Kim Myung-min starts filming Pace Maker

20 April 16, 2011April 15, 2011

by javabeans

It’s nice to see Kim Myung-min lightening up again, considering how intense and emotionally draining his projects have been in recent years. (For instance, he played a minister who loses his faith in God when his daughter is kidnapped in The Demolished Man, and pushed his body to the limit while playing a dying man in My Love By My Side.)

He was in the recently released mystery-sageuk-comedy Joseon’s Great Detective, which let him show his underutilized comic skills, and how he dons a chicken helmet for his new movie Pace Maker.

This is the first still released from the movie, which just began filming this week. In it, Kim plays a marathon pace maker — a runner who is employed to set the pace at the outset of a race, usually in order to help another runner stay on track to win. For instance, Kim’s character only runs 30km of the race, and dreams of becoming a top marathoner in full 42km races who runs for himself.

At the point in the story that the pictured scene takes place, Kim has given up on his dreams and is living at his friend’s chicken restaurant, in exchange for delivering food orders. When the delivery bike breaks down, he runs. And if you happen to have a chicken helmet on hand despite not needing it when you’re bikeless, why pass up the chance to wear it, eh?

“National actor” Ahn Sung-ki (Fair Love, May 18) plays the cold-hearted director of the national marathon team who uses Kim’s character as part of his training strategy for his athletes. Go Ara (Who Are You, Heading to the Ground) plays a pole vaulter who becomes friends with Kim’s character.

Kim described the project: “Pace Maker is a really hopeful and touching human story. Whenever I’m doing a film’s first shoots, I don’t a complete grasp of the character yet and I’m just working with what I’ve prepared, but I have a good feeling about this movie.” (As you may know, Kim’s famous for his extensive preparation and character analysis, and his devotion to his roles. He doesn’t necessarily advocate Method acting as the best way to go, and in fact calls it a “foolishly stupid” style because it’s so difficult and taxing, but it’s the only way he knows how to work.)

While Pace Maker isn’t necessarily comedic, since it’s described as an uplifting character drama, at least we won’t have to watch him die this time. Kim as the underdog, being warm and fuzzy again? Yes, please!

Just for kicks, here’s the close-up:

Via TV Report

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1 ivy

April 16, 2011 at 5:50 AM

love the chicken helmet!
but have never been in a marathon so i don't really get how the 30km pace maker thing works. it sounds interesting though

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Kyu

April 16, 2011 at 6:07 AM

I think a pacemaker is someone who runs with the marathoner for the first 30 km, making sure the marathoner keeps his pace and such. Then after the 30 km he drops out of the race and lets the marathoner run the rest of the kilometers.

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2 danna

April 16, 2011 at 5:55 AM

hahaha!......love the helmet

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3 pipit

April 16, 2011 at 6:25 AM

Will he kiss someone here? I desperately want to see him kissing somebody.

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Linda165

April 16, 2011 at 7:53 AM

Why?

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ilukd

April 16, 2011 at 1:56 PM

Hahaha ... Why???

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YY

April 17, 2011 at 5:03 AM

Maybe he'll kiss Ara? Or the cold-hearted director? Or, if he can't kiss either, a chicken (before it was deep-fried)?

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pipit

April 17, 2011 at 5:56 PM

LOL! YY!!

I was so frustrated that he didn't kiss the girl in the Bethoveen Virus that's why.

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4 Lenita

April 16, 2011 at 8:40 AM

he looks so young here. i'm hoping i could watch the joseon detective film soon, and very nice to know if have something else lined up for this...

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5 come2noona

April 16, 2011 at 9:02 AM

KMM is my favorite actor. I totally forget he's acting when I watch him. He is mesmerizing. I saw Detective K with some friends a few weeks ago. Loved it!

JB... thanks for all of your hard work! You and GF make my day!

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6 ar

April 16, 2011 at 9:22 AM

awesome pic!

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7 luraaa

April 16, 2011 at 9:29 AM

I saw My Love By My Side a few days ago and it seems like in this still he still hasn't gone back to his regular body yet. He still looks gaunt and sickly (even though he isn't), so I really hope he gains more weight, now that he's doing more exercise (in this case, running) for this role. He needs to get the Maestro Kang body back (although I haven't seen that drama, just pictures).

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8 Dara

April 16, 2011 at 10:59 AM

Aww... man this ajusshi is hot!

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9 Jules

April 16, 2011 at 1:53 PM

Everytime I see news about Kim Myung-Min, I remember Bad Family and I start watching it again :)

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strawberry

April 16, 2011 at 7:09 PM

Where can I watch Bad Family? I've always wanted to after falling for Kim Myung-min <3

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mardie

April 16, 2011 at 10:28 PM

i luv him in bad family!! that's the 1st time i saw him in drama, and i'm in luv!! he's so cute as the gangster with soft heart.

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10 cathy

April 16, 2011 at 8:18 PM

I love this guy as a incredible talented actor

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11 may7

April 17, 2011 at 7:59 PM

he possess the essence & quality to be loved by many ... am sure he is going to bring ManHo to life in Pacemaker ... for the girl he didnot kiss in BV ... I do hope it happens in BV2, if there is a one, perhaps in the movie, the ending episode ...

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12 maria

April 19, 2011 at 7:20 AM

This looks interesting! (Or maybe because of my bias with Kim Myung Min. Haha!) But I'll be watching this once it gets released. Love that chicken helmet on him!

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13 Anonymous

June 1, 2011 at 7:02 AM

It is such a shame that this producers heavily rely on cheap illegal labor by employing part of the cast under the table owing to the fact that they do not have work permits to work in this country. By so doing this producers are denying Government of Korea taxes. I recently took part in a shoot of a local movie of in Yangsan where we were forced to work for up to 16 hours straight and we could complain due to the fact that we are foreign students and without a contract with the producers. Students were offered inhumane accommodation!! Made to sleep three per room original meant for single person and to even make it worse they slept on the floor and were fed half a sausage and rice for breakfast, lunch and dinner. A small part of students who tried to raise these concerns were fired and forced to leave without to pay and I hear that they had to walk for over five kilometers from the remote filming area to access the nearest train station from which they were helped to find their way back to their Universities having sustained severe sunburn and foot soar.
It’s so sad to note that Korea film and drama industry is thriving on what borders on slavery. It’s so painful to have been in those students position!! After posing as marathoners the previous day which means that they must have ran over 20 kilometers in the sun, the rogue agents employed by the producers showed them no mercy by denying them pay and making them walk over 5 kilometers after threatening to have them arrested for being in a restricted filming site.
This movie is set to be released in either September or October 2011 and I am made to understand that had a budget of USD 3.5 Million

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