Hwasin: Controller of the Heart
Yoon Sang Hyun, Lee Bo Young, Lee Jong Suk!
- She got so angry. - 'What's the matter with you?'
It's not such a bad thing, you know.
Please save me.
She put a spell on us.
I've always chattered a lot.
- When I close my eyes... - Hey, you are such a chatterbox.
- A feud between Jong Suk and IU. - Seriously?
I said I will never do it. This is driving me crazy.
Wondering if he still can't memorize his lines.
I think I'm a little less than smart.
[Hwasin]
All new every day.
On Tuesday nights, Hwasin!
Today's guests are
the main characters of the new TV drama 'I Can Hear Your Voice' on SBS.
Yoon Sang Hyun, Lee Bo Young, Lee Jong Suk!
They are amazing people, you know?
If you combine the ratings they've achieved, it's 100 percent.
Of course, I'm only talking about their most successful dramas.
Secret Garden's highest viewer rating was 35.2%.
And 'My Daughter Seo Young' was amazing as well.
It had a viewer rating of 45%.
'School 2013' makes up the rest.
[19.8%]
I am looking forward to the new show because you play lawyers.
Since Bo Young and Sang Hyun played lawyers before, are you used to it now?
I did play a lawyer, but they didn't show me being a lawyer.
I see.
'My Daughter Seo Young' was a TV drama about families.
Yes, yes.
But there are many court scenes this time.
In 'My Daughter Seo Young', it wouldn't have mattered if you were a cellphone dealer.
Right, isn't that true?
- Are you belittling cellphone dealers? - It's not that.
[Just kidding]
- Wow, he looks good. - He looks handsome.
- How old are you? - I am 25 years old.
So young.
- He's the same zodiac sign as me. - Really?
- The Year of Snake? - Yes, the Year of Snake.
I was born in the Year of Snake.
Are you that old?
So, since it's a new TV show, how about making a prediction?
I haven't thought about making a prediction.
I think we should get at least a 20% viewing rate.
He's using the casual form with you.
[Because they're the same zodiac sign?]
Someone from the department of SBS TV dramas told me
that the three of them are really close to one another.
They go out to eat with each other often.
But they use separate standby rooms?
If you don't get along with each other, I ask you to pretend that you do get along.
Yes...
You do get along, right? Why wouldn't you?
It's not like that.
We aren't close yet.
[So honest]
I think that's better than the other.
We don't even know each other's phone numbers yet.
It takes time for me to become good friends with an actress.
I feel nervous in front of them.
Because I am pretty shy.
But you've already worked with Jong Suk in 'Secret Garden.'
But you still use separate dressing rooms?
No, no, I was...
They worked together in 'Secret Garden' and I heard that
Sang Hyun didn't like Jong Suk at all when they were working together.
What does this mean?
I didn't like quite a few things about him.
Such as?
So...
Hyun Bin is very tall.
And he is also very tall.
Sang Hyun isn't a short guy.
When I stand beside him, I look short.
I couldn't get mad at Hyun Bin.
So I got mad at him instead...
Even if I use sole inserts, I still look shorter.
The production staff had me stand on a wooden box.
It doesn't show on TV, but--
It's degrading.
I was so embarrassed... If he were smart...
he should help me save face by wearing flat shoes, but...
He kept on wearing military shoes that have thick heels.
So I told him about that.
I played a character who talks fast in 'Secret Garden.'
Hey, since I said that, shouldn't you at least hear me out?
- Why listen to the same old story? - [Haven't finished talking to you]
- Yes, yes. - I played a hot-headed guy.
- But he didn't have many lines. - That's true.
I needed time to catch my breath after doing my two or three lines
but he kept talking and not giving me that time.
'Why? No. Forget it.'
Then I needed to deliver three more lines.
I talked with Kim Eun Sook who wrote 'Secret Garden.'
She asked me if you still can't memorize your lines.
[Oh]
And that's the first thing he says.
'I'm working with Sang Hyun.' 'He still can't memorize the lines?'
[Sang Hyun, I'm kidding.]
I need some time to... get used to it...
I need time to get used to the lines, and...
I think I'm a little less than smart.
[You do know how to be funny]
Let's explore the rumors about them.
Okay, yes.
Time to talk about rumors. 'I Heard It Through the Grapevine.'
I heard it through the grapevine.
- Tae Gyu did so well last week. 'Reporter Bong.' - Yes, Reporter Bong.
I don't have any other job other than working for Hwasin.
So, all I do is...
I have done a lot of work on our three guests here.
You can choose to tell us before we talk about them.
Nowadays, they all know the rumors about them.
They do because it shows up on related searches.
In the past, if you were the target of a rumor, you were the only person who didn't know.
I heard there is this rumor about you, Bo Young...
Some of my friends sent me some flyers because they talked about me.
You did get famous after all.
That's why I loved that I was on it in the beginning.
It was the first time it ever happened.
I thought, 'I get to be on the flyers too?' But when I read it...
- It didn't make any sense-- - What did it say?
It said that I never eat with production staff.
- A table to yourself? - A table to myself.
I heard she doesn't share her table with anyone.
That I don't share my table.
Another one is that I got angry because someone compared me with Kim Tae Hee.
- Ah, yes, yes! - Yes, so...
But when I read the flyer, there weren't rumors about only me.
There were rumors about many other people, and mine didn't sound too bad.
So I thought, 'If this is the rumor about me, it's not so bad.'
And I bragged about it to my friends.
They responded as if the rumors were true.
I noticed people left comments about me that said
'She doesn't even share her dinner table with anyone. What an ungrateful #$%@.'
People were writing comments like that.
That's when I started to feel offended.
Don't you regret a bit and think, 'I should've eaten with them...'
Because I love buffet style, so I can't eat alone.
I need to eat his lunch and her lunch, as well.
You order many dishes all for yourself?
[Dizzy]
Reporter Bong, Reporter Bong.
I heard that Bo Young is a food connoisseur.
For example, when she goes somewhere, she goes with her manager.
If he asks, 'What do you want to eat?'
I heard that if her manager says, 'Let's eat whatever is available,' she gets so angry.
If he suggests kimbap or burgers for dinner, she says, 'What the hell are you saying?'
Throws it at his...
- That I throw them at his face? - Yes...
- I heard-- - On a social media site?
No... I found out from another source of information.
Where?
There is this rumor about you.
Bo Young said she read those comments on her social media accounts.
You said that rumors about you aren't so bad, right?
But people don't believe the rumors about others because they are so far-fetched.
'Hey, I heard Shin Dong Yup has four nipples!'
His rumors are like that, so they're hard to believe.
But they could say that her rumors sound a lot more convincing.
- I mean seriously. - I really didn't like them at first.
But then I thought to myself...
'What's wrong with eating alone?'
It's not something that's disrespectful.
'Why do they...'
'Why do they say I eat alone when I don't,' I thought.
That does makes sense.
'I am eating alone because I want to. So what?' You know what I mean?
You are right on that one, but the rumor that involves Kim Tae Hee is...
Since they were in a commercial together.
The flyers didn't mention that one.
But I did hear a rumor like that.
Actually, I was worried at first.
I did ask my friends whether I should work with her or not because she is so beautiful.
Because the two of us were in one shot
I did ask myself, 'Should I do this? Maybe not? Should I? Maybe not?'
