8 : ▁Cont in ued ▁success ▁and ▁director ial ▁debut ▁ ▁Cha ▁played ▁his ▁first ▁historical ▁role ▁in ▁The ▁Grand ▁He ist , ▁as ▁the ▁leader ▁of ▁a ▁Jose on ▁era ▁group ▁of ▁th ieves ▁who ▁band ▁together ▁to ▁ste al ▁ice . ▁The ▁action - com edy ▁film ▁was ▁produced ▁by ▁his ▁brother ▁Cha ▁Ji - hy un . ▁He ▁took ▁on ▁another ▁sa eg uk ▁role ▁as ▁the ▁tit ular ▁character ▁in ▁TV ▁series ▁Je on ▁W oo - chi , ▁an ▁imp ish ▁T ao ist ▁w izard ▁who ▁becomes ▁an ▁unlikely ▁hero . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁he ▁star red ▁as ▁an ▁intro vert ed ▁man ▁with ▁dynamic ▁visual ▁ac u ity ▁who ▁works ▁at ▁a ▁C CT V ▁control ▁center ▁in ▁the ▁comedy ▁film ▁S low ▁Video , ▁his ▁third ▁collaboration ▁with ▁director ▁Kim ▁Young - t ak . ▁This ▁was ▁followed ▁by ▁The ▁Produ cers ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁in ▁which ▁Cha ▁played ▁a ▁hot - head ed ▁but ▁soft - heart ed ▁television ▁producer . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁Cha ▁repr ised ▁his ▁role ▁in ▁My ▁New ▁S ass y ▁Girl , ▁a ▁sequ el ▁to ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 1 ▁hit ▁film . ▁However , ▁the ▁film ▁did ▁not ▁live ▁up ▁to ▁its ▁prede cess or ▁and ▁was ▁a ▁failure ▁at ▁the ▁box ▁office . ▁The ▁same ▁year , ▁he ▁reun ited ▁with ▁My ▁S ass y ▁Girl ▁co - star ▁Jun ▁Ji