(Funny and eloquent guys are here!)
(An amazing guest who doesn't mind Gu Ra's harsh comments is here.)
(He talks about his wedding night, and it knocks down the hosts.)
(Lee Jee Hoon admits he's in a relationship.)
(His way of showing his affection shocks everyone.)
(He has bad credit, and he's a playboy and a party animal.)
(He reveals his hidden past.)
(The hilarious guests take over Radio Star!)
("Just Be Funny" begins now.)
Today, we'll meet with four heroes who are determined to be funny.
Today's theme is "Just Be Funny".
Our today's first guest...
just went for it to win her love and he succeeded.
He fell in love with his wife who is 11 years younger than him,
and got married to her six months later.
He also had a lovely daughter at the age of 46.
There's nothing else he wants in life. He's Ahn Jae Wook.
He wasn't very successful when he was a comedian.
Then, he started his career as a musical actor.
He became one of the three most popular musical actors.
He eats freshly cooked meals now.
He's an actor we all trust. He's Chung Sung Hwa.
- He's amazing. - Chung Sung Hwa.
I'm not sure whether it's fortunate or not,
but thanks to his undeniably handsome face,
he reached the peak of his career as soon as he debuted at the age of 17.
Since then, he's been steady without big trouble or a big success.
He's a guy with pretty lips who will turn 40 soon. He's Lee Jee Hoon.
He played in...
almost all famous plays including "The Three Musketeers",
"Les Miserables", "The Phantom of Opera", and "Jekyll and Hyde".
He's a veteran musical actor with 13 years of experience.
Thanks to his large face,
people can see his face without opera glasses in a large theater.
(He can draw attention without opera glasses.)
He's destined to perform in big theaters. He's Yang Joon Mo.
- Yang Joon Mo. - Welcome.
- Hello. - Hello, Jae Wook.
- Hello. - Please have a seat.
Why are you looking at the script?
- I don't think that's your seat. - I was just curious.
(That's not the right seating order.)
It should be the other way round.
- I was told to sit in his seat. - Switch your seats.
He said he wanted to sit here.
Did you talk to the staff?
No, we didn't.
(Jae Wook smiles.)
- He just had his own way. - All right.
(He has it his way from the beginning.)
Jae Wook said he would do anything he's asked to do today.
In return, he refused the interview before the show.
Can we ask you anything?
- We haven't met for a while. - That's right.
- We greeted each other happily. - We did.
It should be natural like that.
If we had decided on what to talk about in advance,
I would feel uncomfortable to repeat what I said in the interview.
- Actually, - It wouldn't feel new.
I had the interview for two days.
- It happens to some guests. - I talked about my whole life.
(I talked about my whole life.)
(He had a chance to look back on his life.)
- I see. - Our writers try to...
learn about the characteristics of the guests through the interview.
Did it take them two days to see my characteristics?
How hard it must have been.
- He has no unique characteristics. - Listen.
Nurses keep patting on your arm when they can't find a vein.
- That's a good comparison. - They couldn't find it.
(It was hard to find his characteristics.)
- It's as if he had no blood. - It's so hard.
(He needs unique characteristics.)
- Jae Wook. - We can ask him anything we want.
We'll ask you questions we come up with now.
Let me ask you about this first.
You won the Excellence in Acting Award...
at "KBS Drama Awards" last year.
- Wasn't it the year before last? - It was last year.
(What?)
- It was 2016. - It was last year.
- It was not long ago. - He won the award.
In which drama did you play last year on KBS?
I played in "Five Enough".
- Oh, right. I remember. - My co-star was So Yu Jin.
He doesn't know.
- I'm sure he doesn't know. - Recently,
- It's a weekend drama, right? - he stopped watching dramas.
- "Five Enough". - He thinks he's a privileged man.
I think I'm a privileged man because I don't watch dramas?
- That's ridiculous. Listen to me. - That's not what I mean.
The president watches dramas, too.
- He won the Excellence Award, - I remember the drama now.
but he didn't seem very happy.
(He and Lee Dong Gun won shared the Excellence Award.)
(Why me?)
It's because you expected to win the Grand Award, right?
That's not it.
- You still don't seem happy. - That's not true.
- The thought of it makes you angry? - Exactly.
- You went there... - It's true that I was disappointed.
- Right? - I will...
tell you my honest feeling.
Even though a drama is popular while it's being aired,
it's quickly forgotten when it ends.
- The viewers still remembered it, - The staff didn't.
but the staff of the TV station...
- already focused on the next drama. - Such as producers?
- I was disappointed, not angry. - I see.
In my opinion...
There are criteria for nominating actors for awards, right?
I think the Excellence Award...
is not the right award for nominees for the Grand Award.
It would be more appropriate to give it to their junior actors.
- Of course. - I understand Jae Wook.
- I felt bad that I won the award. - Right.
- There were other nominees. - Another nominee for the award...
hadn't attended an awards ceremony in 15 years.
- He was too nervous to eat. - Who is that nominee?
I didn't even know that I had been nominated for the award.
- Who is that nominee? - It's Shim Hyung Tak.
- I see. - Oh, Hyung Tak?
- That's what I meant. - He was so nervous.
I told him to relax, and I wished him good luck.
(He comforted his junior actor.)
I cheered him up.
But then, my name was called.
- You won the award he hoped to win. - Right.
I didn't know how to react.
I didn't know if I should be grateful...
or feeling bad about winning the award.
- I have an idea. - It was emotionally hard.
If the awardee cries, he or she receives the award.
If not, the award goes to someone else.
(That's ridiculous.)
- That's ridiculous. - It'd be advantageous to actors.
- Is that so? - Of course.
- Singers aren't good at acting. - I see.
(Okay)
You didn't win any awards last year, right?
(Gook Jin didn't win any awards.)
- You didn't win any, right? - No, I didn't.
- I won the PD Award. How about you? - Didn't he win the Special Award?
- I won the Special Award. - I see.
I was confused. At the awards,
I said as a joke, "I think you are mistreating the Radio Star team."
It was just a joke we used to make on Radio Star,
but the news article said that I made a sharp criticism.
Music and Talk Show, Special Award.
(Jong Shin won the Special Award at the MBC Entertainment Awards.)
I think that the Radio Star team is...
- a little mistreated. - That's not true.
(The news article said he'd made a joke implying criticism.)
I wasn't disappointed at all. I meant it.
(Please don't get me wrong.)
I'm holding no grudge against MBC.
It was just a joke. I didn't imply anything.
(I didn't imply anything.)
- We all know that. - I felt the same way.
I wondered why I won that award.
I hold no grudge.
(He sounds determined.)
- I said I am grateful. - He doesn't hold a grudge.
Neither of us implied anything.
(Jae Wook won an award.)
Thanks to Jae Wook's wedding,
Cho Sae Ho became...
- popular again unexpectedly. - He became popular again.
Why did you not attend Jae Wook's wedding?
- Who? - Ahn Jae Wook.
I wasn't invited. How could I go there?
(Sae Ho became popular again being called the icon of absence.)
His popularity died down a bit, though.
The popularity you gain without exerting an effort is meaningless.
(It's meaningless.)
(I'm just joking.)
Did Sae Ho get in touch with you personally?
We don't even have each other's number.
- We're just acquaintances. - They don't know each other well.