There is no reason to get angry about it after agreeing to do it, you know?
Were you really worried about being in the same commercial?
I was okay about it...
but people around me said, 'What if you don't look as beautiful in comparison?'
People around me said that.
'Is that so?' I did think like that.
She's the first one to talk about her rumors.
We just simply asked her a question, but she was so
logical in how she made counter arguments about everything.
'What? What's wrong with eating alone?' she said.
Yes, and there is a rumor about you that's worse than that.
I heard it through the grapevine.
Bo Young has an intellectual and elegant look about her.
There is a suggested search phrase online that doesn't fit you at all.
She walks splay-footed.
[Lee Bo Young Walks Splay-Footed]
[Lee Bo Young mistaken as a non-celebrity]
[Lee Bo Young: a village idiot]
What are you saying?
- Are you serious? - I heard these rumors.
You don't seem surprised by the 'Mistaken as a non-celebrity.'
You just said, 'That one makes sense.'
It happened when I was in 'My Daughter Seo Young.'
It was after doing a scene outdoors.
Early in the show, I wore blue jeans and a shirt, looking like a student.
I was stopped by a security guard because of what I was wearing.
Oh my!
- Where was it? - It was KBS.
But your show was getting viewer ratings of 30% to 40%.
- In the beginning. - But still...
And you were wearing the same clothes that you were wearing in the show.
It was right after a scene.
They should've recognized you because of what you were wearing.
That's true only in historical dramas.
Right?
How could they recognize her?
- You have to be wearing a costume. - That's right.
That must have thrown you off.
He chased me down to the standby room.
'I said you aren't allowed in here!' Like this?
'Lady, you shouldn't be here!' Like this?
- You didn't tell him? - Pardon?
What did your manager do?
It was resolved after the production staff explained it to him.
He was so dedicated to his job.
I am sure this happened.
He recognized you at one point but pretended he didn't.
Since it's the point of no return, let's go all the way.
If he said, 'I am sorry,' People would think, 'He works hard.'
That could be.
- How about walking splay-footed? - Walking splay-footed is...
I really hate being in a full shot.
- Did you do ballet? - No...
- I didn't-- - Then why are you splay-footed?
I think I have a very flexible pelvis.
When I am in a full shot, I pay so much attention to the way I walk.
But it looks awkward...
Imagine her being in a full shot and--
'I don't want this! I don't!' Then she walks away splay-footed like this.
- It's hard to stay focused. - You must be good at walking on a tightrope.
[Walking on a tightrope?]
[Like this?]
Walking on a tightrope...
She's been saying really strange things today.
What are you doing?
Don't look at me after saying something like that.
What do you want? Don't do that.
Walking on a tightrope?
[Did it confuse you a lot?]
I am sure people will notice it more if I say this.
Just before filming, others stand like this.
But I stand like this. I try to be conscious of it, but--
It must be easy to find your pair of shoes because they are placed like this.
'Here are mine. Found them.'
[Here are Bo Young's shoes]
Do you really think she would place her shoes like this?
I don't want to bring this up, but...
Walking like that looks okay when you're wearing sneakers.
- But if you do that while wearing heels-- - I don't do that when I'm wearing heels.
I don't walk that way when I'm wearing heels.
What's the difference?
I walk that way when I feel relaxed.
That's because...
She could walk that way when she feels relaxed after wearing heels for so long.
Thank you.
[Please don't mention it]
I heard that Bo Young was accepted as a flight attendant for a major airline.
She made it to the final round of an anchorwoman audition for MBC.
You were in an airline commercial, but you were an actual flight attendant too?
Yes, when I was a student.
So you passed the exam?
Why did you quit?
Because I wanted to see if I could become an anchor.
So your dream was to become an anchorwoman?
- Yes, it was. - It fits you so well.
It really does fit you so well.
- I think it's good I didn't make it. - How come?
I don't think I could stand a rigid schedule.
But they don't care how anchorwomen walk, right?
That's true.
Yes.
It's okay if you place your feet like this under the desk.
It's okay if you sit like this.
[Lee Bo Young was destined to become an A-list actress?!]
I heard this about you.
Cosmetic surgeons voted Bo Young as someone
who's most likely to have a successful job interview.
There is another one here...
This is a strange one.
- You don't want talk about it? - No, it's just not for me to ask.
Please ask her. It's a question she's meant to ask her.
No, it's not...
- It's for Hee Sun. - Me? Ask her this question?
Ah...
So...
[What's the question?]
- I am so curious about it. - Why this question?
So I...
She might not know about it.
She's voted as the celebrity who most women in Uzbekistan want to look like.
- What does it mean? - I think it means...
- Have you ever heard about this? - I've never heard about it.
- How about you, Jong Suk? - No...
- How about you, Bo Young? - I've never heard about it either.
She's the number one celebrity that young people in Uzbekistan want to be like?
Were K-dramas exported to Uzbekistan?
I'm sure there are more beautiful people than me in Uzbekistan.
- She's the role model for Uzbekistan women. - What did she do for them?
You said she's a role model.
What did she do to become a role model there?
The drama 'Seo Dong Yo' is very popular in Uzbekistan.
We've been talking about her rumors.
I think don't she has any rumors about her that are too bad.
I think it's an opportunity to know her as someone charming and easy-going.
You are wrapping it up very nicely.
I hope these two get to know me...
I am sure they will soon.
[It's been a long time]
Rumors about Yoon Sang Hyun.
He's known as 'the ultimate worrier' because he worries so much.
I hear that he can't sleep because he's worried about a war breaking out.
I heard it through the grapevine.
That makes sense, that makes sense.
- So embarrassing... - No, you don't have to be.
It's not as bad nowadays, but...
- But just about a month ago-- - It really was like that.
I hear that you almost always watch the news because you are afraid of a war breaking out.
I've been watching the news almost every day since I was young.
I need to know what's happening in the country so I can deal with it.
I've always made sure that I watch the news since I was young.
Doesn't the news get more interesting as you get older?
- Yes... - Yes, that's right.
I didn't think too much about dying.
I was born in 1973, so I am 41 years old.
- Ah, really? - Yes, yes.
I began to worry about dying.
Wondering what I should do when my parents pass away.
How do I take care of my family if a war breaks out.
In the middle of all this, there was a change in North Korea's regime.
Kim Jong Eun is...
He always says something provocative.
He doesn't do it through actions, but still...
'If South Korea does this, we'll pay them back,' he says.
I used to be young as well. That's the time when you just do it.
He might lose his temper and decide to do something rash
because all he needs to do is to push a button.
Then have you been preparing in case a war breaks out?
Of course.
- In times like this, I prepare. - How prepared are you?
Hoarding, hoarding?
You need a safe shelter more than stuff.
- Bunker? - Yes, you need a bunker.
I like areas around Jirisan. And Jirisan and Seomjin River are connected.
- Southern Jeolla Province? - They are famous for their honey.
Finding a spot that's just at the south side of a mountain.
So I thought if the house is protected that way, it won't matter if they shoot missiles.
[He is serious! Hahaha!]
You build a house at the foot of a mountain close to Seomjin River.
And you need an underground bunker, right?
You shouldn't build an underground bunker beneath the house.
Because you can't get out if the house collapses.
You build a bunker some distance away from the house that has a built in air-duct.
How much of your plan did you complete?
I've been to many potential building sites.
['All I need to do is to build a safe haven now.']
