[Movie 2013] Cold Eyes/ Stakeout/ The Watchers 감시자들

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2PM’s Junho Sheds Trademark Smile in “High Cut”

By crystalcove | soompi

2PM’s Junho Sheds Trademark Smile in “High Cut”

2PM member Junho, who can now be called actor Lee Junho, shed his trademark brilliant smile for a more serious turn in the latest issue of the fashion and celebrity paperzine “High Cut.”

In the featured image above, Junho is topless, showcasing his toned abs. In the second picture below, Junho puts on a colorfully printed shirt matched with patterned shorts. In both these pictures, there is no trace of a smile with Junho emitting a serious force.

In related news, Junho stars in the recently premiered movie “Cold Eyes” along with Jung Woo Sung and Han Hyo Joo.

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Stage greeting in Seoul today~ love their relationships... )
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<Cold Eyes> has passed 1million viewers in this afternoon!  =D>
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Congrats! =D>
'Cold Eyes' Tops Local Box OfficeSource: TBS
Korean film 'Cold Eyes' has filled more than 1 million seats in local theaters, in just four days since its release. 
According to industry watchers, some 552 thousand people went to see the film yesterday, for a total audience figure of more than 1 million 284 thousand. 
On its fourth day since opening, 'Cold Eyes' has outpaced the most popular film of the year, 'Miracle in Cell No. 7.' 'Cold Eyes' which stars Sol Kyung-gu, Jung Woo-sung and Han Hyo-joo, is a remake of a 2007 Hong Kong film 'Eye in the Sky,' about detectives from a special surveillance team.

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Actress Han Hyo Joo’s style isn’t that of being affable and kind. On the contrary, she’s very playful and straightforward. She is truly outspoken.

In the beginning it is possible to be disconcerted from her, but after meeting her for a second and third time, I fell for her sincere image. Months before on a variety program, her phrase “Beau.ti.ful!” may have reflected her tendencies 100 percent.

It seemed like it was just a few years ago that she was just a fresh teenager, but she’s already in her later 20s. She matured as a woman and developed as an actress during that time. Is it due to her being a ten-year veteran? Her acting spectrum has begun to increase in earnest since last year.

To explain, her previous movie ‘Love 911′ and her new movie ‘Cold Eyes’ has allowed her to be reborn from just a ‘female actor’ into an ‘actor’. ‘Cold Eyes’ has become her definite turning point, where she fiercely goes after her targets.

The role of Ha Yoon Joo of ‘Cold Eyes’ played by Han Hyo Joo is comfortable for her, as if she were truly wearing tailor-made clothes for her. Just by watching it once, it’s nearly impossible to forget her character’s natural talent of having a good memory, her observation powers that don’t even miss mundane things, her outstanding concentration, among other amazing talents, but in the beginning, rookie-like mistakes were made and her abilities weren’t shown. However, she met her assistant Hwang Ban Jang (Seol Kyung Koo), and afterward she was able to show her abilities to their full extent after adapting, and the surveillance team developed into sweepers.

While ‘Cold Eyes’ could be seen as being expressed as ‘Ha Yoon Joo’s Drama of Progression’, on the other hand, it seems fine to say that it’s ‘Han Hyo Joo’s Drama of Progression’. It’s to the extent that Ha Yoon Jo is Han Hyo Joo, and as expected, Han Hyo Joo really resembles Ha Yoon Joo. It’s definitely the habit of nodding her head. While Hyo Joo hasn’t become a sweeper to the extent of Ha Yoon Joo, she has grown tremendously in her own way while being bumped against and being crushed.

“I have matured a lot (Laughs). Back in the day, there were many occurrences where I would alternate between joy and grief, but lately I have been striving to control my emotions. It’s as if Ha Yoon Joo is able to develop due to having Hwang Ban Jang by her side, and it’s like I have been able to reach this point because of my seniors. This is a job that would be impossible for me to do just on my own. I especially stand out in ‘Cold Eyes’, but that was after I realized that I was the only female among all of the men…haha. After figuring that out, my specialty as an actress became sticking with other actors. I clung to Byung Hun from ‘Masquerade’, and Go Soo from ‘Love 911′. This time, I clung to Seol Kyung Koo and Jung Woo Sung. Haha.”

