Park Chan-wook recently stated that he no longer wants to discuss about the issue with Writers Guild of America (WGA), which had kicked him and his co-writer Don McKellar out for union violation.
The filmmaker, who appeared at the press conference of his new movie, “No Other Choice” alongside actors Lee Byung-hun and Son Ye-jin, stated that he has already made his position clear about the issue.
“I have nothing more to say now. As a screenwriter, my creativity is not restricted by anything,” he said.
Park and Mckellar were previously accused of going against the union during the 2023 strike by working on the script of the HBO series, “The Sympathizer”. The director was reported to have written the series adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Viet Thanh Nguyen despite writers being directed not to work during the 148-day strike, and was one among the few writers who had since been booted off the guild.
In response to that, Park’s company, Moho Film, issued a statement in South Korea, stating that the scripts for the show had been completed and the show had been shot when the strike began in early May of that year.
“Editing does not constitute writing, so it was permitted under WGA regulations,” it added.
The HBO Max series, which earned Robert Downey Jr. an Emmy nomination last year, follows a North Vietnamese double agent (played by Hoa Xuande) who continues passing along information after moving to Southern California before the fall of Saigon.
