"Feeling overwhelmed by Joo Jihoon's words"..Writer Kang Pul and director Kim Hee-won admired 'Lightning Shop'

Oct 23, 2024

'Feeling overwhelmed by Joo Jihoon's words'..Writer Kang Pul and director Kim Hee-won admired 'Lightning Shop'
'Feeling overwhelmed by Joo Jihoon's words'..Writer Kang Pul and director Kim Hee-won admired 'Lightning Shop'
'Feeling overwhelmed by Joo Jihoon's words'..Writer Kang Pul and director Kim Hee-won admired 'Lightning Shop'
'Feeling overwhelmed by Joo Jihoon's words'..Writer Kang Pul and director Kim Hee-won admired 'Lightning Shop'
A still from Joo Ji-hoon's character played as the owner of 'Light Shop', the main character at the center of the world view and story, 'Light Shop', was revealed.

Joo Ji-hoon plays the central character 'Wonyoung' in Kang Pul's second script 'Light Shop', which captivated viewers around the world with 'Moving'. 'Wonyoung' is a person who greets mysterious customers who visit the store as an owner who keeps 'Light Shop' that does not turn off 365 days, 24 hours a day. The character still released together adds to the curiosity with a flashpoint that made him nervous under no circumstances, facing a customer who visited the `light shop' late at night. Joo Ji-hoon, who perfectly digests the various aspects of his characters, such as 'Wonyoung', which evokes heavy charisma with an expressionless face while wearing sunglasses, and 'Wonyoung', which begins to shake due to the unknown situation outside the lighting shop in the middle of the night when the rain falls. It stimulates curiosity about what will happen in the 'Light Shop' and what mysterious secrets will be in the world of 'Light Shop' newly opened by actor Joo Ji-hoon.

"I felt overwhelmed by Joo Ji-hoon's line during the first shoot."Actor Joo Ji-hoon foreshadows his unrivaled enthusiasm in this film. Director Kim Hee-won chose to play the role of 'Won-young' because he wanted to show Joo Ji-hoon's new side," he said, explaining the behind-the-scenes story of the casting. You can feel fresh when Joo Ji-hoon plays the very static character Won-youngHe said he thought "You'll be able to see an actor you've never seen before through the character 'Wonyoung." We also designed the entire character to save the aura of the character's movements, facial expressions, and tone of voice", which raises interest by saying that he worked hard on the process of catching the character. Writer Kang Pul also said, `The hardness of Joo Ji-hoon's characteristic matches so well with 'Won-young' that it was satisfactory,' realizing that it was an excellent casting of the production team. Expectations are high on how Joo Ji-hoon, who will lead the 「Lightning Shop」 amid the high credibility of the production team and the praise of the actors who filmed it, will capture the world with his strong acting.



Disney+'s original series 'Light Shop' is a story that takes place when customers with suspicious secrets come to the only place that lights up the end of a dark alley'Light Shop'. It is the fifth work of Kang Pul's 『Mystery Psychological Troubles』 series and is based on the webtoon 『The Lighting Shop』 of the same name that has exceeded 1.5 million views and has been praised and loved by many readers so far. Actor Kim Hee-won, who showed dense acting and amazing expressive power in a number of movies and dramas, including Jung Won-go's homeroom teacher 'Choi Il-hwan' in 'Moving', is challenging to direct the first series. Joo Ji-hoon, Park Bo-young, Kim Seol-hyun, Bae Seong-woo, Um Tae-gu, Lee Jung-eun, Kim Min-ha, Park Hyuk-kwon, Kim Dae-myung, Shin Eun-soo, Kim Sun-hwa, and Kim Ki-hae will join as suspicious figures surrounding the 「Lightning Shop」.

Disney+'s original series 'Light Shop' consists of a total of eight episodes, with four episodes released on Dec. 4 and two weekly episodes available for the next two weeks.





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