When Han Hyo Joo is bashful, her playfulness comes out that much more. People feel her humility while she is going around trying to play tricks without being noticed. While it is expected that she would thoroughly enjoy receiving an ovation for ‘Cold Eyes’, she is the type to take a step back and send that ovation to Seol Kyung Koo and Jung Woo Sung. She relays her sincerity from the bottom of her heart through playing jokes on others.

However, Han Hyo Joo, who is just like Ha Yoon Joo, was asked what ‘surveillance’ is. While this is a bit of an overstatement, however one looks at it, she has been living as a celebrity for over ten years, and being observed from the general public is basically the same thing. Isn’t the eyes of the people more fearful than a CCTV? However, Han Hyo Joo’s answer was unexpected. It all depends on how one regards it.

“From the moment that I thought ‘I’m being observed’, my breath stopped. I don’t think of it as being observed, but people having interest in me. To that extent, I think that the general public being curious about me is a good situation as an actress. There are many actors who can’t even receive any attention (Laughs). Acting is a job where you walk down a path all by yourself. It’s very lonely. If it weren’t for the interest by the general public, it would be that much tougher. There’s a difference between ‘observance’ and ‘interest’. I want to receive the interest of others. Haha.”

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Review of Cold Eyes from 8:55 to 19:20. Credits to Arirangworld for uploading.

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Another review of Cold Eyes by KBS. http://youtu.be/IRSq_CO5WG8

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Cold Eyes doesn't blink at box office

By Stephen Cremin | Filmbiz


Box Office News

Cold Eyes 감시자들, the South Korean remake of Hong Kong thriller Eye in the Sky 跟蹤 (2007), had a 51.4% market share of its domestic box office yesterday.

In the film, HAN Hyo-ju 한효주 | 韓孝珠, plays a new female recruit with perfect memory who joins the South Korean police force's Special Crime Department, which specialises in surveillance.

Co-directed by CHO Eui-seok 조의석 and director of photography KIM Byeong-seo김병서 | 金丙書, the cast includes popular actors SEOL Gyeong-gu 설경구 | 薛景求 andJEONG U-seong 정우성 | 鄭雨成.

In five days, including limited previews, the police thriller has sold 1,784,157 tickets for a box office gross of ￦13.1 billion (US$11.3 million). Produced by Zip Cinema Co Ltd 영화사 집, it is distributed by Next Entertainment World ＮＥＷ.

Over the three-day weekend, second-placed World War Z added ￦4.72 billion (US$4.10 million), for a current gross of ￦31.8 billion (US$27.6 million) on 4.28 million admissions since opening 20 Jun.

Gore VERBINSKI 's The Lone Ranger , released on Thursday, has made only ￦1,83 billion (US$1.59 million) in four days with just 251,777 admissions. It's daily market share has remained below 10%.

Still on release, South Korean spy action-comedy Secretly Greatly 은밀하게 위대하게has now taken ￦48.0 billion (US$41.6 million) since opening on 5 Jun with 6.86 million admissions.

Hong Kong thrillers have become a source of high-concept ideas for South Korean movies. A Better Tomorrow 무적자 (2010) was a remake of the John WOO 吳宇森classic. CHOI Dong-hoon 최동훈 | 崔東勳 has reportedly picked up remake rights ofOverheard 竊聽風雲 (2009).

In Hong Kong, Eye in the Sky made HK$4.14 million (US$534,000) after 25 days in cinemas. On simultaneous release in China, it made approximately double that.

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From left, Korean actors Jung Woo-sung (left) and Han Hyo-joo (right) in a still image of Korean action crime movie “Cold Eyes,” released on July 3, 2013. [ZIP Cinema]

 

New Korean action flick “Cold Eyes” caught a number of Korean moviegoers’ eyes over the weekend, putting an end to two weeks’ reign of Brad Pitt’s “World War Z.”

The crime action movie made an impressive debut atop the Korean weekend box office with over 1.34 million admissions during the weekend of July 6 to 7, according to the Korean Box Office Information System (KOBIS) Monday.

Co-starring beloved movie stars Seol Kyung-ku, Jung Woo-sung and Han Hyo-joo, K-pop idol Junho of 2PM made a successful big screen debut with “Cold Eyes,” centering around a special surveillance task force in the police trying to round up a mythical criminal.

