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Recently, actor Ryu Jun Yeol had an interview with local media for his recently released Netflix K-drama Mousetrap.
Mousetrap is a mystery chase thriller that follows Moon Jae (Ryu Jun Yeol), whose name, face, and entire life are stolen by a mysterious man known as "The Rat".
The Netflix series Mousetrap has been receiving positive responses both in Korea and abroad, entering the Top 10 in over 45 countries worldwide. At the interview, Ryu Jun Yeol said he had received messages from acquaintances saying they enjoyed the series but also shared that he tends to deliberately avoid looking up comments and reviews after a project is released.
He said, "It's not because I'm afraid of being shaken. I tend to do so because I don't want to get stressed. Once a project has already been released, there's nothing I can do about it, so I think, 'Let's just do well at what I'm working on now.' When a film is released, I do check its performance, but I don't really look up people's reactions."
He also said that he consciously tries to keep his acting and real life separate. Ryu Jun Yeol explained, "I think that on set, an actor's actions based on their own mood, emotions, or character could make someone uncomfortable or potentially cause problems for the production," adding, "That is why I try to separate acting and my life even more. You can carry some of the emotions from a project with you in your everyday life, but I try to avoid letting them extend into my life as a whole."
He continued, "That is how I protect and preserve myself. I believe there are things more important than acting or being an actor. It is the life I live as Ryu Jun Yeol. It could be my role as a son, or my role as a husband or a friend." "I don't think that being an actor, acting, or art can ever take precedence over my life, for any reason. My life has to come first for acting and for me to exist as an actor."
He also revealed that he consciously keeps his distance from comments and entertainment news articles: "As I made my debut and continued [working in the industry], I came to feel that simply reading entertainment news itself was stressful, even when the articles were not about me," he said, adding, "So, I try to focus only on good things. I don't mean good stories about me. I tend to consciously seek out beautiful, heartwarming, or moving stories," he said.
Mousetrap is streaming on Netflix.
Source: Ten Asia
