1st Floor Guy In “The 8 Show”: Netflix released their eight episodic dark comedy survival thriller Korean drama “The 8 Show” written and directed by Han Jae-rim who is very popular in the movie “Emergency Declaration”. This series is based on Bae Jin soo’s webtoons “Money Game” and “Pie Game”. 8 people were invited to play a game when they were living the worst life with no money and debts.
The game offered them a huge amount of money which they couldn’t earn working in their lifetime, so they opted in for it. These 8 persons got locked inside a building with 8 floors for each person and how they play the game and earn the money is the plot of this drama.
1st Floor Guy is an aged handicapped man played by famous South Korean actor Bae Sung Woo. Bae Sung Woo is very popular and he acted in a lot of films and dramas. Bae Sung Woo started his acting career by debuting in the television series ‘Conspiracy in the Court’. Bae Sung Woo developed a good career path and stardom after his initial projects. Bae Sung Woo can handle roles effortlessly. We can see his best performances in those series or movies.
Bae Sung Woo became an experienced actor after all these acts. When it came to the role in “The 8 Show”, the creator needed the character to be cripple or handicapped. Doing such roles is very hard as they need to maintain their walking styles exactly on each time they are shown on screen. Bae Sung Woo did his best to do that role, we can see his efforts throughout the series. Bae Sung Woo is known for his performance in Remember You (2016), Inside Men (2015), My New Sassy Girl (2016), Because I Love You (2017) and The King (2017).
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1st Floor Guy is a handicapped man who has a daughter and wife. His daughter can’t walk, so he and his wife tried their best to treat her. He is very poor and an innocent guy. He had faced many worst things in his whole life. He was mocked and seperated from the society. He worked in a circus company, he had good talents in it. His co-workers also liked him. His daughter was rejected from the hospital as they didn’t pay the bill. She needs to get surgery to solve her walking issues. But the hospital threw them out. He cares and loves his daughter very much. His daughter also loves him very much. He was unable to cross the roads by himself sometimes because of his disability.
1st floor Guy was invited to the game when he was on the road depressed on his life. The car came in front of him and he got the message about money deposited on his bank account. He entered the car and came to the theatre. He picked 1st room. The room is 1st among all and it was easier for him to walk to the 1st room than climbing the staircase to other rooms. 1st room had the least amount in the game. He earns very very less than other room persons. While playing the game they used to run through stairs to extend the time, but 1st Floor Guy had issues with running with his legs, so other people took his shift in favour for him. So he told them to send their waste to him to return his gratitude. His room was too small compared to others also.
1st-floor guy wanted a 1Billion won when other members asked for what amount he was satisfied to stop the game. Everyone thought it was all he needed, but his real intention was to change the room by purchasing it for 1 billion won. But in the end, he found out 1 Billion won was for just the price list of rooms not for buying rooms. He was devastated and tied everyone. He did a circus inside the building to increase the time but while doing it he fell down from up. He caught in fire.
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Other members tried to help him but he died in the end. After the game ended, the 7th-floor guy met the 1st-floor guy’s wife and gave huge money by saying it was given by the 1st-floor guy. The 3rd-floor guy with other members made a funeral for a 1st-floor guy in the end.
That’s all about the character of 1st floor guy from “The 8 Show”. If you have any questions related to this show, please ask in comments.
Watch On – Netflix
