{"id":252562,"date":"2026-03-23T18:36:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T09:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/uncategorized\/2026\/03\/23\/director-jang-hang-jun-s-bold\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T16:30:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T07:30:31","slug":"director-jang-hang-jun-s-bold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/media\/2026\/03\/23\/director-jang-hang-jun-s-bold\/","title":{"rendered":"Director Jang Hang-jun&#8217;s Bold Casting Strategy for His Low-Budget Film Revealed!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"view_article\">\n<div id=\"article\">\n<div>\n<table cellpadding=\"2\" class=\"news_photo\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/contents-cdn.viewus.co.kr\/image\/2026\/03\/CP-2023-0081\/image-4fe8ba45-bc63-4f8d-9480-9514b97db65e.jpeg\" width=\"600\" border=\"0\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><font color=\"#3522A4\">Photo: Provided by Media Lab Siso<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>[Sports Today reporter Song O-jeong] Jang Hang-jun, the director behind the 10\u2011million-ticket hit The Man Who Lives with the King, is pursuing an unexpected casting gambit for his next project.<\/p>\n<p> Jang appears in the eighth episode of the YouTube series The Castle of Acting, released on the 23rd, where he advocates a low\u2011budget production strategy and steers casting with incisive talk and tactical moves.<\/p>\n<p> He gathered with Kim Eui\u2011sung and Im Hyung\u2011jun to celebrate The Man Who Lives with the King surpassing 10 million admissions. With both actors signaling interest in working with the milestone director, Jang cautioned against losing the original passion for filmmaking and introduced his current passion project: an ultra\u2011low\u2011budget indie titled International Lawyer.<\/p>\n<p> Raising the stakes, Jang listed several strong contenders for the lead before revealing that Lee Jun\u2011hyuk, who co-starred in The Man Who Lives with the King, had been tapped for the part \u2014 a disclosure that electrified the room.<\/p>\n<div>\n<table cellpadding=\"2\" class=\"news_photo\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/contents-cdn.viewus.co.kr\/image\/2026\/03\/CP-2023-0081\/image-cc2ead93-c460-4bd4-bfe5-7c723db79015.jpeg\" border=\"0\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><font color=\"#3522A4\"><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p> As a quiet rivalry surfaced between Kim Eui\u2011sung and Im Hyung\u2011jun over a supporting slot, Jang upended expectations by proposing they participate as investors rather than accept standard appearance fees. His pitch \u2014 essentially, \u201clet\u2019s make a splash\u201d \u2014 reportedly shifted the conversation from artistic considerations to the practical terms of involvement.<\/p>\n<p> Observers are now asking what Jang hopes to accomplish with this ultra\u2011low\u2011budget indie project and how his unconventional proposal will play out.<\/p>\n<p> Meanwhile, The Castle of Acting is a mockumentary\u2011style variety series fronted by Kim Eui\u2011sung, with Im Hyung\u2011jun credited as planner, director, writer and performer. Built on candid conversations among actors, the show intentionally blurs the line between acting and reality. Previous guests have included Park Jung\u2011min, Woo Hyun, Park Hae\u2011joon, Lee Dong\u2011hwi and Jin Seo\u2011yeon. Episode 8, which peels back the curtain on Jang\u2019s casting tactics, promises another surprising turn; it premieres today (the 23rd) at 6 p.m. on Vivo TV.<\/p>\n<p> [Sports Today reporter Song O-jeong <span><font color=\"blue\">ent@stoo.com<\/font><\/span>]<br \/>\u300cClosest to you, the most FunFun news \u24d2 Sports Today\u300d   <\/p>\n<div class=\"byeline\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- view_related --><!-- view_related\/\/ --><!-- \ubc14\uc774\ub77c\uc778 \ud558\ub2e8 2\uc904 \ud558\uc774\ub77c\uc774\ud2b8 --><!-- \ubc14\uc774\ub77c\uc778 \ud558\ub2e8 \ud558\uc774\ub77c\uc774\ud2b8 --><!-- next_article\/\/ --><\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50%\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Director Jang Hang-jun reveals casting strategies for his next low-budget film while celebrating his success with &#8216;The King\u2019s 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