In the trailer for his new film, "The Alumni," BigBang's T.O.P. has managed to tone down his usual fierce stare to convey a hesitant mixture of sadness and fear.
To portray the conflicted young spy, he drew on his own feelings of insecurity. It's a technique he has used before.
T.O.P., whose birth name is Choi Seung Hyun, has never taken acting lessons. Instead he tries to find something inside himself to draw on to create each new character.
He drew on his own emotions to portray the cold-blooded killer Vick in the drama "Iris," to play a heroic soldier in "71: Into The Fire," and the runaway Seo Jung Hun in the film "Nineteen."
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