Hwasin: Controller of the Heart
Why do we have labels like '19 and over?'
I can sense the scent of a male from him.
Let's go to a public bath with me after this.
[The icon of being single (?!) Ahn Moon Suk]
- Look so old for my age. - Sexy killer.
A doppelganger.
I hear she was getting physical with a top idol singer.
- Tell us who. - I do know who.
[Innocent sexy with unexpected charms Lim Soo Hyang]
Of course I am aware of it. I feel sad and frustrated.
- It means you copied her. - I didn't do it!
Aren't you clenching your teeth a bit too much?
[Hyo Ri, you are so harsh?! Seo In Young]
Starts with 'Fa.'
[A magical spell that everyone will love?!]
I was doing Kara's hip dance with a tie around my head
and playing the tambourine.
What is this?
[The emperor of ad-libbing?! Choi Won Young]
- Let us... - Let us --
This is a useless ad-lib.
Love and War inside Hwasin.
What? What? What?
- Please don't spit while talking. - You did a lot of that to me.
- Sometimes I think they are married. - And the best.
[Hwasin]
On Tuesday, Hwasin!
We have three strong women
and a feeble man here.
I'll sing a love serenade.
[Choi Won Young plays a mama's boy in A Hundred Year's Inheritance]
I can see his Won Young's legs from here.
- We were talking and -- - Are they shaking?
He has his hands together and is shaking his legs.
He looks pale, as well.
- It's okay to relax, Won Hyung. - I am feeling relaxed.
When he was casted for today's episode, his manager
loved it because he's the only male guest.
But I heard you were a little nervous about today.
Yes, because... every other...
- I'm the only guy. - You're the only guy.
- 'And the three other guests are women.' - 'Women? Who?'
- 'Ahn Moon Suk.' - 'Ahn Moon Suk?'
- 'Seo In Young.' - 'Seo In Young?'
Go to a public bath with me after this.
Aren't you excited since Ahn Moon Suk is here today.
She makes people laugh wherever she goes.
And also, she asked this question to the writers as soon as she could.
She asked them what our highest viewer ratings was.
So you are going to tell some stories
and get to be the most searched word, right?
You know, whenever I go on a variety show
I carry around extra 3% of viewership in my purse.
Then, does that mean we get to hit two digits? I'm looking forward to it.
You said this on Go Show...
I really like when someone talks about the urinary system.
What did you say? You said the urinary system is healthy so it's lonely?
Talking about reproductive organs, prostate, sperm --
They are very important parts of our lives.
The prostate is as important as the heart.
Yes, yes.
They sound very normal when doctors talk about them.
But why do people get so sensitive
when a female celebrity talks about them?
I think you are a pioneer.
[The pioneer in the 19 and over content?]
[Gu Ra... you are the only one I can trust]
[Moon Suk... you're talking about everything today.]
I guess you two can speak the same language?
- With who? - With Dong Yup.
With Moon Suk?
We aren't married but we probably exchanged something, you know?
- Probably exchanged something, you know? - Exchanged what?
She means that warm human affection.
Of course.
By the way, you started a company recently, right?
The name of the company is Seo In Young Company.
I'm anxious, now...
- Just like Seo Tae Ji Company. - Yeah, Seo In Young Company.
- Are you the CEO? - No, not exactly.
I'm not exactly not the CEO either.
- Are you the only one there? - Yes, currently, I am.
What does your company do?
'What does your company do?'
- What is it that I do? - Ah...
Mr. Choi Won Young, what is it that you do?
Similar to what you do.
- Any hardships? - It's so hard, there's a lot of them.
You have to take care of everything, right?
There's so much to take care of.
Honestly since I started the company...
I've been wondering, 'why did I start a company?'
If you were recruiting a talent
and if you had to recruit one of us?
That is such a dumb question.
Out of us four. Out of us four.
Seriously? Oh my, oh my.
She's proven and Bong Tae Gyu will do anything
because he's just starting out.
I can do powdered milk commercials.
Everyone is doing well including Dong Yup, of course.
Gu Ra is doing well, too, except for the last little bit.
I have removed a lot of risk factors.
Yes... I think so, too.
People who have been through a hardship will no longer --
No, it doesn't always work that way.
You never know but still...
I can also work in... China.
[Great friends with Jackie Chan]
[She has the dignity of the original Korean Wave goddess]
I have a lot to talk about Soo Hyang
because my former manager is now her current manager.
- Oh really? - Yes.
You played a sexy killer in 'Iris 2.'
I hear that you know how to do sexy action scenes.
What is 'sexy action?'
I am really curious about that.
- What's 'sexy action?' - Women need to be sexy even in an action scene.
When you watch Kill Bill, she does action scenes in very sexy way, right?
After you kill someone, you hold a position that looks --
That's very important.
After you kill someone like this, you stare like this.
[Intense]
Your hair is messy and you do this.
And you breathe heavily.
That's the breathe.
You get sweaty, too. My nickname was 'Heavy Breath.'
[Let's watch a sexy action scene that has heavy breathing in it.]
[Arm-bar?!]
[This is sexy action!]
Really? So, that's what sexy action is.
I thought you would do this after you kill someone.
[Dirty]
[That's a dirty scene...]
- Isn't that from SNL Korea? - No, no.
What made you come to Hwasin?
You have a segment called 'I Heard It Through the Grapevine,' right?
I enjoy watching it so much.
One of rumors about me is that I look so old for my age.
I did acknowledge that I look old.
I look a lot younger than last year.
A lot of people have told me that.
I wanted to know what are the rumors about me.
But the ones that are so hardcore --
No worries, I have them all here with me.
- No joke? - No joke, at all.
Let's talk about the rumors. I Heard It Through the Grapevine.
I heard it through the grapevine.
A lot of people are interested in this segment.
It's a chance for celebrities to learn
about their rumors and explain them, as well.
It's a good segment. You are ready, right?
Ah, today?
I don't know if I should say this, but for the guests today
it's like the lake is half full of fish.
I didn't say this before the filming but
I know someone who's very close friends with Seo In Young.
Ah, do you? [Who would that be?]
I don't like it when my friend is involved.
We'll talk about her rumors first.
The hope of every Gold Miss in Korea.
The icon of being single. It's Ahn Moon Suk.
She has yet to marry
but many people wonder about this.
'She only dates foreign males, not Korean males.'
I heard it through the grapevine.
There are a few female celebrities who are like her.
Nobody thinks it's strange these days.
I dated and went out with them.
If you look at my preference, it's certain that...
I do prefer foreign males rather than Korean males.
- 100%? - Yes.
Ah, really?
I've had many opportunities because I went overseas to visit my family.
And I have actually went out with a foreign man.
The biggest obstacle is the language.
When I wanted a deeper connection
I couldn't because we couldn't communicate.
The most difficult part was
when you talk to them face to face
you can somehow communicate with them, right?
You can express yourself.
But that doesn't work when you talk to them over the phone
because you can't see the person's facial expressions.
I heard your last boyfriend was an Australian?
My sister lives in the South Pacific, a place called Solomon Island.
