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8:25 PM

“I learned acting from watching my seniors”
Role of a student soldier… purposely not washing and giving up looking good
Now wants to become an ‘actor who’s deeply into it’

His real name is Choi Seung Hyun. As a singer he’s TOP, as an actor TOP(Choi Seung Hyun). As he rises up as an actor through the film Into the Gunfire, what’s the reason for notating both his stage name and real name side by side?

“I worked for five years with the name TOP. The public knows me as TOP, and I didn’t want to bother using my real name Choi Seung Hyun. But putting the word TOP on a movie poster didn’t really fit. It’s a war movie set in 1950. So we put both names on the poster.”

Into the Gunfire tells the true story of 71 student soldiers who fought at the Pohang battlefield during the war in 1950. TOP/Choi Seung Hyun was given the role of a character who was modeled after a real person, Lee Woo Geun. According to the production company, this true story will convey the pain of having to kill another person in order to preserve oneself in the nightmare that is war.

It is well known that TOP was cast for this movie while he was filming for the drama ‘IRIS.’ Both projects were produced by Tae Won Entertainment. TOP expressed that showing his face on ‘IRIS’ was like ‘sitting on pins and needles.’ He had to receive both praise and insults. More than anything, he had a difficult time putting significance on his role in the drama, which appeared suddenly and without warning.

“A movie lasts forever. After getting the role of the student soldier, I tried many different things to do the job well. I purposely didn’t get rid of any dirt that got stuck under my nails, and I didn’t get any dental scaling done in order to make my teeth go yellow. And of course, I gave up trying to look good.”

TOP was the youngest of the cast for this movie. He says that he learned a lot just from acting alongside his seniors Kim Seung Woo, Cha Seung Won, and Kwon Sang Woo. More than anything, because he was the youngest on set, he gave his all no matter what he was doing. Even when iron filings got into his left eye causing cornea damage, to him that was no difficulty.

“Whenever I went back to my room after filming to wash up, I would discover all these bruises and cuts. But I couldn’t make a big deal out of it. I was in a situation where I had to learn more than anything else. I didn’t have the leisure of taking care of myself.”

TOP revealed his future, the determination he has when he goes on stage. He says that he has never gone on stage thinking that he was an idol singer. If he had thought that way, he would have been unable to keep himself within his given boundaries. It his pride that he has his own unique charm that other groups don’t have and other rappers can’t pull off.

“Now, it feels like I’m standing in the the middle of judgment. I don’t like being judged as a singer that is transforming into an actor. I just want to do both music and acting. And since I did start acting, I do have dreams. I want to be an actor who does profound work. Isn’t that possible if I just have passion?”

Source: media daum (May 20, 2010)
Translation: seungie@tumblr
Shared: Yvonne@bigbangupdates
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4:11 PM

TOP’s fans are taking movie posters of TOP that are up on street walls, and are setting back public relations.

The publicist said, “The situation is that we cannot publicize because posters that we put up around schools for Into the Gunfire get taken within minutes. It’s a little embarrassing because even if we put them back up, they get taken again. We’re hoping you can refrain yourselves.”

Into the Gunfire tells the true story of 71 student soldiers who gave their lives in fighting to protect their land during the Korean War, and is idol group Big Bang member TOP’s on-screen debut through the lead role of Oh Jang Bum.

Having been released on the 16th of June, Into the Gunfire has surpassed 3 million viewers and is looking forward to its release in 14 major American cities.

Source: ISplus
Translation: seungie@tumblr


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9:17 AM

The publicist for the movie Into the Gunfire is suffering because of TOP’s fans.

TOP’s fans are taking movie posters of TOP that are up on street walls, and are setting back public relations.

The publicist said, “The situation is that we cannot publicize because posters that we put up around schools for Into the Gunfire get taken within minutes. It’s a little embarrassing because even if we put them back up, they get taken again. We’re hoping you can refrain yourselves.”

Having been released on the 16th of June, Into the Gunfire has surpassed 3 million viewers and is looking forward to its release in 14 major American cities.

Into the Gunfire tells the true story of 71 student soldiers who gave their lives fighting to protect their land during the Korean War, and is TOP’s on-screen debut through the lead role of Oh Jang Bum.

LOL!!! haha “please refrain yourselves” XDD Well I don’t blame the fans because I would do it too, HELLO FREE TOP POSTERS!! :D but of course the publicist is right because they can’t publicize it if there is no posters around for people to see. Hopefully the fans refrain themselves and just buy one instead haha =P

Source: ibigbang@wordpress
Photo Credits: duetwordings@wordpress
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8:35 AM

The movie Into the Gunfire finally broke 3 million national viewers.

Into the Gunfire, which is raising the self-esteem of Korean movies through its release in 14 major American cities, touched the hearts of 3 million Korean viewers. Into the Gunfire, which is currently playing nationally on 400 screens, brought in 2.7 million viewers as of last weekend, and is currently at over 3 million viewers and is #1 on box office charts for the fourth week in a row.

