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Actor Lee Hee-joon (45) tried to make another transformation. In the movie 'Bogota: Land of the Last Chance' he played the No. 2 Korean smuggling market and a customs broker, proving a colorful spectrum of acting.
Released on the 31st of last month, the movie 'Bogota: Land of Last Chance' (hereinafter 'Bogota') is a story about the story of Kook-hee (Song Joong-ki), who heads to Bogota, Colombia, on the other side of the world with new hope, intertwines with Sooyoung (Lee Hee-joon) and Park Byeong-jang (Kwon Hae-hyo), influential figures in the Korean community in Bogota. Director Kim Sung-je of the movie 『Minority Opinion』 took the megaphone.
'Bogota' cranked in 2020, but suffered from a temporary suspension of filming in line with the COVID-19 pandemic. Lee Hee-joon, who met with Sports Chosun ahead of the release of the film, said "The director must have had the hardest time. The director has been devoted to this movie for 10 years, and actors can film other works in the middle. The director must have thought about how to retake and edit the work until recently. If the director gave up, it's all over, but thank you for not giving up and leading me well. It must have been very difficult for director Nam Dong-hyeop of 'Handsome Guys" to have been in charge of the work for four years. The directors who worked at that time really worked together."
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Lee Hee-joon postponed Suyeong, a customs broker indispensable to the smuggling business. In order to reveal the desire to look like a local in the play, he drew attention by wearing a mustache makeup. He "The mustache density was too high (laughs). I wondered what it would have been like to reduce the density a little. I felt awkward when I tested it, but the director and the staff said they liked it, so I just moved on. "But after seeing the locals, everyone had a lot of whiskers, so I think it was a better choice than to show a clean appearance. The outfit is also 'Once Upon a Time... I purposely wore tight shorts on a sleeveless shirt like Brad Pitt in 'In Hollywood', and it looked just Freddie Mercury on the scene"I shuddered.
He also talked about points he referred to to draw a character with high completeness. Lee Hee-jun "When I take on a role, I tend to observe many similar people. He goes to a place where such people are likely to be gathered by himself and observes them. It might feel a bit perverted, but I look it up online and witness it a lot in the field. 'Bogota' can't mention his real name either, but he tried to copy the flamboyant speech of a famous journalist with an E tendency. I tried to observe people who had a tendency to look good on the outside.
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| Movie 'Bogota: The Land of the Last Chance" still. Photo courtesy = Plus M Entertainment |
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Lee Hee-jun expressed his feelings about working with Song Joong-ki for the first time through 'Bogota'. Cho Joong-ki is an actor who can see the whole scene like a producer. If there is a nervous foreign minor role, I go and soothe him, and I tell the director that it would be better to make the actors comfortable. In a way, it may seem like a nosy thing, but I really care about every single one of them. Like Tom Cruise, he strives for the film's completeness. I don't dare to do that because it's too much for me to do it.'"I also had to film a scene of a party in the pool, but even then, I suddenly got sick and had a lot of fever. In order to capture the fun atmosphere on camera, we had to take time to greet each other in advance, but since I couldn't do it because I was sick, Joong-gi took care of it for me."
He also expressed the burden of filming the location in Colombia. Lee Hee-jun said, "I was worried because it was my first time working with overseas staff"'Ready, Action' is done once in Spanish and once in English. It took a very long time before filming began, even when the camera was all set up. It takes about 15 to 20 seconds, and that part was both fresh and burdensome. It felt like I was doing some systematic work internationally. The rice truck was prepared separately for Colombian and Korean staff."
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Finally, he expressed his gratitude to his wife and model Lee Hye-jung, who trusted and supported him during the filming period. Lee Hee-jun "I went to Colombia when my child was 100 years old, and I will be 7 years old in 2025. I was so sorry and sorry that I had a 100-day party on video. It was a pity that we couldn't spend much time together when we were newborn. Even now, married men are advised not to go far away when a baby is young. Otherwise, you may hear resentment for the rest of your life."
When I asked Song Joong-ki if he had given advice as a parenting senior, Lee Hee-jun cautioned her, "'I talk a lot about parenting with Song Joong-ki, but as a father, I should never miss this.'" For example, when my son rode a four-legged bike, I trained him, but when he took off the wheels from four to two, he had a wife. After all, when a child grows up, he will remember as his mother who taught him how to ride a two-legged bicycle. You have to watch it (laughs). Perhaps because the child resembles his wife, he has a good athletic sense,' he said, expressing his son's stupid appearance.
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