Actor Nam Joo Hyuk made his first public appearance since his bullying controversy.
On September 26, the press conference for the upcoming movie 'REMEMBER' was held online.
During the event, the film's two male leads―Nam Joo Hyuk and Lee Sung-min―and director Lee Il-hyung made their appearance and shared their answers to various questions from the press.
It was Nam Joo Hyuk's very first public appearance since his school bullying controversy emerged in June.
At the time, multiple informants claimed that Nam Joo Hyuk and his friends bullied their classmates during their middle and high school years.
Nam Joo Hyuk's management agency, Management Soop, firmly denied the accusations and shared that they will take strict legal actions.
The agency stated, "We are deeply sorry for the media outlet's unilateral reporting without going through a single fact checking process with the agency or the actor before the report was published."
Meanwhile, 'REMEMBER' tells the story of 'Pil-joo' (Lee Sung-min), an old man in his 80s with Alzheimer's disease who has lost everything to pro-Japanese groups during the Japanese occupation of Korea.
Nam Joo Hyuk takes the role of 'In-gyu', a young man in his 20s who works alongside 'Pil-joo' at a family restaurant, and unintentionally winds up in his plot for revenge.
The movie is scheduled to hit the theaters on October 26.
(Credit= ACEMAKER MOVIEWORKS)