition of music and so many more things, it was dramatic and thrilling."
"When I first started receiving the script, I found the psychological change of the characters in extreme situations very interesting. It's funny to think, 'The characters would have made such a choice.' The story material itself is magical. After actually seeing the finished work, I found that the visual effects were beyond my imagination, adding a lot of things including music, and showing a plot full of drama and thrilling very well. ”
"Squid Game" has become a shindrome-class favorite not only in Korea but around the world. Korean children's play, such as "Mugunghwa Flowers Blooming", "Sweetening", and "Scab", which appears in the works, is trending abroad, and various parody videos are coming up on social media. For the first time in Korean productions, netflix usa is ranked #1 in today's top 10, and has reached number one in more than 80 countries around the world.
"Squid Games" has set off a craze not only in Korea, but also around the world. Korean children's games such as "Hibiscus Blossoms", "Caramel Cake Game", and "Playing Paper Chips" appeared overseas, and various imitation videos appeared on SNS. As a Korean work, the work debuted in the top ten of Netflix usa today, and ranked first in more than 80 countries and regions around the world.
"I was very confident in my work, and I never expected this much of a good response worldwide. I'm grateful that Korean content is more known around the world, and that we've created it together. I enjoy the results of the work and the reactions of the commentary. There's a lot of talk about the role of sang-woo. I remember all these stories."
"I was confident when I was shooting the work, but I didn't expect such a good response around the world. Korean cultural information has also become more widely known around the world, and I am grateful to be able to produce these cultural information together. I also enjoyed looking at the results of the work or the repercussions of the commentary. The response has been good and bad, and there are many statements about the role of Shang Yu. I remember all these and that. "
Sang-woo is a three-dimensional figure who cannot be described in a single word. He steps up and stands up to become the last one, but without prejudice, he offers a helping hand to Ali (Anupam Tripathi), a Pakistani worker. Park Hae-so thought that in order to play such a sang-woo, she would have to go through a process of empathy first. As sang-woo tried and tried to think as he thought, he became fond of sang-woo's character itself.
Shang Yu is a three-dimensional character who cannot be explained in one word. In order to be the last person, he would step on others to stand up, but sometimes without prejudice extend a helping hand to the Pakistani laborer Ali (Anupam Tripati). Park Hae-so believes that if you want to play such a good Shang Yu, you must first go through the process of resonance. Trying to think as Shang Yu thinks, he develops feelings for the role of Shang Yu.
"I should have understood for myself what I knew in advance about the 'sweet and drawn' game and didn't talk about it, things that deceived Ali. But I actually thought it wasn't far away. I've only expressed that part of it because it's something I've had inside. Sang-woo feels a lot of guilt, but he was a fiercely competitive person, so I don't think he's rationalized. I was trying to act out those things that turned into rationalization when I felt guilty.""
For Shang Yu to know in advance about the "caramel cake game" game but did not say, to deceive Ali, I have to understand it. But in fact, our ideas are not far apart. Because some parts are my inner thoughts, I just show them. "Shang Yu feels guilty, but because he is a person who is actively involved in competitive society, he rationalized his behavior. I wanted to play the way he rationalized his actions when guilt struck. ”
For Sang-woo, Ki-hoon was not just a being. Park Hae-so said Sang-woo may have longed for his older brother Ki-hoon, who grew up in a neighborhood since he was a child. Sang-woo always thinks that he is a person around him and that he cannot get past Ki-hoon, a good man, and he will be qualified and jealous of him. On the one hand, he defined himself as a man who reminded him of a poor childhood that he wanted to forget, and that he would have wanted to stay away.
For Shang Yu, Qi Xun is not a simple existence. Park Hae-so said: "Sang Woo may be looking forward to his brother Ki-hoon, who grew up in a village. Shang Yu always thinks that there are people around him, and Qi Xun, who is a good person, is a figure that he cannot surpass, and his heart is piled up with feelings of shame and jealousy. On the one hand, he is a figure reminiscent of the poor childhood he wants to forget, so he wants to stay away from him.
"As Sangwoo grew, he became a material almighty that he had to meet at the competition and a sense of 'only first place will survive'. The idea is that you have to step on someone to be the victor. However, Sang-woo's feelings on the game field were hard to come by because of his deprivation and qualifications. I probably felt like a loser. Making extreme choices at the end is also what I thought was reasonable."
