Official poster of “You Call It Passion” (NEW)

A showcase for the movie “You Call It Passion,” starring actors Park Bo-young, Jung Jae-young, Bae Sung-woo, Oh Dal-su and Ryu Deok-hwan was held at a Lotte Cinema near Konkuk University Station in Seoul on Thursday.

During the three-hour long event, including a sneak preview of the movie, actors Park Bo-young and Jung Jae-young and director Jeong Gi-hun amused fans, sharing their thoughts on the movie and answering questions from the audience.

“You Call It Passion,” based on the original novel by Lee Hye-rin, is a South Korean comedy film about rookie sports reporter Do Ra-hee (Park Bo-young) facing numerous struggles in an attempt to publish exclusive entertainment news, continuously being grilled by her chief, Ha Jae-kwan (Jung Jae-young).

The two heroines of the movie, Park and Jung, and the director came up to the stage after the movie was over and spent some time reflecting on the making of the movie, focusing on some of the lines appeared in the movie.

In the movie, Do Ra-hee on her first day as a rookie reporter asks, “Is there no day off at all?” Ha Jae-kwan replies there is not, indicating that Ra-hee might be in trouble for asking such question.

Reflecting back on the line, Park said Ra-hee could not tell what to say or what not to say on her first day at work, and continued on to talk about her real life experience starting off in the business.

A scene from “You Call It Passion” (NEW)

Park said, “I was very nervous when I first debuted. Everyone was nice but it was me who was very much frightened by just about everything.” She added, “I thought Jung would be a scary person, but now I know he cares a lot about his fellow coworkers and is very friendly to everyone.”

Jung playing Ha Jae-kwan, portrayed as a growling, horrible senior to his colleagues, had to shout continuously in the movie.

When asked about his throat condition, half-jokingly, Jung said it actually went really bad when filming the movie, but explained that it was nothing new as he would use a lot of his loud voice even in his daily life.

The actors then described what “passion” means to them in their own words.

Park said the word “passion” also includes a negative connotation as it can put a strain on one’s life when pressured to be passionate all the time, while Jung said “passion,” in a simple sense, is all about “enduring.”

Close to the end of the showcase, some fans were randomly chosen to come up to the stage and given an opportunity to hug either Park or Jung, where every one of the fans cheered most loudly for Park and looked extremely excited to just see Park up close.

Park, Jung and the director yelled out “passion” three times to end the show.

The movie opens in local theaters Nov. 25.

By Lee Hye-won (hyewonlee@heraldcorp.com)