I heard from my junior actor about him, though.
He said that Sae Ho was...
worried if I was feeling uncomfortable...
about being mentioned many times on TV shows.
He also said that Sae Ho wanted to talk to me on the phone...
because he was worried. I said if he wanted to make feel comfortable,
- he shouldn't get in touch with me. - Right.
- You did the right thing. - You refused him.
They don't have to make friends.
- It'd be funny if we make friends. - It'd be uncomfortable...
(Sae Ho must be sad.)
I would like to congratulate Sae Ho...
on his success, and I feel really good about it.
I even got many offers for TV commercials.
- They wanted me and Sae Ho... - That would have been fun.
to appear together in the TV commercials.
My friend who is a TV commercial director said...
the two of us can promote any type of products.
I say, "Have you tried it?" Then, he says, "How would I know?"
- It applies to any products. - That's hilarious.
(It's so funny.)
- It can be effective. - Sometimes when I watch TV...
with my wife at home,
I see Sae Ho on TV. I feel glad to see him...
because of what happened.
All of a sudden, he was told to make a video letter to me.
Then, he greeted saying,
"Hello, Jae Wook. It's Sae Ho."
Hello, Jae Wook. This is Sae Ho.
(He promised he'll attend Jae Wook's daughter's first birthday party.)
When he says hello to me,
my wife tells me to say hello to him.
(Say hello back to him.)
- That's good. - I say hi to him while watching TV.
(He listens to his wife.)
Sae Ho said he'll attend your daughter's first birthday party.
Will you invite him?
It makes me feel very uncomfortable.
My daughter's first birthday will be in February.
I haven't even decided...
whether to invite a lot of people...
or just families and close friends.
I'm still thinking about it.
People around me keep asking me if I will invite Sae Ho.
- They ask that first. - They may have before,
- but the bubble has burst. - That's right.
(Sae Ho's popularity bubble has burst.)
Before Sung Hwa became successful,
he lived with Jeong Sang Hun.
Sang Hun went out to get money for a rent deposit,
but he ended up having a bad debt. Please tell us what happened.
The thought of it still breaks my heart.
I used to live with Sang Hun in Ilsan.
- I didn't know they were close. - One day, he said...
we should move to Seoul.
So we found a place to rent in Seoul.
The deposit was 5,000 dollars, and the monthly rent was 400 dollars.
I see.
Neither of us had 5,000 dollars.
While we were living in Ilsan, I spent more money...
- than he did. - I see.
He said he would get money for the deposit.
He called his friend, and his friend promised to lend the money.
We both believed him.
The day before paying the deposit,
Sang Hun couldn't get a hold of his friend.
(Oh, no.)
Sang Hun couldn't tell me that.
He contacted a loan shark.
He borrowed from a loan shark.
- He called a loan shark. - That's how he got into trouble.
The person explained about the interest which was 30 percent.
Sang Hun said he needed the money immediately.
- He couldn't get a loan... - Why?
because he had a low credit score.
There's a required credit score.
He called another loan shark, but he failed to get a loan again.
The third loan shark he contacted said...
he couldn't get a loan because he has bad credit.
He ended up having bad credit.
I heard the credit inquiry alone...
- can decrease your credit score. - That's true, but not that much.
- Is that so? - The way I see it,
Sang Hun might have tried to trick you.
Since you don't know much about it, he put on an act.
That's what only Gu Ra would think of.
That's his way of thinking.
I know this because I know some people with bad credit.
That's not how you get a bad credit score.
Credit inquiry only decreases your credit score,
and you get disadvantages when you get a loan.
- You don't get a bad credit rating. - Gu Ra is serious.
- My parents paid the deposit. - See?
(What did I tell you?)
Your story adds up now.
- Jeong Sang Hun. - Gu Ra is...
- How could you? - He breaks up others' friendships.
It's obvious when you think of the situation.
It doesn't make sense. He just made a few calls.
- It was all his plan. - Did he fake the sad face, too?
- It doesn't make sense. - He has such good acting skills.
- Sure. That's what really happened. - Right.
- He pretended to be sad. - Gu Ra will keep doing this today.
(Sang Hun, how could you?)
Jee Hoon went on complimenting about Kyu Hyun during the interview.
- Thank you. - He'll join the military soon.
He said that Kyu Hyun sings well and he's passionate about musical,
- so he'll last long as an actor. - I'm embarrassed.
When I first met Kyu Hyun... He and I have similar career paths.
We both started as a singer and became a musical actor.
I thought of how I was at his age.
I played in a musical just because my agency suggested.
I didn't even know how to analyze my character...
or understand the play.
I thought he would be like me. He seemed so playful.
I thought he would skip rehearsals many times.
When we worked together, I realized how passionate he is...
- unlike other idol stars. - Among musical staff and actors,
- He has a good reputation. - Right.
- Actually, - Does he have a good reputation?
he drinks with other musical actors very often.
- What does that have to do with it? - You do that to improve your image.
You try to blend in with them.
(Jong Shin makes a pun.)
- He's like a 50-year-old on stage. - What does that mean?
Kyu Hyun is a member of an idol group...
who sing dance songs, but he's not good at dancing.
- We're aware of that. - He moves slowly.
- I thought it was a compliment. - Did you?
(I was happy for nothing.)
Kyu Hyun is an idol singer, and Jee Hoon is a ballad singer.
Jee Hoon said he can beat Kyu Hyun at a dance battle.
He underestimated Kyu Hyun's dance skills.
- He's sure about it. - Why don't you have a dance battle?
- That'd be great. - I don't mind being underestimated.
- Have a dance battle. - I don't mind being underestimated.
- What are you going to do? - It's a dance battle between...
the two worst dancers among musical actors.
- Play music, please. - This won't be good.
Look at Jee Hoon. He's wearing red clothes.
- His outfit is way better. - It's a match between...
Super Junior and S.
(Jee Hoon starts to dance.)
It's freestyle dance.
- You're representing Radio Star. - Look at Jee Hoon's face.
(Jee Hoon intimidates Kyu Hyun.)
Hold on a second.
(Kyu Hyun is taken aback.)
(Their dance battle gets heated up.)
That's good. Kyu Hyun, you must win!
- Kyu Hyun, you should win this! - Wait a moment.
(Kyu Hyun takes a step back.)
(Jong Shin cheers for Kyu Hyun.)
- No, no. - What has gotten into him?
- You should step up. - Look at Jee Hoon.
- That's good. Kyu Hyun, come on. - I can't believe him.
Kyu Hyun, show your dance.
(Jee Hoon swings his arms.)
- I can't do this. - You should win this.
- I don't think... - Go show your dance.
- I can't beat him. - Just give it a try.
- You're representing Radio Star. - I don't think I can beat him.
I can't do this. I give up.
(He ends up giving up.)
- He prepared a dance. - No, I didn't.
He's even sweating. It's good.
- You didn't dance that long. - I got old.
You're not sweating because of the dance.
- Why are you sweating so much? - You're sweating...
- because you're embarrassed, right? - I'm a little embarrassed.
It's because he's embarrassed.
(He's not sweating because he's tired.)
I guess Jee Hoon and Kyu Hyun are close friends.
Are you not seeing Kangta and Shin Hye Sung anymore?
It's not like that.
- I'm still good friends with them. - I like Kangta.
