(Produced by RS Production, provided by RS Film Culture)
(Weekend thieves that steal your weekend are in Radio Star.)
(She hosts the show alone...)
(and dance too?)
I saw it and...
(A charming woman, Han Ji Hye)
(He can play with Gu Ra,)
(a man with an iron mentality?)
Why are you doing this to me?
(A mentality thief, Lee Sang Woo)
(She melts your heart.)
(A heart thief, Oh Ji Eun)
(He balances between being an actor and an entertainer.)
(A tightrope walker, Lee Tae Sung)
(The thieves have come to steal Wednesday's fun.)
(The thieves try to steal the fun...)
(while others try to protect it.)
(Who is the winner of the competition?)
(Weekend Thieves Special begins now.)
(Episode 626)
It's a thief!
I got my time stolen.
I'm still cute...
like a chihuahua.
It looks like he got his shame stolen.
It's a thief!
I got my height stolen.
That's a fact.
Ra Ik, Ra Im, and Ra Oh.
Don't get yours stolen.
It's a thief!
I rarely say this.
You're such a horrible actor.
I always carry around my wallet.
It's a thief!
MBC stole...
my breast dance.
I'm fighting against the network alone.
Please keep watching me.
You were overusing it.
What? That's the only thing I can do.
It's fun when you do it once a month, not every day.
This is the only thing I have.
I have it too.
Seriously.
I used to do this often too.
(Their double breast attack is coming soon.)
All right. Every Wednesday night,
we steal the viewers' hearts.
You are watching a high-end theft program,
- Radio Star. - Radio Star.
Today, we invited four people who always guarantee...
30 to 40 percent of ratings...
on weekend dramas and steal our weekends.
Weekend Thieves Special.
First...
She was just an adorable 18-year-old high school girl,
and now she makes all the weekend dramas she stars in a big hit.
She's a housewife sniper...
who plays with housewives' hearts.
- Han Ji Hye. - Han Ji Hye.
From love affairs to homosexual love,
he raises the ratings with his boundless performance.
Through a weekend drama, he stole Kim So Yeon's heart...
and married to her.
He's the crown prince of weekend dramas.
- Lee Sang Woo. - Lee Sang Woo.
(Ratings)
Her debut drama, "Three Brother"...
hit 43 percent of ratings.
And "Smile Again"...
- hit 43 percent of ratings again. - She's on a roll.
Half the nation watched the drama,
but no one seems to remember her face and name.
She's the type of person who always looks like a new face.
"Who is she?" Oh Ji Eun.
She always looks like a new face.
In dramas, he's specialized in cold manager roles.
But on Radio Star, he showed nothing but his ridiculous moves.
In dramas, he's a billionaire.
In variety shows, he succeeds a comedian, Shim Hyung Rae.
Lee Tae Sung.
(A man full of surprises, Lee Tae Sung)
He's a potential comedian.
Welcome.
- Hello, Sang Woo. - Welcome, Ji Hye.
Welcome, everyone.
- Make yourself comfortable. - Hello.
Ji Hye, your agency had a board meeting...
because of your pre-interview with Radio Star?
We all were very nervous.
- Radio Star has reputations... - Right.
for being blunt.
Ji Eun seemed very nervous too.
You can just take it easy.
Take it easy, just like Tae Sung.
Just take it easy like he does.
Tae Sung is laid-back.
Because he has been here before.
I heard you're expecting someone else to take the lead.
Sang Woo is a very funny man.
- He's also... - He's a little wacky, right?
He's also very talkative.
- So I'm excited about today's talk. - Really?
Sang Woo is taking the lead?
I was once on a variety show with Sang Woo.
- Really? - He's basically slow.
- He's funny to me. - He's funny, but...
- He has off-the-wall charms. - You need to get to know him first.
He's funny, but also wacky.
He's funny, but you need to wait a bit.
You need to give him some time.
What a critic you are.
- You're extra judgy today. - Go on.
Are you a critic or what?
- I wish I had actual water. - Please put some visual effects.
Why don't you pour me real water?
(If you want a water show, I will put on one.)
Sang Woo.
I heard you had a special reason why you don't like variety shows.
I think I look somewhat foolish when I'm on variety shows.
So that's why...
- But it's funny. - It's a good thing.
Actually, when I see it aired on TV,
- I think it's funny too. - It's funny, right?
Weren't you a regular on a variety show once?
I was on the pilot... The 1st 3 episodes.
(I see...)
I'm not sure if we can call that a regular.
I guess it's considered regular.
- I guess. - Anyway, you're a funny man.
- Right. - He's funny.
He's funny.
I heard you mentioned a lot of odd quotes...
at the pre-interview.
What did you say?
(Well...)
What quote did you talk about?
Well...
This is what I talked about.
You need to wait a bit.
This is the waiting I talked about.
- Let's give him some time. - You need to wait.
- Okay. - You need to wait.
What's your creed?
- What quote did you mention? - Quote.
For example...
(He's ready to talk.)
Cold is hot...
and hot is cold.
What does that mean?
- When it's cold, - Yes.
you turn off the air conditioner.
Then it gets hot.
You turn on the air conditioner when it's hot and it gets cool.
Just like that,
what's good can be bad and what's bad can be good.
So it's about fortune and misfortune in life.
It means nothing is good or bad.
That makes sense.
So you wanted to say there's always ups and downs in life.
Yes, exactly.
Other people won't say that way.
He's an interesting man.
(The cold and the heat are the same.)
Sang Woo, Shim Hyung Tak promoted your underwear business...
- He did. - on Radio Star.
We didn't know that.
(Hyung Tak talked about Sang Woo's underwear business for a while.)
I heard it created a buzz among actors and actresses.
Back then, I was shooting a drama called "Touch Your Heart".
Lee Dong Wook came to me...
and asked me about the underwear business.
(They calmly wait.)
The sales went up too.
- Since then? - Yes.
- Since he mentioned it here. - Thanks to Hyung Tak.
So what's the deal about the underwear?
Is it functional?
It's functional and nicely designed as well.
So it has everything.
- Did you give one to Kwon Hyuk Soo? - I did.
That promoted the underwear too.
Hyuk Soo gave the underwear...
to my boyfriend as a present.
And it was actually functional.
(Flustered)
I can prove it.
It was so functional.
(Her aggressive promotion makes him dizzy.)
It was amazing.
What about the design?
About the design...
I can't tell because it was too dark.
(She makes everyone flustered.)
Young Mi, you should stop here.
- I should stop here? - You should stop here.
- It made him function very well. - This is true.
For the promotion, you need good reviews...
from the buyers' girlfriends or wives.
- That's right. - It sounds like a good product.
I'm totally satisfied.
(I like it, and my girlfriend loves it. Highly recommended.)
Ji Eun, you seem to be in Jong Shin's agency.
It's not my agency. She's in Mystic Entertainment.
It's just easier to say that way.
I like this kind of things.
Disclosing your acquaintance's secrets.
- She knows Jong Shin's secrets. - What did I...
- She knows his secrets? - Yes.
Just take it easy.
What are my secrets to disclose?
Whenever I see him, he takes pictures with me...
- and post them on his social media. - Right, he does that.
I post pictures as soon as I take them.
He always says...
- he'll invite me for a meal, - He doesn't mean it.
- but that has never happened... - Of course.
in the past three years.
He just says that meaninglessly.
- He doesn't mean it. - I see.
I went to your wedding though.
Right. I really appreciate it.
You invited Jong Shin for a special reason?
What does that mean?
Since my husband is a Korean American,
and we had guests from the States,
- we had a traditional wedding. - Right.
- In a traditional hanok building. - Right.
We all put on hanbok as it was a royal-themed wedding...
and Jong Shin was the only one who put on a dress suit...
at the wedding.
We were supposed to put on hanbok too?
The guests were supposed to put on hanbok too?
Not all the guests, but those who were involved in the event.
- I didn't know that. - Right.
Jong Shin came with a dress suit on,
so we introduced him as a foreign ambassador.
- That's how you smoothed it over. - Yes.
An ambassador that came to celebrate the wedding.
The wedding was very interesting.
- It was a royal-themed wedding. - Right.
And the bride was dressed up as the Queen.
I didn't know there were court ladies too.
There were ladies playing the court ladies.
- Really? - That sounds amazing.
And they looked so real.
They looked like real court ladies.
And he was the only one with a dress suit on there.
(A foreigner from another planet)
There was one time I had to preside over a wedding.
- To Lee Jin Ho, - Lee Jin Ho.
I asked for tips. I told him I wanted to entertain the guests...
- at the wedding. - I see.
He said there are three steps I could take.
- The 1st step is to say, - It's Step 1.
"Let's begin their 1st wedding today."
- Then people would start laughing. - I see.
The audience has to have some sense of humor then.
- Right. - He's right.
So I said it...
- and it didn't turn out well. - It was awkward, right?
- Yes. - "What's wrong with that guy?"
It was like that.
"Is he out of his mind?"
- What kind of joke is that? - What if it was...
not their first wedding?
- I got goose bumps. - Right?
The groom's face turns red.
- The thing is... - What if he divorced once?
they wanted Tae Sung to preside the wedding.
It means they want a calm wedding.
