‘Ditto’ Actor Yeo Jin-Goo: “Fiery Love Is Still To Come”

November 22, 2022 | Source: movist | Translation: SeΙ­eΙ³Ξ±

Born in 1997, 26 years old, with a 17 year acting career. Yeo Jin-goo, who started as a child actor, already stood shoulder to shoulder with respected senior actors like Kim Yoon-seok and Cho Jin-woong in the film ‘Hwayi: A Monster Boy’ (2013), directed by Jang Joon-hwan when he was in middle school. Many have witnessed his growth as he transitioned from a boy to a young man, actively traversing both the big screen and television with his vibrant presence and warm smile. Now he seeks to captivate the audience dressed appropriately as “a college student experiencing first love in his 20s.” In the remake of the iconic late-90s youth romance film ‘Ditto’ (2000), we meet Yeo Jin-goo who steps into the middle of his youth. He completely immerses into shooting with a manual camera, has a genuine passion for food and cooking, and we hear him say his fiery love is still to come.

“I remember it as a movie that warms the heart.” Yeo Jin-goo proudly considers himself a fan of the iconic youth romance film ‘Ditto’ (2000). At one point he was obsessed with Korean romance films from the 1990s and 2000s, and the ‘Ditto’ he watched at the time was a warm film with romance, unexpected twists, and vibrant colors. Thanks to his love for the original film, he was thrilled to receive an offer for the remake, and upon receiving and reading the script, he reminisces that it was indeed wonderful.

In anticipation of the movie’s release, prominent figures such as Ju Ji-hoon, SHINee’s Minho, and Im Si-wan attended the VIP premiere and showed their generous support.

“It feels like I’ve gone back to my 20s after watching the movie.” This is the statement that Yeo Jin-goo, who hoped to evoke nostalgia, wanted to hear the most. On the one hand, he received a considerable amount of congratulations for leaving behind such a youth romance film in his 20s.

In the remake of ‘Ditto’, Yeo Jin-goo portrays a character named ‘Yong’, a student from the Class of ’95 who lives in the year 1999. He becomes miraculously connected to ‘Mu-nee’ (played by Cho Yi-hyun), a student from the Class of ’21 who lives in the year 2022, through an old radio. In this adaptation, not only did the gender of the role originally played by Kim Ha-neul change, the character’s personality has also become brighter.

“The director wanted Yong to be an ordinary guy. Rather than having clear dreams or goals, he is someone who goes with the flow of his surroundings and society. He loves literature and wants to write, but due to the suggestion of adults, he becomes an engineering student to pursue a science degree.” Yong’s wardrobe and hair are styled to appear as plain and understated as possible, like jeans and t-shirts. He’s styled to naturally blend into the temporal background of 1999.

β€œμ΄λŸ° μΉœκ΅¬κ°€ 처음으둜 자기 감정에 확신을 κ°–κ²Œ ν•˜λŠ” μ‚¬λžŒμΈ β€˜ν•œμ†”β€™(κΉ€ν˜œμœ€)을 λ§Œλ‚˜μž–μ•„μš”. 정말 눈이 λ©€ μˆ˜λ„ μžˆμ„ 것 κ°™λ‹€κ³  μƒκ°ν•΄μš”. κ³Όμ—° κ·Έ 감정을 주체할 수 μžˆμ„μ§€ 상상해 보기도 ν–ˆμ–΄μš”.” λ„ˆλ¬΄ μ’‹μ•„μ„œ μ–΄μ©” 쀄 λͺ¨λ₯΄λŠ” 뢈 같은 μ‚¬λž‘μ„ μŠ€λ¬Όμ—¬μ„― μ—¬μ§„κ΅¬λŠ” κ²½ν—˜ν•΄ λ΄€μ„κΉŒ. 

