[HanCinema's News] Park Hae-il Talks About "Decision to Leave"

Recently Park Hae-il had an interview where he discussed his upcoming film, "Decision to Leave" where he co-stars alongside Tang Wei in the leading role. The mystery melodrama comes from famed director Park Chan-wook, and was acclaimed at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year. Regarding Tang Wei, Park Hae-il described her as a good listener, and remembers listening to the conversation she had with Park Chan-wook and realizing from that just what kind of film they were making.

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Ironically, Park Hae-il needed the help of a translator to understand much of what Park Chan-wook and Tang Wei were talking about at all. However, Park Hae-il claimed that he could still detect much just from the emotion in her voice. Park Hae-il also mentioned how one time Tang Wei asked, through a manager, whether they could take a walk together. The walk was a simple one through the local area where they were shooting, and Park Hae-il could see the method at play for their acting.

Much of "Decision to Leave" was crafted with the same detail, to emphasize the overcoming of barriers to focus on pure acting. The original script reading, for example, was conducted in three languages- English, Chinese, and Korean. Though tedious, Park Hae-il expressed appreciation for the seriousness with which they were expected to prepare. In preparation for recording her own lines in Korean, Tang Wei made a point of listening to Park Hae-il record his own, to better match his rhythm.

Park Hae-il was appreciative about how Tang Wei would thank him for allowing to listen to him at such moments. Park Hae-il noted that performing in a foreign language was still a bit beyond his own skills, so Park Hae-il was impressed how Tang Wei was willing to try so hard to pull it off. "Decision to Leave" will premiere in South Korean theaters on June 29th. Park Hae-il will also appear as the legendary admiral Yi Sun-shin in "Hansan: Rising Dragon" a month later on July 27th.

Written by William Schwartz

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"Decision to Leave" is directed by Park Chan-wook, and features Tang Wei, Park Hae-il, Lee Jung-hyun, Go Kyung-pyo, Park Yong-woo, Jung Yi-seo. Release date in Korea: 2022/06/29.