Director Reveals Why She Chose Song Ji Hyo And Kim Mu Yeol To Be The Main Leads In Upcoming Movie

The upcoming film entitled "The Trespasser's" lead star Song Ji Hyo and Kim Mu Yeol are showing the complete opposite sides of themselves.

Song Ji Hyo was a model for the Kiki Magazine before she was debuted as an actress. The reason why she chose the name "Song Ji-hyo" as her stage name was because she idolized two famous actors named Song Seung-heon and Song Hye-kyo. She has seen them both playing the main protagonists of "Autumn in My Heart."

Eventually, she was seen in Lee Soo-young's music videos "And I Love You" and JTL's "Just Say Goodbye." Song Ji Hyo also made a cameo appearance in the television series "Age of Innocence."

In the year 2003 after beating out 3000 actors in an audition, she made her film debut in "Wishing Stairs" which is the third installment of the horror film series Whispering Corridors."

In the 24th Blue Dragon Film Awards, she was nominated for the Best New Actress Blue Dragon Film Awards for her amazing performance in the film. And in the year 2004, she starred in the crime thriller' Some' in which she portrayed as a reporter.

Actor Kim Mu-yeol started out as a musical theatre actor and became successful in it. And the roles he played on stage are child murderers Richard/Nathan in Thrill Me and gambler Sky Masterson in Guys and Dolls. In the year 2009 Korea Musical Awards, Kim Mu-yeol won Best Actor for his amazing performance in "Melchior in Spring Awakening."

It is a rock musical that dealt with such prohibited topics like teenage pregnancy, sexual and physical abuse, and homosexuality.

The mystery thriller film titled "The Trespasser" tells the story about Yoo Jin, a woman who went missing and returns home after 25 years and her older brother named Seo Jin the man who eventually finds himself growing more and more suspicious of his younger sister and the things that in the end was happening within the family.

"The Trespasser" is Director Song Won Pyung's first-ever feature film has opened up about the reason why she chose to cast Song Ji Hyo in the film and also mentioned Kim Mu Yeol.

Director Song Won Pyung expressed that she thought it was a shame that Song Ji Hyo always ended up playing roles that were bright and playful very similar to the personality she shows on variety shows. She added that she wanted to be able to discover the side of Song Ji Hyo as an actress that was cool, mysterious, and slightly depressed. That is why she chose to cast Song Ji Hyo for the role of Yoo Jin.

The director also mentioned Song Ji Hyo's co-star Kim Mu Yeol, who she said had to dampen his strong attitude for something more on the delicate side for this role. She also stated that she wants to see more of an emotional side from Kim Mu Yeol that we are yet to see so she gave him that challenge adding that Kim Mu Yeol is an actor that can do just about anything.

Lastly, Director Song Won shared that both of the actors contain a great sense about them that makes them quick to grip their roles, so both of them showed an energetic attitude during filming.

"The Trespasser" is scheduled to premiere on March 12, 2020.