Because Sang Hyun talked about such things, I talked to my friend named Mil Duk.
- Why Mil Duk? - It means 'Military Duk Hoo.'
He recommended me what materials I should use for a bunker.
Unexpectedly, he said concrete is the best.
If the wall is thicker than 80 centimeters, that's when
a building can withstand a 7.0 earthquake.
I never knew this before, but Seomjin River is connected to the South Sea.
- So you can get to the sea? - Yes, escape on a boat to South Sea.
If things get pretty bad at Jirisan, you can get on a boat and head to the sea.
- Isn't that so? - But you already thought about it, right?
Yes, yes.
[Of course!]
The scariest situation is when it's a chemical warfare.
If the chemicals poison the water and food supply...
it's over.
He's a war expert.
Do you have a gas mask at home?
I know where I can purchase one.
[Ready to buy one]
I also know what kind of combat rations I need and where to get them.
How much food would you need?
Combat rations these days are very high-quality.
It's in a box.
- Instant rice? - No. It has everything including dessert.
- Fruit? - It has dessert.
If you open it, it cooks the food by itself.
- There are things like that. - What's being cooked?
- The food is... - Is it?
- It wouldn't cook a person. - No, does it cook food?
There is a system like that out there.
- There is. - I was so fascinated by it.
- A lot of campers use it. - Yes.
I see you tend to worry a lot.
Since we're talking about preparing for a war, what are 3 essential items you would need?
- Definitely drinking water. - Water.
- Gas mask is a must. - Gas mask...
It's not too expensive. It's good to have it.
Are there ones for babies?
- There are. - Ah...
He's sharing the information with us.
Because we have kids.
You have to write your name and blood type on your clothes.
How come on your clothes?
Write your blood type too.
So they don't give you the wrong type of blood.
Yes, that's right.
- You need to think about that. - But if someone else wears your clothes...
You are rescued and you notice...
'Oh! I have type B blood. But this is type A blood!'
- That could happen. - Yes, yes.
[Amazing]
Wow.
If a war were to break out, China and Japan would also need to get involved
so it just cannot happen.
When I watch TV, I notice that the chairmen of all the conglomerates are still here.
They have very good sources of intelligence, you know.
Even they are staying here, so I don't think a war will happen.
Do you have hypochondria?
Yes, I have hypochondria as well.
I like to take medicine.
I do not like to eat out.
I like to cook my own food.
- You cook your own-- - By the way...
Have you ever thought, 'Do I have cancer?'
- I have! - Ah, really?
- Worrying about your health-- - So, it's like this.
When my legs feel a little wobbly...
'Why are my thighs getting thinner?'
It makes sense because--
'My muscles used to be tight, but they're loose now. Why?'
There are a lot of muscle- related diseases these days.
And, anything else?
I notice a lot of my hair on the pillow.
The same thing happened before.
Now I notice it even more.
And also...
My skin starts to feel bloated.
- I feel lethargic-- - Hey!
Because it's only natural that that's happening.
- Did you go to a hospital? - I tried oriental medicine.
The doctor felt my pulse and said
'You are very healthy,' he said. So I said, 'Really?'
'I feel very tired in the morning.'
'No, you have an unflagging source of energy.'
- Is this how... - Is this how he...
We fell for it, we fell for it.
Wow, he got us.
- And... - But it doesn't last that long.
So I work out and go mountain-climbing.
- To have muscular legs. - To have muscular legs...
- To maintain my thigh muscles-- - He pays a lot of attention to his legs.
Wait, he said he has an unflagging source of energy.
You might have that, but we have the man with a legendary libido.
[We have the man with a legendary libido]
Sang Hyun, I heard you're a master of skin care.
- Skin care? - Yes, I heard you are meticulous about it.
- He pays extra attention to skin care? - Yes.
He never drinks water. He always drinks green tea.
- I wash my face with green tea. - Ah, really?
After drinking green tea...
I don't use tea bags.
I use the leaves.
Ah, is that so?
He says he should never forget to get a massage and bathe his lower body.
I must do lower-body bathing daily.
I use green tea for lower-body bathing as well.
You know, your skin really does become smooth.
- Really? - Yes.
- I hear lower-body bathing is healthy. - It's really healthy.
Using green tea should make it even better.
Lower-body bathing is good for strengthening your legs.
Bo Young, how about you, how do you take care of your skin?
- I am... lazy... - Oh...
I get a lot of sleep.
I used to do lower-body bathing daily, but...
A doctor told me it's not good for my body type.
I'm sitting close to her and I can see she's had no surgery.
How old are you?
- I'm... - When were you born?
Why not?
- Is it different from your profile? - No, it's the same. I'm 35.
Hee Sun, you can tell just by looking?
People who went under the knife look pretty on TV...
but often they don't look as pretty in person.
But... she didn't do it.
- You can just tell. - She didn't.
Well, about the rumors surrounding Yoon Sang Hyun, the conclusion is...
Don't worry about a war breaking out. You might get wrinkles.
[Wrinkles are scarier than wars?!]
Last set of rumors are about Lee Jong Suk.
They're widespread at SBS.
I heard that you never talked to IU when you were co-hosting Inkigayo with her.
I heard there was a feud between him and IU.
I heard it through the grapevine.
Can you... talk about it now?
One of the reasons could be that they really dislike each other.
Or he doesn't feel she is worth talking to.
- I mean seriously. - No, no, it wasn't like that.
When we were working together, we never talked about our private lives.
- She's not your kind of girl? - No, no, it's not like that.
Inkigayo is targeted for younger viewers.
We need to host it in a predictable way.
Yes, yes.
I didn't like doing or saying cutesy stuff.
IU asked me to dress up as Peter Pan.
- She comes up with ideas like that? - Yes, she comes up with them.
Without even asking you about it first?
She talked to the writers first.
That means I need to do it, too.
You didn't know she was doing that in the beginning?
- I didn't-- - You should've stopped her.
'Who are you to come up with these ideas?'
'Hey, let's take it easy.'
'What's wrong with you?'
Who else can say it like that besides you, Gu Ra?
Who would ever say that?
Then, like this: 'IU, you might like me to dress up as Peter Pan...
'But I don't like that. You're weird.' You should say that.
Because you weren't friends with her?
It's not like that. IU wanted us to be different from other music programs.
She is enthusiastic.
'Let's dress up as someone,' she said.
I once dressed up as Leon from 'The Professional' as well.
- Her as Mathilda? - She was Mathilda.
To dress up as Leon, he needs to have a beard and wear sunglasses and a knit cap.
It's hard work for him, while Mathilda just needs to carry a plant.
It's so easy for her.
So I thought...
- I was a little annoyed by it-- - Of course you were!
Do you know what was most unexpected?
He dressed up as a snowman.
[A snowman?!]
Yes...
You dressed up as a snowman?
- I did... - Should've told her no.
When I saw that, I thought this.
You have to look happy at all times, right?
When I watched Jong Suk co-host the show...
- I watched every episode. - Ah, really?
How did you watch them all? So fascinating.
Because I have nothing else to do at home.
Hey. You should read some books. Seriously.
Is watching TV all you do?
I heard this in the early days when Jong Suk was a co-host of the show.
That he was a soulless MC.
Even my nickname was 'Soulless.'
For example, 'Oh, IU, you look as beautiful as a flower!' You should say it like this, right?