Into the Gunfire, which continued to bring in viewers in its fourth week since its premiere, is the third movie this year to set a record with over 3 million viewers, after Secret Reunion (의형제) and Harmony (하모니).

The reason posters for Into the Gunfire such as this is receiving so much attention is that even alongside the movie Knight and Day, which was the hot topic at the front lines of Hollywood blockbusters, it has secured the #3 spot.

Furthermore, in terms of shares, Into the Gunfire far ahead of Shrek Forever and Knight and Day, and its box-office prospects are bright. Into the Gunfire, which has taken over the theaters in June and into July due to the public’s hot word-of-mouth, will claim the theaters for Korean entertainment along with Moss (이끼), due out this week, even amongst the Hollywood blockbusters.

Into the Gunfire, which tells of the sad and great tragedy of 71 student soldiers who ran into the line of fire wearing their uniforms in order to protect the Nakdong River frontier during the war between the north and the south in August of 1950, is currently screening in theaters all over the nation.

Source: bntnews
Translation: seungie
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10:21 PM

The movie Into the Gunfire finally broke 3 million national viewers.

Into the Gunfire, which is raising the self-esteem of Korean movies through its release in 14 major American cities, touched the hearts of 3 million Korean viewers. Into the Gunfire, which is currently playing nationally on 400 screens, brought in 2.7 million viewers as of last weekend, and is currently at over 3 million viewers and is #1 on box office charts for the fourth week in a row.

Into the Gunfire, which continued to bring in viewers in its fourth week since its premiere, is the third movie this year to set a record with over 3 million viewers, after Secret Reunion (의형제) and Harmony (하모니).

The reason posters for Into the Gunfire such as this is receiving so much attention is that the movie Knight and Day, which was the hot topic at the front lines of Hollywood blockbusters, after beating out recently released Korean movies, has secured third place amongst the largest movies.

Furthermore, in terms of shares, Into the Gunfire is far ahead of Shrek Forever and Knight and Day, and its box-office prospects are bright. Into the Gunfire, which has taken over the theaters in June and into July due to the public’s hot word-of-mouth, will claim the theaters for Korean entertainment along with Moss (이끼), due out this week, even amongst the Hollywood blockbusters.

credits: 출처- seungie @ ibigbang.wordpress.com

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9:07 PM

Director Lee Jae Han and Big Bang’s TOP (Choi Seung Hyun) are strangely similar.

A recent interview with director Lee Jae Han is reminiscent of TOP, who we met last May. There was a strange connection between these two, overcoming their 20-year age difference.

The two, who met as director and actor for the film Into the Gunfire, say they discovered this common denominator as well. Director Lee Jae Han said, “It was as if I was looking at my younger self,” and TOP remembered, “We understood each other a lot.”

Having met both of them, the common denominator was of that innocence in their eyes that seem like they will continue to dream no matter how much time passes, that passion about art, that strong expression that is careful and quiet and yet seems stubborn.

I met director Lee Jae Han on July 9th at a cafe in Sam Chung Dong, Seoul.

He had been going around promoting and making stage appearances for the movie Into the Gunfire even until recently. Though he was physically busy, the direct interaction with the audience lifted his spirits.

“I think this is the first time I’m experiencing this kind of passion. First of all, the cries and screams and the cheers of the young fans at Choi Seung Hyun is quite memorable, and amongst them the people in the audience tearing up remains in my memory. These were usually older people. I remember most the ones who were crying as they felt the resonance of the film through the audience’s cheers.”

The response of the older audience on whom there is the fragrance of war to the movie Into the Gunfire was anticipated to a certain extent. But Into the Gunfire was also successful in eliciting a passionate reaction from younger students.

Of course TOP probably contributed to this, but there is also another reason for this sustained response. According to director Lee Jae Han, the reason is the character of Oh Jang Bum, who both he and TOP painstakingly created together.

“As children grow up, they read fairy tales, and in those stories are important values. The precious values in those good story books. Our film isn’t a fairy tale, but the noble mentality that children admire contained in the character of Oh Jang Bum (Choi Seung Hyun). I think there’s something that reaches children especially, in the way he makes an effort until the end, and in the way he pulls everyone along with his leadership despite being thrown into a war.”

“In childhood, who doesn’t have an experience of feeling anger towards a parent or teacher who lies. Though ethics and morality haven’t materialized yet, that kind of instinct that response to good things, to right things. Though kids living in the 21st century haven’t experienced something like a war, but isn’t the empathy and special connection they feel towards Oh Jang Bum a result of a longing for and reaction to something like that. And I think having such a character played by idol of idols TOP had a positive effect.”

Oh Jang Bum is the only character in the movie that experiences an inner transformation. He goes through a great change and experiences a kind of growth. In order to portray such a character, Choi Seung Hyun met with director Lee Jae Han from the moment he was casted to discuss his character. This character that was born after much discussion is thus a projection that contains elements of both Choi Seung Hyun and Lee Jae Han.

The things that Oh Jang Bum accomplished. Despite his personal will and caught up in a war, he becomes lieutenant. He offers all of himself until the very moment that he dies trying to make the impossible possible. His efforts are heroic. And because his efforts were within a fratricidal tragedy, you could say he is a hero.”