Then the wedding is off.
Could you please stop?
Otherwise, they would have called a comedian.
I guess they wanted something basic.
- So what happened next? - What's the next step?
The next step was, after the bride and the groom marched in,
to say, "The two seem to be nervous..."
"because it's their first time."
"Hopefully they don't get nervous next time they get married."
He said this would make everyone laugh.
- Oh, no. - But it didn't.
If Step 1 didn't work out, Step 2 won't either.
- He's right. - Those jokes...
are connected.
The two jokes are basically the same joke.
- And? - The next was at the event.
Since I messed up with the first two jokes,
- I wanted to nail the event. - Good idea.
The event was...
about the groom's loud answer.
When I ask him things like, "Do you love the bride?"
He had to answer loudly like, "Yes!"
He told me the last question had to be funny.
- What was the last question? - The last question was...
"Will tonight be your first night sleeping together?"
This kind of joke is actually quite common these days.
When I asked the question,
the groom didn't answer.
Then the bride's father looked at me.
I wasn't there,
but I feel embarrassed.
Ji Hye, you have stayed up one whole night...
with Jong Shin?
It's about me again.
(There are so many anecdotes about Jong Shin.)
We need to make use of you before you leave.
You were speaking ill of Jong Shin...
with Jeon Mi Ra?
We have a common friend.
- He's a pianist, Kim Jeong Won. - We both know him and his wife.
And we once gathered in their house...
because we all live in the same neighborhood.
The pianist Kim Jeong Won...
played the piano...
and he sang "I Miss You" by Kim Bum Soo...
passionately to the accompaniment.
Then Mi Ra said next to me,
"He sings much better than I thought."
(It's criticism disguised as a compliment.)
My wife is the only person who belittles me.
(With a Bluetooth mic on his hand, he sings to the accompaniment.)
(The surprisingly good singer sings passionately.)
(His face turned red.)
She said many people don't know it but he's actually a good singer.
And he really was.
We had so much fun that evening.
The day before yesterday, she even said,
"I don't like your music style."
(She smashes him with the bitter comment.)
I'm a bit disappointed.
I was expecting to hear something really good.
- Before he leaves, - You wanted real gossip.
we need to totally destroy him.
- He likes dark gossips. - I do.
- There should be something. - We are eager to hear.
(He's always thirsty for juicy anecdotes.)
The next one could be better.
I'm excited to see what Sang Woo has to offer.
Sang Woo might be better.
Sang Woo, you know a secret...
Jong Shin doesn't know?
He's the second celebrity I have seen in person in my life.
He was invited to our high school festival.
- Daewon High School, right? - When I was in high school.
That's how I saw him.
(That's a surprising story.)
That's amazing.
What you said was true.
- Why would that be a secret? - Is that it?
- Which year was it? - Pardon?
- I'm curious. - We're trying to help you.
Which year was it?
- What's the point? - It seems like...
he doesn't like telling a long story.
- I see. - He doesn't.
- In my opinion, - He tells the story as it is.
- He likes to tell the story. - Just the keyword.
- Not exaggerating it. - Right.
He likes the story as it is.
- You just saw him? - Yes.
- That's it? - Yes.
- You just saw him. - We should take care of the rest.
- I saw that at the festival. - Okay.
- See? There's more. - Well...
(- Okay. - We must wait.)
Back then,
he used to sing songs that female students liked...
instead of the male students.
- It was in the 1990s, right? - Yes.
But when I heard his song at the festival, I thought it was nice.
(This must be the end.)
Gu Ra thought he was going to exaggerate it.
- I didn't know. - Gu Ra thought...
- It was just another story. - It was just a side story.
What are you trying to do here? You're only telling us true stories.
- He only told us true stories. - Seriously.
(His stories can invigorate us.)
- All right. - Sang Woo, whenever you see...
- Young Mi, you always laugh. - Isn't she funny?
I like watching comedy shows.
And I've seen many of her shows.
What do you find funny about her acts? Do you find this funny?
- She's good at acting. - I see.
- I see. Acting. - That's true.
She's good at acting like a playful boy.
- That was for Kim Kkot Du Re. - Yes, that. Right.
(Her delinquent character, Kim Kkot Du Re, was a hit.)
(I'm super annoyed.)
Sang Woo has a role model he likes.
It was Lee Ju Il.
- His dream was being a comedian. - Really?
- Everyone had unexpected factors. - Isn't this unexpected?
- He likes comedy shows the best. - Really?
If that was the case, why didn't you...
- try out for funny roles at sitcom? - Right.
I'm starting to do that now.
- In our drama... - That's his role in his drama.
I wouldn't say that it's a funny role,
but there are some funny scenes.
- I think you misunderstood us. - Really?
- Why don't you do... - Okay.
- a real comedy show? - Okay.
- You know? - But he's never done a comedy show.
Gook Jin asked why you didn't go for real comedy shows.
I think these two didn't understand you.
- They didn't get you. - Come on.
- They are ridiculous. - Look
- How can he suddenly star on it? - "It's cold when you're hot."
- "It's hot when you're cold." - You two are frustrating.
"That's how life is."
- We can't work as a team at all. - Come on.
- Everyone, say whatever you want. - Unbelievable.
Why would he suddenly star on a comedy show?
Let's just do an online show. Turn on the camera.
My goodness.
Let's just get donations from the viewers.
Here's what I'd like to say.
- We should go separate ways. - To pull off funny roles,
he can learn from Im Chang Jung.
- Don't look serious when talking. - Come on.
- Smile when you talk. - Why is he getting mad for this?
You just ruined my question.
Goodness.
- Why don't you try that? - Right.
Well, when you're a kid,
you just want to do everything.
- It was one of many dreams. - When you're young...
Why don't you say one of Young Mi's catchphrases?
- You wanted to be a comedian. - Yes.
- And you like Young Mi. - Right.
- Let's see if he has potential. - Okay.
- He's an upstanding guy. - Give it a try.
But my character, Kim Kkot Du Re, is a delinquent student.
Why don't you try something like this?
"This is a load of crab."
- A load of "crab"? - Yes.
- "Crab". - "This is a load of crab."
- Hey, pronounce it clearly. - Pronounce it clearly.
My pronunciation was clear!
"This is a load of crab!"
That's what I said.
Why are you guys all deaf?
Goodness!
We should just have our own channels.
Actually, Sang Woo said the line when we were bickering.
(Surprised)
He did!
"Crab".
(Chatting)
(Giving it a try)
(He's doomed.)
- Let's hear it again. - I couldn't do it.
- You heard him, didn't you? - No, no.
- I tried to do it, but... - He was doing his best.
- Sit down. - He just did it.
There was a misunderstanding.
He was doing the impression, but we were talking.
Please do it again.
"This is a load of crab."
(Enunciating)
My goodness.
- That's not funny. - "This is a load of crab."
- This is... - It won't work.
"This is a load of crab."
- Okay, okay. - His tone was different.
He was a bit awkward, but that was nice in its own way.
- Right. - It was nice.
- Right? - Sang Woo.
- It was nice. - It appeals to a specific group.
Tae Sung, when you see Young Mi,
you feel like you're seeing a shaman.
Yes, I wouldn't say a shaman, per se.
- But she's on the verge of madness. - I see.
I saw her sing at a wedding.
- She's a bit crazy. - Yes.
- You saw that? - I did.
- Wasn't that crazy? - It was so funny. I even screamed.
- What did you sing? - Listen. Hear me out.
It was for Hur An Na's wedding.
- Their parents were in the front. - I set her up.
And she did this in front of them.
(I shouldn't have loved him)
I sang that song.
- You sang that at a wedding? - Yes.
(At first, she looks calm.)
(She suddenly turns into someone else.)
(Intrigued)
(Breast dance)
(It's a new genre for wedding songs.)
(You've done a great job, raising An Na, sir.)
- They found it funny. - But when she performed,
it looked like she was possessed or something.
On top of that, it's my favorite song.
But the guests didn't react to my performance that wildly...
when I did my breast dance.
I thought I had to up my game, so I danced something else.
- What dance? - It's called Lower Body Dance.
Don't go that far.
- There's Upper Body Dance too. - I'll fight you and win.
- I'll get my way, MBC. - Is that so?
- Actually, she creeps me out. - Seriously.
You know why? When someone seems this mad on a show,
I believe she should be the same in real life too.
- Even if she dials it down a notch. - But she's conservative.
But when she comes to the set,
she says, "You're here, Gu Ra."
"What's wrong with you?"
- I tell her not to be like that. - In the end,
- it means she goes mad. - Yes, she's mad.
By the way, what's the Lower Body Dance?
Should I show you even if this doesn't air on TV?
- Yes. - Lower Body Dance.
I shouldn't have loved him
I shouldn't have met him either
The guests didn't seem to like it.
So I did the breast dance.
I went against everyone's disapproval
But this didn't strike home.
I had no choice.
(Humming)
(If you're curious, look up Hur An Na's wedding.)
(Anyhow, they show crazy reactions to the dance.)
This is nice.
(We'll take a deep breath for a moment.)
I did this at the wedding.
- In front of the couple's parents? - Of course.
And Jeon Yu Seong was in the audience.