But Jong Suk said, 'IU, you look as beautiful as a flower.' He said it so fast.
- Because you were embarrassed to say it? - Yes, I was.
I didn't like jumping around with joy, so I used a calm voice.
It could have appeared that I didn't care.
I think Jong Suk needed to co-host that show with a middle-aged actress.
To match your energy.
- Because IU is so lively, you know? - Yes, it's like this.
'11th place today!' You have to talk like this, right?
You do...
- That show's been on for a while-- - I hosted that show as well.
- Ah... - I...
I wore a feathered top. Even back then--
- You co-hosted with Bae Cheol Soo? - I debuted on that program.
Bae Cheol Soo hosted a show like that?
I see, when SBS just went on air, right?
When SBS just went on air.
I hosted Inkigayo, right? So...
I wore a feathered hat.
I wore a net mask, as well.
I didn't like doing that either.
Because he's been a fashion model since he was very young, you know?
He was used to walking the runway with a fierce and cynical vibe...
But when he was talking with IU, she would say
'Mad at you,' and the theme of the show would be, 'Mad At You.'
Yes, yes.
This is what I thought seeing you host the show for six months.
I thought in the beginning, 'He really does sound soulless and awkward.'
Later on, I found his style very charming.
Because there was a huge contrast with IU.
Later on I even thought
'Isn't this intentional?' I thought.
No, so then, how about
Waking up in the middle of your sleep, 'Why did I ever do that?'
Wasn't it so embarrassing?
You have to go through it. Then, you can overcome it.
- When I was doing Peter Pan-- - How did you do it?
No, I always deliver lines in a similar way.
'I am worried. No, I can't.' Like this.
'I am worried.'
This is funny. 'I am worried.'
Yes, that's when...
Everybody loves IU because she's an iconic younger sister.
But I was very annoyed with her... at the time.
- But I didn't want to say that to her face... - Yes...
But when it was about time for me to go, I felt very sad.
Maybe because I've been through thick and thin with her.
So, you've never kept in touch with IU ever since that time?
No, no, we kept in touch.
'Why did you do that when you knew I was having a hard time with it?' I asked her.
'I wanted us to do well.'
We talked about everything that we'd been holding back.
IU told me, 'Jong Suk, how could you be petty and tell on me?'
Now, she is one of my few close friends.
- I'm getting hot... - Ah, oh, seriously.
I hope our filming today goes well.
I am also worried about it.
- He must've hated doing all that. - I had a difficult time with it.
I can feel it when he talks about it.
I'm someone who has a very hard time talking in front of so many people.
How does your agency handle that?
But a lot of people have their eyes on you, Jong Suk.
You don't have to talk on a runway. You just walk.
Why don't you just sit and look pretty?
You can walk back and forth here if you want.
She's talking nonsense again.
- It's fascinating. Jong Suk is like-- - [Startled]
[You got pretty startled, didn't you, Jong Suk?]
He looks cool and comfortable when we aren't focusing on him
but if I call his name, he starts to sweat.
So I had a hard time hosting Inkigayo.
It's difficult to handle this but there were so many more people there.
How I needed to gesture and what I needed to wear--
Why didn't you say to your agency, 'I don't think this is for me.'
- Why didn't you tell them? - I did... many times.
- They decided among themselves. - 'Among themselves.'
But that's how it goes when you are just starting out.
At least, you became well-known because of that.
I am curious about this.
The best opening show for Inkigayo was...
Can you imagine Jong Suk dancing to the song 'Troublemaker?'
- He was dancing to that song! - With who?
She was a professional dancer.
- With a dancer-- - With someone you didn't know?
Yes.
[He looks to be having fun on one hand...]
[And having a hard time on the other hand...]
[Ah... so awkward...]
How did you feel?
I wanted to die.
But I am sure you practiced for it.
I couldn't not practice...
When you were practicing, were you saying to yourself, 'Oh, do I really have to do this?'
It was so stressful for me.
I couldn't not do it. I had to do it.
I heard that's the initiation ceremony to becoming an Inkigayo host.
So...
- You don't want to be here? - Isn't this doable?
I am sure he's saying to himself, 'They made me appear on this show.'
I asked the writer for a favor.
Please don't let them talk to me.
Then, why are you sitting there?
This was also decided amongst themselves.
What do you mean 'amongst themselves?'
Who are these people you're talking about?
You are the one who told them about this!
You're the one who talked about IU and dressing up as Peter Pan.
[Jong Suk... wipe your sweat...]
Because he is timid, I heard when he's in a TV drama...
I know it's hard to ask women for their phone numbers...
but you could ask your guy friends for their phone numbers.
I hear you feel awkward doing that as well?
Nowadays, I'm okay doing that, but...
Early in my career...
I had a hard time asking anyone for their contact information.
Even when I got their phone number, I worried about calling them early in the morning.
About calling or texting them?
I just wanted to say hi but didn't want to call them during lunch.
What the...
- And, and-- - How about in the evening?
In the evening, I am worried they might be working.
If it's later than that, I was worried it'd be too late.
No, no, this makes sense. There was one time when I was being scolded by a female teacher.
I might get in trouble for looking at her, but I might get in trouble for not looking at her.
When I looked down, she was like, 'Look at me!'
I've never seen someone sweat that much on air since Cho Hyung Gi.
Just like Hyung Gi.
Since you are working with him, you probably know what he's like.
Is he timid?
I asked him for his phone number.
I was always the one who initiated conversations.
I think he's very shy.
That's because he's been in the business longer than I have.
I felt awkward about it because I was a rookie back then.
But you are still the same way.
- You're still like that. - No, no...
He starts talk down to him.
- He has changed. - Who has?
- That was when he was a rookie, right? - Yeah...
I was in a scene with him yesterday. He was dancing as he was walking towards me.
[Dancing while walking towards Bo Young?!]
- So then-- - Got to be kidding me.
[Explosion of doubt]
I think he just didn't want to co-host with IU.
Jong Suk already completed some scenes the day before, so I asked him about it.
- 'How is the mood on the set?' - 'It's very good, Bo Young!'
He sent a photo of himself posing like this.
- A photo of himself? - A photo of himself.
'Am I cute?' he wrote.
[You... aren't cute...]
So different when he likes someone and when he doesn't.
Yes, I think there are people that I feel comfortable with.
I was performing in some scenes yesterday and he came to visit me.
I noticed someone very tall dancing towards me.
When I asked him about it, he said, 'I am so happy to see you.'
- You've never seen him do that before? - No.
When he was in 'Secret Garden' a long time ago...
- Sang Hyun approached to talk to him-- - He didn't like me.
He must've hated it so much when Sang Hyun approached to talk to him.
No, I was...
He was quiet because he didn't like Sang Hyun at all--
Look, look, look at what he's doing.
I was getting sweaty...
- You keep in touch with Ha Ji Won, right? - Ah... yes.
Keeping in touch only with women...
[He's become a public enemy for men all of a sudden?!]
I hear you're not satisfied with having many talents, so you're working on becoming erotic?
What does it mean?
I'm going crazy here...
That's why he wore that...
What does it mean? I hear that's what you said in an interview.
My goal as an actor is to become an actor who has a manly vibe. For example...
When Ha Jeong Woo is acting...
Whether it's a man or woman, when you can feel their rawness, they are sexy.
Yeah, I agree.