Kangta still drinks a lot.
- He loves drinking. - He has such a good personality.
- He drinks a lot. - He swears a lot, too.
I didn't know he swore, but actually, he swears a lot.
- Did you watch the show? - Which show?
- The hidden camera prank show. - I'm the host of that show.
You just don't stand out even on your own show.
- It's because we have to hide. - It's as if you asked...
if he watched "Hero" and he said he's one of the cast members.
- It's because... - I meant the show aired on TV.
I carry out the plans secretly.
(He makes a lame excuse.)
- Joon Mo, as I see you in person, - Yes?
you seem very reliable.
Jee Hoon is one year older than you, right?
- That's right. - Were you born in 1980?
- Yes, I was. - You're five years older than him.
- Yes, I am. - I heard you felt uncomfortable...
around Joon Mo because of his looks.
I saw him for the first time during his play.
As I was watching him performing, I thought...
he was older than me.
My friend who was sitting next to me...
I was told he's much younger than I am.
I know it and yet I can't speak to him freely.
(You can from now on.)
You're called... I'm really sorry.
You're innately old-looking.
That means he was born looking old.
You said that if you were to write down all the anecdotes...
regarding your looks, you could make a book.
- Could you tell a few? - The basic one...
would be about bus fares.
- Bus fares. - I'll start with this.
I was in elementary school and I was walking one day.
An old lady came up and asked...
"Young man, how do I get to the next village?"
- To a kid? - In elementary school.
She called me a young man.
I wondered what that word meant.
Had you never heard it before?
Of course not.
- What next? - In middle school...
(Expecting a lot)
I conquered all the bullies without getting into a single fight.
You blew your nose without touching it.
(Boss, blow your nose.)
I went to a special high school.
A school for performing arts.
I was sitting in the back row on the first day of school...
and a middle-aged lady came up and patted me on the shoulder.
I looked around.
"Teacher, that's my son. Take good care of him, will you?"
- She mistook me... - For a teacher.
- Let's look at some photos. - Let's.
Our viewers will want to see how old you looked.
- Okay. - I'll show a few photos.
- A school photo. - With your classmates.
- Is this you? - Here you are.
Next to me is the principal.
- Then my teacher. - Your homeroom teacher.
- Yes. - When was this?
I was a freshman.
- A freshman. - A high school freshman.
- That's the principal. - I see why you beat the bullies.
- Let's see the next photo. - This is him.
(The second photo)
This seals the deal.
What photo is it? Oh, that.
- You do look younger, but... - I was a middle school student.
I was a middle school student.
(What?)
(Shocked)
(Yang Joon Mo, age 16)
- 16. - Were you 16?
You could be looking for work.
This is unbelievable.
(I agree.)
Jae Wook, usually it's the bride who cries during the wedding,
but at yours, you wailed while your bride didn't.
Did you cry for a reason?
- Are you pretending you forgot? - I didn't cry.
There are a lot of videos.
- I didn't cry. - Sorry.
Sorry, but why are you lying?
(This looks familiar.)
We saw clips of you crying on entertainment news shows.
(The wedding was closed to the public.)
They look so lovely together.
- I think Jae Wook cried. - Really?
I guess he was that happy.
I'd never seen him like that in 20 years of knowing him.
They said he shed tears while saying his vows.
(We only have witness testimonies.)
- On entertainment news shows. - No way.
- What? - You're in denial.
Why are you denying everything?
- Why are you saying no? - I didn't cry.
Did you pretend to cry?
- I did get very emotional. - You were chocked up.
I got emotional when I realized...
it was all real and that I was getting married.
When exactly did you get emotional?
When we were proclaimed husband and wife.
- Oh, then? - At the proclamation.
- At the proclamation. - Then...
Because you're no longer free?
(No comment)
I planned and prepared the whole wedding.
I'd set it up so that my wife only had to show up,
so she didn't know anything about the ceremony.
- She was clueless. - She only showed up?
I guess I was exhausted.
As the ceremony drew to a close,
my eyes started getting dim. Weddings are tough.
They're stressful.
Singer Kim Min Jong says he regrets...
accepting your boutonniere after the wedding.
- Did he take it? - Why did you give it to him?
I had no one else to give it to.
Everyone I knew already had teenage children.
- They're too young. - Min Jong was the only lost one.
Min Jong lied about his age. He said he's...
a year younger than he is.
- That he was born in 1972? - He got into college in 1990.
You two are friends.
He recently started treating Shin Dong Yeob as a senior.
When I asked why,
he said it's because he thought it would be a good idea.
- Recently? - Yes, recently.
That makes things awkward for Jae Wook.
- Exactly. - 20 years ago...
I introduced those two to each other.
I'm friends with the both of you, so you can be as well.
- So you were equals. - Now Dong Yeob's a senior?
He is now.
Shouldn't Min Jong have consulted me first?
Haven't you met them yet?
You, Dong Yeob, and Min Jong, the three of you.
- Recently. - I don't care that much about them.
Ask them about it.
Dong Yeob's a senior now.
Min Jong won't call Dong Yeob by name, so don't be too surprised.
(They left me out.)
Jae Wook met his wife through a musical.
Before you got to know her, you hated that...
she was always late for practice,
so you badmouthed her a lot.
You badmouthed her a lot.
(Pretending to be distracted)
Are you pretending you forgot again?
(Sighing)
I think you're acting to put us off the scent.
Just because there was no pre-taping interview...
doesn't mean you can twist the facts,
hoping that I will talk a lot to try to explain everything.
What's the point in that?
(Infuriated)
- Tell us about this. - She was classically trained.
I showed up for practice...
on a day that I didn't have to.
I went to help out the other actors,
and that's when we first met.
We said hi,
and I guess I cracked a few jokes that day.
I tried to liven up the mood,
and my wife must've enjoyed that.
She didn't dare laugh openly because I was much older,
so she hid her smile and I noticed her doing that.
I found that so adorable.
It was so adorable and sweet that...
I cracked more jokes.
When I noticed she was missing, I found her under a table.
- Laughing? - Hiding behind a script.
She didn't want to be rude.
- Under a table? - Were you that funny?
- I don't get it. - I can be very funny sometimes.
- I don't get it. - I think he's bragging.
- She laughed so hard that... - Under a table.
- I think... - He's saying she did this.
I guess I can be funny.
- Anyway... - You're funny.
I fell in love with how she laughed.
I thought I wanted to own her laughter forever.
How exactly did she laugh?
- It was a clear laughter. - Clear?
Does she still laugh as much?
I guess I'm still funny.
(He's confident.)
I don't get it.
- So... - It's not easy.
That alone is happiness.
I can make someone laugh,
and that person's laughter makes me happy.
And I get to spend every single day with that person.
That is happiness.
Joon Mo, you're very good friends with...
- Hyun Joo, Jae Wook's wife. - Yes.
When no one knew they were dating, you did.
I'm saying this for the first time.
Hyun Joo and I were hired to sing at a wedding.
I think it was in Gapyeong,
a place you couldn't reach unless you had a car.
We attended the rehearsal, the wedding,
and we ate, so we spent hours together.
I asked if she'd driven over,
and she said someone was waiting for her.
I said that whoever it is must've waited for hours.
When everything was done and we parted ways,
I saw her leave in a very nice car.
I later realized that it was Jae Wook's car.
