Director Park Chan-wook’s humorous thriller for 20 years, “I Cannot Assist It,” starring Lee Byung-hun and Son Ye-jin, will lastly be unveiled.
Director Park Chan-wook stated at a manufacturing briefing for director Park Chan-wook’s new movie “I Cannot Assist It” held at CGV Yongsan I’Park Mall in Yongsan-gu, Seoul on the morning of the nineteenth, “It is already been 20 years since I learn the unique novel and thought that I needed to make a film,” including, “I did not simply dangle on to this one work, however I have been working continually, and the day it lastly got here. I am unable to wait to point out it to you,” he stated, expressing his pleasure.
Director Park stated, “It is as a result of I am conservative that I selected ‘theatrical launch, not OTT’. “Once I stated I needed to be a movie director from a younger age and I needed to make a film, the usual was at all times the movie show, so that is the default,” he stated.
“I imagine that even when filming a film, particularly in later work, the small sound, the sound of birds crying at evening, and the small-looking half within the nook of the display screen might be delivered solely by taking time to take pleasure in it on a giant display screen, an excellent speaker, and in a darkish and closed setting,” he stated. “So theater is a precedence for me.” In any other case, if I’ve to make an extended story, in fact I’ve chosen the collection,” he stated.
Concerning Park Hee-soon’s earlier remarks, “I assumed the director would hand over on Cannes this time and goal for 10 million gained,” he stated coolly, “I’ve at all times set a aim of 10 million gained, so there’s nothing particular about this time.”
Lee Byung-hun additionally stated, “All through the filming, I needed the film to be launched rapidly. I seemed ahead to the day once I may rapidly present it to many individuals. That is how a lot I’ve excessive expectations for the film,” he stated, trying excited.
Particularly, as quickly as I noticed the situation, I instructed an anecdote that I requested director Park, “Can I be humorous?” and stated, “It was so enjoyable to learn the situation. He defined that he additionally requested, “Did I learn it unsuitable?” as a result of there have been so many laughing factors that he puzzled if it was the director’s work.
“The director stated, ‘That may be higher.’ It was very contemporary and contemporary. On the identical time, I knew it wasn’t only a humorous work. If you happen to watch the film, you’ll really feel the identical,” he stated with power.
He stated, “There’s a state of affairs the place you snort as you get a number of feelings without delay. In a phrase, it isn’t precisely comedian, however you will have an odd emotional expertise that brings numerous feelings without delay,” he pressured once more.
It is my first time working with Son Ye-jin. Son Ye-jin stated on the day, “It is wonderful that I’ve by no means met Lee Byung-hun (in his work up to now). Once I really breathed it, it ended so rapidly that I used to be upset,” he stated, expressing satisfaction.
Lee Byung-hun additionally stated, “I noticed it solely as a piece and labored with it for the primary time, and he carried out way more detailed performing than I imagined. It was spectacular,” he replied.
The nice chemistry between the 2 was appreciable. Son Ye-jin, who returned to the work after giving beginning, stated, “Being an actual mom, it was very useful in expressing the character,” and Lee Byung-hun tilted his head and answered, “It is totally different from what I noticed on the set.”
Lee Byung-hun stated, “The kid actor as my daughter requested me quite a lot of questions, so I saved answering, however I used to enter the shot with out being aware. However actor Son Ye-jin by no means answered. So I stated, ‘Please reply me,’ and he stated, ‘Please do it by your self.’ However once I heard this, I assumed, ‘That is what I felt on the time. I assumed I saved it,” he revealed, inflicting laughter.
Confused, Son Ye-jin defined truthfully, “I had quite a lot of questions as a result of I used to be curious, however I had quite a lot of emotional strains, and I needed to concentrate on my work as a result of I needed to do detailed directing by the director.”
Director Park Chan-wook was invited to the Venice Competitors for the primary time in 20 years after receiving three casual awards, together with the Younger Lion Award, for the final movie of the revenge trilogy, “Variety Golden Baby” (2005) in 2005. It’s the first time in 13 years {that a} Korean film has been invited.
Director Park stated, “It’s true that I went to the competitors sector for the primary time in 20 years since ‘Mr. Geum-ja’, however I went to ‘Three Monster’ with Lee Byung-hun and likewise went to the jury. “It does not really feel that previous,” he stated, “however it’s significant to go to Venice for the primary time in a very long time.”
As well as, he stated, “It is a specific honor to be invited as a gap movie as a result of it is the thirtieth anniversary of the Busan Movie Pageant,” and added, “It is treasured as a result of it is a historical past with the revival of Korean movies.”
Lastly, relating to his expulsion from the Writers Guild of America (WGA), director Park additionally expressed a brief stance, saying, “There aren’t any restrictions on actions.”
Earlier, director Park and Don McKellar have been expelled from the WGA in 2023 because of issues with writing the HBO drama collection “The Sympathizer” throughout the WGA’s strike. WGA and SAG-AFTRA (American Actors Guild) went on strike for six months on the time, fully halting Hollywood manufacturing.
Director Park Chan-wook’s manufacturing firm, Morphew Movie, stated, “In December 2024, the WGA started an investigation into the violation of strike rules, and the listening to committee of fellow writers advisable solely sending non-public warnings, judging that the violation was not intentional and was because of misunderstanding of its position within the later work course of. Nevertheless, in April 2025, the WGA board didn’t observe the suggestions of the listening to committee and expelled the 2 with out elaborating,” it claimed.
He added, “We significantly thought of the attraction, however we determined to not attraction as a result of we may write even when we weren’t members of the union and couldn’t spend so long as the listening to to focus on ‘I’ve no alternative’ engaged on it later in Korea on the time.”
Director Park stated, “There isn’t a extra place apart from expressing his place by means of the manufacturing firm earlier. There’s nothing else so as to add, he stated, however emphasised, “There aren’t any restrictions or restrictions on my actions as a author.”
“I Cannot Assist It” is a humorous thriller drama that tells the story of Man-soo (Lee Byung-hun), an workplace employee whose life was passable sufficient to really feel “all achieved,” being fired, making ready for his personal battle on reemployment to guard his spouse and two kids, and to guard his hard-won dwelling.
It was chosen as an invited movie within the competitors part of the 82nd Venice Worldwide Movie Pageant and the opening movie of this 12 months’s Busan Worldwide Movie Pageant. As well as, he has been named as an official visitor movie on the fiftieth Toronto Worldwide Movie Pageant and the 63rd New York Movie Pageant, persevering with world curiosity.
Lee Byung-hun, Son Ye-jin, Park Hee-soon, Lee Sung-min, Yeom Hye-ran, and Cha Seung-won will seem and be launched in September.
