Overview
- Speaking at a August 19 production briefing in Yongsan, Seoul, Son Ye-jin recalled Park Chan-wook telling her that months of dance practice “doesn’t really show.”
- She said she trained for nearly three months for the sequence, which was ultimately removed from the film.
- No Other Choice pairs Son Ye-jin with Lee Byung-hun under Park Chan-wook’s direction, with castmates including Park Hee-soon, Lee Sung-min, Yeom Hye-ran, and Cha Seung-won.
- The film is set to premiere at the Venice International Film Festival on August 29, with a Busan Film Festival screening reported for September 17.
- Coverage notes the project as Son Ye-jin’s big-screen return, and reports describe the movie as an adaptation of Donald E. Westlake’s The Ax.