Hollywood zombie blockbuster “World War Z,” the movie’s hero Brad Pitt’s self-produced feature, slid down to the No. 2 spot on the box office after drawing in over 630,000 cinemagoers during the same time frame.

Barely making it into third place was Johnny Depp’s new family action adventure “The Lone Ranger,” which attracted some 200,000 audiences on opening weekend.

Accordingly, Korean horror pic “Killer Toon” fell to fourth place with some 190,000 tickets sold, and Kim Soo-hyun’s box office hit “Secretly Greatly” rounded off the top five after more than 110,000 moviegoers watched it over the weekend.

Other much-beloved movies were U.S. action drama “White House Down,” Chinese animated pic “The Adventures of Jinbao,” brand-new Superman installation “Man of Steel,” 3D-reopened SF action “Jurassic Park” and long-running animated comedy “The Croods.”

Reporter. Lee Hye Ji hjlee@tenasia.co.kr
Editor. Jessica Kim

Courtesy of ZIP Cinema

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Han Hyo-joo showed her enthusiasm towards filming by revealing that she spent over three weeks to shoot one action scene in the film ‘Cold Eyes’

On the 3rd of July, Han Hyo-joo attended the interview session for the upcoming film Cold Eyes where she said “I was a little sad because there was only one action scene for me in the entire film. I also felt a huge burden since one action scene meant that I should be able to shoot a perfect one. So I spent the entire three weeks in the ‘Action School’ to make sure that I’m completely prepared”.

For the question about Jung Woo-sung she said “I thought Jung Woo-sung is a perfect actor. ‘Perfect’ in the sense always flawless like a machine. But after working with him I realized that he is a very humane person who also make mistakes at times just like the others”.

Meanwhile, ‘Cold Eyes’ is a film about the struggling policemen who are on the intense track of the offender who bearly leaves any trace.

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Gang Dong-Won, going public with his appearance on VIP preview ‘Cold Eyes’

Source: Innollife 
The actor Gang Dong-Won’s recent day went public and became an issue.

Gang Dong-Won’s appearance on VIP preview ‘Cold Eyes’ went public.

After watching ‘Cold Eyes’ through the VIP preview, Gang Dong-Won said “It is so thrilling and shows tension well.” Song Hye-Gyo said “The actors are so nice”, and Gong-Yoo said “The sensiful and delicate shoot is so good”. In addition, through video clip, Gang Dong-Won still shows off his neat flower boy appearance, unlike his recently released plump and gaunt figure.

The movie ‘Cold Eyes’ is a crime action film which draws the breathtaking chase of professional watchers who chase a criminal organization whose trace and identification is nowhere. Although it released in Wednesday, one day before announced, it is a box office hit, like achieving the best opening score in films which released at the first week on July.

Meanwhile, Gang Dong Won who showed his recent state through ‘Cold Eyes’ VIP preview is now filming the movie ‘Goon-Do: Age of The Rampant’.

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[HanCinema's Box Office Review] 2013.07.05 ~ 2013.07.07

It is a shift from brain-dead to brilliant as Marc Forster's "World War Z" reluctantly relinquishes the crown to the local action drama "Cold Eyes". After two weeks at the top Forster's zombie epic was convincingly outvoted by this new Korean release that burst out the gates with 1.3 million admissions. Released on the third, "Cold Eyes" is the product of directors Jo Eui-seok ("Make It Big" and "The World of Silence") and cinematographer Kim Byeong-seo (directorial debut).

Starring Seol Kyeong-gu, Jeong Woo-seong, and Han Hyo-joo, "Cold Eyes" follows two highly observant and intelligent members of the Korean Police Forces Special Crime Unit (SCU). Chief Hwang and his newly appointed Yoon-joo must pull together if they are to stop James, the cold-hearted leader of a criminal organisation who continues to evade their nets. It is a battle of the brains that captured over 50% of the weekend's haul, displacing Brad Pitt's latest by more than 700,000. Do not feel too bad though, "World War Z" came in second with 630,626 and advances its total admissions count in Korea to 4.2 million.

