{"id":6003,"date":"2026-04-02T16:08:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T07:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/?p=6003"},"modified":"2026-04-02T16:10:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T07:10:33","slug":"tony-leung-returns-to-seoul-after-18-years-for-special-interview-with-lee-jung-jae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/?p=6003","title":{"rendered":"Tony Leung Returns to Seoul After 18 Years for Special Interview with Lee Jung-jae"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Actor Tony Leung, visiting Korea for the 82nd Venice International Film Festival official selection “Silent Friend” (directed by Ildik\u00f3 Enyedi), will meet Lee Jung-jae for a special “NICE TO MEET Q” interview with GQ Korea.<\/p>\n

“Silent Friend” is a film that tells the story of characters from the years 1908, 1972, and 2020, all connected through a single ginkgo tree.<\/p>\n

Tony Leung of “Silent Friend” and Lee Jung-jae, globally beloved for the “Squid Game” series, will have a special interview.<\/p>\n

Tony Leung is visiting from April 2nd to 4th to promote “Silent Friend,” drawing significant attention from local fans.<\/p>\n

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GQ Korea’s “NICE TO MEET Q,” which features artists interviewing artists, has generated significant interest with top actors participating.<\/p>\n

Previous editions of GQ Korea’s “NICE TO MEET Q” have featured Seventeen’s Vernon interviewing Leonardo DiCaprio and Benicio Del Toro, while Choi Woo-shik met with director Bong Joon-ho, Mark Ruffalo, Steven Yeun, and Naomi Ackie to discuss Bong’s film “Mickey 17”.<\/p>\n

This year’s highly anticipated “NICE TO MEET Q” will spotlight the meeting of Tony Leung and Lee Jung-jae, bringing together two top stars.<\/p>\n

In this interview, Lee Jung-jae will take on the role of the interviewer, discussing a variety of topics about “Silent Friend” with Tony Leung. The conversation is also expected to showcase the mutual admiration between these two world-renowned actors.<\/p>\n

“Silent Friend” is set to premiere on April 15th.<\/p>\n

Image source: GQ Korea, Andamiro Co., Ltd.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Actor Tony Leung, visiting Korea for the 82nd Venice International Film Festival official selection “Silent Friend” (directed by Ildik\u00f3 Enyedi), will meet Lee Jung-jae for a special “NICE TO MEET Q” interview with GQ Korea. “Silent Friend” is a film that tells the story of characters from the years 1908, 1972, and 2020, all connected […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":6004,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[425,1107,1108],"class_list":{"0":"post-6003","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-issue","8":"tag-lee-jung-jae","9":"tag-silent-friend","10":"tag-tony-leung"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-17.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6003"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6005,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6003\/revisions\/6005"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}