(Following interview ①) Actor Ryu Kyung-soo shared the points he focused on for his role as the “YADANG: The Snitch” character.

On the 18th, an interview with actor Ryu Kyung-soo regarding the film “YADANG: The Snitch” was held at a cafe in Samcheong-dong, Seoul.

The crime action film “YADANG: The Snitch” features the “YADANG” broker designing Korea’s drug landscape, the “prosecutor” aspiring to rise higher, and the “detective” who bets everything on eradicating drug crime, each intertwining with different objectives (Director Hwang Byeong-gook, provided/distributed by Plus M Entertainment, produced by HYBE Media Corp.).

Ryu Kyung-soo played the unyielding villain, “Jo Hoon”, the son of a presidential candidate, delivering a powerful performance. Notably, the character’s settings as a drug addict and the second generation chaebol evoke memories of Yoo Ah-in’s character “Jo Tae-oh” from the film “Veteran”.

In this regard, Ryu Kyung-soo noted, “Honestly, it could easily look like Jo Tae-oh. I wanted to keep my distance from that. Don’t the audience want to see something new? How should I express this? A bit more new. Something that hasn’t been seen. But isn’t completely new either. I thought a lot about how to twist it around.”

However, when asked if he thinks a “differentiated villain has emerged,” he cautiously replied, “I don’t think that’s something I can comment on.” He added, “I always feel regret about my acting. There’s always that thought of “I should have done it like that.” Even when I go home. It comes to mind after it’s over. Satisfaction doesn’t come easily.”

In particular, while portraying “Jo Hoon,” he discussed the challenges he faced, saying, “How do I even act out getting addicted to drugs? Is what I’ve seen in movies real? Does it really happen like that? So, I looked up a lot. Documentaries, foreign films. Thus, what everyone created together is this.”

He added, “I tried to give strength to my gaze, then loosen it, and go back and forth. The shooting order is actually all mixed up, right? Normally, you need to calculate a bit for the beginning and the end, but this time I felt it was okay not to. Like a strange person who was different yesterday and today. Sometimes in a good mood, then a few hours later, wondering why is he acting like that? It’s a character like that, so it felt fun to let it pop out.”

(Continues to interview ③.)

[Photo] Provided by Ghost Studio

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