Yoon Sang Hyun is sitting beside you. What do you think of him?
- He is so sexy. - You heard how he said it, right?
Did you see that?
'He is so sexy...'
He is so sexy but he is too talkative.
Since Jong Suk is sweating too much, I think we need to wrap up.
Yes, rumors about Jong Suk...
'Lee Jong Suk gets shy when he's around many people but he knows how to manage someone.'
Like we make one line of kimbap when we're hungry
it's time to find that one-liner when you are hungry for life.
- It's time for the power of a one-liner. - Yes.
This is one by Yoon Sang Hyun.
'Chattering is golden.'
[Power of a one-liner: Chattering is golden]
[Isn't it supposed to be 'Silence is golden?']
Ever since I was young up until now...
- I think I became more talkative as I aged. - I see...
When I was as old as Jong Suk is now, I almost didn't talk at all.
I gained some and lost some because of that.
I think I gained more because I was talkative.
I noticed that people find it hard to approach me if I am not talkative.
People think it's women who are supposed to be talkative, right?
Yes, yes.
I used to think that way up until I was 30.
Since I turned 40, I started to use a lot of this.
You aren't as talkative as you'd like to be, right?
No, I am not talking as much as I would like to.
I was going to school. I was taking drawing lessons as well.
If I approach them first, people are open to talking with me.
I notice that if I don't talk, people don't even approach me.
At the time, I wasn't really worried about the reason why that might be.
After I enlisted to do my military service, I realized
if I don't say anything and express myself
- I noticed it's only my loss. - Yes, that's right, that's right.
At the time, I was always listening to African-American music.
Such as MC Hammer and Bobby Brown.
- Oh, MC Hammer? - Yes.
'You can't touch this,' he raps.
[Ah.. the memories...]
When I was assigned to a military base, I met soldiers who liked the same music as I did.
I couldn't get myself to talk to the senior soldiers.
The senior soldiers approached me first and talked to me.
'Hey, lazybones...' My nickname was 'Lazybones.'
'Hey, what kind of music do you like?' was the first question.
- 'I like MC Hammer, sir.' - 'What? You know MC Hammer?'
- 'Bobby Brown, as well--' - 'What, Bobby Brown, too?'
We became close quickly after talking about music.
I became talkative because we talked so much about music.
And then... when I heard that the Taeji Boys were coming back...
The senior soldiers and I started to talk about Taeji Boys and their music.
Was this your first phase in becoming talkative?
That was like my first phase.
Your second phase was MC Hammer?
- Your military life became easier? - My military life became easier.
In the morning they asked us, 'Who wants to be a volunteer support?'
It's for supporting tennis games.
They picked me to help them play tennis.
Because you are talkative, entertaining, and on the same page.
They said, 'Hey, let's not just talk about it. Let's form a group and learn to dance.'
- Taeji Boys? - Yes, Taeji Boys.
- On a tennis court? - Yes, on a tennis court.
- Which album did they come back with? - It's when they released 'Come Back Home.'
[4th album for Taeji Boys 'Come Back Home' 1995]
Sang Hyun, did you do this part or this part?
Sergeant Ban did the first part.
Sergeant Pyun played Seo Tae Ji and I played Lee Ju No.
- You went in. - Yes, I did that part.
Let's try it here. You can stay seated.
[Slide in]
You need to keep doing that whenever I ask, okay?
- He still has moves. - He still does.
That was the end of my first talking phase.
- You became talkative in the military, right? - Yes.
When I was discharged, my mom told me, 'You've changed.'
Because a quiet guy came back a talkative guy.
Moms like it a lot when their kids become talkative.
- Yes, yes, that's so true. - Especially when a son becomes...
I became more talkative but I needed more money to buy things for the senior soldiers.
That's when I started working part-time.
- That's when my second phase began. - After you were discharged, right?
We started to get a lot of regular female clients.
Because I went and talked to them a lot.
When you bring them their drink, it's not--
- It's not easy to talk to them, you know? - 'I know you.' Like this?
Did you say, 'Hi there.'
- 'Hi there.' - 'Hi there.'
You look special today.
- I love hearing that. - I just keep talking.
There is another client.
'Hi.'
- 'Hi...' - 'You look beautiful today.'
'I'll take you to the number one table.' Then I take them to the table.
Is that how a server is supposed to...
I was like a server because it was a large building.
A large building.
- And then what? - And I met a talent agent.
He told me that if I wanted to be a singer, I should talk to him.
That's when I became a singer trainee.
- That's my 3rd phase in becoming talkative. - Yes, your talkativeness. First, second, third.
After practicing singing, I started to get acting lessons.
I felt so out of place that I basically didn't talk to anyone.
There was a junior high student.
- Someone way younger than you. - Someone way younger than me.
There were Moon Chae Won and Lee Won Hee.
There were quite a few students there.
It was so much fun, but I couldn't understand what the teacher was saying.
They said to feel an emotion and express it with your body.
I'd never studied acting before.
- Too abstract for you. - Was too abstract for me.
- You didn't feel it? - No, I didn't feel it.
But I am pretty curious.
'I want to be good at this,' I decided.
A junior high student sat beside me.
- A female? - No, a male student with very short hair.
- You got angry. - He flared up.
- You were annoyed, right? - I don't like it when someone interrupts.
- Because I love to talk so much... - He really does.
- Was he a good actor? - He was a good actor.
- 'How do you evoke an emotion?' - 'You just do it.'
- Oh... - You don't talk much at that age, right?
The most dangerous time of life.
He was very quiet, so I kept talking to him.
'Yeah... where do you live?'
- 'I live in Ilsan...' - 'Ilsan! I live in Ilsan, too!'
- I found something in common. - With him?
We connected based on where we lived.
'Hey, you live in Ilsan? Where do you go to have fun?'
'Ju Yeom Station,' he said, and I knew about Ju Yeom Station.
And I kept talking.
You know, it's so hard to get a junior high student to trust you.
It's so hard.
- Your son is a junior high student, right? - Yes, he is.
When you met that junior high student, how old...
- How old were you back then? - 31 years old.
How did he do that?
To become friends with him, I decided to go take the lessons with him.
I took a subway train with him.
When I drove, I gave him a ride to his home.
I kept buying him ice cream and dinner.
He began to teach me various acting techniques.
I debuted as an actor after being talkative with him.
I got to do my first TV drama because I look like a famous Japanese actor.
The director said I looked like Kimura Takuya.
I didn't even know how to act, but the director kept insisting, 'We should hire him.'
He told me he got into so many arguments with the chief producer.
I don't know why the writer liked me because I delivered lines like I was reading a book.
- What was your first TV drama? - 'Marrying a Millionaire.'
Who was the leading actor?
Go Soo, Kim Hyun Joo, Son Tae Young and myself were the main characters.
- You debuted as a main character. - I debuted as a main character.
I never got to use any of the techniques the junior high student taught me.
You were hired immediately after learning from him?
If you were hired based on what you learned from him
you should've been hired for Sharp, a TV drama for teens.
[You should save those techniques for a teenager]
That's how I got to be a main character in a TV drama.
I felt so out of place and I thought just being quiet would make matters worse.
So I started to chat with everyone.
I pretended to be good friends with the production staff.
- How about with Go Soo? - I couldn't...
I think he can't handle leading actors.
You should start by saying, 'Hey, Go Soo, how old are you?'