My gosh, seriously.
Take a seat.
- Young Mi makes it funny. - No, no.
- Sit down. - The thing is...
- After Young Mi's debut, - She's so good.
Yoo Se Yoon became too dull.
- He's so well-behaved now. - I see.
Lately, Yoo Se Yoon has been acting gently.
Is he trying to get into politics?
What's going on? Why is he so well-behaved?
- No one is crazier than her. - Right.
- No one can keep up with her. - Right.
You are watching a high-end music program, Radio Star...
with kings and queens of weekend dramas that make your weekends...
feel shorter when they are already short.
We'll start today's discussion, "Weekend Thieves".
These four guests will star in an MBC weekend drama,
- "Golden Garden". - "Golden Garden".
Ji Hye, please tell us about your drama, "Golden Garden".
It's a drama, mixed with various genres.
- One of the genres is a mystery. - I see.
And there's a romance. A heartwarming romance.
And it's a family drama too.
Who plays the role of your father?
- My character doesn't have a dad. - He passed away.
- He passed away? - This atmosphere...
- It sure is a mystery. - He spoiled the mood.
I mean, there's a wedding.
I just assumed that her character had a father.
I'm sorry.
- The lineup seems different. - Right.
Her character doesn't have a father.
Usually, weekend dramas go up to 50 episodes or so.
Right. But our drama goes up to 30.
30 episodes? Then does it mean you don't know the ending?
- You don't know when you start. - We don't know how it ends.
- Right. - Right.
- Can't you somehow make a guess? - No, no.
- No? - People suddenly die in dramas.
- It's a dark world. - People live in weekend dramas.
- These days, people suddenly die. - No, they don't.
- Even in weekend dramas? - It's not like that these days.
- Of course. - That's true.
But even if someone dies,
- they come back to life. - Right.
- You know... - They can come back to life?
What's the previous drama that aired in your time slot?
- "Different Dreams". - "Different Dreams".
- "Different Dreams"? - "Different Dreams".
Yours will air after "Different Dreams".
Is it better to follow a successful drama...
or not-so-successful drama?
If it didn't do so well,
the cast in the upcoming drama will have less pressure.
- Right. - Here's why.
A tiny hike in the ratings will look good.
If the previous drama was a hit,
- there will be a lot of pressure. - That's true.
- It's all the same... - Every drama does well nowadays.
whether a drama is successful or not.
Is it like being cold when it's hot and hot when it's cold?
That's life, you know.
(It's a success even if it's successful and vice versa.)
Ji Hye, you said that there was...
something you wanted to settle with Sang Woo on Radio Star.
This is a specific story, so I'm looking forward to it.
(She freezes.)
- You're pressuring them so much. - I'm looking forward to it.
- This sounds like a good story. - It's something you want to hear.
- Right. - It's a different story.
- I just call him by his name. - I see.
But I've never heard him call me directly.
- I must settle how he addresses me. - He doesn't address her.
What's the age difference?
I'm five years older than her.
- Five years. Right. - Really?
How do you address her?
- He just doesn't call her? - Ms. Han Ji Hye.
- But she calls you by your name. - I see.
- It's so... - You didn't call her.
It's so formal.
Usually,
when people call you by your name,
- you talk to them casually. - "Hi, Ji Hye."
- He doesn't address you either. - He doesn't call my name either.
Right?
(He's flustered.)
- How do you address me? - We should settle this.
- Ms. Oh Ji Eun. - "Ms. Oh Ji Eun."
- He actually didn't call me at all. - Really?
- Yes. - Mr. Lee Tae Sung.
Can't you be causal?
(Come on, Sang Woo.)
- At the set... - How do you address your wife?
I used to call her Ms. Kim So Yeon.
(He's formal even to his wife.)
- It's okay when they were dating. - What about now? You got married.
- I'm sure he calls her by her name. - Now, I call her by her name.
- You've gotten casual with her now. - It was after we got married.
It looks like you're shy around women.
- Around everyone. - That's true.
And since she's my partner,
- I was trying to respect her more. - You wanted to respect her.
But some people find this a bit uncomfortable.
Some actresses just call you by your name.
- Then, you can do the same. - When they call me by my name,
I do this. "Hello."
If that happens... "Is he trying to make me look bad?"
- "To make me look bad?" - That's right.
- It's the same with you. - Right.
If you call Gook Jin by his name, he gets really shy.
- Really? - Gook Jin is like that.
Gook Jin!
- All right. - See? He does that too.
- I mean... - Gook Jin.
See? He's like that too.
He'd be shier when you get close to him.
- Gook Jin. Come here, Gook Jin. - Go. Go to him.
- Gook Jin. - I'm not your friend.
Gook Jin.
- That's why a long time ago, - He's shy.
I did think that I should...
- fix this. - Okay.
Back then,
Ms. Ha Ji Won used to work out at the gym...
I used to go.
Ms. Ha Ji Won came to me,
said hello, and asked if this was my gym too.
I was sitting down when she talked to me.
She asked me that. I said, "Yes"...
and turned around.
- This is what he did. - Right.
- After that, - I see.
she wished me to have a good workout and left.
I felt...
- She must've felt awkward. - Right.
- Probably. - I felt really bad.
- I should've talked to people. - Here's a question.
Who is your closest actress?
Yes. Who's your closest actress friend?
So Yeon.
- She's his best friend. - Wait.
He has to live with someone to get close to that person.
She's his bestie.
- I get it. - Right.
But how come you don't call Tae Sung by his name? He's a guy.
- "Tae Sung". - I address him like a friend.
- But he doesn't do the same? - No, not really.
- You should call him by his name... - Right.
- if he addressed you as a friend. - Right.
Why don't you call her by her name?
- Yes, call her by her name. - Ji Eun.
That's right. You have to get used to it.
Call Ji Hye by her name.
- Ji Hye. - See? He's starting now.
He won't do that at the set. Mark my words.
(I'm certain.)
(I... I'll try.)
- But we found out why he did that. - Right.
- Some people just can't be casual. - Right.
During the filming, I act all friendly.
But after the filming, if you say hello, I do this.
- And I run away. - Right.
Gook Jin does this. "Hey."
- He does this. - I see.
When I'm passing through the lobby at MBC...
(Hey)
- This is what I do. - The sound of Gook Jin's passing.
- That's right. - I got it.
This gesture means,
"Stop talking to me."
(Stop talking to me.)
Tae Sung, you were on a drama that aired for a long time,
- but you had a chance to rest up. - Yes.
It was when I was filming "Pots of Gold".
It was when the drama was nearing the end.
My character was in a coma.
- You were just lying down. - I was in a coma.
- You had a break. - That's awesome.
So I didn't have to go to the hair salon.
- You just had to lie there. - I just had to lie in bed.
(Jealous)
When other people were having the read-through,
they said if I was making my money too easy lying down.
How many episodes were you in a coma?
It lasted for about two weeks.
- Goodness! - My gosh.
- That's nice. - Even for my lines,
I had to record them at a recording studio.
- "Mom, I'll wake up." - Right.
- It's your character's thoughts. - Right.
You said there was an upside of starring in a mini-series drama.
A long time ago, I was on two mini-series dramas at the same time.
They were "Two Outs in the Ninth Inning"...
and "Time Between Dog and Wolf".
Because I had to film two dramas at the same time,
I couldn't go home for a week or 10 days straight.
- The schedule was tight too. - Yes.
I stayed up a lot of nights to film the dramas.
Back then, my character was a baseball player.
I was dozing off in the car. And when I woke up,
I was at Jamsil Baseball Stadium.
And when I woke up again after dozing off,
I was at the waterfront in Incheon.
- It's like teleporting. - Yes.
I was at different locations whenever I woke up.
At the end, I was out of energy and so exhausted.
- It wasn't something I had in mind. - That helped your acting.
When I got off the van,
- You could do those scenes well. - I could do well.
You really didn't have any energy left in you.
- That made your acting natural. - It looked natural.
- But... - I've had two roles at once too.
- Right, right. - In one scene,
I had to act for two roles.
- It was really hard. - I bet.
- It was summer. - Can't you put a mole here?
No, my roles were totally different.
I had to do my makeup again.
- I had to wear a long wig too. - Is that so?
The way you talked was different.
(In 1 scene, there are 2 Han Ji Hyes.)
(Vicious Ji Hye...)
(versus Innocent Ji Hye)
(She showed 2 opposite performances of emotions in 1 drama.)
It's convenient to have a rich sister.
But when I was doing that drama,
I was so exhausted.
- Your acting became natural. - Yes.
It was so tiring. I just didn't do much.
And I just cried in my scenes.
- When I watched the drama, - Your acting was great?
I really liked my acting.
- She was satisfied. - I see.
- That's when I realized... - People should do this.
how to make my acting look natural.
How about this for the convenience?
You can do the makeup on this side for one character.
- And this side for another one. - I was hoping he wouldn't say it.
- Come on. - They can hide this part. What?
If you're going to talk nonsense,
- create your own online channel. - Why?
- They could do this. - Just ask for the donations.
- They could film like this. - Star on "My Little Television 2".
- Isn't this nice? - Goodness.
- You're unbelievable. - This could work.
(She's sick of him.)
