According to Korea Herald, film distributor CJ ENM said that Korean director Park Chan Wook will begin filming the new movie "I Can't Help It" (working title) with the participation of Lee Byung Hun. and Son Ye Jin on August 17.
Based on the American novel titled “The Ax” by Donald E. Westlake, the film revolves around Man-soo, an employee who is fired from his paper manufacturing company.
Lee Byung Hun, the actor who worked with director Park Chan Wook on the 2000 mystery thriller “Joint Security Area” and the Korean part of the 2004 horror trilogy “Three... Extremes”, on male lead role Man-soo.
Son Ye Jin plays Man-soo's wife Mi-ri, a bright woman who takes the lead in dealing with the situation after her husband becomes unemployed.
"I Can't Help It" will be the return to the silver screen of famous director Park Chan Wook after the 2022 romantic mystery "Decision to Leave". His most recent work is the HBO original series “The Sympathizer,” based on the 2016 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name by Vietnamese-American author Nguyen Thanh Viet.
Notably, this is the first film of actress Son Ye Jin after more than 2 years she left the screen to build a family with Hyun Bin and give birth to her first son, since the drama "Age 39". broadcast on JTBC in 2022.
This is the first time Lee Byung Hun and Son Ye Jin have acted together in a movie, and also the first time Son Ye Jin has collaborated with director Park Chan Wook.
In addition, the film has the participation of actors Park Hee Soon, Lee Sung Min, Yeom Hye Ran, Cha Seung Won and Yoo Yeon Seok.
CJ ENM said the film's release date has not yet been decided.