"World War Z" now stands as the sixth highest grossing film released in Korean this year, and second in the list of foreign features. The film is now encroaching on Park Hoon-jeong-I's "The New World"(4.6M) but will not be challenging the highest grossing foreign film of the year: "Iron Man 3" (9M). "World War Z" has enjoyed two consecutive weeks at the top, narrowly outplaying Jang Cheol-soo's latest film "Secretly and Greatly" and then "Killer Toon" last week.

Comparatively this weekend's sales were very top-heavy, with the top two films constituting 74.4% of all tickets sales. Add this week's third place finisher to that equation (Gore Verbinski 's "The Lone Ranger") and it creeps up to 82%. The prestigious power of it being a Bruckheimer film wasn't enough for "The Lone Ranger" to enter the charts any higher than third. This western vigilante film claimed just 207,891 (7.69%) across 400 screens, outperforming last week's number two, "Killer Toon", by the slim margin of just 15,000 admissions.

Kim Yong-gyoon's "Killer Toon" managed to find 390,723 last weekend, but its opening effort wasn't followed-up here as Kim's summer horror saw its numbers sliced in half. "Killer Toon" claimed 192,437 (6.9%), advancing its total admissions count to 871,209. The only other Korean film to crack the top ten was Jang Cheol-soo's "Secretly and Greatly" which came in at number five with 111,394 to its name. Cheol-soo was the cinematic mind behind the grizzly "Bedevilled", but has found a more commercial formula and stars in "Secretly and Greatly" as it approaches 7 million admissions in its fifth week.

Roland Emmerich's "White House Down" fell three places to settle at sixth, the U.S. action flick added just 66,543 to bring its new total admissions count to 529,897. "The Man of Steel", "Jurassic Park" (3D), and "The Croods" mopped-up 34,688 admissions between themselves and were all outdone by the Chinese martial arts animation "The Adventures of Jinbao" (39,609).

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Han Hyo Joo and Junho had a radio interview on July 1st. Can listen it here. Below is the brief translation of the interview. They are so cute~ )
transcription & translation by Wawa @SmilingEyes

Brief summary from the interview;

