Actor Joo Ji Hoon lately opened up in regards to the challenges he confronted whereas making ready for his position within the film ‘Unofficial Operation.’
Throughout an look on KBS Cool FM‘s ‘Park Myung Soo’s Radio Present,’ which aired on August 3, Joo Ji Hoon mentioned his experiences whereas filming the lately launched film.
Within the movie, Joo Ji Hoon portrays a taxi driver who seeks clients in an space devoid of Asians. To embody the character convincingly, he devoted himself to the position by exercising rigorously and deliberately gaining 12 kg (26.4 lbs) in weight. He shared, “My character is a taxi driver who solicits clients in a area the place there aren’t any different Asians. So I believed my character wanted to face out and ought to be massive so nobody would view him as a simple goal.”
Nonetheless, the drastic weight acquire took a toll on his well being, and he candidly admitted to going through a number of uncomfortable side effects in consequence. Joo Ji Hoon talked about, “It wasn’t straightforward to out of the blue regulate my weight for the position.” Following the filming, he managed to shed round 6 to 7 kg.
Regrettably, the method of gaining and reducing weight repeatedly, coupled with the pure ageing course of, had damaging penalties on his well-being. He revealed that he developed an immune dysfunction, which led to points like gout and tinnitus.
Regardless of the challenges, Joo Ji Hoon’s dedication and dedication to his craft had been evident in ‘Unofficial Operation,’ a film primarily based on a real story of a diplomat’s kidnapping in Beirut, Lebanon, again in 1986.
The movie follows the journey of Min Jun, performed by Ha Jung Woo, a diplomat who ventures to Lebanon to rescue a lacking colleague. There, he encounters Pan Su, portrayed by Joo Ji Hoon, a Korean taxi driver who turns into entangled in a harmful scenario.