So...
- That's how you knew. - Yes.
I know whose wedding that was.
I waited in the car for hours.
The great Jae Wook.
Him of all people.
I felt so thirsty that...
I drove over to a local supermarket...
and waited for hours.
- Your back must've hurt. - It was a while.
- It's back-breaking. - Then I got really angry.
- It was passed Yangpyeong. - It's annoying.
The wedding was held in the garden of...
- a villa in the mountains. - Oh dear.
The temperature drops in the evening.
- And dark. - She was a wedding singer,
so she was wearing a dress.
That really upset me.
That was upsetting?
(Suddenly, a romantic appears.)
That was upsetting?
- Then... - Come on.
(I need to stay evil. This is too sweet.)
As soon as I got the text saying it was over,
I left the supermarket.
I'd been killing time with one drink and I zoomed right back.
We were halfway up a mountain and I saw a guy who looked like...
a thug escorting my girlfriend. I stared in disbelief.
- That was him. - Joon Mo.
We talked about it on the way back.
We wondered if maybe he'd notice.
We talked about it.
- He did notice. - He did.
Joon Mo said that he observed Hyun Joo...
and thought that...
whoever ends up marrying her would get really frustrated.
This is very significant.
- What do you mean? - The nuance...
Is she a woman of principle?
It could be an exaggeration but when I contact her,
she never replies.
If I call her, she doesn't pick up.
When I get frustrated and tell her to check her phone,
she tells me that she doesn't care much about calls or texts.
She ignores it.
Yes, completely.
That can be better once you're married.
I got upset a lot about that when we were dating.
- Because... - That's annoying, too.
- I know what time her show ends. - Of course.
- I'm waiting in the parking lot. - Not again.
- I'm thinking she should be here... - But she isn't.
So I text to tell her where I'm parked.
She never replies.
I'm waiting alone in some parking lot.
No supermarket nearby.
(He feels upset again.)
Does she call often now that you're married?
She's not the type to call often.
- That's a good thing. - What about when you go out?
She just isn't that attached to her phone.
I tell her in advance where I'll be and...
whom I'll be with.
(I tell her everything.)
- She's so lucky. - He's bragging.
He brags whenever he has the chance.
(He's just too happy.)
Jae Wook got married on June 1 of 2015 and his daughter...
- was born on February 16, 2016. - That was an issue.
You became a dad in 8 months and 2 weeks.
No, it's accurate.
We called our baby "Han Bang" or "one shot" before it was born.
We found out she was pregnant three weeks after the wedding.
These days a computer calculates...
the day of conception embarrassingly accurately.
The doctor said, "You conceived on this day."
- It was right around the wedding. - On your honeymoon?
We didn't go on a trip.
On the day of the wedding...
Like I said earlier, I was exhausted.
I didn't know because it was my first marriage,
but apparently you have to count the money that very day.
We did that then I passed out.
- The following morning... - In the morning?
I felt bad that we hadn't consummated the marriage...
so we did it.
- In the morning? - "Kids, meet your mom."
(Nothing embarrasses him.)
- So that was when... - "Kids".
All those kids?
That's a huge number.
So June 2 was the day.
- June 2, 2015. - The morning of June 2.
- Yes. - Right?
- That's very accurate. - "Kids".
I was very careful before the marriage.
Because I was so old,
I didn't want people to think it was a forced shotgun wedding.
It wouldn't be fair to my wife,
so I restrained myself.
You did well.
I agree.
(The power of love)
Sung Hwa, you went around saying your wife's your first love,
but there are rumors that you were a playboy.
(Perplexed)
Is that an appropriate word to use?
- I disagree. - Let me read my part.
- A playboy? - A playboy?
He is his wife's first love.
- Right. - When she said she was dating him,
her friends did all they could to talk her out of it.
I started off as a comedian which didn't work out,
so I was without a job for a year and a half.
When I was out of money,
the owner of the bar I frequented suggested...
I work for him instead of waste time doing nothing.
He paid me a salary,
so I worked for him.
My wife worked there, too.
- As a part-timer? - Yes.
You had to fall for her.
I fell for her pretty hard...
so I asked her out.
She was very hesitant.
Her friends all asked...
if she was going to date me.
She said no.
They told her that they wouldn't stay as her friend if she dates me.
They started telling her why. "I went to two clubs recently."
"He was at both."
(He was pretty busy.)
That was why.
It was true, though.
(He did play hard.)
- You want to have fun at that age. - I was young...
and hot-blooded.
Were you a clubber?
- It's fun for a while. - Whichever club it is,
I was always under the speakers.
He almost wasted his savings to go clubbing.
There wasn't much to waste.
(That's fortunate.)
- That's true. - He spent everything.
- He spent what he earned. - As you do.
- You spent everything. - And so...
once I heard what her friends thought of me,
I decided to change my ways...
and told her I loved her.
You dated her for a while.
- Yes, for about eight years. - Really?
I remember the day I confessed my love for her.
I put her in a taxi...
to go home and then I got into another one.
Mine stopped in lane one...
and hers stopped in the next lane right beside mine.
- No way. - I had to go left.
- I lowered my window. - No way.
"I love you."
(It makes us cringe.)
- In the taxi? - Yes.
She'd lowered her window as well.
When I said I loved her,
she silently mouthed...
"Me, too."
(They're impressed.)
Did the two drivers know each other?
(Gu Ra ruined a lovely story.)
- That can't have been easy. - Were they with the same company?
- It's a beautiful story. - You pulled down your windows...
I want this story to have a lovely ending.
(Sorry, we're allergic to love stories.)
You said you went clubbing often...
and was always under a speaker.
- What dances were popular then? - He's a great dancer.
- Club dances. - Do you want me to dance?
We went from your love story to clubbing.
We make people dance out of the blue.
Sung Hwa's a good dancer.
- I can't dance. - You used to be a good dancer.
He was a member of Tin Tin Five.
- He wasn't. - He was.
- Was he? - Long ago.
- Were you in Tin Tin Five? - Yes.
Yes, I was.
Instead of whom?
I used to work at SBS. Why don't you believe me?
I can't believe you.
Your name means "to lie".
(Liar)
(Tom and Jerry are at it again.)
- What should I do? - Come forward.
I bet he'll sweat.
We'll analyze your sweat for you.
This is old-school.
- Clubs have huge speakers. - This is Hong Rok Gi's song.
This is Hong Rok Gi's song.
(He starts off moving like a live fish.)
- Rok Gi danced like this. - It's straight from the 90s.
(This used to be popular.)
(It's such an old dance.)
(Notice his face)
(A blast from the past)
They did this back then.
(Fascinated)
(I used to be in Tin Tin Five!)
(Copy and paste to the end)
(You were worthy of the speaker.)
You got right into it.
I liked that.
You danced with your face.
(So many expressions in so little time)
Jee Hoon's a very devout Christian.
He was in the youth group...
- but they deemed him too old. - To be a youth member.
- Were you made a deacon? - Really?
Are you a deacon?
- I am now. - A deacon is...
Aren't you young to be one?
Once you're married and you've attended church for a while,
the pastor bestows you with the title.
It's rare for a single man to become a deacon.
My brother-in-law married my sister after he became a deacon.
My older brother got married after becoming a deacon.
There's a reason.
