Actor Lee Byung-hun suffered an absurdity at the Cannes International Film Festival: a reporter greeted Lee Byung-hun in Japanese.
The film Emergency Declaration was officially invited to the 74th Cannes Festival non-competition category, attended by director Han Jae-rim and actors Kang-Ho Song, Lee Byung-hun and Siwan. They first greeted the former World moviegoers through Photo Call, the official photo Event of the Film Festival, at 10:50 a.m. on the 16th (local time).
The photo call was held at the Palad Festival, where the Cannes Film Festival is held. A total of four leading actors, including Han Jae-rim, Kang-Ho Song, Lee Byung-hun and Siwan, attended the Event.
The Emergency Declaration, which will be first unveiled to the former World as World Freemere in the Cannes Film Festival non-competitive sector, has inspired the Cannes Film Festival with a photo call Event.
The director and actors responded with a pleasant and bright smile to the flash baptism of overseas media along with relaxed manners. Cannes Film Festival judge Kang-Ho Song, closing ceremony winner Lee Byung-hun was cheered for leading the photo call with a professional Pose for the reporters who filled the front and back of the Event.
But the absurdity of the personal photocall happened: Lee Byung-hun took a photo shoot following Kang-Ho Song, and the reporters scrambling to put him on camera.
In particular, the reporters asked Lee Byung-hun for various Pose, and Lee Byung-hun took a Pose with a unique smile. Then, a reporter greeted Lee Byung-hun, who responded to the request, in Japanese, saying, "Arigato." Lee Byung-hun said, "Hahaha."
Netizens are responding that the reporters are "disrespectful" and "mistakes". Lee Byung-hun is well known as a Korean actor who is also active in Hollywood, and if he went to cover, he should have known that he was an actor in a Korean movie.
It is also a reaction that the reporter may have mistaken Lee Byung-hun, an Asian, as a Japanese actor and mistakenly greeted him in Japanese.
Meanwhile, Thierry Freemo, executive chairman and Cristiano Ronaldo, vice chairman of the executive committee, had an unusual long conversation with the Emergency Declaration team just before the photo month, drawing attention locally. “You visited Cannes at a time when it wasn’t easy,” said Thierry Freemo, executive chairman. “I am very happy that Korean filmmakers have come to Cannes,” said Cristiano Ronaldo, vice chairman of the committee, and added, “It is very encouraging that Korean films have visited Cannes for the past 25 years.”
Emergency Declaration is a reality aviation disaster film that takes place over a plane that declared unconditional landing in the face of a unprecedented disaster situation. Han Jae-rim's new film, which has directed The King (2017) and The Coronation (2013), will be accompanied by Kang-Ho Song, Lee Byung-hun, Jeon Do-yeon, Kim Nam-gil, Siwan, Kim So-jin and Park Hae-joon to show a perfect performance ensemble.
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