Actors Kim Young-ok, Na Moon-hee, Yang Jung-ah, Kim Jae-hwa, and Kim Ah-young, who appeared on ‘Radio Star’, were active as ‘all-rounders’ with their gift for talking, wit, and even individual skills.

The MBC ‘Radio Star’ (planned by Kang Young-sun/directed by Kim Myung-yeop and Hwang Yoon-sang) broadcast on the 5th was decorated with a special feature of ‘’Award-winning Women’, featuring Kim Young-ok, Na Moon-hee, Yang Jung-ah, Kim Jae-hwa, and Kim Ah-young.

‘Best friends’ Kim Young-ok and Na Moon-hee shone with their ‘friendship’ of 64 years. Starting as the first batch of MBC voice actors, these two who have been acting together for a long time showed their sincere stories and ‘honesty at the max’ in a comfortable atmosphere created by their long friendship.

‘Grandma’ Kim Young-ok captivated everyone with her straightforward speech. Regarding Na Moon-hee being called a ‘leftist’ while appearing on a program hosted by Kim Eo-jun to promote her movie ‘Picnic,’ Kim Young-ok started off by saying, “I‘m close with Na Moon-hee, so they say I’m a leftist.” He said, “We don‘t really know what left or right is. It’s just so sad that our country is in such chaos. We went through the Japanese colonial period, the joy of liberation, and the Korean War to get here, so it‘s so sad.”

Last year, Kim Young-ok and Na Moon-hee jointly received the Best Actress Award for their movie ’Picnic.‘ After receiving the award, he said that he was contacted by his rap teacher, Monsta X’s Jooheon, from ‘Hip-Hop Nation’, and looked pleased, saying, “He contacts old people like that to ask if they have a girlfriend.”

In particular, Kim Young-ok mentioned the awards ceremony and drew attention by saying that she wished there were ‘incentives’, and that she hoped that domestic award ceremonies would become places where new and old actors can come together and unite like overseas award ceremonies. She also said that she cried while watching actor Lee Soon-jae receive the grand prize at last year‘s ‘KBS Drama Awards’, saying, “It was heartbreaking. You said it was your first time winning the grand prize, and that was also strange. I wonder how it passed you by. I felt like you said everything you wanted to say in your speech, so I sympathized””.

Na Moon-hee drew attention by revealing that she was the dedicated voice actor for ‘Marilyn Monroe’, the epitome of sexiness. Na Moon-hee, who said that she had seen many works and practiced her acting skills at the time due to her voice acting career. She brought up the story of winning Best Actress at all three major film festivals in Korea for her role in the movie ‘I Can Speak’, saying, “I guess she has a lot to offer”, causing laughter.

She also seemed to be reminiscing about her acting career by revealing episodes of working with Kim Young-ok in various past works and works that are meaningful to her, and everyone expressed their respect for her unchanging passion for acting.

Meanwhile, Yang Jung-ah’s past, when she received attention for appearing in ‘Our Heaven’, ‘General Hospital’, and ‘M’, was revealed, drawing attention. Another video of the ‘God of Variety Show’ doing a ‘Heartburning Show’ on a variety show was also released, causing the studio to burst into laughter.

There was also a lot of interest in her relationship with her longtime friend, actor Kim Seung-soo. Yang Jung-ah mentioned that she and Kim Seung-soo have the same date of birth, and that her romantic cells came alive because of her ‘broadcast crush’ with him, drawing attention. Recently, she even revealed that there were rumors that she and Kim Seung-soo were getting married at a hotel. She continued to say about her current relationship with Kim Seung-soo, “We‘re just close friends now,” and as a ‘broadcast crush’, she would sincerely congratulate Kim Seung-soo if he meets someone good.

Recently, regarding her acting, Yang Jung-ah confessed, “When I was on ’Sister is Alive,‘ I think I got all the hate I could get from the world.” She said, “It was a really hard time back then. My father was sick, and my mother had colon cancer. The dog I raised for 19 years passed away. I was also in the middle of a divorce suit,” she confessed, drawing sympathy. However, she showed positive energy by saying, “I was under a lot of stress, so I poured all those emotions into my acting. My personal life was complicated, but I’m glad the drama did well.”

Kim Jae-hwa is the eldest daughter in a family of actors, and the joint award ceremony for the three sisters brought out big laughter. She said, “The three of us appeared together in ‘Judge from Hell,’” and “My second sister, Hye-hwa, first became connected with the director while filming his previous movie, and was cast as a detective.” He then surprised everyone by saying that the three sisters ended up appearing in a drama together at the director’s suggestion, and that they had a miraculous moment where they shared an award at the ‘SBS Drama Awards’.

Kim Jae-hwa took on many supporting roles, which led to her ‘supporting actor disease(?)’, and she couldn‘t properly convey her feelings for her second son in her acceptance speech, which made her son feel sad.

Kim Ah-young, who was active in ‘SNL’, talked about how her desire for acting had grown. She said that she wanted to challenge herself in drama acting, so she started appearing in dramas one by one, but she talked about the reality of being called ‘that guy next to someone’. Kim Ah-young, who showed off her acting potential in ‘Judge from Hell’, was thrilled to receive the Excellence Award at the ‘SBS Drama Awards’, saying she had not expected it.

She especially revealed that her older brother, who is one year younger than her, helped her out when she was working alone without a company, and she expressed her gratitude, saying that he took a lot of mental care for her. She also received practical training while taking a special lecture on ‘Meisner Repetition’, an acting practice session with Kim Jae-hwa’s sisters, and fortunately, she finished it while regaining her composure, raising expectations for her acting career going forward.

Next week‘s ‘Radio Star’ Episode 905 will feature the ‘Unlimited Challenge’ special featuring Park Kyung-rim, Sunye, Ha Won-mi, and Jung Dong-won, raising expectations.

Jeon Hyo-jin, Donga.com Reporter jhj@donga.com

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