I was introduced to him via my sister.
- So, it was a blind date? - Yes, yes.
He was a branch manager for an Australian bank.
We golfed and swam together.
- How old was he? - He was two years older than I was.
- That's a good number. - Of course.
And he was unmarried, too.
- It's perfect. - Yes, Gary was...
- Gary is his name? - That's a popular name.
His name is Gary Big.
His last name is Big. His first name is Gary.
He is a Big?
I think he already married someone else.
If he were a Korean, his last name would be Wang.
Wang Gary?
How does Big translate to Wang?
The name should be King for that.
We were getting along very well...
When I noticed we don't share the same sentiment.
Such as?
One time I went to visit his house.
He loves scuba-diving.
When I went to his house
you know there are beautiful looking shells
you can find deep in the ocean, right?
His hobby was to collect the shells he found.
- It was his hobby. - Yes.
And these shells were completely white all over.
I wanted those special shells so bad.
I said, 'These are so pretty.' That means you want them, right?
If he was from Korea...
- 'Yeah, take one,' he'd say, right? - Of course.
I told him they are so pretty.
- Over a piece of shell, right? - Actually, it wasn't just a piece of shell.
He just needs to go in the water, again.
[Sweetie! Do you like the shell? Or do you like me?]
He took it away from my hand when I was looking at it.
He put it back on the display.
I was totally annoyed by that.
Ah, really?
And if you look at it from his perspective
he hasn't opened his heart to her yet
but when she asked him...
to give one to her in a sleazy way.
No, no, no, no, no.
That could really be the reason why.
I felt shocked in that moment rather than feeling disappointed.
You would feel disappointed.
I am sure you guys held hands and kissed.
That's what I am saying.
You guys even kissed. It makes no sense.
It wasn't like you were so much younger than him.
The shell incident was just the tip of an iceberg.
He was eating snacks, right?
When he was eating snacks
'Do you want to eat?' People offer some to you, right?
And you have some, too.
He never offered me any.
- He was eating it all by himself? - Yes.
I don't know about others but
I thought....
It seemed like he's so used to going Dutch.
Even when you two go on a date?
That's when I started to wake up.
There are men I would marry for that one thing
that I like about him out of ten things.
There are men that I wouldn't go out with
even when I don't like two or three things about them.
'What should I do with him?'
He has grown up in the culture of his country.
I have my culture, as well.
I thought I shouldn't look at him only from my perspective.
But once I received that shock
I just didn't feel the same way.
You felt hurt but he didn't know about it, right?
He didn't know. He didn't.
Is it how Australians are?
- Or is it Gary? - It's about Gary.
I am not sure because I haven't gone out
with too many Australians.
I'm not sure because I only went out with him.
I would like to ask Sam Hammington.
[Sam Hammington from Australia]
[I don't think everything is like that?!]
Won Young, if you were him
you would given them all to her, right?
Those shells? The shells?
And they are very precious shells.
No matter how precious.
We are only interested in what's in them.
That might be true and you've opened your heart to him.
By saying that one word, 'pretty.'
Women look closely at things like that.
We try to evaluate the man's character
based on his one behavior.
We don't feel touched when our men
buys us a very expensive purse.
- 'Mm... what are you doing today?' - 'Why ask?'
- 'Mm... do you want to have fun with me today?' - 'How?'
- 'Think of what's most erotic for you.' - 'What?'
- 'Do it.' - 'I did.'
'Let's do that with me today.'
[She is so hardcore]
- That's so good. - That's why he felt the language barrier.
It's so easy to communicate in Korean but
when you try to say that in English
can you imagine how hard it is?
This is what I felt while doing research on her.
You would never expect this from Moon Suk.
She was involved in a scandal.
- With a Korean? - Yes.
And she acknowledged the rumor herself.
Without intending to do so she did that in the year 2004.
- A scandal? - I heard there was that rumor about Moon Suk.
That she is going out with a business man.
On a radio show, she said that she didn't feel any anger
or annoyance even after getting into an accident.
'I am in love,' she said.
Wow, isn't Bong Tae Gyu amazing today?
- In the year 2004? - She was the host of the radio show.
- Do you remember that? - Yes.
A few days after that, she explained it like this.
When reporters asked her if she was involved
in a romantic relationship.
'No, I said that I love everyone because
I was feeling rather good that day,' she said.
What is this?
Wow...
That's Bong Tae Gyu for you.
He's called Reporter Bong here at Hwasin.
How did you get it down to every word?
- I did a lot research, Moon Suk. - Oh my...
Another one is that there is a group of men
who follow your every move.
I did research on that, too.
I researched what they like about you.
You know, I am pretty popular among men. Seriously.
I don't say this myself often but
there are a lot of very unusual men who like women like me.
Yes, I did a research on this, too.
Who are they?
What kind of people are they?
When anyone looks at Moon Suk
she definitely looks like a strong woman, right?
So what they think is, 'What would it be like to make that woman cry?'
It's like I would like her to cry in front of me.
- Because of me? - Yes, and then
I found another very interesting fact.
When someone strong like her, falls for you
you want to conquer her.
I know a bit about Moon Suk. I look at her
checking out Choi Won Young and thinking
'Oh? He is kind of alright.'
I noticed her doing that for a split second.
Her eyes were fluttering.
'He's kind of alright.'
You may not know how he really is
but what's your first impression?
He knows me so well. Dong Yup does.
Dong Yup, when you've been single for so long
- You can see everything that's happening. - Such as?
It's just...
I have that freedom to have a crush on any man you like.
Because I am single, you know?
- It's your special right. - It's my special right as a single lady.
And when you live by yourself for so long
You can see the lewdness.
You mean you can see the lewdness
by how they are thinking for a second?
When you live by yourself for a long time
you can see the lewdness?
- Of course. - It's a great saying.
It really is a great saying.
'He's kind of alright,' I thought.
He may look like a mama boy in a TV drama
but he is a manly man.
You can smell the scent of a male.
So, have you thought something lewd about him?
No, no, I can't think about doing something lewd with him
because we are so busy filming.
While we might be filming... but you could still...
Miss Kim Hee Sun.
I wanted to say something about her
the moment I saw her today.
What about?
I don't know about bringing it up like this.
You shouldn't bring it up.
-Exactly, should I not? - Yeah.
What is it about? Let's talk about it.
- Are you curious? - No, no...
I will talk about it if Won Young is curious about it.
I'm curious. I really am curious.
[Why screaming when she hasn't even started?!]
- When was this? - It's such a long time ago.
It's when Hee Sun just debuted as an actress.
And it's when Kim Hee Sun was the star
who won the heart of Korea.
You can say that again.
She was so popular.
I was in a TV drama with her.
Older actresses said, 'You go discipline her.'
I was the disciplinarian among actresses.
'Yes? What did she do?'
'Because she doesn't greet us,' they said.
'Really? I got it.'
I noticed that she arrived at the shooting location.
When I found her
she was lying down on a long bench.
I think she got so drunk the night before.
When I walked up to her and looked at her
she was sleeping without a care in the world.
'Hey! Hey!' I called her.
