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Steven YeunsBurningcharacter will leave you with a chill.
(At one point, Jong-su remarks that Ben is Gatsby-esque.)
But Ben is right there, and hes bored because nobody else is there with him.
One of the most important details of Yeuns performance might belost on non-Korean speakers.
Director Lee wanted Ben to speak Korean that isnt colloquial or casual, but very specifically articulated.
My Korean was left intact because when we immigrated, my folks only spoke Korean in the house.
My pronunciation was pretty spared, Yeun explained.
He doesnt sound like an average, normal person.
We wanted to check that the Korean was exact.
He speaks the most textbook Korean.
But other people think that hes not speaking Korean well at all.
It depends on who you ask, but from a Korean speaking standpoint, its the former.