β€œν°λΆˆ κ°™μ€ μ‚¬λž‘μ€ μ•„λ‹ˆκ³ , μž‘μ€ 뢈 μ •λ„μš”? (μ›ƒμŒ) 아직은 μ‚¬λž‘ν•  μ€€λΉ„κ°€ μ•ˆ 됐닀고, κ·ΈλŸ¬λ‹ˆκΉŒ 일과 학업이 더 μ€‘μš”ν•˜λ‹€κ³  μƒκ°ν–ˆλ˜ 뢀뢄이 ν½λ‹ˆλ‹€. 그런데 ν›„λ°˜λΆ€μ—μ„œ λ¬΄λŠ¬κ°€ β€˜μ‚¬λž‘μ„ ν¬κΈ°ν•˜μ§€ λ§μ•„μš”, λ„ˆλ¬΄ μ™Έλ‘œμš΄ μΌμ΄μž–μ•„μš”β€™λΌκ³  λ§ν•˜μž–μ•„μš”. μ•„μ£Ό λ§ˆμŒμ„ λ‘λ“œλ Έμ–΄μš”.” μ΄λŸ¬ν•œ λŒ€μ‚¬μ²˜λŸΌ μ‚΄κ³  μ‹Άλ‹€κ³ , κ°€μΉ˜κ΄€μ΄ λ°”λ€ŒκΈ°λ„ ν–ˆλ‹€κ³  <동감>(2022)의 μž‘μ—…μ„ 톡해 얻은 점을 κΌ½λŠ”λ‹€. μ‚¬λž‘μ΄λΌλŠ” κ±Έ μ–΄λ–€ κ΄€κ³„λ‘œ μƒκ°ν–ˆλ‹€λ©΄, μ΄μ œλŠ” 감정이라고 λŠλ‚€λ‹€κ³  μ‹¬κ²½μ˜ λ³€ν™”λ₯Ό μ „ν•œλ‹€. 

β€œμ‹€μ œ μ €λŠ” β€˜μš©β€™λ³΄λ‹€λŠ” β€˜ν•œμ†”β€™μ— κ°€κΉŒμš΄ νŽΈμ΄μ—μš”. μ–΄λ €μ„œ ν•˜κ³  싢은 일을 μ°Ύμ•˜κ³ , κ·Έ 길에 확신도 μžˆμ—ˆμœΌλ‹ˆκΉŒμš”. λ‹€λ§Œ κ·Ή 쀑 μš©μ€ ν‰μ†Œ μΉœκ΅¬λ“€κ³Ό μžˆμ„ λ•Œμ˜ 제 λͺ¨μŠ΅κ³Ό λΉ„μŠ·ν•œ 면이 μžˆμ–΄μš”. ν•œ 가지에 κ½‚νžˆλ©΄ 눈이 λ¨Όλ‹€κ³  ν• μ§€, μΉœκ΅¬λ“€μ΄ β€˜μ‚¬λžŒλ“€μ΄ λ„€ μ§„μ§œ λͺ¨μŠ΅μ„ μ•Œκ²Œ 되면 λ†€λž„ κ±°μ•Όβ€™λΌλŠ” 말을 μ’…μ’… ν•˜λŠ”λ° 용과 같은 λͺ¨μŠ΅μ΄ μ•„λ‹κΉŒ ν•΄μš”.” κ·Έλž˜μ„œ 슀크린 속 μžμ‹ μ„ 보며 μ–΄μƒ‰ν•œ 기뢄이 λ“€μ—ˆλ‹€λŠ” 여진ꡬ, λ„ˆλ¬΄ 계산 없이 μžμ‹ μ„ λ“œλŸ¬λ‚΄μ§€ μ•Šμ•˜λ‚˜ 싢기도 ν•˜λ‹€κ³  ν„Έμ–΄λ†“λŠ”λ‹€. 

이번 <동감>은 20λŒ€μ— 찍은 λ‘œλ§¨μŠ€λΌλŠ” 점도 μ˜λ―Έκ°€ μžˆμ§€λ§Œ, 40λŒ€λ₯Ό μ—°κΈ°ν–ˆλ‹€λŠ” λ°μ„œ νŠΉλ³„ν•œ κ²½ν—˜μ΄μ—ˆλ‹€. 

