"Trying not to overlap with the previous work..."The fear of every moment felt by Seol Kyung-gu in 'Dropung' (Roundup)

Jul 06, 2024

 'Trying not to overlap with the previous work...'The fear of every moment felt by Seol Kyung-gu in 'Dropung' (Roundup)
photo courtesy of Netflix
Seol Kyung-gu (57) completed 'Dramatic New Actor'Dramatic Wind'.

The original Netflix series 'Dolpoong' (played by Park Kyung-soo, directed by Kim Yong-wan) is a Netflix series about a confrontation between a prime minister who decides to harm the president in order to overturn the world and a deputy prime minister for economic affairs who tries to stop him and seize power. It is a new work written by Park Kyung-soo, who wrote the dramas `The Chaser, The Golden Empire', `Punch.' Seol Kyung-gu demanded the resignation of the fallen president 'Jang Il-jun', but postponed the prime minister Park Dong-ho, who was in crisis.

It has been a movie life ever since his debut in the 1990s, except for a few minor appearances in dramas. Actors and actresses who could only be seen on the screen came to the main room. Among them, Seol Gyeong-gu had a proper initiation ceremony with 'Dropung'. Seol Kyung-gu said, "In a way, it's the first series of the drama, and at first I was scared, but when I did it, I thought it was just a long-lived work."I thought the environment would be completely different. Of course, there were others, and the production period was long. They also say that if team A and team B move, they can't take a break from learning. In some cases, there was even Team C, but we took all of them. I also had time to spare. 'Are you this relaxed?' I wanted to, and my character didn't usually go around. Everyone comes to see me, maybe it's because I don't go around."

Concerns continued. Since he decided to do a drama, he has been giving worried advice from actors around him. Seol Kyung-gu said "Everyone is worried. The writer (Park Kyung-soo) is famous for his side script cycle. But I heard it came out the fastest. The actors who worked with the writer's previous work were surprised. The production company only told me that the book would come out quickly, but I kept receiving two books each. The lines are made up of words that I don't usually use, but if I had received this as a side script, I would have fainted."

Octopus lines were also difficult. He explained that it was not easy for actors to memorize lines because most of Park Kyung-soo's "Taste of Words" is made up of metaphors. Seol Kyung-gu "It was even harder because it was not a common word. I also joked that I wanted to talk about my daily life. I just want to talk about living. How have you been with Kim Hee-ae? Did you eat?' I wanted to say this. But even though he was joking like this, he looked at each other as if he was killing each other if he just did an action.

 'Trying not to overlap with the previous work...'The fear of every moment felt by Seol Kyung-gu in 'Dropung' (Roundup)
photo courtesy of Netflix
What was more difficult than the lines was the way the movie was filmed differently from the way it was filmed. Unlike movies that shoot according to the passage of time, there was a difficulty because they had to shoot several hours per day for each location. Seol Kyung-gu said "In the same situation, only the person in front of me keeps changing in the same place, but it seems like the same situation, it seems like they are walking in place, and panic comes. It was so hard. It's not progressing in my head, but it was painful because it felt like I was spinning a chat wheel."

It contains a political story, but Seol Kyung-gu drew the line and said "I hope there will be people left." It must be a burden of showing a deep political color. Seol Kyung-gu said "I just see it as the downfall of a dangerous person. He used his power to practice his beliefs, and I think that was a bigger evil. As the author said, it is a story where dangerous beliefs and degenerate beliefs collide, so it is right to focus on it. I don't want Jung Soo-jin (Kim Hee-ae) nor Park Dong-ho. It would be nice if each person remained and felt it, but they don't have a grand philosophy (about politics)."

To Seol Kyung-gu, who has been acting nonstop for the past time, Kim Hee-ae also gave precious praise as "Korea's asset." However, Seol Kyung-gu confessed that `As the years go by, acting becomes more difficult every year.' He said "Acting rather narrows the choice, and although I'm acting differently because I'm used as a material anyway, it seems that it has no choice but to overlap. Although roles and jobs are different, there is a pain that is bound to overlap. I know it's not 100% solved, and it's painful. Whenever I do every work, I feel scared and nervous. I try not to overlap with the image. If you want to hear that it doesn't overlap, and if you say that it doesn't overlap while looking at your efforts, you want to hear more of that. But I know it overlaps. In the next work 'Hyper Knife', I'm with the hair and makeup team of 'Dolpung'Don't make Park Dong-ho!say '."

 'Trying not to overlap with the previous work...'The fear of every moment felt by Seol Kyung-gu in 'Dropung' (Roundup)
photo courtesy of Netflix
I have a fear of overlap, but I don't want to speed up to avoid this. Rather, it's Seol Kyung who chose 'Head-to-head confrontation'. He thinks acting is not something to study. I don't think acting is teaching. I'm just letting you feel it. So I don't think I'm going to try to take the time as an excuse to prepare for my next character. Even if you think it doesn't overlap with other people, you'll say it overlaps again, but I don't want to have time for it. When I'm just in the field, the field is my job and hobby. At some point, feel free to come in!I don't go with the mindset of `, but there are many moments when I feel happy to be in the field.'

Recently, the movie actors' 'Drama Rush' is continuing. Starting with Choi Min-sik, many actors were present this year, including Song Kang-ho and Seol Kyung-gu. When asked if he wants to get a rookie award, Seol Kyung-gu replied, "Drama is a rookie." But I think the prize is the luck of the day. There's a saying that you're grateful just to be a candidate. But in fact, it's better to give it to him,' he said with a smile. Seol Kyung-gu then said "I think it's good to say that you're a newcomer." I'm lucky to hear that I'm a rookie at my age. How grateful would that be. It's half a joke, half a joke, but it's the rookie award that wants more. If you miss the right time, you will never get it."





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