“Descendants of the Sun” actor Song Joong-ki, who is no longer appearing in the upcoming Season 2 of the Korean drama, is shifting image from being an Army captain to a prisoner of war for his movie comeback role as Park Mu Young in “Battleship Island.”
He provided more details of the movie such as posting online some photos of the movie set which would be shot in Nami Island, Chuncheon, Gangwon Province. To be directed by Ryu Seung Wan it, the war movie requires Song Joong-ki to lose weight, so he is following a strict diet and exercise regime to lose weight.
Dreamers, an Indonesian entertainment website, reported that shooting of "Battleship Island" would begin on Friday, June 17. CJ EM, the distributor of the movie, hinted that similar to “Descendants of the Sun” which was broadcast simultaneously by KBS 2TV in South Korea and iQiyi in China, the war movie would also be released on the same date in 2017 in the two countries where the 16-episode blockbuster made TV history.
The CJ EM representative added, “Currently, Korea and China share the scars of World War II, so it is very likely that this film will be released on the same date in Korea and China.”
Before his Hong Kong fan meet, Song Joong-ki admitted that there were times he felt like cheating on his diet, especially when best friend Lee Kwang Soo arrived in Hong Kong to be his special guest in the June 10 fan meet which drew a crowd of 8,000 fans.