And she opened her eyes.
Other younger actresses would get right up, right?
But she was like, 'Yes?'
She was looking at me like this while lying down.
So, she was still drunk.
It's like she didn't know if she was awake or dreaming.
[- Hey! Hey! Wake up! - Yes?]
'Sit up.'
'Stand up,' I told her.
She rearranged her long hair and
'Okay...' and she sat up.
When I looked down at her
I felt so sorry for her.
She didn't need to be disciplined.
I thought how stressed out she must've felt
due to her extremely busy schedule.
[Yeah... how stressed out you must feel...]
[Moon Suk, what are you doing in my dream?]
I had an experience like that.
She almost got in trouble.
- I was lucky. - You were lucky.
Okay --
You know, she was so beautiful. She was so beautiful.
Yes, whomever worked with her always had an episode like yours.
She is so lucky, so she doesn't get in trouble.
She's lucky, she's lucky.
She asked me to go say hi to you today.
Of course I should go greet her since she's our guest.
I think she has changed a lot since she got married.
I was able to get married because I changed before then.
[That makes sense]
This means she has changed. She finally realizes it.
She looks to be at ease. She looks so happy.
By the way, she is very good at housekeeping.
I think the man who gets to marry her has found a treasure.
It's like winning the lottery. It really is.
She cooks well, and she's good at housekeeping.
I hope she gets married soon.
Please share one of your housekeeping know-hows.
I never forget something that I've seen.
I didn't come up with this myself.
There are times that you need to wear a white shirt
to complete your look, right?
Yes, that's true.
I looked for one but I haven't washed them.
But you need it right away to wear it, right?
Times like this you quickly hand-wash it.
Laundromats give back your clothing in plastic covers, right?
Put your shirt in it with a hanger.
You grab the end of it.
And you shoot hot air into it with a blow dryer, right?
Then, the hot air fills up the plastic cover, right?
If you do that, you can dry your shirt in ten minutes.
Because of the hot air moves around in there.
You use the hot air from a blow dryer --
- You dry it, right? - You dry it very quickly. It gets dry.
- That's something... - I've never done that before.
Since you are talking about white shirts
you know how you get a lot a stains in the neck and wrist area?
If you rub it against each other to wash it, you damage the material, right?
The best thing to use for that is shampoo.
You apply shampoo around the collar or where there are stains
and leave it for ten minutes.
Stains go away if you wash it after that.
- Is that why you apply shampoo? - Yes, yes.
And then...
- I will add another one on top of that. - Yes, yes.
She accepts the challenge.
- Was that a good trick? - It's a good one.
When you eat at a restaurant sometimes you get
seasoning sauces on your clothing, right?
When that happens, don't touch it instead put some cola on it.
Or you ask for a little bit of dish detergent, right?
You put a bit of it on top of the stain.
- You don't rub it? - Don't rub it.
If you put the clothes in the laundry machine, it comes off right away.
If you rub it, it blurs and doesn't go away.
Hot pepper paste doesn't go away.
- Cola works too? - Yes, yes, yes.
Most of you scrub it when you hand-wash it, right?
But it's very bad for the cloth.
You should keep that in mind.
Do another one.
I have another one that's...
not about doing laundry but a different one.
You have ten won coins around. But you don't have any use for them, right?
If you put some in a flower vase
flowers live longer because of the copper in the coins.
- Really? -Yes.
Flowers live longer that way.
And if you put some ten won coins in the drain, it doesn't smell bad.
Really?
And if you put some ten wons in your shoes, they prevent bad smells, too.
I... use tooth paste.
- Tooth paste? - Yes.
When you use most of it, there is a little bit that you can't use, right?
Yes.
You cut the top off with scissors.
You can use the rest of it when you are cleaning your bathtub.
You use it when you are washing your bathtub.
You can use toothpaste to clean silverware.
- With toothpaste? - With toothpaste.
If you use toothpaste to clean things
that are made out of silver, it whitens them.
When Won Young talked about toothpaste, she got on his side
and talked about using toothpaste.
She did an counter-attack on me but she defends Won Young.
She was in a battle with you but --
But she defended Won Young.
Do you want to do another round?
You win...
How about it, Won Young? Don't you want happy latter years?
No worries about money.
Who knows if the two of us might announce our wedding
by the time you do your 60th episode?
Because this is an entertainment show.
Don't get too tensed up.
Aren't you clenching your teeth too hard?
[You know how I really feel, right?]
And you are pure bachelor, right?
Of course, I am pure bachelor.
- What does 'pure bachelor' mean? - You've never been married, right?
No, I've never been married.
Why do you keep --
I researched rumors about Seo In Young.
It was like striking a bonanza.
The reason why she chose ballad as her title song is because of Lee Hyo Ri.
I heard it through the grapevine.
It's because both of you released your songs so close to each other.
In February of 2007, For You sang by Seo In Young ranked 2nd place in the charts.
[As soon as Seo In Young released For You]
Lee Hyo Ri's Tok Tok Tok won the first place.
[Lee Hyo Ri releases Tok Tok Tok immediately after!]
In July of 2008, Seo In Young released Cinderella.
Then, Lee Hyo Ri releases U-Go-Girl.
[When Seo In Young released Cinderella]
[Lee Hyo Ri released U-Go-Girl immediately after, again.]
The same thing happened for the third time now. This doesn't usually happen.
Hyo Ri chose songs that are slower than her usual, right?
No, she chose intensity as her theme.
I mean when you listen to Miss Korea.
Of course I am aware of it.
I am aware of it. I am aware of it but
you can't know someone's theme until you listen to their title song.
You can't look up on that and there are a lot of preparations to do, right?
You make a music video, choose the underlying concept, and choose the songs.
After all that, they said it should be complete.
And that Hyo Ri is releasing her album, as well.
'Mm... Ah... what should I do?'
Like, 'People will talk about this, too.'
'People will talk about this.'
But... I did think this, too.
'But I sing a ballad song.'
[Seo In Young returns with a sad ballad song Let's Break Up]
But at least we take different paths this time.
I did feel somewhat relieved.
Did it hurt your bottom line because two of you came back around the same time?
I think there were two sides to it.
That's right.
For anyone including females singers and idol singers.
Choosing the underlying concept is such a headache.
What matters is who does it first.
When someone does it first, nobody can copy it.
When she and I released our second last songs
we were using the same beauty salon.
And around the same time, I heard she was going to Japan to do shopping.
I was getting my makeup done, 'In Young, you have that, too?'
She asked me. 'Pardon?' I replied her.
- 'Ah, I bought this in Japan...' - 'I bought that in Japan, as well,' she said.
- We couldn't wear them afterwards. - So, both of you couldn't wear them.
Since I was releasing a ballad song this time
we decided to avoid clothing that were too loud so that the song stands out.
We decided to film the music video in black and white.
Hyo Ri released her music video a week before mine.
She filmed it in black and white.
So we re-did it from the scratch.
'Let's go natural.'
You're saying Lee Hyo Ri hacked into your system?
No, no, I wasn't --
No, I didn't mean that. No, no, no.
