Actors Kim Su-an and Gong Yoo attend the 'Train To Busan (Bu_San-Haeng)' photocall during the 69th Annual Cannes Film Festival on May 14, 2016 in Cannes, France. (Photo : Getty Images/Pascal Le Segretain)
"Coffee Prince" star Gong Yoo, whose real name is Gong Ji-Chul, has revealed new details about the possible "Train To Busan" sequel. The 37-year-old star played Seok-Woo in the blockbuster zombie apocalypse thriller film.
In a recent interview with local news outlet Sports Chosun, as cited by Soompi, Gong revealed he already expressed his desire to appear in the possible "Train to Busan" sequel film. However, director Yeon Sang-Ho has stored in some different plans.
"I talked about this with director Yeon Sang-Ho," Gong said. "I said that I thought my character Seok-Woo might be living somewhere as a zombie, but director Yeon said that when Seok-Woo fell off the train, he broke his neck and died."
The "Coffee Prince" actor suggests director Yeon could make a sequel film from Sang-Hwa's (Ma Dong-Seok) perspective since the character is still living on as a zombie. "Train To Busan," which had its debut in the Midnight Screenings section at this year's Cannes Film Festival, set a record as the first Korean film of 2016 to break the audience record with more than 10 million theatergoers.
The blockbuster zombie apocalypse thriller film follows a group of passengers battling their way through a nationwide zombie outbreak, while trapped on a Busan-bound bullet train. It has been exported to 156 countries, including the United States, Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan, China and India and has grossed $88,146,403 worldwide, as of this writing.
While nothing has been officially set in stone yet, an animated prequel, "Seoul Station," was released on Aug. 18. The prequel stars Ryu Seung-Ryong, Lee Joon and Shim Eun-Kyung in the lead roles.
Meanwhile, Gong will be making his long-awaited comeback to the small screen in Kim Eun-Sook's new fantasy-romance drama, "Goblin," Han Cinema reported. He will star along with Kim Go-Eun, Lee Dong-Wook, and Yoo In-Na.
With program director Lee Eun-Bok at the helm, "Goblin" follows the peculiar relationship between a goblin, Kim Shin (Gong) and an amnesiac grim reaper, Wang Yeo (Lee). The two of them lives together and sees the dead off into the afterlife.
Check out the "Train to Busan" trailer below:
