Lee Min Ho is a famous Korean actor, but he is mainly known for his TV series. The most recent Korean film that Lee Min Ho starred in was Gangnam Blues in 2015.
Explaining why it took him 10 years to return to the big screen, Lee Min Ho said: When I go to the theater, I want to relax my emotions or feel a profound story. And I think, instead of actors in my 20s, there should be actors who make me feel something more profound.
That is why I decided to stay away from movies in my 20s and started participating in a new movie project in my 30s.
Lee Min Ho feels more responsible as he is in his late 30s. The actor added that he was recently inspired by actor Lee Jung Jae, when he saw his senior full of energy and immersed in artistic activities.
Based on the extremely popular online novel of the same name with more than 200 million views, Omniscientcient Reader: The Prophet tells the story of Kim Dok Ja (Ahn Hyo Seop), the sole reader of a long-running online novel.
On the day the novel ends after more than a decade, Dok Ja discovers the fictional world in the novel suddenly becoming a reality.
Dok Ja, along with the novel's main character Yoo Joong Hyuk (Lee Min Ho) and his accomplices, must find a way to survive in a world in decline.
Omniscient Reader revolves around the beginning of the original novel and is mainly developed from the perspective of Kim Dok Ja. Therefore, the appearance period of Yoo Joong Hyuk character is not much when considering Lee Min Ho's reputation in the cast.
However, Lee Min Ho emphasized: "I don't really care about the filming time. I think more about the meaning of existence and the role that my character plays in the story. As long as it is convincing enough, I don't care about the duration of appearance."
According to Lee Min Ho, when he took on the role in the series "Pachinko", he also had similar thoughts, and experienced many new things in this project.
Many comments say that Lee Min Ho is very suitable for the role of Yoo Joong Hyuk, because in this novel, he is described as handsome and possesses a cool ability to revive after death.
However, Lee Min Ho said: I never thought about having to look cool when acting. There are some factors in the script that make my character look very cool. But for me, the more the character has shortcomings, the more cool it looks.
Omniscient Reader: The Prophet starring Ahn Hyo Seop, Lee Min Ho, Nana, Chae Soo Bin, Shin Seung Ho, Jisoo (Blackpink) will be released on July 23.
Lee Min Ho confessed that he felt quite pressured because Yoo Joong Hyuk is a very famous character in the original novel and has a large fan base. The actor is anxiously waiting for the audience's reviews for the work.
