Park Shi-hoo and Jung Jae-young play cat and mouse
by girlfriday
Actors Park Shi-hoo and Jung Jae-young have been cast to play opposite each other in a new action thriller film called I Am a Murderer. Well, that’s direct. No dillydallying about, eh? When I saw that they had been cast as a detective and a killer, I assumed that they’d play to type — Park Shi-hoo as the good guy, Jung Jae-young as the bad guy. But they’ve both been cast against type, and against each other… which makes me instantly fascinated in the movie.
Park Shi-hoo will be playing a serial killer who gets prosecuted and does his time, and ends up writing a bestseller that details his crimes called I Am a Murderer. HA. I already love this premise. Okay, so serial killer turns bestselling author (true crime in the most literal sense of the genre), and then apparently something happens to make him a suspect in a fresh set of killings. That means he’s out of jail, right? But what kind of serial killer doesn’t serve multiple life sentences?
Jung Jae-young plays the dogged homicide detective who goes after the case, and the killer-turned-author-maybe-turned-killer-again. That sounds like a great psychological thriller mixed with action, and if he were a reformed killer who advised the cops on murderer psychology, they’d have a TV show. Wouldn’t they make the best odd couple?
Park is currently starring in the KBS fusion historical drama The Princess’s Man, and Jung’s latest film Countdown with Jeon Do-yeon is in theaters now. I Am a Murderer will be helmed by PD Jung Byung-gil of action-comedy-documentary Action Boys, and starts shooting October 7.
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1 Soom
September 29, 2011 at 11:17 AM
I love him!
..and him! Awesome news!
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2 Revy
September 29, 2011 at 11:18 AM
Jung Jae-young is one of my fav movie actors so i will definitely be watching this
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lovepark
September 29, 2011 at 2:06 PM
Same here!
Park Shi-hoo is good, but Jung Jae-young is amazing and an absolute favorite of mine!
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3 Annie
September 29, 2011 at 11:18 AM
Park Shi Hoo yay!
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4 danna
September 29, 2011 at 11:21 AM
That means he’s out of jail, right? But what kind of serial killer doesn’t serve multiple life sentences?
EXACTLY...do they not understand the psych behind serial killing at all??? This makes no sense at all imo
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aardvarksmile
September 29, 2011 at 1:48 PM
My first thought was actually that not only life sentence but there would be capital punishment applicable. Like in Maundy Thursday with Kang Dong Won. But there would be no story...
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Lorlena
September 29, 2011 at 2:10 PM
Maybe he is still in jail...but there is now a copycat(because of his book)...and then the part about "reformed killer who advised the cops on murderer psychology" makes perfect sense :) I want to see this now.
I loved Lee Jeong-Jin as a bad guy, Park Shi-hoo would be even better :)
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Sylvia
September 29, 2011 at 2:41 PM
That is similar to what I was picturing, too...
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mary
September 29, 2011 at 10:58 PM
Agree with you.
My initial suspicion was a copycat.
We-eeell if Park Shi Hoo's character got off lightly from the murders, perhaps it's one of his victim's friends who is doing the fresh killings to frame PSH.
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trixicopper
September 29, 2011 at 2:36 PM
I know. A serial killer can be reformed? Say wha...?
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Lorlena
September 29, 2011 at 5:08 PM
Sure. If we can have vampires and zombies we can have serial killers that can get reformed in jail's... Now we can even go for a Vampire Prosecutor crossover- he will discover the copycat killer by vamp-testing the victims blood.
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bananaspiltx
September 29, 2011 at 7:03 PM
nooo, i heard PSH's character wrote his book AFTER seventeen years. if you didnt know, in korea, if you commit a murder and don't get caught in 17 years (correct me if im wrong..), youre not guilty anymore.
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MeeisLee
September 30, 2011 at 7:02 PM
I think you might be right. How'd it go in Princess Prosecutor again? Hmm, idr how long the statue of limitations was in PP. Heh, funny how Park Shi Hoo was in that drama.
