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| ▲This photo, provided by Netflix shows, a photo of actor Park Hae-soo. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) |
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| ▲This photo, provided by Netflix shows, a scene from 'Narco-Saints.' (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) |
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| ▲This photo, provided by Netflix shows, a photo of actor Park Hae-soo. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) |
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| ▲This photo, provided by Netflix shows, a scene from 'Narco-Saints.' (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) |
SEOUL September 21 (Yonhap) -- Known for his acting, South Korean actor Park Hae-soo participated in the production of hit Netflix series “Narco Saints” as an agent of the National Intelligence Service and showed calm but serious characteristics.
“Throughout the amplified incidents, the conflict between characters intensifies, and that is why I feel more engaged and love towards Crime thriller series.” described South Korean actor Park Hae-soo during the interview conducted at a café located in Seoul on September 20.
Through “Time to Hunt,” “Yaksha : Ruthless Operations,” “Squid Game,” “Money Heist” and more Park Hae-soo played crucial characters through numerous movies and dramas.
Within the Netflix series “Narco Saints” actor Park Hae-soo acted out the agent from the National Intelligence Service, Choi Chang-ho. Character Choi Chang-ho’s main mission in Suriname is to take down the drug kingpin Jeon Yo-hwan acted by Hwang Jung-min with a skate businessman from Kang In-ho.
“Since I have continued on working with crime thriller genre of movies and dramas, I was getting bit tired of the genre but I never wanted to drop the genre.” adding “If my fans want to see more of my acting through crime thriller movie, I think it’s a good idea to participate in more crime thriller related productions.” described the actor throughout the interview.
Throughout the series, Choi Chang-ho disguises into an international businessman in order to trick Joen Yo-hwan. The contrasting image of Choi Chang-ho who appears in a suite and gives out orders to the National Intelligence Service agents and him in a flowery jacket asking whether they’ve eaten already in a very whimsical way creates laughing points throughout the series.
“One of the biggest charming point within the series is that I can show two very distinctively different aspects of the character.” adding “it was not easy for me to jump back and forward between two different characters, but since two of the characters have such a distinctive outlook, I tried to minimize the changes in acting styles.” announced Park Hae-soo during the interview.
Moreover, “Choi Chang-ho is more of a character who delivers the information therefore I focused mainly on delivering the details of Jeon Yo-hwan’s past.” adding “director specifically asked me to go bit more gentle and calm with the character since all of the characters appearing throughout the series have very distinctive and straight forward characteristics, therefore I tried to be more calm and gentle and tried not to be as eye catching and unique.” actor Park Hae-soo described the behind story of filming the Netflix series “Narco-Saints” throughout the interview.
“While envisioning the character and the series I thought I should spit on the ground once more and to something else, but it was much more comfortable during the actual shoot.” stated the actor throughout the interview.
By participating in the production of “Narco-Saints” I was able to work with actor Hwang Jung-min who I have been admiring throughout my time in theatre. I was honored to have had such an opportunity.
“I always thought and questioned when I would I have an opportunity to ever have a chance to act while making an eye contact with such a great actor Hwang Jung-min” adding “when I was shooting with him for the first time, I was so nervous therefore I was shaking, however I continued on with my acting and through acting I felt catharsis, and I wanted Hwang Jung-min to give out some acting advises but unfortunately he never did.” Park Hae-soo chuckled and shared his first impression of working with Hwang Jung-min.
Since the actor participated in “Squid Game” “Money Heist,” “Narco-Saints” and more highly well known series showcased by Netflix, his received a nickname of “Official of Netflix.”
“At first, I was called as the son of Netflix, however it slowly transformed into a big brother of Netflix to the official of Netflix and now some are saying I am a shareholder of Netflix” actor laughed while describing the transformation of his nickname throughout the time.
Continuing on, “I didn’t really give a lot of thought into where the series premiered, however, I had an opportunity to participate in a lot of Netflix series and because I did I was able to meet so many international fans and I started to question, how.” adding “I am not sure how or why but I think it wise to continue on with the flow.”
Park Hae-soo was nominated as the outstanding supporting actor in a drama series at Emmys Award for his appearance in Squid Game, unfortunately he was not granted with the award.
“I didn’t have a high expectation to be honest but at the same time I guess I wanted the award as well.” adding “I had my acceptance speech written by my mother in my pocket inside my tuxedo. I hope one day, I will have an opportunity to read my acceptance speech.” described the actor throughout the interview.
Park Hae-soo who has been participating in a global advertisement campaign of “Squid Game” for the past one year, stated that his perspective as an actor has changed. The actor recently signed a contract with an American agency and is currently in a negotiation on foreign activities as well.
“After spending some time abroad, I want to experience more things. By being influenced by various culture and numerous foreign perspective I have become more solid and whole, I have higher respect of South Korean creations and thing that we do, also I feel more motivated to challenge myself as a actor to become more mature and as a better actor.” stated Park Hae-soo during the interview.
(This article is translated from Korean to English by Joonha Yoo)
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