Lee Je-hoon confessed the pain he experienced during his unknown days.

Lee Je-hoon, who appeared on KBS1TV’s ‘Morning Yard’ ‘Tuesday Invitation Seat’ aired on the 3rd, honestly talked about the background of his path as an actor and the anecdotes he experienced when he was a rookie.He said, “I’m honored to be appearing on a program I’ve watched since I was young.I rarely get the chance to appear on live broadcasts, so this moment feels like a dream.”

He went on to study at an engineering school and said, “I understood the class in my head, but my heart was not moved at all.I went to Daehangno Theater Company with the intention of doing what I wanted to do for at least a year or two before going to the military.” He started out doing odd jobs and gained stage experience by learning acting.

Then, he was given the opportunity to play the lead role in a new creative play, but he was eventually notified that he would be dropped.He recalled, “The seniors and the director decided that I would be dropped, saying, ‘I still lack the qualifications and attitude to stand on stage as a lead role.’ I was so shocked that I couldn’t continue speaking.” However, he did not give up.”They asked me on the spot, ‘Would you like to play the role of an 80-year-old man?’ and I said yes without hesitation.That was my first stage experience.”

His desire to become an actor grew even stronger.After that, he entered the Korea National University of Arts late in life and devoted himself to acting again, and began to make a name for himself through movies such as ‘The Watchman’ and ‘The Front Line’.In the recently released movie ‘Soju Wars’, he played the role of In-beom, an employee of a global investment company, and worked with Yoo Hae-jin.

Lee Je-hoon said, “My biggest goal is to be remembered as a good actor for a long time,” adding, “I’ve never appeared in a KBS drama before, but if given the chance, I definitely want to try it.”



Reporter Lee Su com jin sujinl22@donga

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