Tae Sung,
you could feel the biggest differences between...
mini-series dramas and soap operas during kissing scenes.
As for soap operas,
when the lips touch,
the camera moves back to a long shot.
- It's a bit old-fashioned. - Yes.
- Older people watch the show. - Right.
And since students and kids might watch the show as well,
they can't go with a close-up.
But wouldn't older people like this more?
- Right. They would like it more. - Exactly.
- Wouldn't they like it more? - You bet!
When they are watching the drama,
- they'd go, "Nicely done." - There must be kissing scenes too.
"Great job. There you go. Goodness."
"That's not right!"
Exactly.
Ji Eun, you said that if you film weekend drama often,
you age quickly.
After filming a weekend drama,
- a year passes by. - Right.
- That's true. - After I finish...
acting in the drama,
a few years have passed by.
That's when you make money.
(Make money when you can.)
You can make money.
As for those MCs who star on a lot of variety shows,
they would be at the waiting room.
When the staff says they're starting,
they say, "Let's go mix one."
"Let's go sell some laughs."
No, no. That's not true.
- We're not like that. - "Let's go mix one."
- "Let's go sell some laughs." - Like we're mixing noodles.
(Laughing)
Ji Eun, because of weekend dramas,
you have a phobia of getting married?
"Phobia"?
It says, "scared" right here.
When it says, "scared", must you say, "phobia" instead?
- Listen. At that moment, - My goodness.
I couldn't read "scared".
So I switched to "phobia". My apologies.
- I thought you were an American. - No, no.
- Are we in Paju English Village? - I couldn't...
I couldn't read, "scared of getting married".
- I switched to "phobia". - My goodness.
- I'm sorry. - I have a phobia of your lines.
- I'm sorry. - He said, "phobia".
- Yes, I did have that. - Is that so?
My first debut drama was "Three Brothers".
My role was a daughter-in-law of the new generation.
For example, as for the national holidays,
my character took a stand regarding which family to visit first,
whether it's the husband's family or the wife's.
My character said that married couples should take turns.
My character brought up a lot of challenges to the norm.
I thought that my character would help...
liberate the wives on their behalf.
But there were so many hateful comments.
- They said I was rude. - Some people are conservative.
My character experienced a lot...
How does it feel to be married now?
It's not always like that in real life.
I must have learned so many of these things through dramas,
so that might have been the reason.
I married a man whose family wouldn't be like that.
Since your husband is a Korean American,
- his family is far. - Yes.
My mother-in-law...
- moved back to Korea. - I see.
- For good? - Yes.
But she had been living...
- in the States for a long time. - She's open-minded.
She came over to give us some food.
After hearing that she was coming, I got things ready.
He said that he would just go get the food from the parking lot.
- That's what your husband said. - I said that was nonsense.
I told him that we should invite her in. She made the trip.
But my husband said,
if his mother kept coming into our home,
she would keep invading our private space.
- My gosh. - He was concerned about that.
- He... - Your husband...
- He's so American. - Right.
In a way, he acts like an American,
but he's being very considerate.
- Yes, he is. - Very considerate.
- He just shut it down. - But still.
There must be a chance for them to get to know each other.
- She might want that. - No.
We meet up often.
- I... - Playing yut helps you get close.
- That's the best way. - Right.
I like my mother-in-law. I respect her a lot.
- You were very lucky. - Yes.
- I love her dearly. - You got so lucky.
These guests are kings and queens of TV ratings that...
their ratings went over 40 percent. Ji Hye, you said,
the TV ratings go up at certain points?
In "May Queen",
- my dad changed three times. - I see.
Which dad had the highest ratings?
- The last dad. - The last one.
The villain dad.
- Lee Duk Hwa? Right, right. - It was Mr. Lee Duk Hwa.
- When I reunite with my families, - Like your parents.
meet them again,
- and find out the truth, - When you guys find out?
the drama gets the highest ratings.
The thing with viewers is...
that they get into the stories...
- when they are similar. - Right.
- You get into the stories. - You can predict the stories.
They criticize other characters.
- Right. They criticize together. - That's the fun part.
Gook Jin, remember? Back then,
we watched "Mother's Sea".
"Mother's Sea". "Our Sunny Days of Youth".
When Ha Hee Ra got pregnant,
- the TV ratings went up to 50. - Right.
- Do you remember that? - She had Lee Jong Won's baby.
They were a couple, and she was carrying his child in the drama.
- Right. - I remember that.
Sang Woo, when you watch your wife's weekend drama,
"My Prettiest Daughter in the World",
you can point out the scenes where the TV ratings hike up.
Yes, we were watching it together.
(They were watching it together.)
In the drama, Kim Hae Sook met...
(It was her meeting with Choi Myung Gil.)
She was pulling Ms. Choi's hair.
- When I watched it... - Like this?
- Like this? - Right.
I thought she worked at a hair salon.
- That's not how she did it. - I see.
(She takes care of the hair like a professional hairstylist.)
(People can't tear their eyes away from their dazzling performance.)
Like it was for a customer.
I told So Yeon...
that she wasn't pulling up the hair.
She was pulling up the TV ratings.
- I see. That's right. - I see.
Well, let me just say this. It's the same with politics.
If you approach politics from an academic perspective,
it might not turn out well.
If you approach dramas with only TV ratings,
- wouldn't that be a problem? - That's right.
- What about you? - He's doing a new segment...
- all of a sudden? - Why do you look like that on TV?
Are you an ombudsman? My goodness.
I do question that sometimes.
(His reaction was rather late.)
With this drama, you will be competing against your wife.
- Right? It's at another TV station. - It's not the same TV station?
- Right. - Right.
Sang Woo, you said that...
you had a secret weapon that can beat So Yeon.
(Sighing)
What is it?
I don't think he has one.
- He doesn't have it. - You know...
- I don't think he has one. - That was nice.
It was a big sigh after Young Mi's.
- This is nice. - Yes.
He neither has a secret weapon...
nor the will to beat her.
- Winning or losing isn't important. - That's right.
In our drama... It's similar to the scene I mentioned earlier.
It's an entertaining factor.
At the beginning of the drama, I dress up as a woman.
- And I also expose my body too. - You dress up as a woman?
- They prepared a lot. - And...
Ms. Oh... Right. Ji Eun has some scenes too.
In the first scene, my character takes a bath.
- It's good then. It will work. - And she swims too.
(Are you done with your reactions?)
(When you have such a well-made drama?)
All right.
Please help us...
promote our drama.
Okay, okay.
- Please help us. - We're promoting it well now.
- That's the whole purpose. - Of course.
(Good luck to us.)
By the way, Ji Hye...
- is a great dancer. Recently, - Really?
- you signed up for a dance class. - Dance class?
I briefly dance in the drama.
The script read, "Practice the dance for PSY's 'Napal Baji'..."
"and give a perfect performance."
It's a difficult dance.
That's why I signed up for a dance class.
- We should see it. - Of course.
- Let's see it. - Hearing about it isn't enough.
Let's give her a round of applause.
The dance for "Napal Baji" is really hard.
(Expectant)
- Are you ready? - All right. Here I go.
- All right. - Start.
(How good are the dance skills she honed for the drama?)
(The position of her fingers...)
(and the turn of her neck are exceptional.)
(Good luck.)
(Her steps are quick.)
(Flapping)
(She is warming up.)
(Young Mi is more excited.)
(A simple pose turns the floor into a red carpet.)
(Let's pose for photos.)
Let yourself go.
Don't hold back.
(Powerful)
(Sexy)
(Cute)
(Ji Hye, do whatever you want to do.)
(She shows an idol singer's charms.)
She is good.
(Jumping)
(She looks natural even next to PSY.)
She is good.
(It looks like a talent show too.)
(Young Mi is into the performance.)
(She suddenly stops because she is embarrassed.)
- You are good. - She prepared thoroughly.
It was typical of a dance you learn at a dance class.
(She bursts out laughing.)
- It was typical. - Her form was...
- exceptional. - Seriously.
She has long limbs.
- My goodness. - You danced along.
- It was an eyesore. - I was excited.
- Was it irritating? - Yes.
- It was irritating. - Gosh, you always say that.
It's my life. I will live the way I want.
(Young Mi and Gu Ra always quarrel.)
Sang Woo, you once made a pledge for the viewers' ratings...
and ended up getting criticized.
"If the drama gets the viewers' ratings of 36 percent,"
"I will donate 36l of blood."
You deserved the criticism.
For goodness' sake.
Did you think it would be...
as easy as getting water?
- For goodness' sake. - I meant to do it...
over many times.
You didn't donate blood, right?
No, I didn't.
- The viewer ratings weren't high. - No, they weren't.
- I see. - It saved your life.
- If you donate 36l of blood... - He almost died.
- That would kill a man. - Seriously.
I am sure the viewers were cautious.
(They gave up on the drama to save a man's life.)
Ji Eun, since you starred in many weekend dramas,
you are more popular at saunas than on the streets.
- I love going to saunas. - I see.
Ever since I became an actress, I can't go anymore.
Then I went on a hiatus after I got married.
Fewer people started to recognize me because of that,
so I gave it a try.
"Let's go to a sauna."
When I went, no one recognized me.
