“The Protector” Zheng Yusheng directed for the first time during his father’s funeral and still rushed to film Kim Nam-gil’s “low mental age” and 17-year-old Park Yoo-na unexpectedly co-produced!

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“The Protector”, which was released in 153 countries around the world vying for copyright, is the first self-directed and self-acted work of Qinglong actor Zheng Yusheng’s debut in more than 30 years. After raising a daughter, he wants to return to an ordinary life and fight against villains who want to hinder him and hurt his family! It will be released in Taiwan on September 8!

Zheng Yusheng plays a father who is desperate to protect his daughter in “The Protector”this time, and he also revealed that when filming this work, the hardest thing for him is that his father passed away during the filming of “The Protector”. But because he was rushing to shoot at that time, he could only hold a simple funeral for his father, and then immediately returned to the set to shoot action scenes, and this also made Zheng Yusheng wonder if this is really okay, and spent a period of torment. Kim Nam-gil, who debuted for 20 years, successively participated in Lee Jung-jae, who is known as the “Cheongdam-dong Couple”, and the films “Secret Hunting Order”and “The Protector”directed by Kim Nam-gil. He revealed that the two directing methods are very different, and Lee Jung-jae is mainly responsible for Master the general direction; Zheng Yusheng will notice the parts that even the staff ignores, very delicate. But Jin Nam-gil also laughed and said that both directors made him feel very tired. He said: “During the filming of “The Protector”, Brother Yu Sheng had to direct and also participate in the acting. He was too busy alone! And I regretted the most at that time. What’s more, you shouldn’t be in a movie directed by an actor-turned-director anymore, because there’s no room for escape!”

As for the reason why Kim Nam-gil was invited to participate in this work, director Zheng Yusheng said: “During the casting process, I was more cautious because I had a personal relationship. I was also very distressed when I was going to give Kim Nam-gil the script, because it had to be without personal emotions and had to I have to judge from a professional point of view. I have never worked with Kim Nam-gil in a movie, but I often meet in private, and I think his innocence is very suitable for the role in “The Protector!”Many viewers feel that Kim Nam-gil is in “”The Protector”looks very young, and in this work, Park Yoo-na, who is 17 years younger, plays the killer partner. Regarding the tacit understanding of the first cooperation, Kim Nam-gil said with a smile: “Because my mental age is very young, Park Yoo-na’s mental age is very high. So there was no inconvenience when working together! Park Yoo-na didn’t talk much at the beginning, but in the middle of filming, we got along very well like friends!” Kim Nam-gil also revealed that there was a love between him and Park Yoo-na in the original script of “The Protector” He said: “But everyone felt that it was not suitable. Although I am confident that I can overcome the age gap, Director Zheng Yusheng asked me not to be so confident. Later, we removed this part!”

In addition, Park Xingxiong’s long hair style in “The Protector”also caused a topic. He revealed that he personally proposed it to Zheng Yusheng because he wanted to show a more special villain role. He said: “When I proposed to director Zheng Yusheng At that time, he told me to give it a try, but I regretted it on the day of the fitting, because it took 4 hours to extend the hair at a time, and the scalp hurts!”It will be released in Taiwan on Friday, September 8!