• 0:50~ Junho mentioned his hobby is driving on a good weather. (DJ mentioned how cool that is, and Hyoo said Junho has sense for that). Junho really likes driving. But because of his busy schedule, he last drove 1 year ago! Junho owns 2 motorbikes, and 1 is a scooter, both DJ and Hyo Joo mentioned their worries and asked Junho to be careful.
• 2:30~ When DJ asked Hyo Joo, she said that she’s more comfortable riding on scooter caused it seems more safe etc etc, Junho said “Oh, ok, understood, let’s ride it once”, then Hyo Joo said “but not riding together though”, and Junho replied “but I want to ride together” kkk.
• 3:09~ DJ mentioned Junho’s specialty is composing and doing acrobatic. And asked Junho regarding his back injury because of acrobatic ㅠ.ㅠ Junho told about the incident during concert’s rehearsal in Shanghai, caused by his spine injury. His head suddenly hurt and his legs limbed and he was rushed to hospital. And on the next day during the concert, he had to wear bands and be on wheelchair, and just stand singing on the stage. He was really shocked. But now he is OK. DJ asked why doesn’t he just withdraw from the concert since he’s injured but Junho mentioned cause for him the tour is like a promise (where fans are expecting etc), so it would hurt more if can’t make it :’) DJ also mention how he amazing he is ♥
• 5:07~ DJ asked Junho, before he debut, how did he spent his time as a young teenager? Junho said, “Wander around, but that’s not it”. He said it was boringly spent. But as he has started training since he was 17, so he kept practicing since then. Junho also told about how he used to live in the dorm’s room that has 2 double decker beds which is as small as the studio. But DJ then said, “But the studio is around 105 sq ft”, and Junho said “Heol” kkk. So maybe it’s around 210 sq ft instead kkk. Junho said, he had to sleep on the floor cause he was the youngest ㅠ.ㅠ The room wasn’t heated so it was really cold ㅠ.ㅠ
• 7:35~ Junho liked dancing since the first time he started trying to dance ♥
• 8:20~ DJ asked if Junho never had a girlfriend/lover even once since he debut until now. Junho said he didn’t know about love before, just had persons he liked and interested in – where they often time by time met, had meals together, kept in touch, but they didn’t last.
• 9:30~ DJ asked doesn’t Junho want to fall in love? of course Junho answered “I wanna fall in love”, but Junho mentioned he wish, it would be nice if he can fall in love at the first sight, someone he can be drawn and attracted to at the time he saw her kk. DJ and Hyo Joo teased Junho saying as his ideal type is Scarlett Johansson, no wonder he stil can’t find ‘her’ kkk. Junho also mentioned he likes Scarlett’s husky voice
• 10:25~ DJ asked what style of woman Junho would like in his future lover. Junho said he likes burdenless woman – when they are together, someone who won’t mind when he is talking some kind of nonsence, where they can talk and communicate well, and who he can feel comfortable with, like a friend ♥ DJ then joked, “someone who is like a friend n be comfortable with, seems a lot out there, why don’t you try and search for one”, and Junho replied “a lot? but like Scarlett Johansson…” kkkkkkk.
• 16:30~ Junho & Han Hyo Joo called themselves as 싱글벙글 (shingle-bonggle ~ it’s a mixed reduplication which means ‘smiley’ or ‘smilingly’) ~ Hyo Joo: “Shinggle”, and Junho continue saying “Bonggle”, so cute kkk.
• 17:10~ Junho and Hyo Joo met for the first time through this ‘Cold Eyes’ movie. DJ asked Hyo Joo what’s her first impression towards Junho, and she said it was “Who does he resembles to…?” and he seems like an ‘Oppa’ before he called her Nuna. Junho told us cause he knows Hyo Joo is older than him, so he came to Hyo Joo and ask if they can speak casually, during a meal, then suddenly Hyo Joo’s spoon dropped cause she was too surprised.. (kkk). Junho came to call her “Nuna~~” and Hyo Joo said “You called me Nuna??” surprisedly. Hyo Joo mentioned it was actually a relief cause she was always the youngest one before this. She told us about how Junho came to her and carefully asked “You are nuna right?” and she answered “Ah so I’m Nuna…”
• 18:42~ Junho mentioned his first impression towards Hyo Joo was “delicate”, “bright” and “beautiful”… but actually Junho used “was beautiful”, so after Hyo Joo seems touched and said “Oh really?”, he fastly said, “but I used past tense” kkk, sucha naughty boy XD
• 19:10~ Hyo Joo explains why he thought Junho was ‘Oppa’ at first ~ not because of his look, but more cause of his behavior and actions ♥ and later again stressing it is not because of his look kkk.

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A group photo they had during the stage greeting in Busan.

Cr: Cold Eyes facebook

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Spackman Equities Subsidiary Zip Cinema's Cold Eyes Dominates Korean Box OfficeBy V.SQG | stockhouse
Spackman Equities Subsidiary Zip Cinema's Cold Eyes Dominates Korean Box Office

TORONTO, ONTARIO and SEOUL, KOREA -- (Marketwired) -- 07/09/13 -- Spackman Equities Group Inc. ("SEGI") (TSX VENTURE:SQG) announced today that COLD EYES, the highly anticipated summer blockbuster produced by its Korean movie production subsidiary, Zip Cinema Co., Ltd. ("Zip"), finished #1 at the Korean box office this past weekend. COLD EYES surpassed Hollywood blockbuster, WORLD WAR Z, knocking it from the top spot. The movie posted the best opening weekend performance to date by any film this year in Korea. According to official data provided by the Korea Box Office Information System, COLD EYES sold an estimated 1.97 million tickets since its opening day on July 3, 2013, grossing KRW 14.3 billion (CAD 13.2 million) over its first 6 days, and capturing over 52% of the nation's box office gross revenues during the period.

