Lee Dong-wook and Hyun Bin seem onstage throughout the premiere of “Harbin” throughout the 2024 Toronto Worldwide Movie Competition at Roy Thomson Corridor on Sept. 08, 2024, in Toronto, Ontario. Picture: Cindy Ord/Getty Photos/AFP
Hyun Bin and Lee Dong-wook, accompanied by director Woo Min-ho and forged mates, graced the premiere of their new movie “Harbin” on the 2024 version of the Toronto Worldwide Movie Competition (TIFF).
Wanting dashing of their black fits, the South Korean actors made their look on the TIFF 2024 purple carpet and screening, which was held on the Roy Thomson Corridor in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on Sunday, Sept. 8 (Sept. 9 within the Philippines).
They have been additionally joined by the movie’s director Woo Min-ho, fellow castmates, and TIFF 2024 chief programming officer Anita Lee on the occasion.
Set in 1909, “Harbin” revolves across the cat-and-mouse sport between Korean independence activist Ahn Jung-geun (Hyun Bin) and his accomplices, with one among them turning out to be a Japanese informant.
The movie additionally exhibits Ahn main a battle in opposition to Japanese forces in Harbin, China.
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(From left) Solid and crew together with Kim Gained-kuk, Hyun Bin, Woo Min-ho, Lee Dong-wook, and Anita Lee attend the premiere of “Harbin” throughout the 2024 Toronto Worldwide Movie Competition at Roy Thomson Corridor on Sept. 08, 2024, in Toronto, Ontario. Picture: Jeremy Chan/Getty Photos/AFP
In a September 2024 interview with Selection, Woo revealed that it took three makes an attempt earlier than convincing Hyun to simply accept the lead position. The filmmaker, nonetheless, famous that he understood the place the actor was coming from, as Ahn is a identified determine in South Korea’s historical past.
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“I knew that enjoying Ahn wouldn’t be a straightforward process and it took a whole lot of braveness,” Hyun was quoted as saying. “However after discussing with the director, I considered how there may not be a whole lot of alternatives to play an awesome hero of Korean historical past, and that it might be actually significant as an actor to take the position in new instructions.
Hyun is one among South Korea’s prime actors, having starred in a number of hit Ok-dramas together with “Crash Touchdown on You” (CLOY), “Secret Backyard,” and “Recollections of the Alhambra.” He additionally starred in field workplace hits in his dwelling nation together with “Confidential Task” and “The Swindlers.” He’s married to his CLOY co-star Son Yejin, with whom he has a son.
In the meantime, Lee is greatest identified for his lead roles within the Ok-dramas “My Woman,” “Guardian: The Lonely and Nice God (or Goblin),” “Story of the 9-Tailed,” “Story of the 9-Tailed 1938,” “Contact Your Coronary heart,” and “Scent of a Girl,” to call a couple of.
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