"Shang Yu grew up with the materialism of omnipotence and the values of 'only the first to survive' that are inevitable encountered in a competitive society. It is to think that only by stepping on someone can you become a winner. But Shang Yu sees Qi Xun on the playing field and will work hard because of the sense of deprivation and inferiority. You should feel like a loser. I think it makes sense for him to make an extreme choice in the end. ”
There were many psychologically physical difficulties playing Sang-woo. The scene of her parting ways on the phone to her mother while being chased by an unaffordable debt was psychologically the hardest. When I was thinking about what I could say in that situation, I tried to say something that was not in the script, but someone came and couldn't tell me.
When playing Shang Yu, he also encountered many difficulties in terms of psychology and physical strength. The scene of being plagued by unsustainable debt and saying goodbye to his mother over the phone is psychologically the most difficult to interpret. I kept thinking about what he would say in that situation, trying to say something that wasn't in the script, but couldn't say it because someone came.
"When I was fighting on the sports field with Ki-hoon and blood, it was the hardest physically. It was too cold with a lot of rain, but I kept pouring hot water on Lee Jung-jae and each other. I felt honored and honored because I was just two action gods, but it was so hard that I remember it the most.".
"When fighting with Qixun on the blood-stained playground, he was the most physically tired. It rained a lot, it was particularly cold, and I kept pouring hot water on each other with Lee Jung-jae's predecessors. Because it was an action scene only for the two of us, I felt honored and happy, because I was so tired, so I was the most impressed. ”
Sang-woo in the work is sober and individualist, but Park Hae-so at the shoot was an atmosphere maker. In an interview earlier, Lee praised him, saying, "There are many cute faces, and they are humorous, unlike the big ones." Park Hae-so turned the ball around to say that he was able to shoot comfortably thanks to Lee Jung-jae, who approached him with a friendly approach.
Sang-woo in the work is a cold individualist, but Park Hae-soo, who is on the shooting scene, is an atmosphere maker. Lee Jung-jae praised in a previous interview: "Unlike his big size, Park Hae-so has a lot of cuteness and humor. In this regard, Park Hae-so attributed Lee Jung-jae, who was very kind to him, saying that the filming process was very pleasant.
"I was in the middle of the shoot, so I was going to talk to a lot of people a lot. It's a style that covers a lot of people, but I liked the fact that my brothers and sisters talked a lot about Lee Jung-jae. Rather, Jeong Ho-yeon (Dawn Station) was an atmosphere maker. Ali played korean better than I did, so he acted as an atmosphere maker."
"Because I was in the middle of the shooting scene, I wanted to chat with a lot of people anyway. I am a very recognized kind of person, but Li Zhengzai's predecessors talked to me a lot, and my younger brothers and sisters were originally very good. Zheng Haojuan (playing the role of Jiang Xiao) is the atmosphere maker. Ali, too, spoke Korean better than I did, and played a role in enlivening the atmosphere. ”
"I've seen Mr. Oh work on the stage of the National Theater. It was an honor to work with the teacher I had longed for. It was a precious time just to see it from the sidelines because I had a feeling of weight with a different breath in the field."
"In the past, I often saw Mr. Wu Yongxiu working on the stage of the National Theater Company. I am honored to work with the teacherSA of my vision. He has a lot of weight on the spot and shows a different kind of tacit understanding, so just watching from the side feels precious. ”
"(Jeong) is actually a friend who has had a lot of understanding and concern about the work so that it is hard to see it as his first work. We've done a lot of research on characters, and we've talked a lot about the nature of humans. I think I have very good breathing."
"(Zheng) Haojuan's understanding of the work and her reflections on the work are difficult to consider as her first work. She did a lot of research on the characters and talked a lot about the nature of human beings. I think she's especially good at working with people. "
As "Squid Game" has gained worldwide attention, expectations for Season 2 are growing. There is no specific story yet about Season 2, but it is unlikely that Park Hae-so will be able to appear in Season 2 as Sang-woo is killed. Nevertheless, Park hae-so never imagined appearing in Season 2.
As Squid Games has gained worldwide attention, expectations for the second season have grown. Although the specific content about the second season has not yet come out, with the death of Sang Woo, the possibility of Park Hae-so starring in the second season has become minimal. Even so, Park Hae-so has imagined starring in a second season.