With a total budget of approximately KRW 4.5 billion (CAD 4 million), COLD EYES is a crime thriller directed by Jo Eui-seok and Kim Byeong-seo, and features top Korean stars, Seol Kyeong-gu, Jung Woo-sung, Han Hyo-joo, and Junho, of the K-pop group 2PM. Han plays Ha Yoon-Ju, a rookie member of the Special Forces Unit of the Korean Police specializing in covert surveillance of high profile criminal targets, who teams up with veteran team leader Hwang Sang-jun (played by Seol) to track down James (played by Jung), an elusive and merciless leader of a dangerous criminal organization. www.coldeyes.co.kr

In Korea, as the production company generally takes 40% of the net profit from a film's box office performance and ancillary revenues, the potential box office success of COLD EYES is expected to contribute significantly to the future bottom line of Zip, and ultimately, to the profits of SEGI, which indirectly owns 68% of Zip through its entertainment holding subsidiary, Spackman Entertainment Group Limited. The film has already recouped its production budget and the marketing costs, reaching the breakeven point (estimated at 2 million tickets) in its first 6 days.

The last film produced by Zip, ALL ABOUT MY WIFE (2012), was Korea's highest grossing romantic comedy of all time, selling over 4.6 million tickets and grossing over KRW 34.2 billion (CAD 31.4 million). Zip is led by its founder and CEO Eugene Lee, whom Hollywood's Variety selected in 2007 as one of the world's "10 Producers to Watch."

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Check out the MV for "I'm In Love", Junho's OST for 'Stakeout'

By jennywill | allkpop

Junho's not just the 'squirrel' in the movie 'Stakeout', he also participated in the soundtrack.

'Stakeout' released an MV for his song "I'm In Love", which shows various scenes featuring Junho, as well as BTS scenes of him fooling around with actress Han Hyo Joo. Also, his little symbol for the movie seems to be a little squirrel on the board (how cute is that?)

'Stakeout' is an action film that revolves around a sector of the police department, which specializes in tracking and following a secret criminal organization. Junho will take on the role of an ace detective nicknamed 'Squirrel'. Squirrel is an amiable character and the atmosphere maker of the squad who has perfect teamwork with his fellow members.

Tip: Kathy

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"Cold Eyes" hit the 2-million mark in cinema attendance on Tuesday within a week of its release. According to data supplied by the Korean Film Council, the film sold 204,902 tickets on Tuesday alone to sit atop the local box office. The accumulated number of spectators was 2.17 million.
The film has dominated the local box office since its release on July 3, beating Hollywood blockbuster "World War Z." It received much attention for its star-studded cast, including Sol Kyung-gu, Jung Woo-sung and Han Hyo-joo. As Jung plays a villain for the first time in his career, it drew even more attention from fans. The movie revolves around a group of detectives who track down high-profile criminals.
"World War Z" drew 74,181 moviegoers on Tuesday to rank second at the box office, followed by the Korean thriller "Killer Toon" with 32,812 tickets sold.

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Junho's Magazine M's translation

CREDITS: 给给，Wouqian，松鼠炸弹 @KingJunho.com (JPN > CHN TRANS) ;

x_Tiffany_x@2ONEDAY.COM (CHN > ENG TRANS) ; sashssi@2ONEDAY.COM (EDITOR)

Just like a natural
2PM’s Lee Junho who made his big screen debut with “Cold Eyes”

The actors who appeared in the film <Cold Eyes> (released on July 3rd, directed by Jo Ui Seok and Kim Byung Seo) have been divided into two parties: the chaser and the criminal. The Chief Detective Hwang (Sol Kyung Gu) and rookie detective, Ha Yoon Ju (Han Hyo Joo), teamed up with the Korean Police Special Crime Department’s surveillance team to carry out a new mission. Using ghost-like undercover methods they plan to track down James (Jung Woo Sung), who is a high-level leader of a crime organization. With a clear cut crime plot leading into the storyline of the movie, the acting added lots of attention-grabbing moments that were well-coordinated throughout the whole movie. Lee Junho (23) was confidently engrossed in his role as the youngest member of the surveillance team in this movie, ‘Squirrel’. As a member of the idol group 2PM who have debuted for 5 years, this is his first try at acting. He told us that his debut performance as an actor was not to be overlooked. He’s an outstanding and ambitious man who works hard to achieve his goals.

It’s your first time acting but you seem very experience
“Ah, I’m really blessed (laughs). After watching the movie, I was worried that it’d be really awkward whenever I appear, especially during the scene where Squirrel and Ha Yoon Ju meets for the first time. Whenever Squirrel speaks, there’s supposed to be a moment where Ha Yoon Ju takes it in and reacts to it, but it seems like I was too rushed. When we were filming that scene, I thought that if I acted it out exactly like having a conversation in reality, with one person speaking directly after another then it will flow naturally. Acting it out exactly like it is in reality does not necessarily show good acting techniques, but during filming, I didn’t understand that.”

