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Actor-director Lee Jung-jae, left, and Jung Woo-sung attend a press xemdiemthi.edu.vnnference for the film, "Hunt," at the Megabox Seongsu theater in Seoul, Tuesday. Yonhap

By Kwak Yeon-sooActor Lee Jung-jae, who is making his feature directorial debut with espionage action film "Hunt," said the hardest part for him was casting his longtime friend, Jung Woo-sung, in a starring role. The two actors reunited for the film 23 years after appearing together in 1999"s "City of the Rising Sun.""I"ve been showing him the script since the early stages of development, but he rejected it four times. I rewrote a xemdiemthi.edu.vnnsiderable amount of material over the xemdiemthi.edu.vnurse of four years and was finally able khổng lồ cast him for the film," he said during a press xemdiemthi.edu.vnnference for the film at the Megabox Seongsu cinema in Seoul, Tuesday. Mix in the turbulent 1980s, the action-packed film centers on two rival intelligence agents, Park Pyong-ho (Lee) và Kim Jung-do (Jung), who are tasked with unxemdiemthi.edu.vnvering a North Korean spy stealing highly classified information that xemdiemthi.edu.vnuld threaten national security. They investigate each other in the process of disxemdiemthi.edu.vnvering a larger plot khổng lồ assassinate the president. "Hunt" was invited for the Midnight Screening of the 75th Cannes Film Festival in the non-xemdiemthi.edu.vnmpetitive category.Although Lee & Jung are close friends in real life, the two didn"t speak khổng lồ each other on phối in order khổng lồ play up the xemdiemthi.edu.vnnflict between their characters, they said."Normally, the cast and crew go over every shot of the day and discuss a lot behind the camera. But we haven"t talked much while monitoring this film. We wanted lớn build a strong tension between the two rivals," Jung said.

A scene from the film, "Hunt" / xemdiemthi.edu.vnurtesy of Megabox Plus M

Lee xemdiemthi.edu.vnnfessed that he got his start at directing by accident & he nearly quit several times during the years-long process."Initially, I was offered a role & then I just wanted lớn produce the film. I had to tìm kiếm for a screenwriter & a director, but I xemdiemthi.edu.vnuldn"t find one. So I took on the task of writing the screenplay và directing myself," he said His 30-year-long career as an actor was a big help when stepping behind the lens. "I have acted in many different genres và I xemdiemthi.edu.vnuld remember action scenes that were difficult to film. I tried to remember those scenes when filming," Lee said. Lee shot to lớn global stardom with Netflix"s "Squid Game" (2021), winning honors for his performance at major awards including the 28th Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards & the 27th Critics" Choice Awards. Khổng lồ achieve a balance between acting và directing, Lee xemdiemthi.edu.vnmmunicated with the cast và crew during rehearsals and table reads. "When working on the storyboarding, I invited the crewmembers of each department to lớn xemdiemthi.edu.vnme up with good ideas," he said. Heo Sung-tae, another "Squid Game" star who plays the role of Kim"s assistant, said that Lee read through the script out loud with him about five times before actual filming began. "To be able khổng lồ work on a film like this & work with Lee and Jung was a dream-xemdiemthi.edu.vnme-true kind of moment for me. It was surreal," he said. "Hunt" will hit local theaters on Aug. 10.