mc: Please introduce yourselves! This will be Brother’s first greeting.
kyungsoo: Hello, I’m Do Kyungsoo. Thank you so much for being here. We had a really fun, happy, healthy time filming Brother, so please give it lots of love.
mc: Ah, that ending (laughs). “We filmed happily.” Very nice.
jo jungseok: Yes, I had a happy time too. The turnout here for our movie, all the flashing shutters - thank you very much. Let’s have a good time.
park shinhye: Hello, I’m Park Shinhye who will play Soohyun, nice to meet you. It was really interesting and fun on set, to be filming with such nice and warm actors. I think you’ll be able to feel that while watching the movie, so please anticipate it.
mc: So many people are already anticipating it! Please introduce your characters, starting with Kyungsoo.
ks: In the movie, I’m the younger brother who is a successful national-level judoka, Dooyoung. Dooyoung is proud and strong on the outside, but inside he has a pure and tender heart.
mc: Someone like you!
ks: I think we’re a little alike (laughs).
mc: And how about Jo Jungseok?
js: As for me, I got the role of the older brother, Go Dooshik. If you’ve watched the trailer, you might have gotten the idea that he’s a conman and a fraudster. A real lowlife. Dooshik and Dooyoung have a bit of an age gap. They’re not one or two years apart, more seven to ten. Around ten. So that kind of older brother. A character who sells off his younger brother, tries hard to prey [on the situation] but might not get what he wants. I had a lot of fun filming, and in the second half - this isn’t something I should say, I’ll pass the question on.
mc: We got quite a bit on the movie. Please introduce your character, Shinhye.
sh: I got the role of Lee Soohyun, Go Dooyoung’s judo coach. She’s a varied character, a meddler and a judo coach. To get Dooyoung back on his feet as an athlete, she visits to clean around and feed him when all of a sudden this lowlife shows up, his brother. Soohyun bickers with him a lot as she stays by to take care of Dooyoung.
mc: Even though these were just introductions, the characters really feel like they’re alive and breathing.
js: Yes, although honestly filming was hard. (MC: Why?) Because [my character and I] just didn’t match.
mc: I thought you owned the character. Nobody else but Jo Jungseok could have been him. Now, the reason why I asked for these introductions was because we have prepared a character trailer for Brother. Let’s watch.
mc: That was the character trailer. Even as characters, the laughter wouldn’t stop. What surprised me is that the two of you really seemed like brothers, you resemble each other so much. Don’t you think so, Shinhye?
sh: Yes, they really do.
js: We heard that a lot from people while we were filming.
mc: It must have been like looking in the mirror!
js: Ah, yes.
mc: Your eyes are double-lidded in the same way.
js: We really are mirror images. (KS: (laughs))
mc: Jo Jungseok seems so happy about it. How about Do Kyungsoo?
ks: Yes, I am very glad. I’m very glad that I look like my older brother.
mc: (jokingly) You say it like a robot. This was your first time working together - how was it?
js: It was my first time working with both Kyungsoo and Shinhye. I was excited from the start. For Kyungsoo, I’d watched a movie called Cart. When I watched it I was thinking, “Wow that kid’s good. He’s really good.” He had that focus. I’d only been aware of him as EXO’s D.O., as a singer. My idea of him changed through Cart. There are many well-rounded entertainers who can sing and act well, but Kyungsoo had an actor’s aura from Cart. It wasn’t a huge role, but in my eyes he had presence. So I looked forward to filming [with him]. And as we worked together, I felt more things. Frankly, I learned too. Really. As for Shinhye, I’m a big fan of hers so I personally looked forward to her too. What I remember from the first day of filming is how often she’d break into smile/laughter, to the point where I wondered if she was interested in me? (SH: (laughs)) I apologize, I don’t mean it.
mc: I think it was because you were filming so late into the night that everyone was tired.
js: That must be. I want this [conference] to be a good time for everyone so I’m tossing out things. Please write the articles mindfully.
mc: Was the atmosphere different filming with Kyungsoo or with Shinhye?
js: The atmosphere was different. On this [Kyungsoo’s] side, there was aura and poise. And on the other [Shinhye’s], it was very bright, with lots of laughter. I’d like to say it was altogether a happy time for me.
mc: As you were saying that, the expressions on your left and right were different. (JS: Was I too much?) It was like you were in character. Kyungsoo, how was it for you? This was your first time with Jo Jungseok.
ks: I’ve watched Jungseok hyung in everything he’s been in, and I always hoped to work with him on a project. An