Hope Hellbound isn’t just consumed but additionally provides meals for thought: Director Yeon Sang-ho

Director Yeon Sang-ho, finest recognized for well-liked Korean movies like Train To Busan and its sequel Peninsula, on Tuesday stated he hopes his debut sequence Hellbound compels viewers to mirror upon their perception system and its bigger impression on the society. Hellbound, a Korean language Netflix authentic sequence, follows a string of supernatural occasions that happen in Seoul inflicting a conflict of convictions.
Starring Yoo Ah-in, Kim Hyun-joo, Park Jeong-min, Won Jin-a, Yang Ik-june, the present relies on a webtoon created by Yeon.
“These characters are the people we see in society. They have different convictions and emotions. The viewers can resonate with them, depending on which conviction they choose to believe in. It’s fun to watch a clash of these convictions, it gives us an opportunity to think about our society… I hope Hellbound is not just consumed but also gives food for thought,” the director stated throughout a world press convention from Seoul, nearly attended by PTI.
Hellbound, penned by Choi Kyu-sok, could also be Yeon’s first sequence however the expertise of engaged on the lengthy format of storytelling wasn’t solely as completely different as making films.

“This is a live-action series, but the staff was the same from when I shot the movies. I don’t think it was that different, it was like filming a few movies back-to-back. I enjoyed it even more,” he added.
The universe of Hellbound is attention-grabbing, Yeon stated, including he wished the venture to be “a playground” for his films.
“The first game in this playground is this live-action series. I could add a lot of film-like aspects to it… The setting is realistic and drastic, and inside that world we can see different types of people.”
According to the official synopsis, Hellbound is a narrative about otherworldly beings who seem out of nowhere to concern a decree and condemn people to hell.
“These supernatural events cause great mayhem and enable the religious group ‘The New Truth’ to grow in influence. A few people, however, become suspicious about its activities and begin investigating its involvement in mysterious events. As the world turns into chaos, it becomes a living hell.”

Asked how he conjured the pictures of those terrifying angels and executioners, the director stated the characters got here to him “out of the blue”.
“They could have existed in history long ago. The ones (angels) that we know of are based on the imagination of our predecessors and based on this I came up with the idea of angels and executioners. For executioners, I wanted people to feel terror and think about hell when they look at them.”
Yoo, who stars as Jeong Jin-soo a “mysterious” cult chief and the top of the rising faith ‘New Truth Society’, stated he merely relied on the “perfect” script to play his position. The actor is thought for movies like Burning, Voice of Silence and TV dramas Chicago Typewriter and Sungkyunkwan Scandal.
“He has a distorted psyche and is twisted in some sense. He is strong willed about preaching his conviction to the world. He has rage, maybe desperation. I think he is lonely, so I tried to find out what led to his loneliness,” he added.
Kim performs lawyer Min Hye-jin in Hellbound, who stands up in opposition to non secular extremists.
The actor, recognized for reveals Glass Slippers and I Have a Lover, stated engaged on the sequence gave her an opportunity to consider what religion means.
“… there are beliefs that come about to mask one’s flaws and insecurities. That’s the power faith has. For my character Hye-jin that (faith) was law,” she stated.
For Yang, taking part in the position of a father was “difficult” as he’s single and childfree. The actor performs Jin Kyeong-hoon, a cynical and troubled detective who tries to research these supernatural occasions. Lee Re performs his on-screen daughter, Hee-jeong.

“I have nephews, so I thought about when I went to Jeju island with them when they were young. But nephews are different from your own child. I was tense about playing this character, but Lee Re cheered me up when I was struggling,” he stated.
The display adaptation of Hellbound stays loyal to the webtoon, the director stated, besides that the character performed by Lee was initially written as a boy.
“When I was looking for an actor who was going to be able to capture that essence, I wanted Lee Re to play the character regardless of the gender,” he stated.
Yang, who has voice starred in Yeon’s animated movies The King of Pings and The Fake, stated the director goes into capturing with out rehearsals.
“He kept us on our toes all the time,” he added.
Park of Deliver Us from Evil fame stated his position of Bae Young-jae, a broadcasting station producer, is a typical household man. He stated he hopes the present is obtained nicely not solely in Korea but additionally in different nations.
“The people in Korea and the rest of the world can resonate with the fear in Hellbound,” he stated.
On her reflections from the six-episode sequence, Won stated when the bulk in a society is “twisted” that place itself might be hell. She performs the producer’s spouse, Song So-hyun.
“In that society, how can I decide what’s right and what’s wrong? So I thought a lot about that while shooting the series,” the actor, recognized for reveals like Rain Or Shine and She Would Never Know, added.
Yeon stated he was so impressed by Won’s efficiency that she may “almost be up for an Emmy”.

The pilot of the sequence premiered on the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival within the Primetime programme of TV sequence. It was additionally screened on the BFI London Film Festival and Busan International Film Festival.
Hellbound will premiere globally on Netflix on Friday.