So I went ahead and got a full body scrub.
She took good care of my body...
and poured water over me at the end.
"You look much prettier in person."
She had recognized you from the start.
Yes. Three scrubbers came...
and looked at my body.
(A popular attraction at the sauna)
I was so startled.
(She had to stop using the sauna afterward.)
Ji Hye, when the filming begins for a drama,
you cry every night.
When I have an emotional scene the next day,
I practice the day before...
so that the tears will fall without fail...
at a certain point.
- You practice. - I practice the same scene...
10 or 15 times.
Do you cry that many times?
- Yes. - The tears have to fall readily.
- They have to fall readily. - At a certain point.
You have to be in that mood.
Let's say we sent you the script ahead of time.
Could you have cried when we said,
"You are more popular at saunas than on the streets"?
That's nothing to cry about.
I know that, but...
- For goodness' sake. - That's nothing to cry about.
If she cries at that comment, people will wonder what happened.
So you can't do that.
This is what I want to know. Your husband...
must get startled...
when you practice that way at home.
I practice when he is sleeping.
- I see. - Yes.
Your husband must feel guilty.
Imagine hearing your wife sob when you lay down on the bed.
(I did nothing wrong, but I will be better for you.)
Is it true that you can't cry easily when you are full?
Yes. That's why I don't eat when I have an emotional scene.
Sometimes...
- The sound comes out. - I hear her stomach rumble.
He hears my stomach rumble.
(I am hungry. I mean, I miss you.)
Tae Sung, you even studied the anatomy of facial muscles...
in order to play a villain.
When you watch Hollywood movies,
actors like Sean Penn, Jude Law, and Anthony Hopkins...
play the villains.
In the scenes where they get stabbed or shot,
they use their facial muscles so brilliantly.
So I studied anatomy...
to figure out which facial muscles...
I need to move.
Can you show us?
- I don't know how it will go. - It's time for slapstick comedy.
Let's say I want to move this side of the face.
(Twitching)
It looks like he has a magnesium deficiency.
That's right.
I know what that is.
- Let's say you got stabbed. - Show us.
(He uses his facial muscles to play the villain.)
(Creaking)
Am I doing it? Is this how I do it?
- No. - I see.
- This isn't how I do it. - Can you move your eyebrows?
- I haven't done that. - I see.
That would be funny.
(Flustered)
You made a special preparation...
for the prison scene.
For the prison scene,
I need to look haggard.
I make my lips chapped on purpose.
- How do you do that? - You don't use lip balm.
- I lick my lips. - That's right.
That's right.
It makes your lips chapped.
You dry out your lips.
I shave without shaving cream.
I don't wash my hair.
You don't wash your hair.
No.
If I need to look haggard in the drama,
I can't get my hair and makeup done...
at a beauty salon.
- That's right. - It's funny.
You can't act that way.
It's something actors get torn up about.
In the sleeping scene, do you wear makeup or not?
We need to be ready for the next scenes.
- That's right. - We can't remove makeup.
We should understand.
Even the viewers understand.
(It doesn't matter because he has a handsome face.)
Sang Woo, there is something...
you realized from playing a detective in the newest drama.
(Thinking)
Oh, yes. There is something I realized.
(What is it?)
- I wore suits in the past dramas. - That's right.
This time,
I wear a short-sleeved T-shirt since it's summer.
- I film many scenes in it. - That's right.
Since I pull on the collar when I wear it,
it became stretched out.
(He said everything he wants to say.)
(What's the conclusion?)
Is that it?
What? Is that it?
- Is that what you realized? - I...
Is that what you realized?
You realized that the T-shirt collar gets stretched out.
I thought it would be related to your role of a detective.
- A detective's realization. - When I wore a T-shirt for a while,
the collar got stretched out.
- That's what you realized? - Yes.
(Eureka)
Is this why you said he is funny?
(He is a funny man.)
If the scenes that were shot later come first,
the collar would be stretched from the start.
I realized that I shouldn't pull on the collar.
- That's what you realized. - It's the wisdom of life.
I get it now.
"I shouldn't pull on the collar."
- I get it now. - All right.
(His eccentric charms bloom.)
Sang Woo, your younger brother is a police officer.
- Yes, he is. - He helped you...
in one way.
Since I play the detective,
I needed a picture of myself in a police uniform.
MBC's prop team...
asked me for my hat size,
but I didn't know what it would be for the police hat.
I called my brother and asked,
"Do you have a police hat at home?" I tried it on.
It was a bit small, so I asked the prop team...
for a bigger size.
Is that...
So...
(There is chaos in the studio.)
- The hat. - Is that it?
"Thanks to my younger brother,"
"I figured out my hat size."
I see.
I see. Is that it?
"Thank goodness my brother is a police officer."
I thought he would say his brother taught him...
- judo or something. - I know.
His brother is a police officer.
At which police station does he work?
- Gangnam. - A police station in Gangnam.
Is he a detective?
He moved from Cheongdam to Gangnam.
You asked him if his brother is a detective,
but he answered, "He moved from Cheongdam to Gangnam."
- I guess he can't reveal it. - I know.
I guess it's confidential.
He isn't working undercover, is he?
To be honest,
we haven't talked much.
- Hold on. - I don't even know anymore.
- You could have asked... - All right.
- your brother about the hat size. - All right.
I feel like...
- we haven't talked much. - Brothers can be like that.
- Sang Woo, you are taciturn. - He is.
- Your brother is the same, right? - He is more taciturn.
- He is more taciturn. - Then it's understandable.
They only say what's necessary.
(Young Mi wraps it up.)
- That's why they aren't close. - I see.
Tae Sung, you often play the son of a rich family.
There is a hardship that comes with playing a rich character.
The companies that are associated...
with the rich character...
often aid in the production of the drama.
- That's right. - Because of that,
the character gets many lines about the product placement.
- You must deliver those lines. - Yes.
- There are lines I must deliver. - That's right.
In those scenes, I speak on behalf of the companies.
- For those lines, - So there are lines.
- I don't know which tone... - Seriously.
to use.
Recently,
the two of us had to interrogate him...
in a serious scene.
- That's right. - We burst into his office.
(They burst into his office.)
- Then he handed us water. - A drink.
Oh, it was a drink.
My character wasn't in the mood to hand over a drink.
They had burst into the office.
- Seriously. - Then you say,
"Have a drink!"
It would make more sense to throw the drink.
- No one would hand over the drink. - "Have a drink!"
- That's the hardship. - That's right.
That's what produces the drama.
- It can't be helped. - It's a big role.
- That's right. - These days,
viewers understand that it's necessary.
Product placement pays our appearance fees.
- That's right. - Yes, I should do my best.
- You need to understand that. - It can't be avoided.
- We lost our beverage now. - Seriously.
Why did you remove our beverage?
- They must have ended the contract. - You used to have a beverage.
Did I create a negative image by pretending to throw it?
- Is it because of me? - No.
You are not that influential.
(No worries. It will be back next week.)
Young Mi, is there anything you model for?
Well,
I think I will get an offer to model for a condom brand.
What should I do?
I won't dignify that question with an answer.
(He represents MBC.)
(Come on.)
Don't act cute with me.
(It doesn't work.)
Tae Sung, you once saw blood because of Kim Soo Mi.
I received a lot of beatings in dramas.
Soo Mi played a very rich woman...
who owns a building.
She wore an amber ring.
- Gosh, those rings are big. - Those rings are big.
- The center stone is big. - Yes.
(What happens when she hits him while wearing a ring?)
(She attacks with a big ring.)
(I didn't become an actor for this.)
After filming the scene,
I saw that my arm was bleeding.
My goodness. My goodness.
- My goodness. - That happens.
The next time we had a similar scene,
I talked to her because I bled so much.
"Would you please hit me after you take off the ring?"
- I had to ask her. - That's right.
I wish variety shows had that.
- I wish people threw water. - For real?
I wish people did that on talk shows.
You want people to do that for real like on Japanese variety shows.
You should try it sometime.
If I do that,
- I will get kicked out of MBC. - No, no.
- I see that you have a big plan. - No, no.
All right. Just you wait.
(It's more fun when it's real.)
(The man who is addicted to fun things)
Ji Hye, in a weekend drama,
you made the senior actress, Kim Young Ok, cry.
Well, I...
- That's quite a feat. - Yes.
There was a time...
I hit my emotional rock bottom.
I was in a drama with her at that time.
To hide my emotions,
I acted more cheerfully.
(To hide her emotions, she acted more cheerfully.)
That's why Young Ok saw me as someone...
who is cheerful and loud.
When I met her in the next drama,
I played a depressing character.
It was a KBS drama, "Beyond the Clouds".
Young Ok said,
"Ji Hye, your personality changed."
"You became really calm."
I told her, "I think..."
"I expressed myself differently in the past..."
"to hide my fear of people."
Then Young Ok began to cry.
We were talking among ourselves during a short break.
Young Ok cried a lot.
When we met again for this drama,
she greeted me warmly...
and treated me nicely.
How does Young Ok advise you on acting?
- Young Ok? - Yes.
When acting gets really hard,
I run to her and ask, "What should I do?"