Very interesting.
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"That sounds like a great psychological thriller mixed with action, and if he were a reformed killer who advised the cops on murderer psychology, they’d have a TV show. "
Reminds me of "White Collar," except it's a con-artist and not a killer.
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Jo
September 29, 2011 at 7:21 PM
Can't you write and publish books in jai---then why would they even suspect----okay, nvm. We'll see how this works when the movie comes out.
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Lorlena
September 30, 2011 at 2:24 AM
he was in jail on some other charge..wrote the book after the year 17...and got out to kill again- catch me if you can.... Noooo Ill wait for the movie....
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5 Shelley
September 29, 2011 at 11:42 AM
Park Shi-hoo = Killer? I can't picture it.
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cille
September 29, 2011 at 1:08 PM
i can!
my only reasoning is that i couldn't picture go soo a killer in his previous movie "into the white night".. but he turned out to be great in it.
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park shi-hoo has such an awesome charisma in moving film that i'm getting excited just typing. lol
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Sylvia
September 29, 2011 at 2:32 PM
I can, too. Serial killers often look harmless, or even handsome - it's actually a factor in their success, because nobody assumes such a thing about such a nice-looking, charming man.
And in terms of fiction, the good-looking charming bad guys are always the most effectively scary ones, IMO.
But, yeah. Such a young guy who is a committed serial killer should NOT be out of prison. That's creepy in itself, really.
Maybe the assumption is he's committing the crimnes from inside prison somehow, with a helper...? Or escaping and returning secretly?
Izt sounds unlikely, I know, but I really don't want to think they set him free after 5 or 10 years or something...
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Kiara
September 29, 2011 at 7:31 PM
After watching him strangled his lady love in TPM I believe he can go from a sweet loving boyfriend to a cold hearted killer.
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Soom
September 30, 2011 at 9:33 AM
Yep! I had that scene in mind too. I'm convinced!
Wishing him luck in her first movie role, I really like this actor.
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Soom
September 30, 2011 at 11:18 AM
*his
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6 patazilla
September 29, 2011 at 11:45 AM
Oh, I'm so in for this. I would have expected Park Shi Hoo to be the killer, though, simply because being a detective fits him even less. xD
But hell - bestselling author??? Can't wait to see that... Him giving Jung's character, as you say, some advice on murder psychology would also be brilliant.
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7 mirabeau
September 29, 2011 at 11:47 AM
PARK SHI-HOOOOOOOOO <3. Enough said.
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8 kishane
September 29, 2011 at 11:56 AM
Park Shi-hooo
Wasn't a cannibal let out of jail? and he went on the tv circuit and such? However he committed the crimes in France and his family was well connected so....
maybe they couldn't agree on the guilt only that he was guilty of lesser crimes? who knows....
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9 bopbopbop
September 29, 2011 at 12:04 PM
park shi hoo has a serial killer! OMG CAN'T WAIT
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10 squishysushi
September 29, 2011 at 12:11 PM
What a busy year for PSH! Can't wait to see this film and see him as a bad boy. Bring it ON!
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11 yakno
September 29, 2011 at 12:23 PM
Sweeeett....
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12 angle2mx
September 29, 2011 at 12:44 PM
THIS sounds AWESOME. Pardon all the unecessary caps but this premise sooooooo cool. Movie you BETTER live upto my expectations. Serously you already bunch of brownie points for casting these two amazing actors. SO scriptwriter & director please please, I am begging(if you can't already tell) deliver an epic movie.
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13 bluelime
September 29, 2011 at 12:49 PM
thanks for posting this! =)
park shi-hoo <3
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14 HK
September 29, 2011 at 12:52 PM
This plot reminds me of the real-life case of Jack Unterweger. He was convicted of murder in 1970s Austria, authored stories and poems in prison, and then was released early in 1990. The Austrian intellectuals made him into a model for rehabilitation, and Unterweger became a well-known poet and journalist. Meanwhile, Unterweger was going around murdering women. There was apparently a similar case with an American prisoner, Jack Henry Abbott (became writer in prison, released early, committed murder).
