• Awarded last year at Cannes for "The Good Stars" by Hirokazu Kore-eda, Song Kang-ho was discovered by the general public with "Parasite" by Bong Joon-ho which made him the emblematic actor of South Korean cinema.
  • Our film journalist met him to talk about Kim Jee-woon's "In the Web", where he plays a filmmaker who tries to end his film in absolute chaos.
  • The interview turned out to be as tumultuous as the action of Kim Je-woon's film.

Between Sang Kang-ho and the Cannes Film Festival, it's a great love story. The South Korean actor enjoyed a triumph there thanks to the Palme d'Or of Parasite by Bong Joon-ho before receiving an acting award last year for The Good Stars by Hirokazu Kore-eda. Here he is back this year for In the Web of Kim Jee-woon in which he plays a filmmaker a little too invested in the shooting of his film.

I was delighted that he gave me an interview that turned into a great deal when a helicopter landed on the terrace where we were conversing.

The Helicopter Shot

The emblematic actor of South Korean cinema has, alas, no chance of winning a second prize for interpretation, Kim Jee-woon's film being presented out of competition but he is not frustrated. "I got it last year, so it's okay," he tells me, smiling as the helicopter gets closer and we get along less and less. The helicopter landed. Time for Sang Kang-ho to confide in me that international success has not changed his life or his career. "I thought I was going to be offered a lot of different things but, actually, I don't really see a difference." The helicopter leaves and stands still. Forced to raise their voice.

"I think I'd be able to put up with a filmmaker as painful as the one I'm playing in the film, but I've never met one so crazy," he says. Kim Jee-woon, for example, is very composed. ». His character, a filmmaker trying to impose himself in the Seoul of 1970, does not hesitate to put team and actors in danger to give life to his project, the one that, he hopes, will finally make him recognized as a great name of the 7th art.

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The helicopter leaves. Ten seconds of calm. "I often choose my roles based on the director," he admits. Kim Jee-woon and I got our start together. Under the terrace, someone empties a glass container. It feels like being in the middle of the bottles. And we have a laugh. "I'm preparing to shoot a series for the first time in my life," says the actor, wiping his eyes. Before we start giggling like two birds again. "This interview is so crazy that Kim Jee-woon could have put it in his film...", he comments trying to regain his seriousness. Or maybe in the next one" How nice it would be!

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