You should control your people.
So strangely, we like the same things
as well as our musical side...
We've in this business for long. It's been ten years for me and longer for her.
Our decision making somewhat overlaps
when it comes to choosing the theme and genre.
It was so strange for me, too.
Our styling choices kept overlapping.
I wanted to do a half ponytail, you know?
With some space in between.
And she did just that.
'We need something different,' we said.
How about giving them false information?
- What? - You tell her you'll do something that you won't.
'I'll go completely retro and dye my hair with hydrogen peroxide.'
'And I'll so look tacky.'
How about that?
I think we think along the same way.
I think there are other factors, too.
When you look at her hair, it's a little...
Yeah...
I don't care if you say anything to me except for my appearance.
- I wasn't doing that. - I think you shouldn't.
I am just mentioning what I am seeing.
Please don't mention it.
I thought two of you were about to become close.
Two of you are just... the best.
I love the way you two argue.
Sometimes I think they are married to one another.
Sometimes it does seem that way.
He's like an extremely wealthy chairman.
Hee Sun never lets him win.
I don't want to win in the first place.
Love and War within Hwasin?
Don't say that.
[The important thing is that it's entertaining]
Then... how about...
Coincidentally, your styles overlap with Lee Hyo Ri.
You said you changed your concept because of that.
And I changed my hair color nine times because of that.
- Before you had that hair color? - Yes, before I had this.
I told my hair stylist that I would like to dye it black.
And Hyo Ri dyed her hair before I did... in a dark color.
Listening to you talk
- I think you're suspicious of the hair stylist. - No, no, no!
I did ask her, 'Isn't it crazy? How come she and I
end up with the same hair colors?'
She replied, 'I didn't do it!'
[Extremely intense denial]
- She told you before you asked her? - 'I didn't do it.'
'I've never told her anything,' she replied right away.
'No, no, of course, you didn't.'
I think it's because Hyo Ri has a similar type of interest in fashion as I do.
Because every magazine follows the general trend.
Same with comedians. There are times they say something that I was thinking of.
We think along the same line.
Won Young, say the thing you've been wanting to say.
I was thinking I should just say nothing.
Yes, this is a rumor about Choi Won Young.
The nation's top downer, Choi Won Young.
A rumor says
'He ruins the mood of the filming locations for A Hundred Year's Inheritance.'
'He gets in trouble with the director because he does so much ad-libbing.'
I heard it through the grapevine.
I've watched this I Heard It Through the Grapevine segment before.
I was wondering what rumors are there about me since I am not famous enough.
You can't deny this because
Shim E Young who works in the same TV drama reported this to us.
She said you ad-lib whenever you can and not only that
She said sometimes she leaves you alone when you do something
that's just too much, thinking the director will stop you.
When filming starts, the director says
'Why are you so selfish?'
Really? Is that what she said?
No, no.
You shouldn't become so serious like that.
[Sorry, Won Young.]
It was my... my character...
Because the character I play is a bit of a downer
and someone who's missing a little bit of something.
It's a character that allows room for ad-libbing because of that.
That's how Chul Gyu is.
When he sees Yoo Jin and Lee Jeong Jin talking in front of his house
He cries in his car having seen that.
They get in the house and he says, 'Chae Won, Chae Won.'
There's a scene where he accidentally honks
and cries again because he scared himself.
Chae Won...
[Getting immersed in it...]
[Honk]
[How is my ad-libbing?]
Do you come up with things like that without asking the director first?
No, I don't ask for permission.
I don't tell him about it.
When there's an N.G., do you do the same thing or something different?
It's embarrassing to do the same thing.
I do think I should do something different but...
Actually, I know exactly what I am going to do before hand.
- Don't you? - Yes, and before you do it.
Like waiting at the start line, your heart pounds
because you don't know if it's going to work.
- Oh, when it comes to acting? - You do feel that way in acting.
Did you actually honk in the last scene we watched?
I read the script the night before and thought of ways to enrich the scene.
It was harder than I thought to honk it.
I thought I would try only once whether it worked or not and it worked.
- Did he say okay? - The director said okay.
As soon as I got out the car, 'if you came up with it yourself
then you're a genius,' he said.
That's why he does it.
He can't do it if the director says, 'Don't do that.'
That's why he does it.
Have you ever got in trouble for it?
There are pants that have drawings of human hips.
While wearing that
there was a scene where I had a necktie on my head
and dancing to Kara's music while playing the tambourine.
The script said Chul Gyu sings a song.
- Did you ask someone to help you? - I did it by myself.
I felt that Won Young is a detail-oriented person in his preparation but
you don't know whether it will make the final cut or not, right?
Right.
He tweeted about the props beforehand.
I read that tweet.
He shared a photo of the props as if to say that he already used them for filming.
[Tells people about it first, then uses them in his scenes?]
As the director
since it made news, he's more likely to let him use them.
I've never thought of that but I can see how that might work.
You are good at ad-libbing.
But I hear that you psych yourself up to ease the anxiety before the filming?
I do because because I always need to bring it.
Do you say it out loud like, 'Fighting!'
I do, 'Fwa, Fwa.'
- What does 'Fwa' mean? - It's an acronym for 'Fighting.'
Are you promoting it?
I say, 'Fwa, fwa, one, two, three, fwa. Ssa fwa, ssa fwa.'
You say, 'Fwa?'
When you are all by yourself?
It's something he's promoting.
'Okay, let's get this done, ssa fwa, ssa fwa, fwa!'
What do you do when you get yourself even more psyched up?
Even more?
Okay, then, at Hwasin.
Fwa ssa ssa fwa fwa, ssa fwa!
That's really good.
You like that one right? Don't you?
I got caught doing that in a bathroom.
You were doing it by yourself?
There were no one around and I tidied up myself and went, 'Ssa fwa fwa!'
Someone walked in.
'Ssa... '
It's so embarrassing when that happens.
My heart skipped a beat.
More embarrassing than being seen naked.
Won Young, someone like you who is highly motivated and energetic
I heard he put a lot of spirit into doing a bed scene.
- Legendary Libido? - Tae Gyu played a man with legendary libido.
In A Hundred Years of Inheritance, there is Choi Won Young.
My Girlfriend's Boyfriend.
Yes, it's a high quality movie.
It has an amazing quality for a movie released in 2006.
What is a trendy erotic movie?
I think the movie was ahead of its time.
- How? - The characters made love to multiple partners.
That's progressive?
I think it was at the time...
What's the name of the movie?
- My Girlfriend's Boyfriend. - My Girlfriend's Boyfriend?
Have you watched 'The Tale of Legendary Libido?'
- So many re-runs of it on cable TV. - Ah...
- I think I've watched it five times. - Really?
- I've been it so many times. - You've seen it five times?
Most people change the channel right away. Why would you watch it five times?
That's why it didn't feel like we were strangers.
What do you mean, 'not strangers?'
She is your loyal client. She's watched it five times.
They show it so many times and it's a very old movie, right?
I haven't watched it fives times and I was in the movie.
They show it so many times.
I really enjoyed watching it.
