Ha Jungwoo, Gong Hyojin, and Kim Dongwook from the movie 'The People Upstairs' met with audiences in Busan. Through the talkshow event, they shared stores about the movie, which is scheduled to be released at the end of this year. The disappointing part was that despite being almost 15 minutes late and making the audience wait, the actors did not offer any single proper apology.
On the morning of the 19th at 11 AM, the talkshow event for the movie 'The People Upstairs' was held at the outdoor stage of the Busan Cinema Center in Haeundae-gu, Busan. Director and producer Ha Jungwoo was joined by main stars Gong Hyojin and Kim Dongwook. The event was also being broadcasted live.
'The People Upstairs' was officially invited to the 'Korean Cinema Today - Special Premiere' section. The movie tells an unpredictable story that unfolds when a couple living upstairs (Ha Jungwoo and Lee Honey) and a couple living downstairs (Gong Hyojin and Kim Dongwook) end up having dinner together after being brought together by the unusual noises between floors every night. Ha Jungwoo both directed and starred in this movie, following his previous works, 'Rollercoaster,' 'Chronicle of a Blood Merchant,' and 'Lobby.'
The appearance of these nationally beloved actors drew significant attention. The host went on stage first to greet the audience and announced that the actors would be late due to traffic congestion in Busan. They eventually arrived on stage at 11:14 AM, 14 minutes later than the scheduled time.
The area around the Busan Cinema Center in U-dong, Haeundae-gu, often experiences heavy traffic, especially when film festival events are held. It is also true that the traffic congestion that day was worse than usual due to other measures. Given that the actors had to move according to their schedules, it is not difficult to understand why they were late.
What disappointed the audience was that the actors began the talkshow without a single word of apology. They greeted the audience by commenting on the great weather in Busan and their thoughts on attending the film festival, but they did not apology to the audience for making them wait for nearly 15 minutes.
Although it was a cloudy day without direct sunlight, Ha Jungwoo and Gong Hyojin wore sunglasses on stage. While sunglasses are a widely accepted fashion accessory, it was a bit disappointing for fans who had come specifically to see the actors' faces. While Gong Hyojin briefly took her sunglasses off and made eye contact with the audience, Ha Jungwoo kept his on the entire time.
-Is it really that hard to say 'Sorry'?
-They still haven't changed at allㅋㅋㅋ
-It's common basic manner to apologize when you're late and take off your sunglasses at an indoor event. How would you feel if hundreds of people in the audience wore sunglasses? They're so arrogant, especially when they're there to promote their movie. Neither of them can even attract audiences or ratings anymore, let's just use younger actors from now on. I looked it up and found that Ha Jungwoo is the director. Is he seriously acting like that at an event for his own movie?ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Looks like the reporters were pissed off.
-How shameless..
-Did they drink the night before?ㅋㅋ
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Why is this lowkey funny?
-Get it together, you two...
-I'm not even surprised at all... They look like the people who would do something like that.
-I'm not surprised at all.
-Why are they wearing sunglasses?
-Whoa... They have no manners.
-That's seriously so rude.
-Being late is indeed wrong. But is 14 minutes late that big of a deal that you have to write an article about it?
-Why on earth did they not apologize??
