'Squid Game' star Lee Jung-jae talks about his first directorial debut 'Hunt'

(22 May 2022)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Cannes, 21 May 2022
1. Wide of Korean actors Lee Jung-jae (right) and Jung Woo-sung doing press interview
2. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Lee Jung-jae, actor, on his new film "Hunt":
"It's a spy action thriller about Park Pyong-Ho, leader of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency's Foreign Unit, and Kim Jung-do, leader of the Domestic Unit, doubting and investigating each other and in the process facing a big event of the assassination attempt on the President."
3. Mid of Lee Jung-jae (right) and Jung Woo-sung
4. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Lee Jung-jae, actor, on what it was like directing and acting for his new film:
(Reporter: "You've directed and acted in this film which is your first time. Any difficulty?")
Lee: "I was really tired... And there were a lot going on. I had to prep filming after wrapping up another film so that was a difficulty and didn't have much time to rest so I was just really tired."
5. Wide shot of Korean actors Lee Jung-jae (right) and Jung Woo-sung
6. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Lee Jung-jae, actor, on whether he had heard anything about "Squid Game 2"
"The director is working hard on 'Squid Game 2' script and I don't know about his other projects. That's because he's hiding somewhere in a rural area and working hard on the scenario so I really don't know what the story's going to be like."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Cannes, France, 19 May 2022
7. Director-actor Lee Jung-jae (third from left) arrives at Cannes with actors Jung Woo-sung (fourth from left) and Jung Man-sik (left) for special screening of "Hunt"
8. Close of photographers with pull out to wide shot
9. Lee Jung-jae poses with Jung Woo-sung and Jung Man-sik
10. Lee Jung-jae poses with Jung Woo-sung
STORYLINE:
'SQUID GAME' STAR LEE JUNG-JAE TALKS ABOUT HIS FIRST DIRECTORIAL DEBUT 'HUNT'
"Squid Game" breakout star turned global success Lee Jung-jae said he was "very tired" while working on his directorial debut "Hunt."
"I was really tired," Lee told The Associated Press.
"And there was a lot going on. I had to prep filming after wrapping up another film so that was a difficulty and didn't have much time to rest so I was just really tired."
The director said the film is a spy action thriller of two leaders in South Korea's Central Intelligence Agency secretly investigating each other in the process of facing an assassination attempt on the South Korean President.
When asked whether he'd heard any details about "Squid Game 2," Lee said the director Hwang Dong-hyuk is "hiding somewhere in a rural area working hard on the scenario" and he doesn't have any more information.
"Hunt" had its world premiere in the Midnight section of the Cannes Film Festival.
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