Hes definitely mired in survivors guilt and PTSD, and he is a haunted yet determined man.

It was actually much more challenging for me to portray the darker Gi-hun, Lee explained through a translator.

When you are a darker character, you cant be so expressive, and Gi-hun is always tense.

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So I thought, what would make me look very grounded?

So that was the hard part.

Because I realize that while he is a darker character, he is a very altruistic character.

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So and I understood that, [and] that made it easier for me to portray this character.

So I actually felt very comfortable going to set and conveying and portraying my character.

He ended by joking, And we have very good catering food there, so I love that too.

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So I think this is the time I feel the most pressure, like doing these interviews and junkets.

Im getting a lot of pressure from this.

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