But... you couldn't?
- Do you keep in touch with Hyun Bin? - I am good friends with Hyun Bin.
But at the time...
Because I needed to work with people I saw only on TV...
I couldn't get used to it.
I needed to feel at ease, so I started to talk with
the director of cinematography, the lighting director, and the sound director.
- With every production staff. - With every one of them.
'Where do you live? What do you like?' I kept asking them.
Because I wanted to find something in common to become friends with them.
- A common denominator. - Yes, a common denominator.
I kept doing impersonations of people.
Impersonations? Who, who?
- Cho Yong Phil and Lee Hyung Woo. - Please show us.
Can you sing 'Bounce,' too?
- I do... - He upgraded his stuff.
It used be 'Mona Lisa' but he upgraded to the latest one.
I used to sing 'Mona Lisa.'
If I sang,'You are Mona Lisa,' the production staff loved hearing that.
- How about 'Bounce?' - Can't you do 'Bounce?'
When you turn around...
[Hahaha]
[Got to tune it first]
You do it like that.
- How about Lee Hyun Woo? - I did his voice many times.
When I close my eyes, I see you approaching me like a dream...
I sang like this.
If you try to impersonate, production staff love it so much.
Why didn't you do that in front of Go Soo?
If you did that, he would've said, 'Sang Hyun, that's so funny.'
'Soo, come, come here.'
- It was so hard to do. - Why would it be?
I felt awkward doing that even though he was five years younger than me.
It could've been good if you did it for him.
I couldn't get myself to do it.
I was being chatty on shooting locations.
I got in trouble because I was impersonating someone.
And I somehow completed a TV drama.
That's the end of my fourth talkative phase.
Now... begins the great fifth phase.
- Wonder if I am talking too much... - No, no, it's good, it's good.
The fifth phase began when I was in Japan.
Because 'Queen of Housewives' was successful, I got to work with a Japanese label.
I don't even speak Japanese except for 'Thank you very much.'
An offer came from Japan. I couldn't miss a great opportunity like this, so I went.
After we recorded the album, reporters came to our press conference.
But I didn't know how to speak Japanese.
'Thank you and nice to meet you,' is all I can say.
Then I started to speak in Korean.
Whenever someone asked me a question, I could've given them a short answer
but because I gave them very long answers, my translator
was becoming sweaty trying to translate it.
I heard foreign stars don't usually hold long press conferences.
That's true.
Because I met new people, I became chatty in order to make friends with them.
'I like this and this kind of food. I cook this at home.'
'My parents like this food. When it's time for a memorial ceremony, we cook this kind of food.'
But reporters liked that so much.
Because I gave them a lot of material.
Because he gave them a lot of material.
'I drink tea daily and I always do a lower-body bathing. And I work out.
'These are the things I do daily.'
The translator had such a hard time.
Stars from Korea usually don't give them long and courteous answers.
They usually don't.
All Yonsama does is smile, you know?
Yonsama doesn't talk too much.
- He's the president of my agency... - Is he really?
What has it got to do with me?
Because he's watching me.
Okay, I got you.
[Tae Gyu... I am watching you...]
[I'll work harder, Mr. Bae...]
You can still be chatty even when you don't know any Japanese?
- Because a translator helped me-- - Did it help you a lot?
- It helped me a lot. - How so?
'He is the first star from Korea who talked so much.'
'He is very entertaining and very courteous,' they wrote.
- It's good to be the first one, you know? - They wrote friendly articles about you?
Yes, so when I told them--
- Gave them a lot of material? - Gave them a lot of material.
'Yoon Sang Hyun is an authority in lower-body bathing.'
What's an authority in lower-body bathing?
They used it as the title because they wanted entertaining news articles.
They liked it so much because I gave them lots to write about.
You may not know... the president of my agency, Bae Yong Joon loves to do it too.
When I first met him...
I had to run away.
He loves to drink tea.
We were drinking tea... and talked for about 12 hours, starting at 8pm.
I can relate to that. I do relate to it.
I've always been chatty.
- You would be a good match for me. - I need to talk until I feel completely full.
I've had enough if I pass out afterward.
- Is that so? - That's how much I love it.
I am curious...
When you are in a TV drama, it's hard to find the time to sleep, right?
I chat with people on the shooting location.
What does your staff say about that?
When I get to the shooting location
I don't stay in the vehicle. I head out right away.
I greet the production staff and ask, 'What did you do yesterday?'
I hear you always have supplies of chocolate in your car.
That's because if you talk a lot, you get dizzy after a while.
You feel much better if you eat three to four chocolates when you feel dizzy.
- Doesn't your mouth hurt? - My mouth doesn't hurt.
- Because I've been singing for many years. - Look at his hand gesture.
- Doesn't your tongue get swollen? - Not for me.
That's why I noticed something on the side of your mouth.
I chatted a lot with my manager in the standby room.
Have any of your girlfriends left you because of that?
Yes...
After we watched a movie
I talked to her about the movie for about five to six hours.
I think when it comes to Sang Hyun...
Jong Suk's way is to remain quiet.
Sang Hyun is fun to be around when he starts to talk.
I like to talk a lot.
I don't tend to like to play a character who is quiet.
Look at that, Jong Suk is not sweating at all because we aren't talking about him.
Look at the tissues that he has prepared.
He's set aside so many of them.
- Why did you do that? - In case I get sweaty...
I am not finished yet.
He wants to get to the end of it.
You are going for it, right?
I think Bo Young might be having a hard time with it.
- How about it? - He's like this during staff dinners too.
I talk like this during staff dinners, as well.
Then, do you have any advice on how to be talkative?
The first thing you say to them is very important.
Don't you talk differently to men and women?
You take something about their appearance and start a conversation about it.
For example, something from your memory?
- Let's do a skit. - Sure.
- Ah... what is your name? - I am... Lee Bo Young.
- Really? - Yes.
I thought you were Park Bo Young.
What was that? What was that?
He was just...
I mean she is as beautiful and youthful as Park Bo Young.
- Wait a minute-- - Pretending Lee Bo Young isn't an actress.
He used this line before.
Really?
On the first meeting?
That you are as youthful as Park Bo Young...
Please do that to Jong Suk.
'What's your name?'
- 'It's Lee Jong Suk.' - 'Mm...'
- 'How tall are you?' - 186 centimeters.
'Have you painted a wall before?'
- 'Pardon?' - 'Painting.'
I am not done yet.
Have you painted a wall before?
- 'I haven't.' - 'Yeah...'
'Why are you so tall if you don't even paint #$%&...'
I shouldn't have...
Yes, it was a hard line to say.
I couldn't come up with something.
You could've said...
'You could paint the ceilings,' right?
I know what you were trying to say.
My conclusion about being talkative is
if I didn't meet senior soldiers who were very nice
I could've became a quieter person...
but because I met senior soldiers who were very nice, I learned to be talkative.
I met good people because of that. I created returning customers because of that, as well.
Because I was talkative in a good way, I was hired for a TV drama.
Because of being talkative in a good way, I went to Japan
- I become a famous Korean star in Japan. - It really is.
I think the only way to develop a close relationship is to chit chat.
- I agree. - Because I've become a mom.
I meet a lot of moms, right?
We start the conversations about our kids, always.
- Yes, talking about your kids. - We talk about our kids and
we diss our husbands and after a few beers.
