'In a forest where there's no one's around'Yoon Gye-sang 'Losing 14kg in 3 weeks, eating one chicken breast a day'

Aug 26, 2024

 'In a forest where there's no one's around'Yoon Gye-sang 'Losing 14kg in 3 weeks, eating one chicken breast a day'
Netflix'In the Forest of No One' was held in Gangnam, Seoul, Chosun Palace on the 21st. Yoon Kye-sang is having a photo time. Gangnam = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2024.08.21/
Actor Yoon Kye-sang showed a perfect character transformation, losing 14kg in just three weeks for the role of an elderly man in the Netflix series In the Forest Where No One Is.

Yoon Kye-sang met with Sports Chosun at a cafe in Samcheong-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 26th and was interviewed by the Netflix series `In the Forest Where There Is No One.'

 'In a forest where there's no one's around'Yoon Gye-sang 'Losing 14kg in 3 weeks, eating one chicken breast a day'
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'In a Forest With No One's Home' is a suspense thriller about people whose serene daily life collapses and becomes involved in an uncontrollable event due to a suspicious guest who comes to the middle of summer.

Yoon Kye-sang plays the role of Lakeview Motel owner 'Sangjun', who has a view of the lake in the play, showing unfamiliar but intense acting and visuals.

Yoon Gye-sang, who had to play a role that lasted more than 20 years in the play. He talked about the weight loss process he went through while preparing for this character.

Yoon Gye-sang pondered how to express Sang-jun's appearance as a grandfather 20 years later in the second half of the play. He decided to lose weight because he thought he needed an external change dramatically when he appeared after a long time with only Sang-jun's time in loss after losing his wife."

At the same time, he lost 14kg in three weeks because the director was worried that he looked so young. I starved while eating only one chicken breast a day. There were no major health problems" he said.

He also talked about his concerns about performing elderly acts in the play. He said "I thought about the tone of my voice, but I didn't do it because I was afraid it would be rather acting, but I focused on the emotions in the script."

How did you feel after watching the released drama. Yoon Kye-sang tried to express the change and pain of Sang-jun's character, saying, `I have no regrets because I performed my best at the time of shooting.' As a result, I hope that the feeling will be conveyed well to the viewers."

Director Mo Wan-il's new work and the passionate performance of Kim Yoon-seok, Yoon Gye-sang, Ko Min-si, and Lee Jung-eun 'In the Forest of No One' ranked 11th in the Netflix TV Show category according to the OTT ranking aggregation site FlixPatrol on the 25th, and is gaining popularity in 28 countries.

'In the woods with no one's there's available to watch on Netflix.



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