Park Hae Soo still wants to show originality in the Money Heist remake, Money Heist: Korea ― Joint Economic Area.
After the success of the 2017 Netflix series, director Kim Hong Sun decided to have a remake and continuation of the original Money Heist. The Korean series focuses on the hostage crisis situation in the Korean Peninsula while presenting its main characters with different abilities and characteristics.
Although the series also has the same names of the characters, Park Hae Soo made sure that his character would be different from the original.
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Park Hae Soo Talks About His Efforts To Make Berlin Different
The Squid Game actor had an interview with The Korea Times on Tuesday and talked about his role in Money Heist: Korea ― Joint Economic Area.
Park Hae Soo plays the role of Berlin in the Money Heist remake, the most-wanted 41-year-old North Korean who was previously a prisoner of the Kaechon concentration camp. He infamously entered detention at the age of nine and stayed there for 25 years.
Unlike the Professor, Park Hae Soo’s Berline/Song Jung Ho opts to use violence in his crimes.
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According to the actor, he extremely focused on playing Berlin’s role while trying hard not to imitate the original character. He made it possible by playing the role seriously and learning Berlin’s different backstory.
"When I read the script, I could see the parts of the character that I can portray differently, and because he had a different subplot, I wanted to approach it like that," he said. "Also, it starred so many actors that I like so I really wanted to join. The role of Berlin is very attractive so I wanted to take the challenge."
Park Hae Soo Spends Time Researching
Aside from learning how to act as Berlin, Park Hae Soo reportedly researched real-life cases and the life stories of people who grew up behind bars after trying to escape the country.
For Park Hae Soo, he started developing an interest in war refugees and divided peninsulas while doing theater. To make his portrayal more realistic, he searched for videos and stories from North Korean internment camps and learned the drill.
Although he and the cast members have been doing well because they researched their characters, he admitted that they have been receiving mixed reviews as Money Heist: Korea ― Joint Economic Area, has an original series people can be compared to.
Money Heist: Korea ― Joint Economic Area still topped the charts in 11 countries and ranked third overall.
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