Director Heo Jin-ho, on the controversy over the history of 'Assassin(s)': "I'm upset by the red XX reaction,,,,,,,, I never expected it to be disparaged like this."

On the 30th, director Heo Jin-ho expressed his frustration during a phone call on the YouTube channel 'Bong Ji-wook's Off the Record' regarding the controversy surrounding 'Assassin(s)', saying, "When we made the film, the actors and staff worked really hard. I never expected to be disparaged like this. Actors are struggling now, in some ways," he said,,,, "The actors have known about these things anyway, but to frame them as a historical distortion controversy like this," expressing his frustration, but in reality, film critic Lee Dong-jin, YouTuber Jimobi, Choi Tae-sung, and Kim Dan-gun were the ones who fanned the fire!! Director Heo said, "Right now, the titles are 'Park Chung-hee killed Yuk Young-soo,' 'It's immoral,' 'He copied North Korean movies,' and 'Kim Jong-il apologized .' They talk about these three ,,, but they all have different stories especially not putting Park Chung-hee in the spotlight," dismissing them as unconvincing. He especially said, "It's really upsetting that people are talking about 'red XX.' What I talked about with Park Hae-il while making the film wasn't about the country or the nation; what matters is the truth given to the reporter," adding, "That's what Ms. Lee Young-hee said. It's a bit difficult to find facts that benefit oneself, either way, but I think I wanted to talk about that," he said. ,,, Lee Dong-jin said, "It can't just be dismissed as a conspiracy theory," and "There are aspects that the work has gone out a bit," which sparked controversy in the comment section. ,,, YouTuber Jimobi, who has over 4 million subscribers, started a military fire and the video was deleted without much notice, and Kim Dan-gun just explained, "I didn't know it could be uncomfortable for someone," and that's what the !! The film 'Assassins' As the film 'Assassins' has become embroiled in controversy over historical distortion, the blame has spread even to lead actor Yoo Hae-jin. In response to the Burger King commercial featuring Yoo Hae-jin as the model, comments criticized his appearance in the film by saying he was "disappointed," and it has been confirmed that the comment writing function for the video has now been suspended. When a netizen said Yoo Hae-jin had frequently appeared in North Korea-themed films before, People Power Party lawmaker Joo Jin-woo said his face was 'North Korean statue,' ,,,Movies should be seen as movies, it's too serious. Conservative journalist Jin Joong-kwon said so, calling it "a lousy conspiracy theory scenario as cheap as a pupae IQ," and added, "I'll just understand it as an incident where actors stepped on poop!!!!!!