- "Which tone should I take?" - When I ask her that, she goes,
"It's your performance. I don't have any advice."
- That's right. - "I prepared my own performance."
- "Prepare your own performance." - She is right.
She is well-known as someone who doesn't give advice.
We don't give advice to each other.
No, we don't. Why would we do that?
We don't even call each other.
- We are in our own toilet stalls. - The production crew gives advice.
"Don't make ad-libs. Read the script."
- I don't give advice. - That's right.
We don't listen to advice.
"Don't be like that."
(Despite their words, they are quite close.)
Ji Eun, you once shed a lot of tears...
because of the writer, Moon Young Nam.
To me, she was a scary screenwriter.
I debuted...
through her drama,
"Three Brothers".
I heard 500 actresses had applied for the role.
The last candidates were...
Oh Yeon Seo and me.
- They had to choose between us. - I see.
The producer chose me,
but Young Nam couldn't make up her mind at first.
"Who would be better?"
After a while, she chose me.
Since I didn't have any acting experience,
she was nervous.
During the readthrough,
she looked at me...
with coldness and suspicion in her eyes.
"Are you cut out for this?"
She didn't say anything,
but I felt her eyes on me...
during the readthrough.
She never let me sit next to her...
or gave me kind words.
I got a stick without a carrot,
so I gave my all to the performance.
At the afterparty,
she held my hands and said,
"Among actresses in their 20s,"
"you are the only one..."
"who moved me with the performance."
My goodness.
It's high praise.
"In case my praise makes you lose your sharpness,"
"I waited until now."
"But your performance made me cry many times."
Have you worked with her since then?
She never called me.
I see what she meant.
"You are the best."
"This is the last time we work together."
(Just you wait, Young Nam.)
It's touching.
Ji Hye, you worked with Gong Yoo when you were a rookie.
- That's right. - Which music program did you host?
- Was it KBS? - It was MBC.
- "Show! Music Core". - "Music Camp".
- It was "Music Camp" back then. - I see.
How old were you?
I was 21 years old.
- You were so young. - I was 21 years old.
- It was 2004. - I see.
Do you remember what you used to do?
You received many praises for your cheerfulness.
It's ready, right? Please bring it.
- My goodness. - Here?
(Let's check out how Ji Hye hosted "Music Camp".)
I...
Is one of them for Sang Woo?
Will Sang Woo do this with her?
- You can be Gong Yoo. - I don't think he can do it.
(He grabs the microphone without hesitation.)
Sang Woo, do this with her.
(Sang Woo debuts as an MC.)
He can't even do what he has experienced.
How will he do something he hasn't experienced?
(Will he be okay?)
Introduce yourself after I do.
- "I am Lee Sang Woo." - Imagine yourself in "Music Camp".
Okay.
(He bursts out laughing already.)
A 100-percent live music show!
This is "Music Camp" and I am Han JI Hye.
I am Lee Sang Woo.
(How cute!)
It was a fantastic performance.
Yellow flowers and beautiful butterflies...
made me feel the ambiance of spring.
There are 3 top 1 candidates this week.
Please look forward to them.
(Sang Woo, it's time for your one-shot.)
Yes.
"This is the charm of a live show."
That comment always makes an appearance.
"This is the charm of a live show."
The artist who won the trophy last week,
Tei.
And...
He said it with an accent.
- "And". - "And".
- "And". - What was that?
And...
Seo Taiji finally made a top one candidate.
If you want to know who will win, please watch until the end.
The next performance will be given...
by the three cool girls.
- "Hey Boy". - "Hey Boy".
I remember that.
What kind of an MC keeps his eyes down?
- He kept his eyes down. - He was looking at the prompter.
Sang Woo is funny.
He surprised me.
(He surprised an entertainer.)
- "And". - My goodness.
Although they seem like run-of-the-mill actors,
they had many unusual experiences.
Sang Woo got into a car accident...
- and ran a tteokbokki restaurant. - That's an unusual experience.
- My goodness. - It's so unexpected.
- It's so unexpected. - It's so unexpected.
It will be a fun story.
- We have to talk about it. - That's right.
Stop getting so hyped up.
It happened a long time ago.
(They begin to laugh.)
Well...
(Well...)
It happened a really long time ago.
- A really long time ago. - We are on the edge of our seats.
- Go on. - It happened a long time ago.
On an auction website,
I won the bid...
for a claw machine.
I called and found out that...
I had to pick it up myself.
A friend of mine had a pickup truck,
so I asked him to use it.
He had a part-time job that day,
so I offered to drop him off at the workplace.
On my way there with two friends in the car,
I got into a car accident.
- I got injured. - Okay.
We said, "Let's go to the hospital."
You had to get checked out at the hospital.
After treatment at the hospital,
I received compensation.
I used that money to have the claw machine delivered.
Using the rest of the money, the three of us decided...
to open a tteokbokki stall on the pickup truck.
That's how it came to be.
(I see.)
Among the stories Sang Woo told, this one was the most organized.
- It was perfect. - The four steps of composition.
You opened a tteokbokki stall.
- What happened next? - We opened it near the house.
However, the three of us didn't work hard.
Middle-aged women who ran stalls in the neighborhood...
kept going, "You need to move."
We kept moving...
and ended up at a dead end.
No one came.
- It was a secluded place, - I see.
so we stopped after a while.
I see.
That's funny, right?
There is a competition to get the best spot.
- Why did you buy a claw machine? - Seriously.
I wanted to play it at home.
(They didn't expect such an eccentric answer.)
He is so eccentric.
Sang Woo,
you've come to suffer traumas on cotton swabs recently.
Was this a long time ago?
- I said, "Recently." - It was...
recent compared to the previous one.
Yes. it was recent.
It was last year.
Sang Woo,
you've come to suffer traumas on cotton swabs recently.
Was this a long time ago?
- I said, "Recently." - It was...
recent compared to the previous one.
Yes.
It was last year.
A close senior of mine has a udon restaurant.
He wanted me...
to work part-time for him.
We were really close.
He made an actor work part-time?
He's also an actor.
(His close senior is an actor.)
And what happened?
So I asked him if I should go now,
but he told me to go get a health certificate first.
Right. You need that.
I went to the health center, and they gave me a cotton swab.
I had to...
- be examined with that. - Right.
- On your anus. - Seriously?
People who work with food...
- has to be examined. - Whether they're...
- clean or not? - Yes.
And?
So I got the certificate and worked part-time.
That's it. Did you guys not notice?
I already knew the end.
That was all he wanted to tell us.
- That was it. - I was concentrating involuntarily.
Now I see...
that Sang Woo can't say no.
He told a story the last time I was...
on a show with him,
and it was about the time when he was an advertisement model.
It was a scene where he had to go into a bath,
and he passed out there...
because he couldn't tell them it was too hot.
You said you fainted.
I didn't actually faint.
What are you doing to me?
- Why do you always talk back to me? - Why do you add to his story?
That's how I remember it.
This is the story you told, right? It's similar to this one.
- It's similar. - See?
You should only tell the facts, though.
- My skin got red down here. - He said...
his skin got red,
so I thought of him as a person who can't say no.
Can't you even tell them it's too hot?
It was when I just began working,
so I was more confused than usual.
They told me to get into the bath to bring it into focus,
but no one ever told me to come out.
- Right. That was the story. - No one told him to come out.
It was hilarious back then.
I just come out now if it gets too hot.
Of course.
Of course, you have to come out.
- He's too kind. - But I endured it in the past.
I thought I would lose my job if I didn't.
You thought you had to endure.
I kept telling myself that it's not actually hot.
I kept telling myself that.
- "It's not actually hot." - Right.
- It gets cool when it's too hot. - So hot is cold.
Right.
It can be hot.
That's why you learned it.
Ji Eun, you got into something...
on the bus and the subway?
It was also a long time ago.
I once worked part-time...
making announcements on buses.
Really?
They paid well.
- They paid well. - So I worked there.
- How did you do it? - Can you show us?
The station you're going to fall into this time...
is Sabina Station.
Transfer to "Golden Garden" at 9pm on Saturday.
Like this.
What's Sabina?
It's the name of the role I play in "Golden Garden".
The name is so unique. Is it Sabina?
- Yes, it's Sabina. - "Sa" is the family name.
Since everyone else doesn't have any specialty,
it was quite good.
- It was good. - She came to the waiting room...
where I was waiting, and said,
"I practiced the North dialect,"
"and the writers didn't write that on the script."
Our writers don't usually take things out.
But they had to this time.
- It was... - What is it?
- North dialect. - That's...
North dialect?
It's a dialect from upper Gangwon Province,
but it could sound like I'm swearing.
Let's listen to it.
What do I do?
Darn it. What is all this?
They said all I had to do was sit there,
and they're making me do this.
Radio Star, I'm done with you.
(Sighing)
- That was... - I'm sorry.
- Why did you make her do it? - What should I do?
- I did it. - Why did you bring this out?
There must have been a reason...
our writers took this out!
- She came to me... - Please edit this out.
She prepared it...
for Radio Star!
Our writers didn't take this out without reason!
I'm sorry.
She said, "I'm done with you."
Tae Sung, you're obsessed...
- with silver? - Silver.
- Is that also silver? - Yes.