But then, it seems that neither Unterweger nor Abbott were convicted of being serial killers the first time around. So if Park Shi Hoo's character was convicted of multiple murders and then released early, that would be messed up.
John Malkovich is portraying Unterweger in a performance called Infernal Comedy now. I bought tickets for it in New York, but I just read a bad review of it :(
Here's an article about the performance (just descriptive and going into the story of Unterweger). http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/30/malkovich-jack-unterweger-vienna-austria
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tildy
September 29, 2011 at 9:15 PM
I actually thought of Sagawa Issei, the Japanese guy who wrote that book about his murder and cannibalization of a French woman and then went on to become a celebrity. He works as a speaker, a writer, and makes regular appearances on TV. Not a serial killer (as far as we know - he walked free only 5 years after committing the murder), but the whole writing about murder thing definitely brought this guy to mind.
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15 Myn
September 29, 2011 at 1:26 PM
yayyyy excited!! PSH picks the best projects~
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16 Cynthia
September 29, 2011 at 1:42 PM
I'll be giving this one a miss. I hate creepy subjects like this.
It sounds like something written by James Patterson.
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17 Shiku
September 29, 2011 at 1:44 PM
Sounds very interesting, I will watch to see if he can pull it off.
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18 Noelle
September 29, 2011 at 1:57 PM
I find the innocent looking actors who play killers to be the creepiest. I'm thinking like Elijah Woods in Sin City. Creepy? OH HELLS YES! Can't wait to see this.
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Noelle
September 29, 2011 at 1:59 PM
Or like Eihi Shiina from Audition.
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19 TT
September 29, 2011 at 2:21 PM
PSH is amazing in TPM! Can't wait to see him in this new movie, esp. him playing a dark character...ooohhh...SEXY!
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20 JAM
September 29, 2011 at 2:44 PM
yayyyyyy!!! best news today! thanks!
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21 petirrojo
September 29, 2011 at 2:47 PM
Well... actually he could be guilty of multiple homicides and convicted for those crimes but get sprung from jail if there was something wrong with the prosecution's case -- e.g., tampered with witnesses or evidence -- and in some cases if the case cannot be sufficiently retried the criminal will be released. And, thanks to the concept of "double jeopardy," you cannot be tried twice for the same crime in many cases. (BTW, this also works for innocent people ).
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22 Jaeminuf
September 29, 2011 at 4:05 PM
Psyched for this film.
Not psyched about how little rest PSH will be getting between his projects.
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23 just saying...
September 29, 2011 at 4:35 PM
jung jae young, yes!!
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24 ...
September 29, 2011 at 5:01 PM
o this souds AWESOME!!!! but again... how long must we wait till there are subs??? :'(
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25 pohonphee
September 29, 2011 at 7:30 PM
So we are gonna get shower scene in jail xD
the premise sounds good. I like pscychological related theme.
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26 Arhazivory
September 29, 2011 at 7:35 PM
Well if they were looking to peak everyone's interest...that was highly successful. I'm so intrigued but....it'll be a while till its out.........then a longer while till it reaches DVD...then a shorter (hopefully) while till its subbed.
-_-'
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27 Peppy
September 29, 2011 at 8:18 PM
wooo!!! mighty excited to watch this.
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28 YY Chats with Toast Between Bites
September 29, 2011 at 8:43 PM
PSH morphed into Chucky in an ep of Princess's Man when he attempted to strangle the girl, so yeah, I think he'd make a chilling killer.