Thank you...
I noticed she was treating him like a movie star rather than a fellow celebrity.
I like men who wears something pink so much.
- What's that? - I like men who wear pink things so much.
My eyes turns into hearts and say, 'You are wearing pink!'
Of course, he is her favorite actor and someone who wears pink.
Seriously.
I come across so many movies that I need to watch again hosting this show.
I have to watch this, watch that and watch that, too.
So many movies to watch.
I think Won Young played a character who is just tremendous.
I like your Legendary Libido character a lot.
It's Legendary Libido all the way for her.
To her the man with legendary libido is like the Batman.
[The Legendary Libido Returns?]
Shall we talk about Lim Soo Hyang now?
She's crazy about The Tale of Legendary Libido.
Yes, let's talk about Lim Soo Hyang now.
I am interested. There is something about her.
This segment is the main reason why we casted Lim Soo Hyang.
It's really important that we ask her about this rumor.
We'll ask you the right questions to get the right answers.
When I heard Lim Soo Hyang was a guest, someone told about this rumor.
I am sure it's not true or it could actually have happened.
Let's see how she handles it.
This could be a lethal rumor for an actress.
Because I thought we need to know about this for sure.
- According to informants in Gangnam - I'm scared.
Soo Hyang shared physical intimacy with top stars every night.
I heard it through the grapevine.
Oh, that's the most enviable news.
According to the eye witnesses.
I hate talking about this.
It says you drank and made out with top idol singers every night.
There are so many rumors that says you were with male top stars.
I heard that there is a doppelganger who looks just like me in Gangnam.
- Someone who looks just like you? - Yes, yes, yes, it's true.
[Doppelganger: Someone who looks just like another person]
Just like there was a fake PSY in France?
My manager went home after driving me home
but he saw me riding a bike.
My manager called me and asked, 'Are you riding a bike?'
I think she looks just like me
so much that it confuses even my own manager.
About being physically intimate...
it was when after I came home from filming
the president of my agency called me.
He said a reporter called him and said that
I was kissing a famous male celebrity at a bar in Gangnam --
That you were making out pretty intensely?
That I was making out pretty intensely.
'What's happening?' he called and asked me.
I would like to get a phone call like that myself.
I replied, 'Pardon? What are you talking about?'
It's when I came home from a day of filming.
If I didn't work that day, there could have been a huge misunderstanding.
Even now the owner of the pub and the reporter think it was me.
Then, she must look just like you.
I think she might be enjoying it.
'See if you can tell if I'm Lim Soo Hyang or not,' like this.
How about changing your hairstyle or something.
I cut short my long hair that I used to have.
She might go, 'So, she cut her hair --'
You have a lot left. You should cut it all off.
- Shave it? - Shave...
- I don't know about shaving it. - Just a thought.
Who... is that person?
- I'm sure you heard about her. - I am not sure.
She's a pretty lady in Gangnam.
Same thing happened to Park Jeong Ah as well.
Some people said she's living with someone.
Jeong Ah was so stressed out about it because she looked just like Jeong Ah.
- She looked just like her? - Yes.
Her doppelganger acknowledged that she enjoyed looking like Jeong Ah.
They said your doppelganger was dating an idol singer, right?
Did the guy say anything to you?
There wasn't anything like that --
I was wondering when I heard this
while it may not have been you but
but the idol singer was dating your doppelganger, right?
Yes.
I am sure you know who that guy is?
I do...
- I do -- - Why don't you call the person and ask
'Do you want to go out with me for real?'
It's like she knows, 'So, he does like someone like me.'
Whenever the guy appears on TV, Soo Hyang thinks
'I can pick you up anytime I want.'
You have that confidence because you are the real thing.
There are so many times I feel stressed because of her.
I heard she drives an imported car.
She does?
Yes, I heard she drives a car that starts with the letter B.
- She does? - Yes.
Isn't it bus?
Bus? The letter B means bus?
It's a useless ad-lib. It's a useless ad-lib.
[This is Choi Won Young's useless ad-lib?!]
That's all I could think of.
He would been lynched if he was a comedian.
- Go ahead. - Yes, ssa fwa, ssa fwa.
From her perspective, she's being unfairly treated.
She dating an idol singer because she's able and capable.
'She's fake Lim Soo Hyang,' people say.
It's stress for her, as well.
It's not like she was assuming your identity, right?
- It's not like, 'I am Lim Soo Hyang.' - That's what I mean.
She's saying there is someone who looks just like her, right?
It's a very rare experience, right? So, how does it feel to have a doppelganger?
It's a strange feeling.
I would like her to do a lot of volunteer work.
Why don't you do it?
You should be one who volunteers.
Why would you ask --
Hi, my dear Doppelganger, I've heard a lot about you last three years.
You are doing well, right?
And please start doing a lot of volunteer work as well as make a lot of donations.
I would like you to do well.
It's her right to kiss or not. Why would you say not to --
- I haven't been able to do it -- - If she goes around and does volunteer work
When people say, 'Lim Soo Hyang does a lot of volunteer work'
and asks you about it, will you say, 'Yes, I did that?'
I would like to get to date and kiss, too.
When I hear that she does that
I feel envious, to be honest.
I feel envious because I always stay home.
I hear she looks just like you.
Even my own manager can't tell us apart.
Even your manager?
Ask your mom and dad about it one day.
[That there might be an untold story?]
It's time for the power of one-liner.
When it comes to the power of one-liner
in order to feel that positive vibe, please do your 'fwa fwa fwa' for us.
It's time for the power of one-liner.
Fwa fwa, ssa fwa, ssa fwa!
Before we start, I do have many one-liners.
I've lived many years, as well.
There are so many good one-liners just to pick one.
When I reversed the words 'I am stressed out,' I got 'Everyone cheer up.'
There are so many people who are so afraid of how others think of them.
That's especially true for celebrities.
I live a very good life without worrying about it. For example
when I want to eat something and do something so much...
I don't wait any more than three days before I do it.
I think you meant to say that when you shared this one-liner
'Go on a trip when your heart is pounding, not when your legs are shaking.'
I am fifty two years old now.
And also, my mother is over eighty years old now.
When I went on a trip to Australia, she found it quite overwhelming.
And she told me this.
'Look, when it comes to traveling, you don't go when your legs are shaking
but when your heart is pounding.'
'You go on trips when you feel the pounding of your heart
not when your legs are shaking.'
'You experience and enjoy traveling when the word makes your heart pound.'
It's an one-liner that comes from her.
But when we are young, we just work and save money.
In most cases, we can't go on a trip.
It's hard to do it but is there a way to put it into practice?
It's not too late. Let's go for something.
Then they go, 'Why all that fuss?'
But if you imagine yourself ten years from now, you think you might regret it.
'Why didn't I even just try?'
Are you taking on a new challenge?
The first thing is that I would like to get the license to sail yachts.
What's a license for a yacht?
You need a license to sail yachts, just like driving a car.
Just like you need a license to be a chef.
I don't know if this is accurate but
I heard there are about five thousand people
who are licensed to sail a yacht.
