'Firefighter'Juwon'A fight with Kwak Do-won? The type who doesn't notice when he walks."
Nov 28, 2024
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Joo Won met with Sports Chosun at a cafe in Samcheong-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul on the 28th and said, `I'm not the type to fight. No matter how much people try to fight, they don't notice it. "
Released on December 4th, the story of firefighters who were put in with a single goal of extinguishing fire and saving power despite poor conditions during the Hongje-dong fire disaster in 2001, and director Kwak Kyung-taek of the series "Friends" took the megaphone. Joo Won plays Cheol-woong, a new firefighter at the Western Fire Station.
Zhu Yuan waited more than any other movie. Expectations have been high since I received the script. Unlike other movies, I had a sense of mission. I thought it would be nice to have a social change every time I worked on some of the films, but the movie 'Firefighter' was also like that. `I've been really waiting for the release everywhere," he said.
'Firefighter' was being prepared to be released after filming in 2020, but lead actor Kwak Do-won was caught drunk driving in September 2022. When asked if he had any regrets about the indefinite release delay, Ju-won replied "I didn't think about it at all, and I felt it wasn't an area I could change." "Since it is a movie based on the real story, I wondered what if the sincerity of the work was not well conveyed. The director, the staff, and the firefighters who were at the scene also worked hard every day."
Also, about the atmosphere on the set "It was so good and fun. The director never got angry and even carried actors and staff. It felt like a mother to us. I was a generation who grew up watching director Kwak's work, so I was nervous, but I wasn't nervous because he made me comfortable from the beginning."
Earlier, director Kwak also asked about the reason for casting Joo-won "When I was confronted by Kwak Do-won, who looked determined, there was an eyes that were unlikely to lose." he once explained. In response, Joo Won "Actually, I'm not the type of person who fights." No matter how many people try to fight, they don't notice. Even when the actors were sensitive around him, he asked the director for advice, saying 'God himself is having a hard time'. Rather, the director thanked me for expressing it like that."
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