Remember the undead Song Jiang in Sweet Home? He and "National Grandpa" Park In-hwan starred in the manga of the same name, which has been adapted since 2016 and described as "tears from the mainstream" of the same name.
The story describes the elderly Shen Deok-so (Park In-hwan), who gave up his dream for his family, and the talented ballet teenager Lee Chae-rok (Song Jiang) after meeting each other, feeling the passion and youth they had never had before, and the unforgettable friendship that moved towards their dreams together. Since its serialization, the manga has attracted much attention because of its moving storyline and warm drawing style, and has accumulated 88 million views so far, and has been praised by Korean netizens as "a masterpiece that can't help but burst into tears" and "a manga that I want to cherish every moment".
Park In-hwan, a 76-year-old "national grandfather", is quite inspirational inside and outside the play, and he admits that as he grows older, learning ballet seems impossible, but he was deeply moved after reading the original manga, so he made a great determination to take over the play. And revealed that he was really tired of practicing ballet twice a week for the play, and the ballet dress was too close-fitting, and it was embarrassing when he first wore it, but fortunately, he slowly got used to it with time. For him, the challenge is more than the performance of a professional dancer, hoping to make the audience of the same age feel the inspiring courage of "you can do it, you can do it".
This role is not easy for the 26-year-old Song Jiang, debuted 4 years after starring in "Like the Bell", "Sweet Home" and other popular works, the audience was impressed by Song Jiang, revealed that before the start of the drama was very distressed about how to play the role of a ballet dancer, so he found many films to observe, and first learned 6 months of ballet, he did not pursue difficult actions, but paid more attention to the presentation of body lines and the handling of vision, although the process was very difficult but also found fun from it, And in the process of practicing dance, I found that the body lines also changed, and I felt great about such results.
Song Jiang and Park In-hwan, who is 50 years old in the play this time, are not only teacher-student relations but also year-round friends, Song Jiang gave a full score of 100 points for the tacit understanding of the cooperation between the two, and thanked the elderly for taking care of him so that he could perform very comfortably; Park In-hwan mentioned that when he first saw Song Jiang acting, he said that Song's appearance did not look like a young man but more like a teenager, at first he only thought that Song was a very handsome guy, but as the longer he cooperated, he found that Song's acting skills were getting better and better, and finally he did not forget to say humorously: Especially he is still my ballet teacher, so he can't act casually", the pity is overflowing.
"National Grandmother" Luo Wenji has played with Park In-hwan 8 times before, which can be said to be the old partner of the screen husband and wife, Luo Wenji laughed and said that he was very happy to participate in this drama full of good people, even the director did not lose his temper in front of himself, and the comfortable and warm shooting experience also made this work a good gift to himself. When asked about the tacit understanding between them, Luo Wenji laughed and said that his old partner Park In-hwan went around showing off that he was 4 years younger than himself, so he did not want to talk about Park but only wanted to talk about Song Jiang, and praised Song Jiang with "mother-in-law heart" for being simple and persistent, hoping that his heart would never change and maintain his unique personality. Park In-hwan: "There is no tacit understanding between us and there is no need to say much, just look at the eyes to know each other's intentions and do not need dialogue", the two elders' witty speeches made the scene full of joy.
Hong Seung-hee, who plays Park In-hwan's granddaughter in the play, and Song Jiang jointly provide a sense of youthfulness for the story. When asked about the tacit understanding of cooperation with Song Jiang, Hong Chengxi said: "Since there are not many actors of the same age on the shooting scene, Song Jiang will always make himself feel comfortable", praising Song Jiang as a good colleague who can bring comfort to the soul.
Dream chasing golden sentences
Why didn't I shed tears? Because when people get old, they will get used to life and death.
It's not too late for you to do what you want to do while your feet are still strong and your mind is still awake.
I really envy those young people, and now my father, who is desperately opposing me, is gone, but I don't even have the courage to try.
It doesn't matter if you fail, I want to at least try to learn to see.
When I still have the ability to do it, I will not hesitate, I want to work hard to the end.
Why do you want to dance ballet? I hope to fly at least once.