- It's not that many people. - Right.
It's a rare skill.
The important thing is that you can join a yacht club
only if you are licensed to sail yachts.
I heard there are many single men there.
Of course.
Sailors have got this going.
If you have a yacht, it means you have a lot of this.
That's right.
So...
Do you have to own your own yacht?
You don't need one.
I went to buy a book on how to sail yachts.
The study guide book for yacht licensing was this thick.
It was so thick.
But I still want to do it.
It's very romantic.
You wear a bikini on a sunny day.
You drink wine with the one you are in love with.
Yeah, that's a good idea.
But in our country --
You need to go to Busan to see ships.
It's not about buying a yacht. As I've said
my goal is to join a yacht club.
- She's not interested in buying one. - That's right.
You don't have to buy one yourself
when you just need to go out with someone who does.
There are many people who can't do it
because of their economic condition or time constraints, right?
If they make ten million wons, it's not difficult
to invest one million wons in something.
- If you think that way. - Yes.
I may not spend my hard-earned money on myself
but I spend a lot of money for my parents and relatives.
I realized that it's my money only when I spend it.
The cash that I hold in my hold isn't my money
because you never know where it will end up.
I think the money I've spent for myself is my money.
I think I can have this attitude maybe because I'm still single.
When I wake up in the morning, I always blessed myself
while looking at myself in the mirror.
'You'll be successful. You are wealthy. You are healthy.'
'You are like a mine. You are blessed inside and out.'
I blessed myself in abundance.
I've been doing that for so long.
Have you ever cried while you were doing that?
I have...
Sometimes I feel self-pity.
'You are blessed in so many ways but why are you still alone?'
Yes, it happens. There is a limit to what it can do for you.
It's not too good to do it daily.
You may self-hypnotize to make yourself feel better.
'What is this? What the heck am I doing?' you say.
Of course.
- You should skip it sometimes. - It's not exactly like that.
A lot of people talk about me living alone.
- Let me ask you a question, Dong Yup. - Yes.
Do you think it's worse when you feel
alone as a single person or as a married person?
I think...
- I'm being honest -- - You don't feel lonely because you have a wife?
I think humans feel lonely until we die.
I think humans are those who feel lonely until they die. I believe that.
Whether you are married or have children.
You feel lonely as a married man is
when you did something wrong to your wife.
[When a husband did something wrong to his wife]
It makes you feel even more lonely. You know what I mean?
Of course.
It explodes later on and she says, 'You did what?'
You know, it will be okay if they just talk about it, but they don't.
Gu Ra is one of the loneliest celebrities around.
- No, no, it's not like that... - Please send him warm regards.
Rumors seem to work like that.
It happens when talking about it won't solve it.
Women have that sixth sense.
So, even while doing something in the kitchen
Once they intuit it, it's so accurate.
When their wives look at them, husbands go, 'What? What? What did I do?'
[He that commits a fault thinking everyone speaks of it]
- Please don't spit your saliva. - Hey...
I didn't spit that much...
She's obstructing my business.
She says I spit saliva on her when I said a few words.
You've spit on me, too.
How do I do that when I don't talk at you, Gu Ra?
He spit thick ones at me.
It's the time of ordeal for Gu Ra.
Hee Sun plays a huge role in this show.
She's the Godmother.
This is the first time anyone said I spit while I talk on air.
I might talk fast but I don't spit when I do.
Can you imagine how annoying I would be
if I talked bluntly and spit at the same time?
I would like you not to put your arm in front of me.
'I didn't do that.'
- Why are you getting mad at me? - No, I mean that's what he does.
He does that.
Actors feel sensitive about things like that.
- When someone blocks the camera? - Actors feel sensitive about things like that.
What is something that you want to do while your heart's pounding
not when your legs are shaking, Won Young?
- What if you can afford to -- - Yes.
I... tend to get the desire to drink raw rice wine when it rains.
He knows how to be romantic.
You want raw rice wine when it rains.
Because the sound of rain is just like the sound of veggie pancakes being fried.
But you don't drink.
No, I know how to drink.
Since he is romantic.
You learn to drink when you have a boyfriend. No problem.
There's nothing you can't do once you get old. Is there?
She doesn't drink when she is not shooting for anyone.
You don't drink much when you are alone.
One day, I sat by the window on a rainy day.
I set up a camping table and poured a drink in a camping cup.
Oh, so romantic, so romantic.
- I lighted a candle. - Oh, a candle?
I turned off the light and drank.
Let's go on a camping with me. How about it?
Why do you need to go far?
There is one close to Han River.
There is one on Nanjido.
There is a camping site.
I'll buy the tent.
['Go on a trip when your heart is pounding, not when your legs are shaking!']
This is one-liner by Seo In Young.
'When you think you're ugly, wear matching underwear.'
It's deep.
[What does it mean?]
Women love to look beautiful, right?
I think self-management is very important.
I think only you can see it and if you feel confident about it
it will ooze out of you.
But I heard there aren't many women who match their underwear.
What does it mean to match your underwear?
- The colors? - Yes, you match the colors and --
The designs, you wear the ones with matching designs.
I love to wear pretty underwear.
- Don't they come in sets? - Yes, yes.
And why underwear?
[Starting with self-satisfaction!]
There are times when you go to a public bath
Men in their forties wear running shirts, right?
And they put the running shirts in their bikini briefs.
A lot of men do that.
Then the shirt sticks out like wings. You know what I mean, right?
You know what I mean. Right?
They pull it up and apply lotion.
There are many people who go back outside after doing that.
You know that, right? Right?
[We don't know... ]
There are people who pull up their briefs.
- It makes you feel secure. - It does.
A lot of people do that.
I also remember my grandmother doing something just like that.
I am not sure how grandmothers might do it but
I do realize that it's very important to hypnotize yourself.
Just like you did your fwa fwa fwa.
And I want to be loved.
Because I perform on stage
I wear something to feel sexy. Just as when you do your makeup.
I start with my underwear.
But others don't know what kind of underwear you are wearing, right?
But it's for self-satisfaction.
'I am a woman who has it together inside me,' it's that attitude.
If you wear an innocent looking makeup, you wear matching underwear?
- It's kind of like that. - You match everything?
Yes. Perfume, too.
Wait. How does an innocent-looking underwear look?
White cotton.
Hemp? Hemp? Underwear made out of hemp?
It's too rough.
It would hurt a lot.
- What do you mean hemp. - To look innocent --
Wouldn't hemp look innocent?
The reason I brought this up is
I...
I felt a lot of stress preparing for my comeback.
The first place song changes every three days or so.
I was worried about which genre to choose
because I've done so many different genres.
Because this is my first album since starting my own business
I deal with a lot stresses.
On top of that, I didn't work with the ones that I've worked with for ten years.
And I had a new producer, as well.
I am more shy than most people think.
So I felt... awkward.
I've been self-hypnotizing by saying, 'I am doing a good job.'
And I did do a good job.
[She's done well in every area of her life]
When we were recording my song, they criticized me so much.
- And you weren't even friends. - We weren't even friends.
I tend to finish recording quickly.