"I thought about creating a scene from the past about how Sang-woo lived before he started stocking up. But I'm personally sorry that I couldn't choose death at the end, but it doesn't make sense that Sang-woo comes out. I personally wonder about the world of masked men."
"I thought about what it would be like if I were to create a scene of how Shang Yu used to live before investing in stocks. But in the end, Shang Yu chose to die, so he could not star anymore, although I personally feel very sorry, but Shang Yu's reappearance is indeed impossible to say. I'm personally curious about the kamen in their world. ”
Park Hae-so was hit with a ply-ray while playing the "squid game" and even gaining a hit. I took a lot of hard work, but it took a long time to be released, and the wait was longer and the fear increased, which is even more valuable.
Park Hae-so is very popular in "Squid Game" at the same time, but also happy Lin'er, can be described as a double happiness at the door. Although many works were filmed, it was a long time before it was released, the waiting time became longer, and the fear increased, so the result was more precious.
'I always hear a lot of people being driven into a dead end when they're acting.' That was until we released the squid game. I had a lot of doubts about whether I was doing it. I need some feedback to learn. It was a frustrating and intimidating time, and I'm grateful to hear the good news. I'm grateful for the good things I personally have. I'm more excited because my son is the same as me." (laughs)
"When acting, I often feel like I'm being forced into a dead end. This was the case before the release of Squid Games. A lot of people doubt me and don't know if I'm doing it right. Actors need a certain amount of feedback to generate power. Just when I couldn't do that, so I was depressed and scared, I heard the good news, so thank you very much. It just so happens that I have personally encountered good things, and I am full of gratitude. My son looks exactly like me, so I feel even more magical. [Laughs]
After overcoming the slump through "Squid Game," Park soon meets viewers with a new look. On March 30, the OCN drama "Kimaira" will air for the first time, and the Netflix series "House of Paper" awaits the Korean version, Suriname, and the movie "Yacha."
Park Hae-so, who overcame his trough through "Squid Games", will soon meet the audience with a new look. On the 30th, the OCN TV series "Chimera" will premiere, and the Korean version of the Netflix series "Paper Money House", "Repair Man" and the movie "Yacha" are also scheduled for release.
'I haven't acted for that long, I haven't done a lot of work.' Many people have noticed the existence of me while greeting me with a work called "Sweet Bread Life", and after a long time, I was able to greet myself again with a work called "Squid Game". I think it was a few opportunities for me. I don't think it's going to be a very important turning point for me. I'm so happy and grateful that so many people have taken a good look at the work, but what's important to me is that there are many steps to go. I think it would be nice to stay tuned."
"I haven't acted in a long time, and I haven't acted in a lot of works. Greeting everyone with "Witty Prison Life" made many people aware of my existence, and after a long time, I was able to greet everyone with "Squid Game". I feel that this is one of the few opportunities for me. For me, it may be a very important turning point. Many people like this work and have had a son, and now I am happy and grateful, but for me, the most important thing is that there is still a lot to go in the future. I hope you will pay more attention to me. ”
Key vocabulary
터닝포인트 [noun] turning point
승승장구하다 [verb] multiply the victory forward, multiply the victory straight forward, multiply the victory straight forward, and drive straight in
유용하다 [adjective] useful
빚더미【Noun】 [Yu] Debt
Qualifications [名词] 舅愧
Emphasis on grammar
1.-The lago (yo)
Qualified: Used after the word.
General idea: (1) It means recalling things that have been heard and witnessed in the past, or recalling the facts of universality and habit in the past;
(2) The use of past tense endings in front of "더" indicates the recall of the situation that has ended, the speaker's will or speculation, etc.
(1) Even if it's cool inside the building, it's very hot outside.
It's cool inside, but it's hot outside.
(2) I'm going to teach you a lot of money.
It took a lot of preparation to teach well.
2. - Because
Qualified: Used after predicates and "이다" verbs.
To the effect: indicate the reason, the reason. Equivalent to the Chinese "because... So...". It is stronger than "-(으)니까,-어서" to indicate reasons and reasons.
I'm here late because things happen.
Because of something, it was late.
I didn't have time, so I went.
Because there is no time, so there is no going to do.
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