[High Cut Interview Dec 2012] Kang Dong Won Part 1.2

NOTE: This is the first time I’m doing such a translation, so phrasing may be wrong and I’m really not too sure of certain parts ^^;; Just practicing. It’s so long I’m going to break it into a few parts. 예쁘게 봐 주세용. Let me know if I translated something wrongly

Read Part 1.1 here!

 

“What will be your comeback project?”

Q: The thing that I’m most curious about is “The future plans of Kang Dong Won”

At first there was going to be a summer project after military service, but it has now been postponed to a later date. Instead, a new project has come in and we are in talks. But no decisions has been made.

Q: Is that Director Yoon Jong Bin’s <군도>? 

Yes. Right now I’m considering <군도> and it is a project that I can join in in the fastest possible timing.

(note: Kang Dong Wong has now confirmed this project. There seems to be many English translated titles floating around: Band of Thieves, Archipelago, Way of Warrior etc)

Q: What will be your next project after that?

This is a secret. I have decided to do the project but before I signed the contract, it’s still not something set in stone. In any case the next project and the next next project is almost confirmed.

Q: Even if you can’t tell us the title, give us a hint.

It will all be action, I think. Of course, even though they are both action, but character wise and story wise, very different.

Q: If you want to start working asap, it’ll be faster to join a drama instead of a movie.

I have no plans to do a drama.

Q: There are many cases of artistes moving from the big screen to the small screen recently.

I don’t want to go into dramas.

Q: The last time you filmed a drama was in 2004. Is there some kind of trauma?

Yes. When people talked about nightmares, they talked about dreaming that they had to do the college entrance exams again or having to go to the army again. To me, doing a drama again has the same kind of feeling. The stress was enormous. I don’t think I can endure that.

Q: Is it because of the overnight filming hours and the last minute scripts?

Suppose, if I receive notice that “The cafe scene is being written now”, I have to go to the cafe and wait there. And half of the script will be out. I have to read it once, memorize it and go into shooting. ugh. I don’t think I can endure that. Also, I am not fond of melo and in dramas, there are almost no shows without melo. But the recent drama <Golden Time> didn’t have too much of it.

In any case, I’m not trying to say that compared to the big screen industry, drama broadcast is not as good. Of course dramas have their own strengths. It’s something that everyone can easily access, many overseas viewers and you get instant feedback. But I still find the fact that I can’t prepare for the shoots and the rush of time too difficult and I really can’t do it. (laughs)

Q: So it will take quite some time before your comeback movie is shown on screen. During this period, there won’t be any official chances to meet your fans right. These days, there are many interesting variety shows, do you have any plans to go on them?

I don’t have any plans for variety shows. And I don’t really have anything to say. I don’t like it to have my image being used this way. I want to save it and then express it more in my movies. I hope that the focus will also be linked to the movie. I hope that I can exclude all other private and personal stuff and also avoid commercialization. Of course I feel a little suffocated. Sometimes I want to talk about this and that and at times I also want to talk about my political inclinations. However, although it takes courage to say things that you want, it also takes effort to refrain from saying them. If I am engrossed in shooting movies, I can give up on other things as much as possible.

to be continued…..

See the original interview in the official High Cut website

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After reading this interview, I have even more newfound respect for him. It’s not just the fangirl in me, but I think we have similar character. ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

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