β€œ40λŒ€κ°€ 된 용의 감정을 ν—€μ•„λ € λ΄€μ–΄μš”. κ·Έκ°€ 20λŒ€ μ΄ˆλ°˜μ„ μ–΄λ–€ κΈ°μ–΅μœΌλ‘œ κ°„μ§ν•˜κ³  μžˆμ„μ§€, 선배듀이 λ§ν•˜λŠ” β€˜κ·Έλ¦¬μ›€β€™μ΄λΌλŠ” 감정이 이런 λŠλ‚ŒμΌκΉŒ 싢기도 ν–ˆμ£ . 또 μš©μ€ 20λŒ€ μ²­μΆ˜μ„ λ°°λ €ν•  μ—¬μœ λ₯Ό μ§€λ‹Œ 쀑년이 됐닀고 μƒκ°ν–ˆμ–΄μš”.” μ›μž‘μ΄ λ³€μ£Όλœ 지점 쀑 ν•˜λ‚˜λ‹€. 2022λ…„ λ¬΄λŠ¬μ™€ 40λŒ€ μž‘κ°€κ°€ 된 μš©μ€ μ„œλ‘œ 마주 보며 인사λ₯Ό λ‚˜λˆˆλ‹€. 40λŒ€ λΆ„μž₯도 μƒˆλ‘œμ› λ‹€. μ—¬λŸ¬ 버전을 μ€€λΉ„ν–ˆμœΌλ‚˜ 용이라면 λ„ˆλ¬΄ μ„Έλ ¨λ˜μ§€λ„ κ·Έλ ‡λ‹€κ³  λ„ˆλ¬΄ λ‚˜μ΄λ“  λͺ¨μŠ΅λ„ μ•„λ‹Œ, λ”± κ·Έ λ‚˜μ΄λ‘œ 보일 것 κ°™μ•„ λ―Έμ„Έν•œ 주름과 ν”ΌλΆ€ 톀 μ •λ„λ§Œ λ³€ν™”λ₯Ό 쀬닀.

1997년생, 17λ…„μ°¨. μ•„μ—­μœΌλ‘œ μΆœλ°œν•΄ 이미 쀑학ꡐ λ•Œ μž₯μ€€ν™˜ 감독이 μ—°μΆœν•œ μ˜ν™” <화이: 괴물을 삼킨 아이>(2013)μ—μ„œ κΉ€μœ€μ„, μ‘°μ§„μ›…, μž₯ν˜„μ„±, κΉ€μ„±κ·  λ“± μŸμŸν•œ λŒ€μ„ λ°°λ“€κ³Ό μ–΄κΉ¨λ₯Ό λ‚˜λž€νžˆ ν–ˆλ‹€. λŒ€ν•™ μ§„ν•™ ν›„, 관심이 생긴 필름 카메라 촬영과 κ·Έ 결과물을 μΈμŠ€νƒ€κ·Έλž¨μ— 올렀 κ³΅μœ ν•˜λŠ” κ·ΈλŠ” 필름+μˆ˜λ™+흑백 λ“± μˆ˜μ€€κΈ‰μ˜ 촬영 μ‹€λ ₯을 μžλž‘ν•˜κΈ°λ„ ν•œλ‹€. 또 예λŠ₯을 톡해 μ‹μž¬λ£Œμ— λŒ€ν•œ ν’λΆ€ν•œ 지식과 μš”λ¦¬μ— 진심인 λͺ¨μŠ΅μ„ 보여쀀 λ°” μžˆλ‹€. 

