Song Joong-ki Recalls His First BIFF Appearance, “I Got Goosebumps At ‘A Werewolf Boy’ Screening”

Actor Song Joong-ki talked about the moment he first came to the Busan International Film Festival

On October 6th, the 28th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF)’s special talk event “Actors’ House – Song Joong-ki” was held at the KNN Theater in Udong, Haeundae, Busan.

Song Joong-ki visited BIFF again after two years with the movie “Hopeless”. In particular, “Hopeless” attracted keen attention as it was invited to the 76th Cannes International Film Festival. Starring in this movie without guarantee, Song Joong-ki is expected to show an intense transformation as Chi-geon, the middle boss of an organization.

The actor also became a father after welcoming his first son in June.

At “Actors’ House” talk show, Song Joong-ki shared, “As the Korean movie competition has become more difficult, I’m desperate and grateful to be here”, adding “I really enjoy talking to the audience”.

He continued, “I like to communicate with other people directly but I can’t do it anywhere else except for film festivals. That’s why I want to do more events like this”, adding “I’m very happy and excited to talk with the audiences here. Like I want to have a glass of soju with you all”.

In addition, Song Joong-ki confessed, “The first time I officially came to BIFF was with actress Park Bo-young for the film ‘A Werewolf Boy’. I think it’s been more than 10 years since then”.

Recalling the past, he said, “‘A Werewolf Boy’ was screened for the first time at an outdoor theater”, adding “Park Bo-young and I were both new actors and the director was also a newbie, so I thought, ‘What if we couldn’t fill all the seats?’. However, I got goosebumps when I saw the audience fill the venue up to the stairs. They shed tears together when Chulsoo (Song Joong-ki’s character) cried and said Chulsoo was cute.”

Meanwhile, Song Joong-k starred in the 2012 film “A Werewolf Boy” with actress Park Bo-young.

Source: Daum