For Park Ji Hoon, ‘Weak Hero’ is a work he will never forget.He became known as a member of the group Wanna One, and through ‘Weak Hero Class 1’, which was first released in 2022, he showed off his outstanding acting skills and rose to the ranks of ‘trustworthy acting idols’, and after the drama was re-released on Netflix, he also stood tall as a ‘global star’.

He has returned with season 2 of ‘Weak Hero’, his ‘life’s work ‘.In’ Weak Hero Class 2 ‘, which was released on the 25th, he perfectly portrayed the main character Yeon Si-eun, who faces even greater violence at her new school after being traumatized by not being able to protect her friend.He emphasized, “It is the greatest luck of my life that I was able to play Yeon Si-eun again.”

O “I went to college when I was a lonely child”

He said that when he first watched’ Weak Hero Class 2 ‘, he shed tears out of pity for Yeon Si-eun, and drew attention by saying, “In fact, Yeon Si-eun is the character that resembles me the most out of all the characters I’ve played so far.”

“In reality, I’m not the type to be cute(contrary to my idol image).More than anything, I didn’t have any friends when I was young like Si-eun.Since I was young and started working as a child actor, I spent more time with my parents than with my friends, and the only people I could rely on were my parents.So when I was acting as the lonely Si-eun, I thought a lot about my lonely childhood.”

Having performed rough action scenes in the drama, he was compared to Wanna One member Hwang Min-hyun, who previously challenged action scenes in the similarly genred TVING drama ‘Study Group’.When asked playfully about the fighting skills of ‘Study Group’ Yoon Ga-min(Hwang Min-hyun)and ‘Weak Hero’ Yeon Si-eun, he hesitated for a moment and then snickered, saying, “Yeon Si-eun will fight better.”

“As of Season 2, I think Yeon Si-eun’s fighting skills and toughness have improved a lot.She uses unconventional methods of fighting using objects, and she’s not just good at fighting, she’s also quick to identify other people’s weaknesses! Haha!”

O “Lee Jun-young and the action scene are scary”

He, who performed rough action scenes with several actors in the drama, chose Lee Jun-young, who played the role of the free-spirited Geumseongje, as “the actor with the most threatening action scenes,” and stuck out his tongue, saying, “His fists are really fast.You can hear the wind when he throws a punch.”

“When I was acting with Junyoung hyung, I thought that if I didn’t focus, it would really hit me.And when I saw his back as he walked away after the fight, I thought, ‘Wow, he’s really like Geumseongje.’He was so scary and like a knife.Aside from his violent appearance, Junyoung hyung’s real personality is similar to Geumseongje.He resembles him in his romantic and free-spirited way.”

The actor who was the most threatening but also the closest to her was Lee Jun-young.She smiled and said, “We became closer because of our commonalities, such as being idols and having a hobby of dancing.”

“Before we became close because my older brother was a senior idol(U-KISS), I used to call him ‘senior’ and treated him very politely.But my older brother was the first to tell me to be comfortable.We both love street dance so much that on days when we didn’t have filming, we would meet up privately and rent a practice room, play music, and practice dancing all day long.”


Reporter Seungmi smlee@donga.com

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