How did you feel after seeing yourself appear on the big screen?
“It’s already been 5 years since I debuted as a 2PM member. Even though I began to feel more laidback when carrying out activities as a singer, because I’m just a rookie actor, it felt really weird seeing my face appear on the big screen. Although I was a little chubby while I was filming ‘Cold Eyes’, I never thought that my face would look so round when it appeared on screen (laughs). When I watched the movie, I was shocked.”

It seems like you’ve already thought about acting before
“Whenever I was in high school, I took drama classes. At that time, I enjoyed singing, dancing, and acting, but I was given the opportunity to audition as a singer. In the end, after ending my 3 years in JYP as a trainee, I debuted as a member of 2PM. Actually, I got the role Squirrel in ’Cold Eyes’ through an audition at JYPE. After reading the script, I didn’t want to miss the opportunity of being a part of the movie.”

What particular characteristics or traits of ‘Squirrel’ that appealed to you?
“He’s a really cute character who’s really playful, but when he’s on the job, he’s exceptionally professional. I thought that I would be able to fully express this character well. To be honest, there are certain traits of ‘Squirrel’ that’s similar to my own personality. Also, because it’s my first time acting, I would like to start and learn the basics by playing a small role like Squirrel. Although Squirrel doesn’t have a large amount of screen time, he’s still an essential character that moves the plot along. To be able to get a character like that for my acting debut, I think I’m really lucky.”

The comments regarding your acting have been pretty good
“Because everyone who participated in the VIP Premiere complimented me, I was in a really good mood. Lee Jung Jae sunbaenim left the biggest impression on me. Once the event was over and I was preparing to return home, Lee Jung Jae sunbae grabbed onto my arm and made me sit down with him and said, “Hey, you acted exceptionally well, from the start you have already exceeded other rookie actors by a mile.” I didn’t even have the chance to properly greet this sunbae yet he gave me such a wonderful compliment. So I was extremely happy (laughs)”

In the film, Squirrel seems to receive a lot of love from the surveillance team, and at the filming set is looks like you are also receiving a lot of love from your sunbaes.
“Actually, on the first day of filming, it was extremely windy so I couldn’t politely greet my seniors properly. During 2PM activities, since there are 6 members, I don’t feel nervous when I’m faced with problems and challenges. But at the filming set, because I’m by myself, I would feel really lonely. My manager hyung, stylist noona, and many other staff members worked really hard all because of me too. So I thought to myself, “I have to do well. There cannot be any mistakes.” So I felt that I had a lot of responsibility, which lead to some pressure. However... Kyung Gu sunbae, Hyo Joo noona, and other seniors were there to look after me in every aspect. We all become one at the table when we went drinking together and naturally became closer.”

Why do you only call Jung Woo Sung sunbae?
“How I address my seniors were set by them from our first encounter. During the dinner gathering of the film’s main actors, Kyung Gu hyung said to me, “Just call me hyung.” Jung Woo Sung sunbae never said anything similar… Hyo Joo noona and I are only two years apart by age, so I just address her as noona.”

Would you like the day for you to become closer with Jung Woo Sung to come quickly?
“Hahahahahaha! Sunbaenim looks after me really well. At the VIP Premier event, it was also sunbaenim who gave me a lot of important advice. I said to him, “In the future, no matter what, I will work hard to do my very best,” then sunbaenim replied, “You don’t have to go to that extent. Just doing to your part well is the key.” For me, that’s a really important advice.”

To be able to get up to this level, do you think it’s all due to your natural talents or from the acquired skills you picked up from working hard?
“On some level, I think some of it is natural. But I don’t think that it’s up to a very high level. That’s why I’d like to fill in any inadequate areas by working hard and learning. One of my motivation is also summarized in one phrase that reflects my personality, which is ‘Never fully satisfied.’ Although I indulge in the good results, at that moment of happiness, I’lll also be worried and afraid to feel satisfied. So I will always want to look out for any areas for improvement. That way I will always see my inadequate areas.”