Because they were about my age, my pride was so hurt.
I wanted to cry but I felt too prideful.
So I pretended that it didn't mean anything.
- Do you hold grudges? - I do hold grudges.
I hate being hurt by someone I like.
I am cool about if I don't know them.
When I heard that, I held it back and asked how I should do it.
Out of blue, he said we should stop recording for the day.
I went home and I felt so sad and embarrassed.
I thought, 'I do know how to feel embarrassed,' I realized for the first time.
- It means you are aging. - I thought about it a lot by myself.
I thought, 'It could be that I have been cocky and such an ass.' I did think that.
Because I haven't worked with many people, I thought I was really good.
Because I kept getting criticized, I thought, 'I might be doing something wrong.'
I decided, 'The old Seo In Young is dead. Let's start over.'
Since they told me everything is wrong.
Because he told me I wasn't doing anything right.
Then we were about to record my title song.
We finished recording every other song and we started recording 'Let's Break Up.'
And we completed the recording in one take.
'I guess it worked out well. I guess I have adjusted well,' I thought.
My song goes, 'Let's break up,' like this.
But everyone's feedback is different.
'No, no, you should sing it like, Let's break up.'
- Someone told me to do that. - Please sing another version to see --
It's good, good.
Please sing a few version of it.
Let's hear your own version, In Young.
This is how I did it.
[Seo In Young's version]
Like this. I put more emphasize on it.
What was another suggestion?
Another person suggested that I should sing it with more delicacy.
[Staff #1's version]
[Both of them are good]
- How about another one? - This one is good.
Another one suggested that I should do 'Let's' part differently.
[Staff #2's version]
- This one is good. - I like the first one.
[Staff #3's version]
Not that one.
Not that one but I like the second one.
[Diversity of opinions]
Try singing 'Let's' in the first version and singing 'Break up' in the second.
- The second one is good. - My producer told me this.
The producer's opinion is the most important
because he wrote the song based on the experiences he had.
She sang only a little bit of it and she sang it so well.
Actors sometimes sing the OST for TV dramas.
'Let's break up, even if you sing this way.'
Were you trying to sing?
Even if you sing it like this, they auto-tune it for you, right?
However we sing it, they go, 'It's good.
They must tune it a lot.
How did they pull that off?
[Amazing advances in scientific technology!]
Let's do this one. Please sing the second version.
[Sad]
Hee Sun, try that version.
I think she can because she's an actress.
Let's...
At least she looks sad.
You have these preconceptions, right?
You might think she would be very prickly but
she does everything you ask her to and she has a naive side to her.
- Seo In Young as well -- - She does a very good job.
Hee Sun's image is so good --
That's how she really is.
I hear Soo Hyang you have your own way
of loving yourself and... healing yourself?
Healing myself?
I have a huge... desire to become innocent.
It must be so huge.
Then... do you do something to become innocent?
- Yes. - How?
I do that at home?
- By yourself? - Yes.
You practice to become innocent?
There are four steps to look innocent and sexy.
Please do tell.
It's not too complicated. I make floral arrangement at home.
When you make a floral arrangement
I heard that men find women sexy who show them their femininity unexpectedly.
Don't you?
[Yes... I guess we do... ]
You make a floral arrangement but you have to do it
while wearing a white dress shirt.
You wear a white dress shirt --
- One that's extra large? - Yes.
She has watched a lot of movies.
It's usually about wearing a white dress shirt
and having brunch and she tweaked it a little.
When the sunlight fills up the house
and while wearing a white dress shirt
and make a floral arrangement and tuck your hair behind your ear.
I think men find it very sexy.
I think she put together contrasting items.
No, it's good. It's good.
You do this when you are cooking.
When you are cooking, you need to wear a sleeveless shirt.
The one that's tight.
It gets hot when you cook, right?
You sweat a little because it's hot.
You tie up your hair tightly
so that your bangs stick to your skin.
And you plan it from the beginning.
And you show him that you are focused on cooking.
You are good at cooking, right?
Something like that appeals to men strongly.
And it looks innocent, too?
It looks innocent and sexy.
Because you're focused.
It looks sexy because you are cooking something
while wearing a sleeveless shirt.
I guess you make something Chinese?
Sweating while wearing a sleeveless shirt makes you look innocent.
Sweating is really important.
You have to sweat even if you don't feel hot.
Okay, then?
The step three is about dish-washing.
When you are doing the dishes, wear a short-sleeved t-shirt.
You should never wear an apron.
If you get wet, you should let yourself get soaked.
Because it looks sexy.
Because the t-shirt looks innocent by itself.
And it's okay to get really soaked.
To be sexy, you have to make friends with water and your sweat.
It's important to feel moisturized and soggy.
Why are you writing it all down?
Seriously.
Look, look.
She wrote, 'Floral arrangement and white dress shirt,' and everything else.
I would like try it at home.
- The step four. - So far, so good.
- It's pretty good -- - The step four is...
When you are drinking coffee while watching TV
you wear a loose knitwear, right?
The one that could show a little bit of your shoulder.
The knitwear has to be white because it's about looking innocent and sexy.
It's detailed. Please go on.
It's loose and when you move, it shows your shoulder.
It goes down.
When it goes down, you shouldn't put it back up.
Don't put it up right away.
When you know he saw it, then wait three seconds, one, two, three.
'Oh?'
[Slowly]
What if...
If there is an eye contact...
When it's down there
you may see a burn scar.
That is... that's paying attention to detail.
Isn't it the reality?
You need to give him three seconds
to look at my shoulder and collarbone.
Say, 'Oh?' and make an eye contact.
She's done a lot of research.
Isn't it acting? Isn't it?
[This is the how to be innocent and sexy(?)]
She has some useful tips.
You can use them only at your house.
You can't do it until you are living with him.
If you get invited to your boyfriend's house
you need to change your clothes.
But you could buy something that fits you.
It's how it is these days.
Your intention might be different but --
It must be so absurd if he says
'Why are you wearing something way over your size?'
Since I am new in the real world
I don't have my own one-liner.
I am here to learn from you.
- But you already -- - You already shared your one-liner.
[You already told us four one-liners, you know?]
'If you want to be sexy, wear a loose-fitting white knitwear and soak yourself.'
Won Young, what do you think of that?
Does it sound credible?
Of course it is.
When you reveal your intention that way, men can't hold it back.
When you are making floral arrangement, your boyfriend wants to kiss you but
you say, 'Hold a second,' because you need to do the next three steps.
'I need to do the dishes.'
First of all, you don't get to spend a lot of time with your man, right?
- Because you need to get changed? - Yes.
Because you are so busy, your boyfriend has to watch you from afar.
Must be so tantalizing.
It's important to tantalize him.
Rather than just getting naked
you show him a little bit of shoulder here and there.
Wearing a dress shirt --
That means you've done it before?
I always think that I would like to do it.
But because you just never know.
So I am always prepared for it.
You always carry the clothes?
You need four of them.
You know what to say.
When it's not your home, take them with you?
I think I have done the last step.
What's the last one?