I think the pastor made me a deacon for a reason.
- It's a nudge. - It's time you got married.
- Right. - It's time.
Are you seeing someone? Be honest.
I am seeing someone.
Are you?
Does Kangta know?
They already met.
He doesn't hide facts now that he's a Christian.
I'm not bothered about that.
I don't get him sometimes.
One time he disappeared during a team dinner.
I thought he'd gotten sick of drinking,
but then I got a text.
"Sorry, I have to go home to call my girlfriend."
Must you call from home?
No, but we're very much in love right now.
We talk for at least 2 to 3 hours each night.
- That long? - Really?
Is she yappy?
- What? - Is she talkative?
She isn't talkative.
(He understands now.)
People in love can't stop talking to each other.
- You can't use that word. - Why not?
- They're in love. - You're weird.
"Yappy" sounds negative.
- It's still excessive. - You can't use negative words.
- Is she talkative? - She's from abroad.
- She's an American-Korean. - An American-Korean?
I have to explain things.
- It requires a lot of talking. - It takes time.
How long have you been dating?
Almost a year now.
What do your friends think?
Are they pessimistic or do they think you'll marry her?
A lot of people think we will get married.
Soon, then.
- I say some time this year. - He met his spouse.
We're dating with the prospect of marriage.
- Are you? - Is she Christian?
- Yes. - Then...
we'll hear some good news this year.
- So... - What a silly question.
- Which one? - This one.
- This question. - Let's have a look.
"Jee Hoon, you must find it hard to date."
"You last dated someone seven years ago."
He last dated seven years ago? What nonsense is this?
Does he have split personalities?
- What's going on? - I'll explain.
He didn't say so in his interview, but we got it out of him just now.
- Let's hear about this, then. - This is what the crew asked.
- Is it true? - Yes.
- And then you met this lady. - Yes.
What did you like about your current girlfriend?
What attracted you?
We're complete opposites.
(That's unusual.)
Complete opposites.
I can be quiet and...
somewhat indifferent sometimes.
She's very thoughtful and sensitive...
and cares about others.
- You like that difference. - Exactly.
We're so different and that's what attracts me.
Is she a Buddhist?
(Are Christian and Buddhist antonyms?)
She's Christian.
(He managed to make us laugh again.)
- Is she Christian? - Yes.
Love that transcends religion...
Joon Mo, you noticed your wife's photo on a friend's homepage...
and fell for her at first sight.
Having a homepage was popular back then.
- You invited her to your concert, - It's a very old trend.
I heard that she ran away during your concert.
At the time, I was in a musical called "Evil Dead".
- "Evil Dead". - I see.
I was looking through a staff member's homepage...
when I saw a picture of her.
The moment I saw her picture, I thought, "I will marry her."
- You thought that from a picture. - Yes, I thought that right away.
The picture must have been public to her friends' friends.
That's right.
(I like your pictures.)
I haven't heard of homepages in a while.
"Evil Dead" was a musical I was in at that time.
I didn't think about what kind of musical it was.
I asked the staff member to bring her to the musical.
"Evil Dead" is...
a B-rated horror and black comedy.
- Isn't it based on a film? - Doesn't someone come alive?
- Yes, it is. - "Evil Dead".
There was a lot of blood. She must have been scared.
She ran away after the first act.
(She ran away after the first act.)
- So... - Joon Mo thinks she was scared...
because he had blood on him.
(Wasn't that the case?)
(Discouraged)
It's a funny musical.
- Why did she leave? - It seems like you are clueless.
Do you think she left because she didn't like blood?
Is that what she told you?
No, while the musical is funny,
the actors go up to the audience and smear blood.
That kind of atmosphere...
must have been overwhelming.
Jae Wook pointed out that it may not be the case.
(Bright)
I waited six months to marry her.
I proposed to her after 15 days of dating.
Didn't she run away again after the proposal?
I borrowed a lounge...
to propose to her.
Since it was too expensive to borrow the whole lounge,
I asked the manager.
He asked me if it would be okay to have customers around.
- I said it would be okay. - It must have been embarrassing.
I didn't know it would be embarrassing.
- Did you really not know that? - Did you sing by any chance?
Yes, I did.
(He is clueless.)
(That must have been a disaster.)
I sang.
- It was... - She must have hated it.
a lounge bar that overlooks Han River we frequented.
Then it must have been even more embarrassing.
(Serious)
(I see.)
- This was the layout. - It was a bar they frequented.
Such thing is unimaginable to Gu Ra.
It's even more embarrassing if it's a place you frequent.
When she stepped inside, she must have said, "What is this?"
- That's right. It's not easy. - She must know the staff, too.
- What happened? - To reach the bar,
you had to turn the corner after getting off the elevator.
There was a baby grand piano, too.
My friend, who is a pianist and I...
made a path with candles.
- We sprinkled flowers, too. - Did you do this?
(It would have been the epitome of an event.)
(Laughing)
No, I didn't.
(They form a duo.)
I sang alone.
I asked our mutual friend who owns the homepage...
to ask her to meet.
Our friend sent me a text,
"We are going up." Then the piano began to play.
The piano was playing.
She felt that something was off the moment she got off the elevator.
- Of course she did. - She took the elevator back down.
Of course she felt something was off.
Of course she did.
My friend played the interlude for five minutes.
(My goodness.)
- Did she come back up? - My friend brought her back.
(His friend brought her back.)
- What happened then? - When she arrived,
I sang in front of her.
I bet she didn't accept the proposal right away.
- She did. - Really?
Your prediction was wrong.
I don't understand his wife either.
(It's the world he doesn't understand.)
While some people enjoy events like that,
- others don't. - "I hate this."
They feel pressured. It seems like your wife was the latter.
- Yes. - I see.
I am the latter, too. If I am in that situation...
Does Susie want to throw you an event?
(I got you.)
She wouldn't do that. Susie, don't do that.
My goodness.
(They stop her from throwing an event.)
Joon Mo, you live with your in-laws.
- Yes, I do. - Isn't it uncomfortable...
- to live with your in-laws? - I love it.
- Really? - Not everyone is like you.
(Not everyone is like you.)
I feel comfortable at my in-laws' place, too.
Do you feel comfortable at your in-laws' place, Jae Wook?
- Of course I do. - Do you lie down on the sofa?
Not many people can do that.
I don't stay for that long.
- That means you aren't comfortable. - I like...
my mother-in-law very much.
Recently, I was at a restaurant with my wife and my mother-in-law.
The server said, "Your wife is very pretty."
I joked,
"Who are you calling my wife?" I pointed to my mother-in-law...
and said that she is my wife.
We joke around like that.
- Do they think it's funny? - My goodness.
- You seem to joke around a lot. - Do they think it's funny?
Your wife must love that.
I wondered if she would go under the table again.
(I wondered if she would go under the table again.)
My goodness.
You can test if you feel comfortable at your in-laws' place.
If you can lie down on the sofa...
with your in-laws present, that means you are comfortable.
- That's a bit rude. - Jong Shin is clueless.
Jong Shin has no manners.
(It's rude to lie down on a sofa at your in-laws' place.)
I stayed the way I am with my in-laws.
It's hard to be affectionate.
I don't even do that to my mother.
I didn't do that with my in-laws.
"Gu Ra, please don't use swear words."
- They didn't say that. - All right.