β€œλ¨ΉλŠ” κ±Έ μ›Œλ‚™ μ’‹μ•„ν•˜κ±°λ“ μš”. νŽΈμ‹ν•˜μ§€ μ•ŠλŠ” 뢄이 μ΄μƒν˜•κΉŒμ§€λŠ” μ•„λ‹ˆμ§€λ§Œ, μ£Όμš” 쑰건 쀑 ν•˜λ‚˜μ˜ˆμš”. 제철과 μ‚°μ§€μ—μ„œ λ‚˜λŠ” ν’μ„±ν•œ μ‹μž¬λ£Œλ₯Ό ν•¨κ»˜ 즐기지 λͺ»ν•œλ‹€λ©΄ λ„ˆλ¬΄ 아쉽고 μŠ¬ν”Œ 것 κ°™μ•„μš”.” κ²¨μšΈμ€ ν•΄μ‚°λ¬Όμ˜ κ³„μ ˆμ΄λΌκ³ , 쑰금 있으면 λŒ€λ°©μ–΄ 철이라고 μ†Œκ°œν•˜λŠ” 여진ꡬ. 어렸을 λ•ŒλΆ€ν„° μ§€λ°© μ΄¬μ˜μ„ λ‹€λ‹ˆλ‹€ λ³΄λ‹ˆ μ§€μ—­μ˜ 맛집을 μ°Ύμ•„κ°€λŠ” 게 λ‚™μ΄μ—ˆλ‹€κ³ . μžμ—°μŠ€λŸ½κ²Œ μ§€μ—­ μŒμ‹μ„ μ‚¬λž‘ν•˜κ²Œ 되고 μˆ λ„ μ‚¬λž‘ν•˜κ²Œ λμ§€λ§Œ, μ–΄λ””κΉŒμ§€λ‚˜ 애주가일 뿐 ν­μ£ΌλŠ” μ•„λ‹ˆλΌκ³ ! 

β€œμ œκ°€ νŽΈν•˜κ³  μ†”μ§ν•˜κ²Œ β€˜μš©β€™μ— μ ‘κ·Όν•œ κ²ƒμ²˜λŸΌ κ΄€κ°μ—κ²Œλ„ 웃을 λ•Œ 웃고, 울 λ•Œ 울 수 μžˆλŠ” νŽΈν•œ μ˜ν™”κ°€ 됐으면 μ’‹κ² μ–΄μš”β€λΌλŠ” λ°”λžŒμ„ μ „ν•˜λ©° λ°°μš°λ‘œμ„œ λͺ©ν‘œλŠ” β€˜μ˜€λž˜ ν•˜λŠ” 것’이라고 κΌ½λŠ”λ‹€. ν›—λ‚  μ—¬μœ μ™€ 확신이 생기면 λ‹€λ₯Έ λ°°μš°λ“€μ—κ²Œ 쒋은 영ν–₯λ ₯을 미치고 μ‹Άλ‹€κ³ , μ œμž‘μ— 뜻이 μžˆλ‹€κ³  μ‘°μ‹¬μŠ€λŸ½κ²Œ λ§ˆμŒμ„ λ‚΄λΉ„μΉœλ‹€. 20λŒ€ λ‚¨μ„±μ˜ μˆ™μ œ 같은 μž…λŒ€λŠ” κ±΄κ°•ν•˜κ²Œ νƒœμ–΄λ‚¬μœΌλ‹ˆ λ‹Ήμ—°ν•œ 일이라고. 

λ§ˆμ§€λ§‰μœΌλ‘œ μ—¬μ§„κ΅¬λŠ” μ–΄λ–€ μ‚¬λžŒμΈμ§€ λ¬Όμ—ˆλ‹€. 

β€œν¬κ²Œ 생각없이 즐겁게 μ‚¬λŠ” νŽΈμ΄μ—μš”. μ—°κΈ°ν•  λ•Œ λΉΌκ³ λŠ” 고민도 λ³„λ‘œ ν•˜μ§€ μ•Šκ³ , 잘 자고 잘 λ¨Ήμ–΄μ„œ μ„ λ°°λ‹˜λ“€μ€ 쒋은 의미둜 β€˜κ±΄κ°•ν•œ μΉœκ΅¬β€™λΌκ³  말씀해 μ£Όμ‹œκ³€ ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ „μ—λŠ” μ†λ§ˆμŒμ„ μ΄μ•ΌκΈ°ν•˜λŠ” 데 μ‘°μ‹¬μŠ€λŸ¬μ› λ‹€λ©΄, μ§€κΈˆμ€ μ˜ˆμ „λ³΄λ‹€ 속내λ₯Ό 많이 κΊΌλ‚΄κ³€ ν•΄μš”.” β–£

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