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SEOUL March 22 (Yonhap) -- “Even if I face my limit I wanted to push through and continue on with the production.,” adding “When I was done with the production I was very satisfied with the result.” addressed actress Jeon Do-yeon during the press conference of the Netflix movie “Kill Boksoon” held in Intercontinental hotel located in Gangnam Seoul on March 21.
Moreover, actress stated “In my mind, I was flying around everywhere however my body could not follow what I imagined, despite of potential physical damage I just plowed through because I wanted to make the movie more complete and look better, however despite of my effort there are some scenes where I still feel like I could improve on some aspects.”
The upcoming movie “Kill Boksoon” which will drop on March 31 depicts a story of professional contract killer Gil Bok-soon acted by Jeon Do-yeon who gets caught up in a fight against her company as her contract is about to expire. Gil Bok-soon the protagonist is merciless contract killer within the world of profession, however she is a regular mother figure at home who deals with daughter who is going through puberty.
“Although I am not familiar with the profession of contract killers, however I know what its like to be a mother while having a profession therefore acting throughout the production was not as hard as expected and to settle into the protagonist mindset.” addressed actress Jeon Do-yeon.
The movie is directed by Byeon Sung-hyun who is known for his productions “Kingmaker,” from 2021, “The Merciless,” in 2016.
From constructing period of the movie director had planned on featuring actress Jeon Do-yeon for the role of the protagonist Gil Bok-soon. Director also stated “I through a lot about what kind of movies I could possibly work on with actress Jeon Do-yeon, and when I looked through her history of acting she didn’t really have that many action movies, therefore I selected the genre first and moved on throughout the process of building the needed structure of the movie.”
Moreover, director addressed “When encountering actress Jeon Do-yeon, she was very different person in settings of her household and in settings of movie sets, therefore I came to think that if I were to create a character who is a contract killer but at the same time mother to a child or children.”
This is the first time director Byun Sung-hyun fully dedicated his entire movie in genre of action. While seeing his actors and actresses struggle throughout the production director addressed “I felt really thankful for everyone who have participated in the production, however I talked to the camera director that we should not engage in an action movie ever again.”
The movie “Kill Bok-soon” features various actors and actresses such as Sol Kyung-gu, Esom , Koo Kyo-hwan and more. Sol KyungGu- acted out the CEO, Cha Min-kyu of the company of contract killers, MK. ENT, where as Esom acted out the brother figure of the CEO of MK Entertainment Cha Min-hee, and Koo Kyo-hwan acted out the character Han Hee-seong an affiliated killer of Gil Bok-soon and actress Kim Si-a as the daughter of Gil Bok-soon, gil Jae-yeong.
Actor Sol Kyung-gu stated “Cha Min-kyu met Gil Bok-soon when he was only 17 years old and became a mentor like figure,” adding “Although the movie is very physical and engaged in a lot of action scenes I tried to approach the movie as a mellow instead.”
Moreover, as for being part of the production with director Byun Sung-hyun for the third time actor disclosed “There was no specific reason for me to turn down the offer,” adding “I think I like the way he construct the movies.”
The movie “Kill Boksoon” was invited to the Berlin International Film Festival’s special section under the non competition division.
“It was my first time being invited to Berlin international film festival, it was a honorable moment and I still can remember very vividly how nervous I was in that theater at that time of the moment.” addressed actress Jeon Do-yeon throughout the press conference.
Director Byun also addressed “We screened ‘Kill Boksoon’ in front of over 1800 audiences, and the result was very successful, and at that moment I realized that a lot of people feel connected to what I am trying to say, therefore I was very happy.”
(This article is translated from Korean to English by Joonha Yoo)
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