(He is annoyed when he thinks about it.)
You have no manners.
(You have no manners.)
My goodness.
Jong Shin has no manners.
I hope his in-laws don't beat him up one day.
(They might beat him up for being rude.)
Jae Wook, since you have a wife and a daughter at home,
I thought you would want to go home early.
However, your colleagues testified that you don't like to go home.
(Everyone looks away.)
- I knew it. - You said you loved them.
Are you afraid you would grow tired of them?
(Is it the reason?)
Is that why you want to see them little at a time?
Did you want to build an image of a family man?
- Why won't you go home? - It's different from what he said.
Maybe your wife is beautiful when she sleeps...
and you want to see her only when she is sleeping.
It's the love for my work.
(It's the love for my work.)
The conversations I have over drinks...
are about what happened that day.
When I have a practice or a shoot,
I share drinks with colleagues...
to talk about what happened and wrap up the day.
Is it necessary to do that every day?
(Is it a must?)
(He feels lonely.)
I know what Shin Dong Yeob is like...
since I am in many programs with him.
Dong Yeob drinks every day.
- He drinks every day. - I was impressed.
I asked him, "Does Jae Wook drink a lot?"
I will deliver what Dong Yeob said word for word.
"He is trash."
He said, "He is trash."
Why did he say that?
For someone like Dong Yeob to say that...
This happened before Jae Wook became ill.
- Anyway, he must have drank a lot. - It has been a while...
since I was on Radio Star.
I was fascinated about how Dong Yeob works so well...
after drinking so much. I said, "I can't believe you."
Both of them are fascinating.
Both Dong Yeob and Jae Wook are fascinating.
That's right. We are both incorrigible.
(That's right.)
Dong Yeob called me trash because he is my friend.
However, I am trash that can be recycled.
I am trash that has a balance...
between drinking and working.
Dong Yeob is trash personified.
(Have a drink.)
Sung Hwa, I heard that Jae Wook drags you home...
when he is drunk.
- Yes. - At home, everyone waits...
for Jae Wook to fall asleep.
What does that mean?
- It was a long time ago. - It happened a while ago.
I was a member of Tin Tin Five. At that time,
I loved drinking with Jae Wook...
because he was the biggest star of "Star in My Heart".
It was an honor to meet him.
When he became drunk, he would take people home.
He would take his junior actors home and fall asleep first.
Then we would go, "This is awesome."
We would enter one of this rooms.
One room would be filled with gifts.
Companies...
would send him presents.
Some were unopened. Some even had tags.
The junior actors would go into that room...
and try on different clothes. "Let me try on that watch."
"Give that to me." Then we took them.
- You did that without telling him. - Yes.
That's ridiculous.
- That's stealing. - It's like rooting after the riot.
I know. It's stealing.
Jae Wook's possessions were a hit...
- among younger celebrities. - Did you know about this?
- Of course he did. - Yes.
Even though they wanted to drink, they didn't have money.
I used to think that they like me very much.
(I understand, but...)
When I call them to scold them,
I would find out that one of them took my suit.
"I am sorry. I took one of your suits."
It was Kim Han Seok. I said, "That doesn't even fit you."
"I rolled up the sleeves to wear it for an event."
(I rolled up the sleeves to wear it for an event.)
You know Ryu Seung Ryong, right? We went to the same school.
He would sleep at my place after drinking.
He used to have a beard and unruly hair.
There must have been fans...
who were waiting for me in front of my house.
"Where is Jae Wook?" "I don't know. He must be busy."
Then he and my fans had a meal together.
(Then he and my fans had a meal together.)
The fans bought him a meal.
(The fans bought him a meal when he was poor.)
I was shocked when he told me that.
Your fans wanted to ask him questions.
I can't believe that poor man...
- became the best actor... - That's right.
who represents the nation.
(Thank you for that time.)
- It was 20 years ago. - That's right.
There are many stories about Seoul Institute of the Arts...
because a lot of students became famous celebrities.
Song Eun I talked about Jae Wook a lot, too.
She always dug up stories about him...
and added flavors to them.
There is a reason why...
people talk about me on variety shows.
A lot of people I was close to at school...
were comedians.
They are in variety shows. Only I became an actor.
They hate seeing me act cool in dramas.
(Laughing)
He was the president of the comedy club.
Many people hate that I have fans...
and became a celebrity of the Korean Wave.
They hate that. They don't want to give me credit.
When I shed tears...
and show emotions in dramas,
they say, "He must be drunk."
"He must have drunk the night before. His eyes are red."
They say that.
Like I said before, I want to move on from the past.
Weren't you friends with actors...
like Hwang Jung Min?
I can explain. In university,
- I was in a club... - It was a comedy club.
that was related to comedy. That's why I know many comedians.
While some of them, including Jung Min, are...
A-list celebrities now,
they struggled a lot in the past.
I guess that's why they aren't picked on.
They struggled a lot in theater...
and became stars later in their lives.
- Everyone is proud of them. - Ryu Seung Ryong is the same.
Compared to my friends, I became successful earlier in life.
They hate that.
My goodness.
- They hate seeing me succeed. - Who hates that? Song Eun I?
It's everyone.
(His friends are his haters.)
When "Star in My Heart" played in saunas,
everyone would be absorbed.
We watched it like this.
Whenever there were scenes...
that touched other viewers,
they did this.
They laughed at me. That's why...
I don't talk about my work with them.
I know that they won't say anything nice.
While I don't watch TV often,
I would sometimes see my alumni...
in cable commercials and such.
I pay attention to those because I like seeing them.
Then I would give them feedback when we drink together.
I tell them what I thought about them.
Then they go, "Aren't you busy?"
(Aren't you busy?)
"Stop watching TV." They attack me.
(Ahn Jae Wook is the punching bag of Seoul Institute of the Arts.)
Jae Wook is a member...
of Honor Society, an organization of large donors.
Dong Yeob was once tricked into making a large donation...
and cried because he was upset. What happened?
I am a fan of baseball.
Korean Professional Baseball Players Association had problems.
I thought it would be nice to gather around baseball fans...
and help in any way.
I planned to make a donation.
Upon hearing that, Dong Yeob said, "I would like to help, too."
He only heard the word "Donation" and agreed to help.
The next day, a news channel wanted...
cover the story of our donations.
I told Dong Yeob, "Make sure you come after the shoot."
I told him when he should come.
Then he asked, "How much money should I send?"
I had given 10,000 dollars.
Dong Yeob didn't know it would be that much.
Upon hearing the amount, he didn't speak for a while.
(He was silent.)
I said, "I relayed the news already."
"Are you saying I need to donate that much?"
While he was flustered, he agreed...
and a news channel covered the story.
It was only a short sketch.
He looked like a criminal on the news.
(Serious)
(His mouth is dry.)
After some time, the association notified us...
that they didn't find use for the money.
It was hard for them to run the association.
They returned the money.
Dong Yeob also heard that they would return the money.
I had never seen him so happy.
(He was relieved.)
When musical singers appear on dramas or films,
they make a lot of mistakes...
because they are used to the tone of musicals.
For an example, we speak in a volume...
that reaches the other person.
In musicals, our voices need to reach the back of the stage.
We don't say, "Hello, Gu Ra."
We say, "Hello, Gu Ra."
