Con un título como Run Jin , no es de extrañar que el miembro de BTS, Jin, comience a trabajar a toda máquina solo cinco días después de completar su servicio militar. Ya sea que esté escalando el monte Hallasan o sumergiéndose en una nueva versión de un juego clásico de un programa de variedades, está funcionando a toda máquina para hacer reír a todos. Como estrella del programa, Jin no solo recibe a varios invitados famosos, sino que también interactúa con una mezcla de transeúntes, como niños en cibercafés y cafés para niños. Sorprendentemente, incluso con todo lo que está sucediendo, Jin es constantemente amigable, educado y divertido; en otras palabras, el ídolo irradia su característica personalidad entretenida y auténtica. Nos sentamos con Ryu Songhui, jefe del equipo de planificación de contenido original de HYBE Media Studio, que estuvo detrás de la temporada 1 de Run Jin, que se lanzará en 2024, y el escritor Yoo Jeong Min para obtener un vistazo detrás de escena, incluidas algunas inspiraciones para el programa. Run Jin comienza con Jin escalando el monte Hallasan. Jin se enfrentó con entusiasmo a una variedad de desafíos y lugares difíciles pero factibles para mantener las cosas entretenidas y divertidas. Ryu Songhui: Jin fue en realidad el que ideó el título Run Jin . Muchas series de YouTube en estos días usan un formato de programa de entrevistas, pero a él también parecían gustarle los programas de variedades. Estaba particularmente interesado en hacer Dangerous Invitation . Así que seguimos y nos inclinamos por el concepto de programa de variedades, planificamos los episodios en consecuencia y nos enfocamos en tomar el formato probado y verdadero de programa de variedades y actualizarlo para que se ajuste a las nuevas tendencias. Dado que Jin fue el primero en BTS en completar su servicio militar, también analizamos las cosas desde un punto de vista de producción para considerar cuidadosamente cómo podríamos usar el programa para expresar su gratitud hacia ARMY. Queríamos mostrar cuán decidido estaba Jin a darlo todo por ARMY, que es como nació la caminata al monte Hallasan. Incluso Jin solo se enteró de que iría después de verlo en el avance que salió justo después de su evento de abrazos. (risas) Yoo Jeong Min: As he’s said in interviews, Jin felt a strong sense of responsibility regarding the off period as the oldest member and the first to return from the army. He told us, “I can handle some tough stuff. Feel free to really put me through the grinder and make it hard on me.” He was more than willing to follow along and take on the hard stuff. I see Mt. Hallasan as a symbolic challenge demonstrating his determination to give people this much and more going forward. Behind the scenes, Jin had so much energy that he practically flew up the mountain. When the crew finally caught up, he even said, “Oh, I didn’t think you’d actually make it.” (laughs) Filming it brought everyone, staff included, closer together. Going up Mt. Hallasan with Jin has left us with so many stories that we’ll be telling each other for a long time to come. You accurately recreated the set of the old variety show Dangerous Invitation and had a whole supporting cast in zombie makeup getting into their roles. With the sheer scale of the surprises in each episode, there must’ve been a lot of effort going on behind the scenes on the part of the crew. Yoo Jeong Min: Honestly, as much as we thought doing an iconic classic variety show like Dangerous Invitation would be fun, it seemed too difficult to pull off. Being able to make it happen this time felt like a dream come true for the crew as well. In the “Freeze! Polliceping” episode, we didn’t think it’d actually be possible to enlist help from the Coast Guard, but to our surprise, they were quick to get on board. We had to calculate when the helicopter was in the air and when we arrived and delay the shoot for that, which was tense, as Songhui will probably agree. Ryu Songhui: We used a backhoe to dig for that one, but we had to run through it the day before, so we actually went down to the beach with shovels and started digging. We were saying, How deep should we go to get the best shot? (laughs) We had no idea we were going to get an actual backhoe for the shoot. And getting 30 extras together in zombie makeup wasn’t easy either, but from a directing standpoint, it was really fun undertaking those kinds of creative challenges. “Goodbye, Jin” felt like a super fun episode thanks to its perfect balance between showcasing Jin’s personality, clever planning by the crew, and having great guests. There must’ve been moments during the shoot when you could tell it was really “working.” Ryu Songhui: Jin honestly worked incredibly hard shooting Run Jin, and naturally, so did the team behind the scenes. But with that episode, we took a bit of a more relaxed approach. (laughs) Dong Hyun Kim is such a natural when it comes to variety shows, and he’s showing off his personal expertise in the episode, so he even came up with an outline for the shoot right from the table read. It’s usually hard to make sports-related segments fun, but everything came together on set. Yoo Jeong Min: The shoot was so much fun. Those of us in the crew got such a kick out of just watching everything unfold. (laughs) It was Jin’s second shoot with Dong Hyun Kim but his first time meeting Jonathan [Yiombi]. The chemistry between the three was great right from the instant the cameras were rolling, and I’m sure Songhui could probably tell how well it was working, too. Jonathan would crack a joke like, “I gotta get off Instagram,” and the way Dong Hyun would riff on it perfectly was hilarious. And we were all in amazement at how energetic and in shape Jin was. When he did the fitness test, we couldn’t believe it. We were like, I didn’t realize he was that fit. You had a lineup of celebrity guests who were all different from Jin but had entertaining interactions with him. What did you go through to get them on the show? Ryu Songhui: The first step was reaching out to people who had any kind of connection with Jin. Jee Seokjin was an obvious choice for the well-known combination of Seokjin and Seokjin. What happened with Lee Yi Kyung was that we were brainstorming ideas around tennis when we found out that he and Jin