'You're good at drinking? Let's get together for drinks.' That's how we become close.
You become friends quickly.
Chatting really is golden.
I think you become healed via chattering.
Because you feel lonely, you find the common denominators
- And you begin to talk-- - I can relate to that.
I absolutely do.
Jong Suk, you haven't been sweating. Should we get you sweaty now?
- Lee Jong Suk. - Yes.
Jong Suk, when do you find are the most stressful times?
- Mm... - When do you get stressed out?
Times like this.
There is nothing you can do about that.
He received the best new actor award last year, right?
Yes, last year...
When you receive an award, everyone looks at you, right?
Your acceptance speech.
You can send someone else to receive it, too.
But if you are an A-list actor.
If it's for rookies, they usually are there to receive it.
A rookie sending someone else to receive the award would be funny.
I was the host for the award show, as well.
- How did you do that? - They decided it amongst themselves.
I have a one-liner by Lee Bo Young and this one touches me deeply.
This is Bo Young's one-liner.
'A mom's job is to nag.'
- This made me think of my mom. - I can understand why.
I've known Bo Young from before.
I was climbing a mountain that's close to where I lived.
A lady who had a favorable impression introduced herself as Lee Bo Young's mom.
- Ah, really? - She talked to you?
- On a mountain? - Yes, on a mountain.
It's a mysterious serendipity.
Your mother wears glasses, right? I remember that.
I didn't sense that she would be the type who would nag so much.
Does your mom nag quite a bit?
Yes, my mother nags a lot and asks me what I am doing a lot as well.
She manages a lot about what I eat, still.
- Really? - She still does.
- How does she do it? - There are food she won't let me eat.
- Your food intake? - My food intake.
What doesn't she let you eat?
'Don't go out to eat. Eat at home if you can.'
She always makes lunch for me.
I like eating out much more.
I drank soda for the first time when I was in junior high.
'Always make sure you are the only one in the elevator.'
She tells me things like that quite often.
Doesn't she say not to invest in stocks?
I don't manage my income at all.
But she does tell me this often.
'Don't vouch for anyone.'
Don't vouch for anyone. Seriously.
[You're so right...]
She didn't let me eat junk food or ramen noodles.
My dream used to be getting married asap so I could escape her and be independent.
I got scolded so much when I was in the 9th grade.
I felt I had to run away from home, so I ran away to her mother's place.
Then, that doesn't count as running away from home.
'Bo Young is right here.'
Yes, I ran away to her mother's place.
I got in so much trouble for having an argument with her daughter.
She was mean, you know?
When I was young, I felt so stifled.
Of course.
When I return home at dawn, she is still awake.
- She waits for you? - She wakes up.
She needs to see my face and...
She's very worried and wants to know if I got home safely.
- She won't let you lock your door? - Won't let me lock my room door.
People find it fascinating that I was able to go through puberty.
Won't let you lock your door?
When I was young, I got in trouble for slamming the door shut after being told off by her.
When I slammed my door shut
'Come out here and close the door properly.'
During puberty, you want time to yourself, right?
For example, locking your room's door and reading manga.
- Watching erotic videos? - No.
[She isn't falling for it]
Even when I hide my diary, she somehow finds it.
Mom manages all my money.
I don't even know how much money I make.
I feel I can't calculate more than 10 million won.
Too many zeros?
Yes, so, I can't calculate it.
My mom manages all my money.
Last year, I hid away about 1.5 million won.
- Your secret fund? - I set it aside.
Because I always use credit cards.
- I felt so happy that I had a secret fund. - Over 1.5 million won?
Because I didn't have any cash before, I liked that I had cash.
'How should I spend this? I should buy myself shoes or...'
'a purse or something?' Then I completely forgot about it.
I never handled cash before, so I completely forgot that I hid away money.
I thought I hid it away very, very nicely.
One day, I needed money for a wedding I was going to.
'Mom, Mom, I need cash as a money gift for a wedding.'
Mom told me, 'Oh, I don't have any cash on me.'
'Hey, there is that money under that closet,' she told me.
[How did she know?]
She knew I hid money there.
- Your secret fund? - Yes.
I think she knows about almost everything I do.
- You are the only daughter? - Yes, I have a brother.
- Does she nag him, as well? - No, she doesn't do that to him.
- I think because I am the first-- - To your dad?
She nags Dad, as well.
Does your dad nag you, too, Bo Young?
- No, he doesn't. - Oh, only your mom does.
- Why did she get a little obsessive? - Because she was worried?
She didn't even let me get a driver's license.
- You don't have a license? - I do. I got it without telling her.
'Why would you need to drive,' like that.
Because roads are dangerous and that I might into accident...
- You are a good daughter... - No, I am not.
You are a good daughter.
It's so hard to take, you know?
'Hey, why didn't bring back the dishes?'
She remembers everything I took.
I am...
I live in Geumho-dong by myself.
My parents live in a countryside in Paju because my father is ill.
Mom calls, 'Come take the side dishes I made for you.'
I go there and I need to take the containers back, you know?
'Hey, why didn't you bring the container that you took last time?'
Out of twelves containers, she remember that one container you didn't bring?
She remember it all.
'Okay, I'll bring it back,' and I get a little annoyed with her.
When you have your own child, do you think you'll be like your mom?
When I was young, I thought I wouldn't be a parent like my mom.
But I don't think I can help it.
I think I take after them.
I noticed that I also carried something that I didn't like about my parents.
Before I guaranteed that I won't parent like she did, but I can't guarantee it anymore.
I am like that, too.
My mom is good at organizing things.
When I notice my son's room is messy, I go and pick it up and say, 'Ugh!'
When I see a 2-liter plastic bottle, I find myself cleaning it up.
Every day, I turn off the computers too, and keep saying, 'Ugh, unbelievable!'
- I do that. - Why don't you just do it
but he has to say something like, 'Ugh!'
I found myself acting like my parents.
Now I feel like...
I used to find it stifling and wanted to run away from it but
Now I feel comfortable with it.
- Her nagging, you mean? - Yes.
'Yeah, I'm sure she does that because she's worried about me,' I think to myself.
'She is doing that because she's still young enough to do it.'
I started to think that way in my thirties.
- She's matured pretty early. - It usually takes longer for others.
What's the deciding factor why you felt that nagging is a mom's job?
On my day off, my mom can't go anywhere because she cooks for me.
She needs to be home when I am home.
When I complete a TV drama, that's when she goes on a trip or on a vacation.
One day I woke up on my day off from the TV drama I was in.
I heard my mom talking on the phone. She said...
'Oh, I can't go because I need to cook for Bo Young,' she said on the phone.
I thought, 'It's okay for her to go out even when I am home.'
I realized taking caring of me is what brings her joy and a sense of purpose.
Because she needs to cook and prepare meals for me.
'Ah, that is what gives her a sense of purpose as a mom...' I thought.
In truth, your mom might hate doing that but you just think she loves it.
'I can't go because of Bo Young. So annoying,' she meant.
'Ah, it gives Mom a sense of purpose.'
- That could be true. - And that is true.
I hear elders say that making a gulping sound when eating is what it means to be a good child.
I am a mother, you know?
I can relate to the reason for her nagging.
I think I'll be like her, too.
And also I think
When I hear Mom nag me, I can't handle it like you do, Bo Young.
'I did this and that,' I tell her.
