October 21, 2012

An Interview with Song Joong Ki

Song Joong Ki who's now winning hearts of many girls out there for being a 'nice guy' recently sat down for an interview with Asia Economy's reporter at a cafe in Samchungdeong to talk about skin, dating and the werewolf boy.

Before beginning to talk about his movie, The Werewolf Boy, the reporter first complimented his flawless milkywhite skin. This compliment however met a cold response.

"I'm not sure why do people keep talking about my skin everytime they see me. When I stay up all night long for shooting I do get blemishes also," expressing his complaints on how people react toward his so-called great skin. 

Then, naturally Song Joong Ki moved on to talk about his movie. Song Joong Ki expressed his thoughts about acting in a movie that requires him to speak no more than 10 words.

"At first, there is almost no conversation done. I did thought about giving up.(laugh) But it doesn't seems right. It was very uncomfortable. I feel the need to do something about this. I feel like I did nothing but kept getting an "OK" from the director, I felt wronged so I tried doing adlibs but I kept getting NG. Accidentally, my agency looked upon the scenario and said "If it's a no conversation scene, we should just continue as it is." So (Park) Bo Young did not memorize her lines and just listened to my movements. I've gotten more comfortable after that. To me, The Werewolf Boy taught me about a lot of new things."

Song Joong Ki said at first he wasn't interested in this movie as he was in the middle of preparing for another movie but the movie got cancelled so his attention was shifted back to "The Werewolf Boy". After reading it for the second time, "Why didn't I think about this during the first time I read it?" and told his manager to get him the deal for The Werewolf Boy.

"I felt fear when I was reading it. But I was more worried if I'm capable enough to do this. Gradually the worry began to ease down after I talked with the director. The director gave me a slight of confidence" 

Different from his innocent, nice guy image, his role in both "The Werewolf Boy" and "Nice Guy" changed to a beast and a man who's revengeful but Song Joong Ki had no worries at all about people's thought regarding his image. As Song Joong Ki shows a great professionalism as an actor, there was a beginning to it's all.

"The public thought my image in the milk cf was everything. Cha Tae Hyun once told me "This kid is so special. He has no major work but he managed to shoot a lot of CF" and I thought people may have seen the tender image of me more than seeing me as an actor. I didn't feel sad my CF image is stronger but I feel the need to show a better acting through my work" 

In Nice Guy, Song Joong Ki plays a role of Kang Maru who only loves one girl since he was young and when asked how about his dating style, he said "Let's say I came to like someone? I will really like her. I am the kind of person who once fall in love and can never let go. There are times I feel it's unfair that I don't get to go on a date a lot. I tried to date for a long time but it didn't work out so I'm the one who'll be really cold after it ends. I think it's the same thing for Kang Maru (laugh)"

Song Joong Ki made his debut with A Frozen Flower in 2008 has also acted in infamous KBS Drama Deep-Rooted Tree. Out of curiosity we asked Song Joong Ki on what kind of actor does he want to be remembered as? 

"Before, I used to get this kind of question a lot and I will always say that I want to be someone like Ha Jung Woo-sunbaenim or Leonardo Decaprio. Of course I still want to be like them but the more I think I about it I found myself interviewing Yoon Yeo Jung (a veteran actress). She once said "Acting is a job where you express one's feeling. The most basic thing at expressing one's feeling is to first know the character's personality and this will help you express your emotions well." I want to be a good person on and off camera and through that I believe I can too become a good actor. So right now I'm putting a lot of effort towards that. And also trying to not be involved in anything that will make anyone feels inconvenient."

Meanwhile, Song Joong Ki is now busy shooting "Nice Guy" which is now leading the Wed-Thurs Drama slot with rating 15.4% (latest episode).

(source : Asia Economy)

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