“Broker” director created a new scene in the movie because he wanted to listen to IU singing

A behind story about the casting of singer-actress Lee Ji-eun (IU) for the movie “Broker” has been revealed.

Film journalist Lee Eun-seon mentioned several stories related to “Broker” on CBS Radio’s Kim Hyun-jung’s News Show” on May 30th.

Regarding the casting of Korean actors, especially Lee Ji-eun, by Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda, the journalist explained, “Director Kore-eda watched ‘My Mister’ during the Covid-19 pandemic period”.

She continued, “He didn’t understand the Korean lines but he could get the feeling when the actors say the lines. He believed that they were actors who can catch the feelings and nuance really fast”, adding, “After realizing that Lee Ji-eun is a singer, he even searched and watched many performance DVDs and Youtube videos of her.”

The way director Hirokazu Kore-eda got to know about Lee Ji-eun before the movie production led to a special scene in the movie.

The journalist said, “In ‘Broker’, there is a scene where Lee Ji-eun sings a lullaby to her child. This scene was added after Lee Ji-eun got cast. He (the director) also shared, ‘I wanted to listen to Lee Ji-eun singing, so I think I might have added the scene without realizing it’.”

Meanwhile, “Broker” is a film that depicts how people who met through abandoned children in baby boxes become family members. Song Kang-ho, who plays Sang-hyeon in this movie, was recently honored with the Best Actor at the 75th Cannes Film Festival.

Source: dispatch