The birth of a hero was only possible through the efforts of two artists who poured their like energies into one place.

Meanwhile, Into the Gunfire, which premiered on June 16th, succeeded in bringing in over 2.6 million viewers.

Source: newsen
Translation: seungie
Credit: crazyxcami@BBVIP.net
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8:33 AM



Choi Seung Hyun (TOP), who was reborn as an actor-idol through the war movie Into the Gunfire, has become a hit when it comes to stage manners. Into the Gunfire was sold out at all theaters this past weekend due to Choi Seung Hyun’s attendance, and proved that he was the best when it came to stage manners.

Choi Seung Hyun, along with with Kim Yoon Sung, who played the part of student soldier Poong Chun, Kim Dong Bum, who played the part of Jae Sun, and director Lee Jae Han went around to theaters in Seoul and the area of Kyeong Ki this past weekend to make stage appearances. In particular, with each appearance, Choi Seung Hyun prepared a surprise stage or gift for the audience.

He personally prepared popcorn, beverages, and ice cream for the audience and even went into the seats to deliver the gifts. Furthermore, he received cheers from the audience as he hugged and took pictures with those in the audience.

Kim Yoon Sung, who played the role of Poong Chun, became an MC of sorts with his wit on stage. And Kim Dong Bum received warm applause for his beatboxing to Choi Seung Hyun’s (TOP) new song.

After the actors completed their introductions on stage, they would sit amongst the audience to watch Into the Gunfire. And with another stage appearance once the movie was over, they received even greater love from the audience.

Into the Gunfire took first place for three weeks in Korea’s Movie Box Office with its 2.5 million viewers as of last weekend. Moreover, attendance for Into the Gunfire in its third week was similar to that of its second week, and so an even greater rise is predicted.

Officials say, “As World Cup fever wears off, more people are heading to the theaters,” and, “The target population for this movie is different from Shrek and other movies that were recently released.” Furthermore, “At first, the average age of the viewers was pretty high, but now younger viewers are seeking out Into the Gunfire.”

Into the Gunfire is currently on its way to breaking 3 million viewers.

Source: nocutnews
Translation: seungie

cr:kpop_arsenal
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8:14 AM

The joy of rediscovering actors is great. Especially on-screen this first half of the year, there are actors who gave us the pleasure of new discovery to the point where one could add on the thought of, ‘There was this side to him too,’ to what one already knew.

Member of the group Big Bang, TOP went beyond being an idol star and beyond being a home theater star and made a successful debut on the big screen.

Idol stars who make the transformation into actors have the benefit of at least some degree of fixed adoration from their fans, but movies are harder than dramas. More than simple stardom is needed to appeal to the audience who paid money to come.

Through the genre of war movie, not drama or action, TOP received attention by bravely throwing away his star image and transforming into a war-scarred boy, weak and yet still tough. He was able to express the fear and the weight of war felt by a seventeen-year-old boy thrown into a huge war.

If the charisma of his character from ‘IRIS’ is what you thought of until now when you thought of TOP as an actor, then you could say that he found his potential that’s like blank drawing paper through Into the Gunfire. He could be the idol star actor we can expect the most from.

Source: osen
Translation: seungie

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8:12 AM


Cha Seung Won and Kim Seung Woo of the movie Into the Gunfire predict the birth of luxury actor/idol (= TOP) and is the hot topic.

Pulling in over 2 million viewers, becoming the pride of South Korean film with its release in 14 major North American cities, and in the midst of Into the Gunfire’s Choi Seung Hyun’s (T.O.P) remarkable acting ability becoming the talk of the town, the hot topic to date comes from his seniors, who had the first look at his potential that exceeds all expectation.

Kim Seung Woo, whose role was that of a mentor and father-figure to the student soldiers, revealed that, “I was the first to predict Choi Seung Hyun’s potential.” It is said that during the five months they spent in a small town called Hap Cheon, Choi Seung Hyun was able to find the face of Jang Bum in the movie through each expression, one by one. He said, “Choi Seung Hyun doesn’t have a lot of experience with acting, but looking at his expressions you really get the feeling of a boy in a war.”

The audience, who came to see the film with the same feeling as Kim Seung Woo, is sending tribute to Choi Seung Hyun whose acting practically melted through the screen.

Though enemies on screen, off-camera Cha Seung Won cared for Choi Seung Hyun more than anyone, and he revealed more of Choi Seung Hyun’s acting potential. “His ability to engage in the acting was remarkable. I was often surprised because of his intense greed when it came to acting,” he said, and had supported his passion as an actor. His surprising ability that his seniors had already anticipated is spreading like wildfire by word-of-mouth throughout the entire nation.

A war movie based on a true story, Into the Gunfire illustrates the sad and great battle of 71 student soldiers who ran into the line of fire wearing their school uniforms to protect the Nakdong River frontier on which the fate of the Korean War laid, and is currently playing in theaters everywhere.

Source: osen
Translation: seungie

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