The primary solid of the upcoming movie “HOPE” just lately participated in a photoshoot with ELLE Korea!
“HOPE” follows Bum Seok (Hwang Jung Min), the chief of a police substation in Hopo Port, a village positioned close to the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). After native youths report a tiger sighting, Bum Seok and your entire village, together with a younger hunter named Sung Ki (Zo In Sung), are thrown right into a state of emergency as they discover themselves dealing with an unimaginable actuality. The movie, which has been invited to the principle competitors part of the 79th Cannes Movie Pageant, is helmed by director Na Hong Jin, who has obtained rave opinions for masterpieces together with “The Chaser,” “The Yellow Sea,” and “The Wailing.”
In an interview following the shoot, Hwang Jung Min, who performs Bum Seok, described “HOPE” as a really distinctive mission not like something he has ever seen earlier than. He shared, “It was very refreshing to see a well-recognized setting, like a rural Korean village, coexist with an unfamiliar extraterrestrial being.”
He continued, “The way in which the large scale blends with characters who really feel so atypical can be fascinating,” including, “‘HOPE’ isn’t merely about chasing and being chased. The way in which we view these alien life varieties finally displays how we view strange creatures in our personal world right this moment.”
Zo In Sung, who performs Sung Ki, a younger hunter monitoring the creature that attacked the village, mirrored on the filming course of, saying, “To create one thing we’d by no means seen earlier than, all of the actors and crew mustered their braveness and tried all the pieces with out remorse. Underneath the clear path of director Na Hong Jin, we solely needed to hold shifting ahead.”
He additionally defined the that means of “HOPE” as portrayed within the movie, saying, “Hope doesn’t come to those that do nothing. It involves those that give their greatest, those that desperately maintain on, and those that attempt till the very finish.”
Jung Ho Yeon, who performs Sung Ae, a principled police officer, expressed her deep affection for the mission. She remarked, “I nonetheless bear in mind the day I first obtained the script. Proper after studying it, I wrote my identify below the title ‘HOPE.’ I actually wished to be a part of this mission, and I used to be honored to finally turn out to be ‘Sung Ae.’”
She added, “Actors Hwang Jung Min and Zo In Sung confirmed me firsthand how an actor ought to behave on set. I used to be extremely completely happy to have the ability to work alongside them on the set of my goals.”

Hwang Jung Min, Zo In Sung, and Jung Ho Yeon’s full pictorial and interview might be discovered within the July difficulty of ELLE Korea, and “HOPE” is ready to hit theaters on July 15.
Within the meantime, watch Hwang Jung Min in “I, the Executioner”:
Additionally take a look at Zo In Sung in “Escape from Mogadishu”:
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