I feel catharsis...
when I watch something being cleaned.
I clean my house and my car...
really well,
but silver is really charming.
Because its color changes when it's out in the open.
- It goes dark. - Yes.
- I let its color change on purpose. - On purpose.
Because I want to wipe it off.
There's a lot of ways to polish silver.
- Like polishing a watch. - Yes.
I wipe off with a polishing cloth,
but I couldn't get rid of those little scratches.
And I found out there are machines for nail art at home.
- The one they use to grind. - Yes.
- I remodeled it with sandpaper, - Really?
and it spins around when I step on it like in the dental clinic.
So I use that to sand the silver.
I sand the silver, and polish it.
- So you like polishing it? - Yes.
I like polishing it, now that I think about it.
You like polishing.
Are you good at polishing shoes?
I'm good at that too.
He feels the pleasure from doing it.
Yes, when it gets cleaned.
When my friends are wearing jewelry,
I tell them I'll polish them at home.
I think I need to get mine polished too.
I can polish anything silver. It will be brand new.
So you like to concentrate.
You also want to open a channel on Youtube about silver?
There's ASMR.
- Yes. - You want to polish as an ASMR.
- The sound of it is really good. - Really?
After I finish polishing,
I can almost hear it clink when I project a beam on it.
It feels like you can hear it.
- You hear a clink. - Yes.
- I can hear it clink. - You're exaggerating.
I don't actually hear it,
- but it feels like I do. - Really?
There are five-minute videos on Youtube,
and they're compilations of satisfying clips.
- Right. - Right.
They would spread something...
- that's uneven. - Spreading things.
There's a video of squeezing pimples.
They squeeze pimples?
- It's so satisfying to watch. - Right.
It's so satisfying.
- I have a lump here. - When you watch that...
- What? - I have a lump here.
So what?
(So what?)
I'd like to see Young Mi squeeze his lump.
Why are you doing this to me?
You know that I don't feel pain.
So what?
Just take it into consideration.
Why would I even take that into consideration?
Come on.
Sang Woo,
all your prized possessions has become an issue...
among the fans.
I wanted to give them something sincere...
and the one I used often.
It's right to give the things you used as prized possessions.
- That's right. - But most of the celebrities...
give them something new or the ones from sponsors.
Right. That's what happens.
But he gave out his prized possession.
- Were they your socks? - What was it?
(What did he give out?)
(Ta-da.)
(His collection of possessions is quite unique.)
How is that a prized possession?
(Laughing)
He also has one in this picture.
(There a lot to see on the board.)
Look the actors staring at you.
Look!
They have shoes too, and you only have that.
(There's a blue fellow between the two pairs of heels.)
Is that Smurf?
I drew it myself.
I drew it by myself.
- You colored it and everything? - Yes.
You drew it yourself?
This is the actual prized possession.
There's a meaning here.
She burst out in laughter.
They all have meanings.
and she also has meaning.
Sang Woo is so charming.
- Did you notice they were staring? - They're like, "What is that?"
Did you notice them watch?
I didn't. I found out when I saw the newspaper.
Look at how they're looking at you.
I never saw it. I was going to explain.
Will you cut it out now?
We can't move on!
- This is unbelievable. - This one is hilarious.
It's so funny.
He's very pure.
What are these?
- Those are ceramics I made myself. - Ceramics.
You should give things like those.
- Ceramics are fine. - In fact,
he fit the purpose the most.
- What is this? - What's that traffic light?
I bought it myself.
I bought two traffic lights...
and I gave out one.
I thought that could be...
his prized possession...
because he took off the one he sees every day.
- They're all laughing in here. - He has a traffic light.
(Laughing)
- It was an auction. - Yes.
I got it at auction in the past.
- You got it at auction. - Yes.
There were ten traffic lights,
so I made a bid,
and I won.
- No one bid for it. - I actually forgot about it.
I won two of those.
They were delivered to my house.
Place it at home and if it turns red when going to the kitchen, you stop.
(Stop at the red light on your way to the kitchen.)
- If it turns green, you go. - And you go when it's green.
- That would be fun. - That's what I imagined.
I wanted a house that big.
These unique tastes of yours...
must suit So Yeon.
Because some people just can't understand.
- That's what I meant. - Some would nag at you.
- She likes it. - She likes it?
- Good for you. - I liked all of it.
Isn't So Yeon the most understanding person...
in this country?
What are you talking about?
Did you mean, "Considerate"?
Yes, considerate person.
- What was that? - Well...
Did Gallup announce it or something?
("Kim So Yeon Chosen As the Most Understanding Person")
Sang Woo said he and So Yeon don't split house chores.
Does it mean you two do chores together?
Each of us does chores whenever we think it needs to be done.
So it's not that you decide on what each should do.
"You throw trash out, and I'll do this." It's not like this, right?
Anyone of you does it when you see something to do?
What house chores are you good at?
(Well...)
- Well... - Cooking.
- He said he likes to cook. - Yes, I cook...
I cook from time to time.
I also like throwing trash out often.
I see.
I do it often.
Don't people throw trash out because they have no choice?
I like it when I go out with my wife to throw trash out.
It feels so good when a gentle breeze blows.
I feel like we're out for a walk.
But there's no breeze in summer.
That's why I've been doing it alone lately.
There are summer breezes.
It doesn't breeze every day.
- Summer breezes are hot though. - It breezes in autumn.
- That's how life is. - Don't you think it's romantic?
- He likes enjoying breezes... - Right.
- while throwing out trash. - That's right.
- They're so sweet together. - Yes.
He even feels happy when he goes out to throw trash out.
They're so happy together.
Ji Eun said she forgets things...
even if it's very important.
One day in school, I went to the bathroom...
during a break between my classes, but I was late for my class.
I was running towards the classroom.
And I saw a very close friend of mine...
also running towards her classroom.
I said hi to her gladly,
but she just glanced at me without saying hi.
I wondered why. I went back to the classroom,
and took out my textbook. Then I realized...
that she and I fought the day before and ended our friendship.
- I can understand the situation. - Since I was...
- in such a hurry... - It happens.
However, my forgetfulness...
- helped us make up. - So the important thing...
she forgot was her feelings.
(She forgot her feelings.)
Then I guess you make up with your husband quickly...
after arguing with him.
While I'm arguing with my husband,
I get really angry,
but I can't remember what we fought over after some time.
That could anger your husband though.
- It's good that she forgets easily. - However, we fought a lot...
because of the language caused a misunderstanding.
He used some words that are offensive without realizing.
- Right. - He used a translation application,
and said it to me, which offended me.
Things like this happened a lot.
For example, when we both get emotional,
he says something like, "You proclaimed before!"
It's because Korean is not his native language.
He must have used a translation application.
- And then she giggles. - Then I forget why we were arguing,
and I explain to him. "You said it before."
While telling him the appropriate expressions for different contexts,
- we stop fighting naturally. - Right.
Sang Woo said the hardest time throughout his career...
was the time when he was on a fashion show.
How tall are you?
I'm 186cm tall.
So we prepared some photos.
(Anxious)
My goodness.
It must've been hard.
Look at this photo. This one too.
(I'm not going to see it.)
Which designer's clothes are these?
Andre Kim designed them.
Right. The left one looks like Andre Kim's clothes.
Both are his clothes.
It wasn't hard.
I felt cool in those clothes.
- Was it cool? - It wasn't hard.
But the problem was that I looked...
a little uncomfortable since it was...
when I just made my debut.
How does it feel when you're wearing clothes like them?
When it's on your bare skin?
I couldn't even think about it...
- because I was uncomfortable. - He had to change clothes quickly.
I didn't mean the clothes were uncomfortable. I was just nervous.
So do you not hate clothes like these?
Not at all.
(Not at all.)
- I get hot easily. - I see.
- He gets hot easily. - You didn't have to react that way.
- Pardon me? - Anyway, if you...
have to choose one of them, which one would you choose?
- I would... - That one is better.
- Which one do you prefer? - I prefer the black one.
- Oh, this one? - So you want to have it someday?
In fact, it looks very expensive.
We're going to give it to you for So Yeon.
You can find these photos easily on the internet.
- But he needs to print it out. - It'd be nice to hang this at home.
- Exactly. He can hang it at home. - But...
- We'll give you as a souvenir. - Here you go.
So Yeon will like it.
(Satisfied)
What if you have to wear the same clothes now?
I would gladly wear them.
- You would? - Yes. Actually,
I wish I could do it again...
because I was too stiff back then.
How about you wear it again if your drama gets...
- high ratings? Wouldn't it be nice? - That's a good idea.
That would help you draw attention.
- That's a great idea. - I have to come up with an idea...
before the press conference.
- Thank you for giving me an idea. - Good.
(We hope the drama will become a hit so you will wear it.)
Tae Sung, is it true that you're avoiding outdoor variety shows?
Yes. I hate bugs, and I'm afraid of them.
Is that right?
Have you ever moved to a new house because of bugs?
Yes, I have. I came home after a month of filming overseas.
I was so happy to come back home.
Without even taking a shower,
I pulled the blanket off to lie down in my bed.
I saw a swarm of ants like a scene in a movie.
(There was a swarm of ants on his bed!)