I should have said, "I heard you met Yoon Bae the other day."
I said, "I heard you met Yoon Bae the other day."
- Can't you simply lower the voice? - Then it becomes,
- It's the tone that is different. - "I heard..."
"you met Yoon Bae the other day."
(Drama and musical use different tones of voice.)
That's how it becomes. Actors use that tone for plays.
It was difficult for me to fix it.
Singers struggle when they are in musicals.
- That's right. - When they return to me,
I say, "You are too loud. Try whispering." They can't do it.
A lot of singers struggle with this when they are on musicals.
We call it "the frontal disease".
This is what it is.
(You're supposed to look at your partner in a musical.)
You should sing like that.
You are the love I waited for
(Singers tend to look at the audience instead.)
(You may start out by looking at your partner,)
(but the frontal disease strikes.)
(It's difficult.)
This is an account of an encounter with Lee Jee Hoon.
Park Kyung Yi sent it.
"I work at a golf club in Yongin."
"Last fall, Lee Jee Hoon came to play golf."
"Jee Hoon held a cup of coffee and came into the shade."
- The shade? - It refers...
- to a snack bar. - It's a rest area, too.
"He came up to me and winked."
My goodness.
- I can't believe you. - Why did I do that?
(He's embarrassed.)
"He came up to me and winked."
"In a cheesy way, he asked for a refill on the coffee."
- Why did you wink? - I am sure I didn't wink.
"I wondered what he was doing, but I realized that..."
"he was cheesy in real life as well."
"I told him that he can get a refill at a different place."
"He said, 'That's too bad,' pointed at me,"
"and left after another wink."
"It was strange."
She clearly remembers that you winked twice.
I remember a few instances like that.
You can't get a refill of iced drinks in the shade.
However, the people I was with said,
"Wouldn't it work if you ask for a refill?" They egged me on.
- Did they ask you to wink? - He was using a trick.
I wanted to do well to my friends...
and gain their approval.
Winking must have been my last resort.
Many places give you refills.
After this episode airs, many golfers might misunderstand...
and do this because of Jee Hoon.
(Winking)
Many people will wink at the shade.
(Please give me a refill.)
Would you show us how you did it?
I don't remember exactly.
You can follow these lines.
- If I wanted a refill... - How would you ask for a refill?
Hello.
May I get a refill?
(Winking)
(It's incredibly cheesy.)
- What was that? - For goodness' sake.
That was the worst.
This is why she didn't give you a refill.
(He is the prince of cheesiness.)
Joon Mo, you are close friends with Cho Jung Seok,
- who is debuted in the same year. - Yes, we are friends.
In the past, you wondered...
- if you are Jung Seok's role model. - What?
He copied everything you did.
It wasn't like that. We debuted in the same year.
He and I appeared in many works.
I rode a scooter before I got married.
Then Jung Seok bought a scooter.
I said, "You bought a scooter. We should ride together."
Then I bought a car. It was a big car.
It wasn't a car people buy often.
It was a car that doubles as a pickup.
- However, he bought the same car. - He bought the same car.
I asked, "Why did you buy the same car?"
He said, "I bought the same car because it looked nice."
That's what happened.
That was simple.
He bought two things after you.
- He bought two things after you. - Come up with another one.
- That was simple. - Come up with another one.
If you give us another one, we will accept that...
- Jung Seok copied you. - His talking style is perfect.
It's simple.
(It's as simple as tofu.)
- There must be another episode. - In 2010,
I was newly married and had a dog.
He must have wanted a dog very much.
I told him that my dog was bred...
and would give birth in a few days. He came to my house...
and we delivered the puppies together.
He took a puppy home.
(Is that the end?)
I knew he would do that.
- My goodness. - It was simple.
- Jung Seok copied you. - He even copied having a dog.
- He copied you. - Cho Jung Seok, the copycat.
(It's the puppy he delivered.)
Joon Mo, you performed "Geum River"...
in Pyeongyang, North Korea.
- Yes. - I heard...
you were received as the guest of the state.
Why was the hotel bathtub filled with water?
For Unity of the Nation Festival that took place in 2005,
about 300 people went to North Korea.
I stayed at a symbolic hotel called Koryo Hotel.
Another guest had used the room prior to us.
He said the bathtub was filled with water.
He wondered what that was about and drained the bathtub.
However, the faucet didn't work.
He learned later that it was water for a week.
- He should have used that water. - That's right.
That's what I heard.
That's right.
(He is a simple man.)
- It's a unique pattern. - What a strange end!
- "That's right." - It's an unpredictable end.
- My goodness. - It suddenly ended.
I got used to it.
I got used to it towards the end of the shoot.
The question was all there was to the story.
"The hotel bathtub was filled with water."
- There wasn't more to the story. - It was the story in itself.
For his answers, he just sticks to the question.
He doesn't talk about anything else.
We heard it with a nice voice.
(He's an angel who ends the talk.)
- Sung Hwa. - Yes.
Your dream was to perform with Jae Wook, and your dream came true.
Yes. When I was in first year of college, I saw his performance.
It was at Sejong Center.
I was amazed at how stylish he was.
- His movements were very stylish. - What year was that?
- That was in 1994. - It was in 1999.
Was it 1999?
I was mistaken.
That's too different.
(You're joking, right?)
Anyway, I watched the performance.
Performing at a big stage like Sejong Center...
as a lead actor was like a dream for us.
Now I'm performing with that actor at the Sejong Center.
We heard something different.
Your dream finally came true,
but you suffered a lot because of Jae Wook.
Yes.
What's so hard?
I'm famous in this industry to show up very early.
I come half an hour to an hour early.
- He comes three hours early. - Who?
- If I go early at 12 noon, - He must be watching other shows.
he scolds me why I came early.
Why do you go so early?
I have to practice.
- But you have time to practice... - I'm sure it's not three hours.
I don't go three hours early.
- There was one day. - Sung Hwa performed "Hero"...
- about 400 times. - He performed a lot.
And he got the Best Actor Award for his performance on "Hero".
People think of him as the hero of musical scene.
- But I have to practice too. - I know.
- This is my first time. - "Why are you here?"
It's my first time to act as Ahn Jung Geun.
It's Jee Hoon's first time too.
Joon Mo came back after seven years of break.
So who needs more time to practice?
He keeps coming early, so our practice time shortens.
The person who doesn't need to practice comes in early.
- He doesn't need to do it as much. - It's like he doesn't love home.
He always wants to be outside.
I recommend him to stay at home longer.
It's very heart-warming, isn't it?
(These married men are very caring about each other's marriage life.)
It's been nine years...
since the musical "Hero" finished.
And this time, the descendant of Ahn Jung Geun will be joining.
It's very special for you because you come from the same family.
- Which Ahn family are you? - We're Ahn family from Sunheung.
Ahn family from Sunheung.
Whenever I call my family to let them know what I'm up to,
they just tell me not to get sick and to eat well. But this time,
my father told me to do the job with the sense of responsibility...
so that I don't defame our ancestor.
It was very pressuring.
I've never felt so pressured by my father's message.
(He's never been pressured by his father.)
According to Sung Hwa,
Jae Wook is so pressured about doing this well that...
he shouts "Watch out, Sung Hwa. I'm going to rock this."
He shouts it 60 times a day.
- I know. - That's his drinking habit.
