Actor Kim Nam-gil was confirmed on Thursday to take over actor Lee Jung-jae’s main character in the film “Rouge” alongside actress and Cannes Film Festival jury member Jeon Do-yeon.
Kim will play Jae-gon, a police detective in pursuit of a suspected killer. Jeon will play Hye-kyung, the suspect’s lover. Despite the clash, the two cannot help but develop personal feelings for each other.
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Actor Kim Nam-gil
Kim has played major characters in multiple TV shows, including MBC historical drama “Queen Seondeok (2009)”, SBS melodrama “Bad Guy (2010),” and KBS 2tv vengeance drama “Shark (2013).” “Rouge” is the first project in which Kim and Jeon work together.
The movie is set to start filming in June, after Jeon returns from the Cannes Film Festival in France.
By Chung Joo-won (joowonc@heraldcorp.com)