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29 Cam
September 29, 2011 at 8:55 PM
Ooooooo.......BINGO!!! \^_________^/
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30 pisang goreng
September 29, 2011 at 10:21 PM
me too.. i love jung jae young ever since i watched welcome to domangkol. great actor.
park shi hoo's not bad either so definitely up for this
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31 Jin Ari
September 29, 2011 at 10:43 PM
Shouldn't a serial killer out of prison be 100 years old?!!!!!!!
I love both actors of course, but the plot is lame!
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32 Banu
September 30, 2011 at 8:26 AM
YAY i'm loving it already.. He is gonna play a BAD GUY + KILLER.. awesome + he is not in Jail in write a book about his killing theories. *__*.. I hope he is like Yoo Ji Tae - OLDBOY character type cause he is NO1 Psycho character so far..XD
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33 Rachael
September 30, 2011 at 8:58 AM
I'm going to be the annoying one and point out a correction. Jail is where someone goes prior to convictions and also when initially arrested, but without bail money for release during a trial. Prison is where someone goes when convicted of a crime. They're not interchangable in meaning. :)
I'm really psyched for this as they're both against type and the plot sounds juicy if the writing holds.
A few theories on why he's be out after seventeen years: If he served his time, it could just be for one murder and they were never able to convict him on the rest. Makes the book extra vicious since it was probably released after the statute of limitations had expired as someone else pointed out. Another line of reasoning is the book caused him to get out due to various details, noting something fishy on the prosectution side, or corruption of evidence. We also don't know what kind of pull he has. It could also be that he served for murder, but it wasn't ruled as pre-mediated, but maybe involuntary manslaughter instead.
Just a few theories besides my cynical "The system let's someone because he killed people no one cares about and/or employed the I-was-very-drunk-and-won't-do-it-again-I'm-so-sorry spile". Anyways! Very excited for this film and already can't wait for just the first stills to come out!
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34 Alison
September 30, 2011 at 11:16 AM
Ha, like when OJ tried to write that book "If I Did It"?
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35 Jannes
September 30, 2011 at 11:50 AM
Not a genre that I particularly seek out, but if it ends up being good, or even decent, I'll definitely check it out for the actors. Am a fan of both Jung Jae-young and Park Si-hoo. Park Si-hoo's first movie role has got to be exciting for him. Love him and hope he knocks it out of the park. Am not familiar with the writer and PD, hope they make a good pair.
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36 songielove
September 30, 2011 at 1:40 PM
Ahh, Park Si Hoo. He's finishing up TPM this week and starting on this movie next week. >_< He's on a roll.~~ I love this man so much! I remember he joked about trying out a movie after QOR, but then TPM was announced and so i thought he'd scrapped that idea. I'm excited he hasn't because he's got so much charisma on the small screen that i think everyone needs to see it on the big screen too. This has got to be exciting for him, especially because his character is so unlike his others (well, except for Seung Yoo in TPM, who did come back to kill). XD I think he'll play the role well, considering his ease into the dark tone in PP (sorta) and especially in TPM. At least this time, he won't be an elite/noble/chaebol. ^^ Woo, i'm excited!!
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37 Toya
September 30, 2011 at 3:30 PM
"That means he’s out of jail, right? But what kind of serial killer doesn’t serve multiple life sentences? "
The type that they couldn't get for all the murders he committed.
If they could link him to one murder, and not strongly enough to convict for a life sentence, it's possible. I remember watching an A&E special on a serial killer that did something similar but they got him in the end, I think. It's been a while since I saw it.
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38 Wulan_dyz
September 30, 2011 at 4:57 PM
Love park si hoo<3
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39 DV
January 28, 2012 at 8:28 PM
Park shi hoo as a murder and a bad guy? Hheeem I don't care coz I'm still hang on with him, and it intersting movie look at my park shi hoo new cast, well what ever he's doing I will seen it. Saranghae oppa
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40 reshiel ore
February 9, 2013 at 2:11 AM
helo my dear park shi...your so handsome!!!!!
I LOVE YOU...............
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