You wear an over-sized knitwear
if it doesn't go down, you do this with your shoulder.
[It's how to apply the four steps(?)]
You need to stretch it before wearing it.
If it doesn't go down still, you use your shoulder.
I have found something to do within three days.
[When your heart pounds, become innocent and sexy?!]
It's Choi Won Young's one-liner.
'Learn from the person beside you.'
[Learn from the person beside you?!]
I talked about having a warrior spirit and saying 'fwa fwa.'
I think I started to be this way since I had an experience
that left an impression on me.
Back in my military days... I... was an assistant instructor at a boot camp.
Being an assistant instructor is harder than you may imagine.
You have to get up earlier than the recruits and sleep later than them.
Because you have to eat fast to supervise the recruits.
It's hard on your mind and body.
It was before I became a sergeant.
We were... working under the burning sun.
My life felt so hopeless.
I couldn't see it getting better.
I was stressed, frustrated, bored, depressed and tired.
We were digging with spades and pick-axes under burning sun.
An assistant instructor trainee was beside me.
It was Corporal Jeong Woo Jun.
- He's not a celebrity, right? - He is Mr. Jeong Woo Jun.
Corporal Jeong?
It was when For You by Lim Jae Bum was a big hit.
It says, 'A love like a war.'
He was listening to it while we were digging.
'Sergeant Choi, isn't it crazy? He compared a love like a war.'
'How could anyone come up with something like that?' he asked me.
In a very poor condition like that
when I saw him think and talk about something like that, I thought
'How does he think of something like that?'
- He's very positive. - He wasn't getting exhausted or tired.
Wasn't feeling frustrated and tired.
'Yeah, it's so cool. We should fall in love that's like war, as well,' I replied.
I felt at ease and I applied it in my military service.
There was an event that was a turning point for me.
It was about 100 days before I was to be discharged.
My assistant instructor trainee was on vacation
so I went to train recruits for him.
Because we need to train the recruits.
The part that I taught was how to handle grenades and mines.
It's the most difficult one because you learn how to throw a live grenade.
They have mines for educational purposes.
It's not the real one but it's does have a degree of firepower.
To teach them there is a mine that explodes when you step on them.
I wore thick gloves because it was winter.
I didn't feel comfortable, so I took off my gloves and demonstrated how to use it.
The mine exploded when I was holding it.
And...
I was shocked because my hand was on fire.
- But you took your glove off. - So I was bare-handed.
It wouldn't have happened only if I was wearing the gloves.
That's right.
I was handling and was shocked when I saw my hand was burning.
I extinguished the fire.
Because fragments exploded, the trainees were in this position.
Things went crazy.
The platoon leader came running, 'Are you okay?'
After extinguishing the fire, I looked at my hand.
Because of the firepower, my hand shrunk and stuck together.
Your fingers?
When you watch horror movies, you see hands that are burned, right?
I saw that and someone said, 'Are you okay?'
'Is my face okay?' I asked him.
The most important part.
'Yes, it's okay,' I passed out when I heard that.
After that...
when I opened my eyes, I was lying down on a hospital bed in the base.
The burn felt so painful.
The pain was so excruciating because of the sharp pain.
I felt so discouraged... because I saw that my hand was burned.
Your major was fine arts?
I draw pictures with my left hand, too.
And it happened to my left hand.
I thought I lost my hand.
My hand hurt so much and the outer skin was gone.
Because I couldn't go to a general hospital, I stayed in the military hospital.
For several months, I had to change the bandage and sterilize my hand.
Your skin regenerates when it burns.
In order to speed up the process
you have to scrap off the outer skin with a knife.
- Right, right. - Yes.
To prevent scars.
I sterilized my hand and applied ointment and bandaged it up again.
- They didn't anesthetize it? - No such thing.
- You scrap off your skin? - Yes.
- By yourself? - Because you need to do it by yourself.
It was very painful but it was more important
that the skin regenerated as soon as possible.
After two to three weeks of that, the skin started to regenerate again.
When that happened
I noticed that the new skin was smooth, and didn't have any wrinkles.
So, I --
- There is a small scar here. - Yes...
It's a small scar.
Yes, there is...
Because all I did was scrap the old skin off
I didn't know if I could move my hand or not.
It didn't have any wrinkles.
It didn't move when I tried to move it.
'I am in big trouble. What should I do... '
It kept me awake at night.
I told Corporal Jeong Woo Jun, 'Put a gag in my mouth.'
I asked one of the soldiers to buy a hand-grip for me.
- For rehabilitation? - Yes, yes.
- When I tried to put pressure on it -- - It didn't work.
On the third day, I succeeded.
I had him grab my hand hard and I hear the skin break all over.
I could bend my fingers but my thumb kept shaking.
'There is something wrong with my left hand,' I thought.
'What do I do out there? Should I be a street merchant?'
'Let's do that,' I thought.
I wanted to cheer myself up, 'If my hand doesn't heal fully, I should do that.'
It was two months before I was discharged.
Because it happened on the military base, everyone left me alone
including the officers and the battalion commander.
When everyone was training, I was sitting like this in my barrack.
They treated me like a king.
I thought, 'I am glad this happened when I am in the army.
- You thought of it as a blessing. - Yes.
It's cumbersome to deal with it as a student
because it interferes with my studies and I have to visit a hospital.
'I am glad this happened.'
'Let's get completely healed and rehabilitated and get back to my life.'
The mindset you learned from Corporal Jeong?
It did influence me.
I went through an ordeal but once I changed my thought about it
I started to feel hopeful.
Because I was stressed out, he told me this out of the blue
'Sergeant Choi, let's say life is like building a 100 meters tunnel.'
'We are trapped inside a dark cave.'
'Believe that you have dug about 80% of the whole thing.'
But you don't know how long the tunnel is, right?
'If you dig 20 more meters, you will get to a place where you can see the light.'
'Believe that you have dug about 80 meters with 20 more meters to dig.'
'Keep going.'
I felt so touched when I heard that.
I could visualize it clearly.
I felt like I was ready to dig even harder to get through that 20 meters.
I feel strengthened and encouraged by that.
Ever since I cheered myself and I enjoyed working.
Anyhow, this hand is now completely healed.
I have a few scars but...
Did positive thinking help you to heal faster?
I think so.
Positive thinking helped you in your acting career?
While there are people who went through far more difficult things
in my experience, it was a huge ordeal.
'Since I went through something like this... '
I didn't feel afraid anything about the real world.
And I was just discharged as well.
I started my acting career pretty late
and I went to many auditions, right?
I didn't get a call back.
At one moment I thought, 'I guess having a passion for something
isn't just enough to make it.'
- I thought that -- - I see.
'Since I am auditioning, why not go for the ones where only
1 out of 1000 or 10,000 is hired,' I thought to myself.
Then, I felt at ease.
When I thought that way, I was hired to act in a movie.
Yes.
That's how my acting career started.
- Learn this, 'Fwa fwa!' - Fwa fwa!
Fwa fwa!
[Everyone lets 'fwa fwa?!']
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- A dragon fly. - Catch that dragon fly.
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[And]
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