INTERVIEW

“Momentum. ” Actor Cha Ju-won summed up his strengths in one word like this. Cha Ju-won, as he put it, was an actor whose charm—completely “filter-free”—stood out. Even after becoming a global star through 〈Zone of Love, Unrivaled〉, he kept a cool head and diagnosed where he stood.

It looked as if Seong Seung-ha had been walking the path of an acting prodigy. Having gone through Gyeonggi-do High School’s drama and film department and then Sungkyunkwan University’s Department of Acting Arts, from the web drama 〈Short Script〉 to tvN 〈Player2: The War of the Savvy〉, and 〈That...

With her latest work, Hungarian-born director Ildikó Enyedi, 〈Friend of Silence〉, is drawing attention as the second film in which Tony Leung has appeared outside the Chinese-language sphere since 〈A City of Sadness and Flower of Shanghai〉 (2021).

▶ The interview with 〈Boomerang〉 co-stars Keanu Reeves, Cameron Diaz, and Matt Bomer continues from Part 1. 〈Boomerang〉 is the story of a star whose life is exposed to scandal and public attention—but does it connect to real experiences.

A truly outrageous movie has arrived. It’s 〈Boomerang〉 (original title: Outcome), in which Keanu Reeves appears as a famous Hollywood actor—almost as if it were Keanu Reeves himself. Is it a documentary? No. In this film, Keanu Reeves plays a former child actor who shot to fame and maintained his...

※〈BEEF〉 Season 2 interview with Lee Sung-jin and Charles Melton continues from Part 1. ​The idea of casting actors Youn Yuh-jung and Song Kang-ho as a married couple was so fresh. It became even more of a buzz in Korea.

Ahead of the release of 〈BEEF〉 Season 2 on April 16, the show’s creator, director Lee Sung-jin, and lead actor Charles Melton shared remarks introducing the series to Korean viewers. In the video interview, which began warmly with the two exchanging Korean greetings, director Lee Sung-jin said that...

▶ 〈How to Become a Landlord〉 The interview with Director Im Pil-seong continues from Part 1. After episode 7, it felt like the ending was shaped by the director’s point of view. But it’s pretty rare for both the writer and the director to be making a drama together for the first time.

〈How to Become a Landlord in South Korea〉 is being watched with great interest. It aired through episode 8 over the weekend, and yet even after passing the halfway point of this 12-episode series, it’s still a drama that’s impossible to predict. It’s a drama that’s impossible to predict.

▶〈Salmokji〉 actor Kim Hye-yoon’s interview continues from Part 1. 〈Salmokji〉 is a horror film built around “experiential” scares. From the perspective of filming an “experiential” movie, was there anything that made this set different from other productions.