- My bed was covered with ants. - What happened?
- I... - Did you left sweets on your bed?
I dropped some pieces of chocolate while eating it on my bed,
and it was summer. I left for the shoot without cleaning it up.
My goodness.
- That's why it got messy. - Yes.
Also, there was a park right in front of my house.
There were many trees in front of the veranda.
I opened the windows to let some fresh air in.
But the mosquito net was covered with moths.
- I know how it feels. - It felt like...
I was in a Hollywood disaster movie.
(The entire house was like a disaster movie.)
That's how it felt.
I threw out the blanket with ants.
Sang Woo, are you afraid of bugs?
No, not really.
- I think he'd watch it calmly. - He can use the clothes we saw.
He can catch the bug with it like a butterfly net.
(He can catch the bug with his shirt?)
Tae Sung appeared on a show that was harder than "Real Men".
- Did you appear on "Real Men"? - Yes.
- You must've seen a lot of bugs. - I served in the navy.
- I was on a warship the whole time. - There's no bug on a ship.
- I went to the navy. - That's a relief.
- Luckily, I went to the navy. - I see.
What TV show was even harder than that?
There was a documentary on MBC called "Sharing Is Happiness"...
where we helped children in need in underdeveloped countries.
I went to Sri Lanka.
There was this public bathroom with squat toilets.
They hadn't cleaned the bathroom for three years...
although it's a public facility.
The mayor promised to open the water valve...
if we clean up the bathroom.
(The mayor suggested a great offer.)
- So we... - There must've been a lot of bugs.
- Bugs were not the only problem. - Exactly.
I cleaned the bathroom for three hours,
and I got a rash.
Both the cameraman and I fainted.
We lied down at a church for a while.
I don't know where I should begin.
(As a result of his long, hard labor,)
(a miracle happened...)
(like rain soaking dry land.)
- It generates gas. - That's right.
In the past, explosions happen when people smoked...
- in a squat toilet. - It explodes.
- Their hips caught on fire. - That's right.
- It actually happened. - Exactly.
There were people who dug up night soil.
- That's right. - They carried buckets around.
- Right. - There were people who did it.
- Also, in the old days... - Is it too many years ago?
I thought I was watching "Black Rubber Shoes".
(Everyone reminisces the old times.)
Ji Hye learned a life lesson...
when she attended a film festival.
I went on a trip to Europe with Actress Um Ji Won...
before I started to film the new drama.
Her movie, "The Odd Family: Zombie on Sale",
was invited to screen at the East Asia Film Festival.
I attended with her since it was held during our trip.
It was held in Italy, and we had a great time.
Jeon Do Yeon from "Birthday" also attended the event.
Kong Hyo Jin from "Door Lock" came too.
So did Jung Woo Sung from "Innocent Witness".
We had the night of Korean films party there.
We drank some wine that was served at the party,
and danced on the dance floor too.
I had a chance to have a chat with Woo Sung.
I said I challenged myself to do anything I wanted in my 20s,
and I was confident and fearless,
but I came to learn more about myself and know my place,
and I knew what I could do or I couldn't do clearly.
Then Woo Sung said to me in a firm tone...
that I shouldn't put limits on myself.
Woo Sung is very adventurous.
He called me "Ms. Ji Hye". He said,
"Ms. Ji Hye, never confine yourself."
"Challenge yourself to do anything, and always try new things."
He gave me great advice.
The atmosphere of the film festival in Italy...
And it was Woo Sung who said it.
- Exactly. Woo Sung... - Imagine that Gu Ra said it.
- Gosh. Never confine yourself. - Whatever.
I'll live my life as I like.
Try new things.
- You shouldn't be afraid. - Stop it.
- Bear that in mind. - That's enough.
(They create great chemistry when they do a role-play.)
Tae Sung, is it true Kim Seung Woo helped you fix your drinking habit?
In the early years of my career,
I had a drink with my senior actors.
- I was the youngest of all. - You drank as much as they gave.
That's right. I drank a lot while trying hard to stay sober.
- But I reached my limit. - Right.
All the other actors passed out.
Only Seung Woo and I were left.
- I was dozing off like this. - Right.
Suddenly, he said...
in a little bit angry tone,
"Hey, how much do you think this is?"
- He was talking about soju. - Okay.
"It's 3 dollars for 1 bottle."
"You're an actor, so don't sell your soul for three dollars."
(What?)
What does that even mean?
- I bet Seung Woo was drunk. - He must've been drunk too.
- That's... - What's that?
- That's his drinking habit. - That's right.
- That's his drinking habit. - I was thinking...
Was he trying to make you drink more or what?
Since I was young, I found his remark so cool.
I understand you since you were young, but we know him well.
You must've thought it was cool in such an atmosphere.
It woke me up.
"Gosh, I can't believe I sold my soul for three dollars."
(I can't believe I sold my soul for three dollars.)
So since then, whenever I start feeling tipsy, I tell myself,
"I shouldn't sell my soul."
But if I'm drinking expensive wine, I think,
"Can I sell just a little bit of my soul for this?"
- You need a point of compromise. - That's right.
- You can sell your soul for that. - But I never sell it for soju.
- Soju makes you drunk the fastest. - Exactly.
You get drunk right away.
(Excessive drinking is harmful to your body and soul!)
You are watching a high-end music program, Radio Star.
Today's theme is for the targets...
of the snipers of viewer ratings.
- "The Song To Increase Ratings". - "The Song To Increase Ratings".
First, shall we hear the song that Ji Hye chose?
We get to hear her singing.
"In Dream" is very difficult to sing.
This song has ridiculously high notes.
She's been quiet, but trying hard to challenge herself.
- This is my favorite song to sing. - Is that so?
- But it has a lot of high notes. - Yes.
Sometimes I do well, but sometimes I fail to hit the high notes.
When I can't sing well, I sound terrible.
When I do well, I get good reactions.
- I'm not sure if I can do well. - You'll do well. You did warm-ups.
- Ji Hye will sing "In Dream". - "In Dream".
("In Dream" performed by Han Ji Hye)
(Holding her hands together)
(Nervous)
(You can do it.)
(She has a sweet, clear voice.)
(She looks different from when she was dancing.)
(It's nice.)
(She sings each note carefully.)
(Swallowing)
(The first high note part alert)
(Just as we are now)
(I don't want to wake up)
(Her fellow actors are anxious.)
(But she's relaxed.)
(The song moves on to the second high note part.)
(The ones who are listening are more worried than she is.)
(His words are ringing in her ears.)
(Never confine yourself.)
(She sings high notes loudly with confidence.)
(She tore down the wall in her heart.)
(Proud)
(She did it. She pulled it off.)
(It seems like she can relax now...)
(But high notes are all over the place like landmines.)
(She sings high notes powerfully as if she's increasing the ratings.)
(Her voice is shaky, but she goes on confidently.)
(She's cute.)
Thank you.
(She feels embarrassed after she finishes singing.)
(She leaves the stage hastily.)
I think she heard what Gu Ra said.
"This song has no interlude."
Oh, this song has no interlude.
- It's a very difficult song. - It didn't go well today.
- She sang the hardest part well. - Good job.
She sang such a difficult song.
- It's really difficult to sing. - She did well.
- Ji Hye is quite, but passionate. - Indeed.
She has so much cheerful energy.
She has this energy inside her.
Now let's hear the song that Sang Woo chose.
It's "Blue Bird".
- Lee Moon Sae's "Blue Bird". - It's an old song.
This is Moon Sae's first hit song.
- Right. It's from his first album. - Why did you choose this song?
I chose this song...
because it's exciting...
and quite short.
(It's exciting and short.)
Good. You're right. A short song is great for this show.
He was considerate of us and chose a short song.
- Thank you. - It's because of you.
Thank you for being considerate.
Shall we hear Sang Woo singing "Blue Bird"?
("Blue Bird" performed by Lee Sang Woo)
(Everyone is already excited as he chose an optimized song.)
(However, Sang Woo is very nervous.)
(Once he starts singing, he sings quite well.)
(I liked how it flapped)
(Flapping)
(So I wanted to keep it around me)
(Just like his simple and clear talk,)
(the song goes straight to its climax.)
(Even though the blue bird is gone)
(Is it the climax already?)
(He sings calmly just like a bird chirping.)
(The song reached its climax already.)
(It's getting more and more exciting.)
(Sang Woo shows off his charms through the song...)
(that he chose out of consideration for the staff.)
- It's really short. - It was great.
- It's a very short song. - It was good.
- He did well. - I thought it was a jingle.
It was a great song choice.
- It's really short. - It was very considerate of him.
- It's good. - He's quite tactful.
- It was simple and nice. - I mean,
he gave short answers to our questions and sang a short song.
- That's right. - He's thoughtful.
He's transparent like an X-ray picture.
- You can see only his bones. - Exactly.
Thank you for your performances.
Today, we had Weekend Thieves special with four guests.
Just as you guys make time fly...
when weekends are already too short,
Radio Star will continue trying to...
make time fly by making you laugh.
We will say goodbye here. See you next week.
- Please. - Please.
(See you again next week!)
(Goosebumps Generators Special will visit you next week.)
("If Only" by Parc Jae Jung)