Kang Ha Neul stays flawless

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Kang Ha Neul Speaks Up on His Lack of Greed for Lead Roles

Spreading his name slowly and quietly, Kang Ha Neul became one of the rising stars in the film industry, waiting for three of his movies to premiere.

Having captured the hearts of the female fans by starring as ‘Hyo Shin sunbae’ in SBS’s The Heirs, Kang Ha Neul will be meeting with the audience through horror film The Girl’s Grave in July. Taking his first lead role, Kang Ha Neul was calm rather than excited.

In a recent interview with Newsen, Kang Ha Neul said, “It was a low-budget film and the schedule was tight. The director, staff and cast members all gathered together to share ideas on the day before filming started. We all filmed with sincerity and felt affectionate towards the movie, because we were making it together. There were scenes we had to take out and each gap was filled with the director’s direction and the cast members’ actions. After I watched the final product, I thanked the director. I think the results came out great.”

Being the first Korean horror film to premiere this year, The Girl’s Grave stars Kang Ha Neul, Kim So Eun, Han Hye Rin, Park Doo Shik, Kim Jung Tae and more. On top of being a horror film, it also deals with issues of school violence. Kang Ha Neul took the role of a high school student ‘In Soo,’ who can see ghosts.

He shared, “The toughest part was acting like I was looking at ghosts when I wasn′t (laughter). It was hard acting into the air. We also filmed in Gangwon province and even attaching 20 hot packs on my body didn’t help. I think I felt colder since I was dressed in a school uniform the entire time.”

When asked why he chose to act in a horror film, when he has been appealing to the public with a gentle and soft image, Kang Ha Neul answered, “The Girl’s Grave is my first film as the lead. But that is not the reason why I selected the project. I never acted with those thoughts. The projects I choose are the ones that convey a good message. Personally, I think what’s important for an actor is his filmography. When someone searches my name, I want to hear ‘he has a good filmography’ rather than ‘he took many lead roles.’ I want to fill my filmography with good projects regardless of how big or small my role is.”

Kang Ha Neul continued, “The same goes for plays, musicals, dramas and movies. I learned that the project fails the moment the actor wants to stand out alone. I’ve been taking supporting roles but for me they were lead roles. I think how much you appear in the project is not that important. But I do have a lot of greed for good projects.”

Kang Ha Neul began acting in 2007, appearing in plays and musicals and quickly rose to fame through tvN’s Monstar and SBS’ The Heirs. Actors who are similar in age, such as Kim Soo Hyun, Kim Woo Bin, Lee Jong Suk, Lee Min Ho are also active in the industry. Having to compete with them, Kang Ha Neul knew what his strength was.

“Being plain and good-natured are my strengths (laughter). I think it’s best to act smoothly and naturally, like how water flows. I’m still lacking but working hard so I can act like that. Having no greed to stand out in scenes is also my strength. I don’t think it’s a bad thing to not be greedy. I don’t want to rush my acting career,” he said.

Waiting for his films Twenty Years Old, The Age of Innocence and C’est si Bon to premiere later this year, Kang Ha Neul said, “I’ve been working without rest for the past two years. The agency didn’t pressure me and it was entirely of my own will. (laughter) I didn’t have free time since I thought I would regret if I let go of the projects. I want to wrap up my other projects well, like I did with The Girl’s Grave.
source: mwave

surrender yourself to the light that is kang ha neul

Comments

[atopworld.livejournal.com]

Deep sigh.

[happydirections.livejournal.com]

he's just so likeable!
i haven't actually seen anything that he's been in, but i've read/seen some of his interviews and he seems like a genuinely sweet and nice guy.

[juhli.livejournal.com]

He seems to have a really good head on his shoulders ♥

[suxaholic.livejournal.com]

He is definitely the type of guy I would go for someone thoughtful and levelheaded

[in-noctem.livejournal.com]

"I want to fill my filmography with good projects regardless of how big or small my role is.”

I guess this doesn't apply to dramas eh but w/e it was thanks to TTBY that I found out about him.

His movie sounds interesting, I love horror so I hope it's good!

[imienazwisko.livejournal.com]

i think he did ttby around the time he decided he needed more drama exposure to gain audience for his stage work
i remember him talking about in some interview i posted

edit: found it
I’m always greedy when it comes to plays. I’ll tell you why I started filming dramas without stopping going on stage. When I was performing, the thing I hated the most was how sunbaes, colleagues and hoobaes I knew would hold good performances as college performances and since there was no audience, so the doors were often closed. I hoped that more people would see these good performances. Since people didn’t even know those shows were hold, they couldn’t come. It was very unfortunate. So if I starred in dramas and got even just a little bit of recognition, wouldn’t people come and see those shows at least for me? I hope that people would come and see me but end up experiencing the performance, that my other good sunbaes and hoobaes actors would be known.
he's so flaw-free i can't

[in-noctem.livejournal.com]

Haha yeah I remember reading this, I was just (half) joking!

[modestgoddess79.livejournal.com]

this perfect man

[lesherlock.livejournal.com]

Let's talk about how he made all the panties drop in Monstar

[brightmarie.livejournal.com]

I like both of them and her solo is also amazing but I don't want to watch Monstar because of the main characters. =c

[lesherlock.livejournal.com]

It was actually REALLY good and had a spectacular soundtrack.

[brightmarie.livejournal.com]

My sister saw it and remembers the main girl as mean, stuck up and always reprimanding. She says that they tried to make her look cute but she came out as annoying and unlikable. She could've been more like the girl from Dream High if she was going for snob but still likable character. And if she was going for the cute girl that put up with the immature main actor, she could've been more like Mary from Mary stayed out all night. The only character she really likes is the girl that had the Yakuza type family.

[lesherlock.livejournal.com]

I don't think of it that way. The main character lived on a sheep farm for like, 6 years and only talked to sheep. She has zero people skills and takes shit from no one. Mostly there is a lot of bullying but it was a surprisingly good series.

[brightmarie.livejournal.com]

Belle was always talking to the sheep but she was cordial to the village people and witty/sassy to Gaston. LOL

[lesherlock.livejournal.com]

OMG hahaha.

And they both sing the plot! :O

[brightmarie.livejournal.com]

I really want to watch The Heirs on dramafever or crunchyroll. I'll get right to it after Pretty Man. lol =]

[lesherlock.livejournal.com]

He's not in Heirs nearly enough. Heirs is mostly Kim Woo Bin eyebrow porn.

And fashion.

[vermicelli-rice.livejournal.com]

Proving to mankind that perfection exists. Haha, but rly though, his interviews are always worth reading.

I totally agree with what he said abt ppl searching up Filmography and judging from the range or calibre of projects one takes. I wouldn't be able to tell if you're the lead in xxx projects if I do a cursory search on an actor on IMDB or Hancinema.

[hearttaek.livejournal.com]

This perfect namja continues to be perfect.