Park Myeong-su's serious acting in 'Exhuma', from Russian acting theory lessons to recreating 'Infinite Company'

In a video released through the YouTube channel Hawasu, the cast members underwent a special training process for drama acting. This video captures acting lessons conducted by Professor Kim Hyun-ah, a major in Russian acting theory, who participated as an assistant to prepare for upcoming drama filming. Based on her background of graduating from a theater and film department in Korea and being active at the Meyerhold Theatre in Moscow, Professor Kim delivered professional acting theories.

3-Step Training Based on Russian Acting Theory: Body, Breath, and Practice

Professor Kim Hyun-ah cited immersion, the script, the actor's body and voice, and emotions as the core elements of acting. The training proceeded in stages, and the first stage was 'body training,' which involves controlling the body before making sound. Professor Kim warned against sounds being released without purpose and explained the importance of the process of balancing the body and pushing breathing energy into sound energy. In particular, she emphasized that when making sound, one must use the body extensively while pushing out the breathing energy together.

The second is 'breathing training.' Professor Kim emphasized that when speaking a lot or speaking quickly, stiffness should not occur in the voice. The key is that even if one speaks a lot or speaks difficult words, no stiffness should be felt in the voice. In particular, since the vocal cords are attached to the shoulder muscles, she presented specific training methods to release tension by moving the arms and shoulders when speaking. She also explained that pronunciation and breathing determine the credibility and confidence of a character.

The final stage was 'practical training' utilizing scenes from the drama 'My Husband's Woman.' Professor Kim emphasized that acting must start from 'action' before the lines. A process followed to induce emotions to be loaded into the lines through situational settings. During the training, guidance was also provided that in an angry situation, one must chew and spit out words to allow emotions to be conveyed through the lips.

Recreating Past Appearances 'Exhuma' and 'Infinite Company'

During the training process, the cast members' past appearance videos were also dealt with. In particular, a video was released of Park Myeong-su appearing as a nursing assistant in the 2002 work 'My Name is Princess.' Regarding Park Myeong-su's acting in the video, the cast members reacted by mentioning his past self. The cast members reacted while mentioning the acting appearance in the video.

In the following process, a scene recreating the situation of 'Infinite Company' was directed. Based on the training content learned earlier, the cast members showed attempts to immerse themselves in the situation by chewing and spitting out lines or performing actions first. At the end of the video, the cast members concluded by proposing a toast of reconciliation, borrowing the situation of 'Infinite Company.'