“Haeundae” Director Woo Min-ho: “If Hyun Bin Had Refused Until the End, I Wouldn’t Have Made the Film” [Interview①]

Director Woo Min-ho shared the story behind casting Hyun Bin. On the morning of the 19th, in a cafe in Jongno-gu, Seoul, an interview with director Woo Min-ho who directed the movie ‘Harbin’ was held. On this day, when asked about the persuasion process when Hyun Bin declined the role of Ahn Jung-geun several times, Director Woo said, “In our movie, there is a line that says to keep at it until it happens.”

That’s it.

We kept at it until it happened,” he began. He continued, “Hyun Bin ended up taking the role after being asked three times.”

After three refusals, if he had refused again, we would have proposed it ten more times.”

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If he had refused to the end, he might not have done this project,” he said. Woo humorously added, “If he kept refusing, we’d propose again a year later. But I need to make a living, so I’d do other projects and then ask again.” Meanwhile, ‘Harbin’ is set in 1909 and depicts the intense chase and suspicion between those heading to Harbin for a single purpose and their pursuers.

The film releases on the 25th. Reporter Jang Joo-yeon jang3@edaily.co.kr