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| yna@yna.co.kr 2021-08-19 18:34:27
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- “It will have reached 2 million audiences by next Wednesday,” said Cha Seoung-won (51), leading actor of “Sinkhole,” this year’s best movie with exceeding of a million audiences in 6 days since release.
Cha revealed his reason of choosing “Sinkhole,” saying he was curious about how the film, a mix of comedy and disaster, would unfold itself during an online interview Thursday. The film recorded 1.28 million viewers yesterday.
The disaster movie of a whole villa getting sucked into a gigantic sinkhole, is decorated with 차’s sense of humor who led the success of comedy films in the early 2000s.
The actor took part in various productions starting with “Kick the Moon” (2002), “Jail Breakers” (2002), “My Teacher, Mr. Kim” (2003) and “Ghost House” (2004), giving laughter to the viewrers with his careless and random appearance that doesn’t match with his tall height and masculine profile. He has also been widely loved with his humorous moments on TV through the series “The Greatest Love” and variety program “Three Meals A Day: Fishing Village.”
He commented that what the audiences liked about his comedy was the sad but funny situations and the character. He also added his satisfaction over his skillful cunning acting. Comedy once was his unpreferable genre but is his loving genre now.
Cha has played as Man-soo, neighbor of Dong-won (Kim Sung-kyun) who finally managed to have a house of his own but keeps quarreling over everyday problems. Man-soo works as a gym employee, owner of a photograph studio and a designated driver and has only one family, his son who he is not in close with.
Man-soo is a humble and familiar character and at the same time is mean from time to time but shows ordinary and pitiful human moments. The actor introduced the character as an “ordinary and common man.” He is an ordinary citizen and is picky but not a bad-mined person.
“Even when the character does mean things, he shouldn’t seem mean. He can say bad things to and fight with others, but I tried to focus on showing that those words are not his real intentions. I keep in mind that ‘picky’ and ‘mean’ person must have their own reasons in acting in such manners.”
Man-soo goes through many hardships, writhing underground and swimming upside down in the water. Cha felt dizzy because of the shaky grounds when he acted for the scene in which the ground sunk down. Also, he said that he suffered pain in his ears when filming underwater.
Above all, the actor well blends in with the other characters stuck in the sinkhole. He quarrels with Dong-won (Kim) and depicts paternal love for his son Seung-tae (Nam Da-reum). He goes well with Dong-won’s colleagues Seung-hyeon (Lee Kwang-soo) and Eun-joo (Kim Hye-jun).
“I was rather immature back then. Although I am still not perfect, I now blend into the role in a different way. I tended to focus only on my character, but now I try to view the work in various angles,” said 차 who is in his 50s. He also added that he feels more relaxed about his career.
The actor has shown his wishes to take part in comedy productions with new perspectives saying he has been eyeing a number of recent films such as “Twenty” (2014), directed by Lee Byeong-heon, producer of “Extreme Job” and “How to Use Guys with Secret Tips” (2012) starring Lee Si-young Oh Jung-se.
“I value everyday lives. I will work hard for my next works leading an ordinary life.”
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