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