When he drinks a lot...
"Hey, I'm going to do really well this time."
"Watch out, Buddy."
After a little while, he goes...
"Get ready."
- Get ready for what? - Hey.
"Look how I do it." He says it very often.
Were you impersonating me?
(Yes)
He usually don't do this.
- He must be very pressured. - Hearing those things...
made me realize how pressured he is about this.
It's like this.
Doing a role in a musical that was previously a big hit...
- gives me a lot of pressure. - It's pressuring.
Everyone associates the musical "Hero" with Sung Hwa.
It's hard to break that.
But if I was given...
the chance to be in this musical,
I thought it would be nicer with Sung Hwa.
There's the character Ahn Jung Geun Sung Hwa built over the years.
If I could provide something new,
I thought it would benefit both of us.
For this we come together and have long meetings, which isn't easy.
That's why the practice time is so enjoyable.
- I learn many things. - They are the four heroes.
I hope the four of us will have conversations like this.
"Watch me. I'm going to make everyone crack up."
Have you ever said that?
I can do that even if I don't say that.
Do you want me to be even funnier?
Then your stomach will rip.
(Then your stomach will rip.)
- Your stomach will rip and... - I was really surprised.
I always read the script before the shoot.
I was reading the script, and Jong Shin came up to me.
Then he told me to see how fun the script is and tell him about it.
What was that?
He's my assistant.
I couldn't believe it.
Fold my clothes well.
(Is he Cinderella now?)
Can the movements change according to a person?
Each person has different lines and music starting timing.
The way you walk can make the difference.
Whether you walk bowlegged or splay-footed can cause it.
- Am I wrong? - It's like this.
You are funny because you read the script.
(Cinderella and her step-mother are getting along very well.)
It's very strange.
We read the same script.
However, we all interpret it differently.
So we have to watch it four times.
There's this too.
Sung Hwa has been performing...
- this character hundreds of times. - Yes.
- But it's my first time. - Right.
Aren't you curious to find out who I would do it?
- Be curious about mine too. - On YouTube...
- Many people haven't seen it. - All right.
- There are many clips of his show. - I'm curious about Jae Wook's.
I will just keep the curiosity in my heart.
(It's not going well for Jae Wook.)
I want to go and watch it. I'm curious about Jae Wook's version.
I've never felt so sad...
- about performing on stage. - Why?
I want to watch my performance too.
(He wants to watch his performance too.)
(He succeeds to promote his show and to make everyone laugh.)
You are watching a high-end music program, Radio Star.
Today, we are here with the four men trying to be a historical hero.
These is a song that energize you like...
a hero.
Let's listen to the song these four guys chose.
("Who's the Criminal" is a song from Act 2, Scene 8...)
(of the musical "Hero".)
Why did you choose this song?
After Mr. Ahn Jung Geun...
assassinated Ito in Harbin, he got imprisoned. At the courtroom,
he said he would summarize all the sins Japanese had...
committed to Koreans into 15 charges.
And he names the 15 charges.
This song is about him talking about the 15 charges.
This is the highlight of our musical because of his historical reference.
Will this be the first time for you to sing this together?
- That's right. - I see.
You usually sing this alone.
They will sing "Who's the Criminal" together.
All right.
(October 26, 1909)
(Ahn Jung Geun assassinates Ito Hirobumi in Harbin.)
("Who's the Criminal?")
Defendant An Jung Geun,
you will be given the last chance to defend yourself.
First of all,
I apologize for murdering Ito.
However,
as the lieutenant general of the Korean resistance army,
I would like to give 15 reasons why Ito Hirobumi had to be killed.
The reasons are...
(First reason is assassinating the Korean Empress Myeongseong.)
(Second reason is dethroning the Emperor Gojong with violence.)
(Third reason is forcing 14 unequal treaties on Korea.)
(He accuses Japanese atrocities with an angry voice.)
(He plundered Korean railroads, mines, forests, and rivers.)
(He forced the use of Japanese banknotes.)
(He forcefully disbanded the Korean armed forces.)
(HIs courageous cry echoed in the Japanese courtroom.)
(We can feel how brave Ahn Jung Geun was.)
(Saying that the Korean Empire wants to be protected by Japanese,)
(he spreads lies to the world and fooled everyone.)
(His determined eyes make the viewers immerse into it.)
(The top musical actor sings confidently.)
(With overwhelming power, he takes us to a scene in our history.)
Defender Ahn Jung Geun.
Defender Ahn Jung Geun will be sentenced to death.
Watch me closely, everyone.
Miura Goro who killed Empress Myeongseong is innocent.
I received a death penalty for killing Ito.
Why is Japanese law such a mess?
(Born as a citizen of one nation and dying for the nation...)
(are the true honors, so I will gladly accept it.)
(With resentful voice, Ahn Jung Geun protests for the last time.)
(Please spread their hypocrisy and our truth to the world.)
(With charisma, four heroes made everyone hold his breath.)
That was amazing.
(It was the highest class performance on Radio Star.)
I'm so dizzy.
(Laughing)
- It was lovely. - I've...
heard this song before. But it was something...
- when they sang it together. - It was just one song,
and it was so touching.
- It... - I got emotional from deep inside.
It was like watching...
a short trailer of the four versions.
- Their voices are amazing. - I know.
- It's... - Can't you perform together?
(Can the four of them perform together?)
I thought of that while singing.
I thought maybe on my bad day,
I could make one of them come in...
and fill in for me for five minutes.
(Watch out for substitute actors.)
Today was "Just Be Funny" special.
Joon Mo, tell us how it was today.
I'm really glad that I got a chance...
to join this great program.
Please love "Hero" a lot.
- Right. - Right?
- Right. - Right.
Jee Hoon, you're up next.
It was really fun today.
If you want something cheesy, think about my wink.
Jae Wook.
The descendants of those who joined the independence movement...
are still struggling with life.
They worked so hard for our nation and its independence,
and they gave up their lives for it.
I hope now their descendants will...
get treated well.
- They're still struggling. - They're struggling a lot.
The descendants of those who sided with Japanese are...
- They're well. - They are more well-off.
Deploring this unfortunate situation,
we will be donating a part of profit to...
the descendants of those who fought for our independence.
It will be used...
to fund their education.
It's only very small,
but we hope...
they realize that we care about them.
For us to do that,
many people have to watch our show.
- Only then we'll be able to do it. - Is it "our" show or "your" show?
- Tell us. - "My" show.
(We have to clarify it.)
Sung Hwa.
There's a presidential election this year.
So I'm sure there are many people...
who want to know what true leadership is.
I'm sure many people want to feel it,
and you can feel that on the musical "Hero".
Please watch it. Thank you.
- All right. - It will be held at Sejong Center.
This is an excerpt from...
Maria Cho's letter to her son...
who received death sentence.
"Face your death with honor."
"You did the right thing and got this death penalty,"
"so do not beg for your life as like cowards do."
I also wrote a letter...
for these for guys who tried hard to...
make us laugh today.
"Act and sing with honor."
"If you stand on the stage with righteous mind,"
"the seats will get filled."
"Don't..."
(What is he trying to say?)
"don't go to another show and beg for people to come like cowards."
- Bravo. - This is...
- our protection policy. - That's right.
We will say bye here. See you next week.
- Please! - Please!
(See you next week!)