The cast of “The Maze Runner” kicked off promotion of the Hollywood action flick here Wednesday with a press conference, radio show and red carpet event.
Dylan O’Brien, Thomas Brodie-Sangster and Lee Ki-hong, who play lead roles in the movie, turned up at Incheon Airport early Tuesday, and their visit soon went viral on social media.
Dylan O’Brien, Thomas Brodie-Sangster and Lee Ki-hong (Yonhap)
A tweet with a link to a news article saying the cast would appear on a radio show was retweeted over 4,700 times and received nearly 500 likes.
Lee also posted on his Instagram account a picture with the caption, “Maze runner press tour day 1,” which garnered over 120,000 likes in a day.
Fans quickly produced retouched photos of the cast members and shared them on Twitter and Facebook.
A Korean fan page for Brodie-Sangster followed the cast’s schedule in real time by retweeting footage of the recording for the radio show and posting pictures of the press conference.
“Maze Runner: The Death Cure” is set to be released Wednesday.
By Park Ju-young (jupark@heraldcorp.com)