For an artist, the highest compliment is...
“That person is a natural. He/she is born to be an artist.”
Therefore, he works extra hard in areas behind the camera
Because he wants to hear those words.

It’s even more evident after a lot of practice (regarding the compliment above)
“Isn’t that phrase really charismatic? Haha. In my opinion, for singers or actors and other artists, people should listen to their thoughts and feelings. In fact, many artists work extremely hard in areas that aren’t always seen by others and they continue to work hard and practice in order to display themselves as such in front of everyone else.”

If you’re under a lot of stress, how do you relax your mind?
“Ai~ a simple sigh like that. I don’t have time to sigh and I don’t even have the time to relax. So my way to de-stress it to stand up on stage and sing. It’ll be great if the audience were able to give me a good reaction too. The film that I participated in is also released, I hope everyone will like it hehehe~ If I were to achieve that, then I think I have to work even harder.”

Do you have that personality that doesn’t give up once you’ve set a goal for yourself?
“Yes. If I haven’t succeeded, then I will not give up”

What’s a goal that you have yet to reach?
“Right now, my goal is reached and I still have to work hard to fill in all those areas that I’m still lacking in. Afterwards, I’ll set a new goal for myself. For example, on July 4th, my Japanese mini album will release audio files and then I w’ll be holding my own Zepp concert tour in Japan. I hope the concert will be a success. Next year, I hope to hold another concert in Japan in an even larger arena. If I were to succeed and reach this goal with having such little time, then it’ll definitely be very meaningful. My next goal for filming is to consider playing a different role than Squirrel, preferably a role that more people can relate to.”

It seems like you are extremely ambitious
“That’s right. In order to become even more ambitious, I have to work even harder.”

Directing together for ‘Cold Eyes’ it’s Jo Ui Seok and Kim Byung Seo directors
As the role ‘Squirrel’, Lee Junho’s acting has received great and compliments.

“I was contacted by the entertainment company JYP and held a casting audition. I thought Junho’s appearance was the most ordinary out of the 2PM members. But that’s why he was the person who was most suited to become a character in the surveillance team. He continued his audition even with a cast on his shoulder, so it was evident and it was clear to see that he was very passionate about acting. To be honest, addressing them as idol stars is a big reason why they lose points in auditions because of the misunderstanding that they just ‘stand and act prettily’. It gives other actors who audition a sense of uneasiness. That’s why during these casting auditions, we have to be even stricter. But Junho’s audition surprised everyone. He told us that he’s acted in musicals when he was in high school. He isn’t nervous in performing live in front of thousands of people due to experience, but when he was acting in front of Han Hyo Joo and Jung Woo Sung, he was really nervous.” – Director Jo Ui Seok

“Junho’s fans would call him Squirrel, so we confirmed his role in the film to be called Squirrel. Although he’s maturing and progressing as team member under the rookie police detective in the film, Han Hyo Joo, you can also see idol star Junho’s great transformation into an actor as well.” – Director Kim Byung Seo 

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OMG!! It's coming to Singapore! Will definitely support!! :X

Over 2 million audience ‘Watchers’, pre- sale to 6 foreign countries

Source: innolife
Over 2 million audience ‘Watchers’, pre- sale to 6 foreign countries
The movie ‘Watchers’, which has had over 2 million audience in 7 days since the premiere became pre-sold to six foreign countries.

According to Movie Company House on 9th, ‘Watchers’ pre-sold the airline tickets from the out port company of Hong Kong, Macao, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, and Brunei in the film market that was open in the 66th Cannes International Movie Festival. This is the achievement in Cannes film market on last May, which is even before the completion of the movie, thus gathering attention.

Movie Company House said that the foreign buyers and staffs who got in contact with ‘Watchers’ had interest in the star casting of Seol Kyung-Ku, Jung Woo-Sung, Han Hyo-Joo, Lee Jun-Ho and others, and the novel theme which is about the spying specialization, and the lively things to watch, which were set in middle of Seoul. The movie is currently getting heated interest from China, Taiwan, North America, and Europe and other countries, so the additional foreign sale is looked upon positively. [사진=영화사 집]

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Some BTS stills~
Cr: cold eyes facebook