had gone to the same acting academy. And it turned out Yi Kyung had also done a tennis show before. Frankly, things can get a little awkward when there isn’t much existing overlap, but they saw each other as old friends and they had some unexpectedly funny moments together. Yoo Jeong Min: When getting multiple guests, there needs to be things to bring them together or mutual connections between them, and we have to think about the chemistry they might have. And it wasn’t easy working between them to make sure all their schedules aligned. But almost every time we invited someone on, they came back with a positive response, so for us in the crew, we felt an overwhelming sense of pride over our superstar. (laughs) They were all so nice. It’s safe to say the guest ARMY was most thrilled about was j-hope. Jin had previously warned that he was going to kidnap him, and Jin really did prank him the very next day after j-hope was discharged. Yoo Jeong Min: j-hope had mentioned it on weverse LIVE, too, and ARMY was waiting for it for so long that I think they sort of saw it coming. What no one knew was that it’d play out on that day. (laughs) Since it’s common knowledge that j-hope is very much a type J [personality type that prefers to plan things out], it must’ve caught him off guard to be part of something he hadn’t planned. Jin really wanted to surprise him, so even his closest staff members kept the details under wraps. Jin said, “He just got out [of the army] yesterday, but let’s take him right back—if you go, I’ll go.” As for the crew, we designed things around the fact that they’re both scaredy-cats. Ryu Songhui: Jin clearly loves pranking j-hope, but instead of doing what Jin wanted exactly, we planned it out so it would be a prank on him, too. (laughs) The main goal behind “It’s Me, Zombie” was to show the two working together. As seen in the show, Jin originally wanted to do drill training, and shooting guns felt similar enough. They were also both given the title of “elite soldier” but that had never been captured on camera, so it was a chance to show that. We went back and forth with the writers and ended up incorporating elements of zombie and thriller movies to make it fun for viewers. Since this was the day after j-hope’s discharge, we wanted to give him something, so we framed the ending as it all having been so they could have a party with the zombies. We spared nothing to make sure both of them enjoyed the experience. Beyond just the celebrity guests Jin knew, he also had great chemistry with people like other hikers and kids he met. What was the production crew hoping to show by having him meet all these different people? Ryu Songhui: We wanted to show how approachable Jin is. Teens today obviously know who BTS is, but they might feel like they’re sort of far away, so we wanted to show Jin mingling with them. Jin didn’t know ahead of time who would be on the show, and there was no way to know how anyone would react. It was something we had to navigate, too, since it was new for us as well. But Jin even took care of the things we weren’t able to. For example, even though the kids in the “Blood, Sweat & Peppers” episode could’ve felt awkward on camera since they’d never been on TV, Jin immediately made them feel comfortable by purposely joking around and breaking the ice. I really appreciate that he made it easy on everyone. Yoo Jeong Min: Jin realmente brilla en situaciones como esas. Cuando visitó su antigua escuela en el episodio "Glorious Homecoming", se mostró como un tipo amable de hermano mayor con los niños allí, y aunque lo llamaban superestrella, se sentían cómodos a su alrededor. Jin es relajado pero siempre se asegura de ser respetuoso, y esa parte de su encanto parecía transmitirse sin esfuerzo. Como productores, siempre estás pensando en la química entre las personas que aparecen en pantalla, pero el hecho es que no siempre es fácil lograr que todos estén perfectamente en la misma página. Y, sin embargo, sin importar quién aparezca, Jin se las arregla para hacerlo divertido. Run Jin se centra menos en lo que quieren los productores y más en adaptarlo a Jin, y manejó todo tan bien, que fue como, "Ahora es un talento natural". (risas) Un profesional, en resumen. El núcleo de lo que hace que Run Jin sea tan divertido de ver parece ser lo genuinas que son las reacciones de Jin gracias a que solo sabe lo mínimo sobre lo que está sucediendo. ¿Qué es lo que realmente destaca para ti de haber tomado ese enfoque? Ryu Songhui: Definitivamente hay reacciones diferentes cuando la gente en un programa no sabe lo que viene en comparación con cuando lo sabe, y queríamos apoyarnos en eso. Jin pensó que el enfoque también era más divertido. Le tenía mucho cariño a Run Jin , así que incluso cuando escuchó sobre un plan por primera vez el día del programa, trabajó con él e hizo un gran trabajo. Yoo Jeong Min: Por supuesto, hubo momentos en los que decía cosas como, "¿Qué tipo de productores son?" (risas) Pero también sentía que sus reacciones eran más reales cuando no sabía lo que venía, así que realmente quería mantenerse en la oscuridad. A veces sospechaba que algo estaba pasando, como en "Freeze! Polliceping", pero nunca podría haber esperado un barco o un helicóptero. Cuando dice cosas como, "De ninguna manera, ¿en realidad contrataron a la Guardia Costera?", eso es 100% auténtico. (risas) Realmente quería hacerlo divertido y habló sobre lo que le gustaría a ARMY. Estaba profundamente involucrado y siempre nos daba retroalimentación. ARMY probablemente ya lo sabe, pero espero que sepan que el equipo también sentía lo mismo. Jin puso su corazón y alma en todo con el mayor amor por ello. Ryu Songhui: Jin tiene una habilidad única para crear algo nuevo y diferente con invitados de todas las edades. Creo que es naturalmente apto para los programas de variedades. Su influencia, junto con los esfuerzos del equipo de dirección y de escritura, ayudaron a que las colaboraciones con todos los diferentes invitados e instituciones fueran divertidas. Todo lo que tuvimos que hacer fue preparar el escenario y Jin se aseguró de que se convirtiera en un gran contenido. Por eso, estamos increíblemente agradecidos. Copyright ⓒ Revista Weverse. Todos los derechos reservados. 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