I thought that it's the only for Mom to have a conversation with me.
Sometimes my mom say this to me
'Why do you say mean things to other people?' she says that and I reply
'Mom, do you know anything about TV entertainment?'
'Mom, they hire me because I do that.'
'Please don't say things like that,' I tell her.
I mean seriously.
'Okay, I got you,' she replied.
I am such a bad son.
My mother passed away when I was young as if it happened recently.
I miss her nagging even now.
I find Bo Young's story is healing for us, as well.
Yes, it does.
Yes, this is a one-liner by Lee Jong Suk.
Oh, this is unexpected.
'Being alone is more fun than being together.'
Guys in their twenties like to go out.
They like to hang out with their friends.
'Being alone is more fun than being together?'
Yes, it's been about eight years since I lived alone.
I lived on my since my high school days.
I started to live alone because I went to an arts high school in Seoul.
I couldn't sleep at night because I was scared.
I couldn't sleep in the dark, so I left the lights on.
'What should I do?' I needed to sleep and it didn't feel like I slept if I kept the lights on.
So I changed my daily routine.
I went to sleep before the sunset.
I woke up at daybreak.
- Early in the evening? - Yes.
- Before it was dark outside? - Before it was dark outside.
- You don't like being in the dark? - I couldn't sleep because I was scared.
Living by myself...
[Cute]
After I got used to living by myself, I found it so comfortable.
Because I get to do whatever I want without worrying about others.
What if you have a girlfriend?
What's that?
If this was a private occasion, conversations would flow so easily.
But we are on air, so...
So, you like to be alone, right?
- Doing whatever you want. - I feel comfortable that way.
When I hang out with friends, I have them come over.
My friends call me an old person who lives alone.
- Because I don't go out. - What do you do at home?
I like doing things like watching TV and--
- On your days off. - Being at home gives me energy.
He feel at ease when he's at home.
I can understand that because I like to be alone as well.
- In seclusion? - Living in seclusion.
- I like it a lot. - It fits you well.
- But it doesn't fit Jong Suk. - I know he's a young guy, too.
I consider it work when I need to go somewhere to meet a friend.
- Do you really? - You consider it a work?
I don't feel like it was my day off.
Do you have a bad liver?
Why is he so attached to a day off?
- So... - How tired do you get?
No, it's just that I like watching TV so much ever since I was young.
The reason for wanting to become an actor is because I love TV dramas so much.
In my opinion, I think indirect experience that comes from watching TV is as good as the real thing.
So I...
I watch a TV drama and have a conversation with the female lead character.
Yes, there has to be something to it. Give us an example.
I am a big fan of Lee Na Young.
I pretend that I am working on my acting skills.
Let's say Lee Na Young is on TV right now.
She would deliver her lines, right? And I've seen it several times already.
I know what the male lead character says.
I deliver his lines.
- As you are watching TV? - As I am watching TV.
- I deliver lines like that. - You talked about addictive hobbies, Tae Gyu.
It's another form of an addictive hobby if he watched TV enough to memorize the lines.
And if I want to meet or go out with a girl
I watch a TV show like 'Mate.'
[Jackpot]
If you want to go on a trip, you watch a documentary?
- 'The Laws of the Jungle,' for example. - 'The Laws of the Jungle.'
Do you choose your favorite when you watch Mate?
It's like I am on a blind date.
[Like being on a blind date...?]
He talks to them as the ladies are being interviewed.
He talks to himself, 'I think I like lady number three.'
It's not that bad. For example...
There are times when you want to go to the beach because you feel suffocated.
It's takes five minutes for that desire to dissipate, right?
So I go on the internet and search for the photos of ocean.
Do you feel a little better after doing that?
I can't tell the difference between being there in person and looking at a photo of it.
It's a cyber...
It's been four years that Martian Virus have been on air.
So, we wanted to make episodes of celebrities who are like Martians.
So, come to our show when you have time.
I can do that because I am by myself.
I can't change the channel when I want when I'm with my family.
You film the people you consider to be Martians, right?
Doesn't talking with the TV qualify you as a Martian?
Yeah, he's a very good candidate.
Yoon Sang Hyun for his chatter.
We'll decide amongst ourselves. You just come on the show.
I am sure you don't spend too much money either.
I don't spend much money.
I don't use my money on drinks either.
For example, they ask you what would you like to bring if you are
all by yourself on an island. You probably have to have a TV.
All I need is a TV.
- Do you have a big TV? - Yes.
- Is that a 3D TV? - No, it's not...
How do you feed yourself when you are home by yourself?
I am on a diet these days.
There are lunch boxes you can order online.
- Delivery? Delivery? - There is something for you, Jong Suk.
These days, rice cookers talk.
'Would you like it to be pressure cooked?' it asks.
If you say yes, it cooks it as you want it.
'After a few minutes, I'll be on keep it warm mode,' for example.
So, he can have a conversation with it?
I have something new.
Somebody gave me a cleaning robot.
I like to follow it around--
Following it around.
Following a cleaning robot around?
'You, you.'
Because I am very fascinated by it--
I used to do the same thing when I bought a cleaning robot.
[I did, too]
- You followed it around? - 'Where are you going?'
- So fascinated that it's moving-- - Such weird people.
[Today is a special episode on Martians, after all...]
When it gets stuck on an electrical line, it asks you to move it.
That stops it from cleaning, so you need to lift it.
- 'Oh, my robot,' like this? - Yes.
Mine makes a beeping sound when it's stuck.
There are things that Jong Suk and Bo Young have in common, you know?
Whenever they find something in common, Sang Hyun looks more miserable.
Sang Hyun can't find a common ground with them.
I like to do this but he doesn't like this.
Because he likes to be alone.
He hated when Sang Hyun was approaching him to
talk to him because he loves being alone so much.
I noticed that. 'It's him again...' it's like that.
And he can make friends with him via TV, as well.
It must be hard for you, Bo Young.
One of them likes to be alone and the other likes to talk.
I think I am the most normal person out of the three.
You are the most normal person.
I think you know now how they are, right?
Yes, because I learned a lot about them here.
I didn't know Jong Suk talks with his TV at home.
Yes, that's what I mean.
- We've completed Jong Suk's one-liner. - That's what I mean.
'Every one of us is a Martian.'
So, why don't you come on our show?
Help us improve the viewer rating.
I think your new TV drama will do well.
Because each one of them is unique.
A new TV drama for SBS. 'I Can Hear Your Voice.'
Yes, it premieres at 10pm tomorrow.
- First episode, right? - Yes.
Please say something to the viewers.
Yes, at home...
You do it, Bo Young.
Our drama premieres tomorrow. Please send us a lot of love.
Yes, be energized on Tuesdays.
On Tuesdays, Hwasin.
[Chattering is golden]
[A mom's job is nagging.]
[Being alone is more fun than being together.]
Ahn Moon Suk, Seo In Young, Lim Soo Yang, Choi Won Young.
Why is there an R-rating? We are changing it a little.
If they weren't going to marry, I don't think they would've exchanged.
Of course, I am aware of it.
'In Young, you have those heels.'
She did that. It was weird for me, too.
I couldn't stay on air.
Four levels of looking innocent and sexy.
I wear something sleeveless. One, two and three.
If it doesn't go lower, you do this?
- Your complexion-- - I go there totally ready.
Today at Hwasin.