THE VILLAIN
OF
OUR
NIGHTMARES
THAT
LEE JOON
GI
HAS
BEEN
THREATENING
TO PLAY
SINCE
2007
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 For nearly two decades, Lee Joon Gi has been quietly plotting something. Something terrifying. He has wanted to play a villain. And not just any villain. Lee Joon Gi has been dreaming of a full-fledged, nightmare-inducing, psychological menace ever since his trip to Hawaii to receive his Rising Star Award for The King and the Clown at the Hawaii International Film Festival Film in 2007. He was only 25 years old then, but already speaking like a man with dark plans.
Fans
know exactly why this is exciting. Lee Joon Gi never simply plays a character.
He absorbs them. He becomes them. Give him a villain role, and he won't just
walk into the darkness - he'll invite us all in for a deeply unsettling tour. Imagine
it: the savage eyes, the manic energy, the unsettling sinister smile. A villain
so compelling that audiences forget to root for the hero. A character so
chilling that we'd spend weeks debating whether he was evil, insane,
misunderstood, or all three. His
performance could become a masterclass in villainy. The line between sanity and
madness? Human morality? Gone.
What's
fascinating is that Lee Joon Gi has been remarkably consistent about this
ambition.
Back in 2007, while attending the Hawaii International Film Festival, he
was asked a simple question: ‘Any particular type of role you want to play?’
Most rising stars would have answered with something safe and charming. Lee Joon Gi chose chaos. ‘I want to play the most wicked villain that the world has ever seen.
Because I believe as a villain, you should be able to portray much more
psychologically diverse aspects of it than when you play a good guy. That's why
such a role will be such a great challenge for an actor. I would love it even
more if that's a villain with multiple personalities. I would love to play that
kind of role.’
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      This was not the answer people expected from a handsome young actor whose popularity was exploding across Asia. At 25, he was already dreaming of becoming cinema's worst nightmare.
Then came 2012. Fresh out of military service and after his concert JG
TIME WITH YOU At Home in Japan, he was asked again: ‘Any role you'd like
to play?’
His answer? ‘A bad guy. But someone mysterious who makes your hair stand on end. Choose me, directors. I have free time.’
Then he demonstrated a wicked expression. Because apparently saying it
wasn't enough. He needed visual aids.  https://www.instagram.com/jg_k_drama/p/DZ1YKONDZ6X/?hl=en&img_index=2      
Lee
Joon Gi even posted an image of himself as a psychopath on Instagram on 23 January
2015.
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So, when reports emerged recently that Lee Joon Gi had been offered the
villain role in Netflix's Dochabi, fans collectively cheered him on.
For many, this feels less like casting news and more like the possible
fulfillment of a 19-year prophecy. Of course, nothing is official yet. Namoo
Actors has stated that Lee Joon Gi is positively reviewing the offer, but no
final decision has been made.
The project will be directed by Ahn Tae Jin, whose 2022 film, The
Night Owl was both critically acclaimed and commercially successful.
Interestingly, Lee Joon Gi and Ahn Tae Jin go way back. They previously worked
together on The King and the Clown in 2005, when Ahn Tae Jin served as
an assistant director. Filming
is reportedly scheduled to begin in August. If Lee Joon Gi finally accepts the role as the terrifying, psychologically complex villain he has been talking
about since his twenties, fans may finally get what they've been waiting nearly
two decades to see:
Not Lee Joon Gi the courageous hero. Not Lee Joon Gi the handsome and dashing prince. Not Lee Joon Gi the romantic king.
But Lee Joon Gi, the villain who smiles sweetly while giving everyone
nightmares.
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