The magical Thursday night with top stars.
- Happy Together. - Happy Together.
(Happy Together)
- It's already Chuseok. - Right.
- Time just flies. - I know.
It only feels like yesterday when we wore hanboks here.
- Here we are wearing them again. - Right.
- Chuseok is early this year. - You are right.
- It's in early September. - Right.
I am not sure if it's cool enough for Chuseok.
But it got much cooler in the morning and evening.
- It got cooler. - Right.
We have guests who are just like a Chuseok gift set.
- Please step out. - Come on!
- Hello. - Hello.
Welcome, Eung Soo and Sang Ho.
- Hello. - Goodness.
It's you, Hae Soo.
- Hello. - Hello.
(Happy Together's gift for Chuseok)
Today's theme is "Top-Class Actor Gift Set".
Let me introduce each one of them.
He is known as an amazing actor who can pull off various roles.
He can pull off traditional series as well as comedy.
He's the King of Acting. Please welcome Kim Eung Soo!
All right!
He has this warm image of the man next door.
He is the best actor who can easily pull off daily acting.
He is a brilliant scene-stealer in all of his works.
Please welcome Kim Sang Ho!
- It's Sang Ho. - Nice to meet you.
He has been a stage actor for a very long time.
His amazing acting skills drew everyone's attention.
He's the rising star of Chungmuro. Please welcome Park Hae Soo!
Hae Soo!
He is a superb actor.
He is always in popular drama series like...
"Something in the Rain" and "One Spring Night".
He's an irreplaceable actor who does humane and witty acting.
- Please welcome Lee Chang Hoon! - Lee Chang Hoon!
Since Eung Soo is with us today,
it feels like Chuseok.
Right.
He is a man who goes well along with these holidays.
- Right. - He looks like my uncle.
Yes.
It somehow feels like we're already at our relatives' place.
He's like my uncle who is aways on his sofa.
But he looks like a stingy uncle.
(Don't think so lowly of me.)
- My goodness. - Gosh.
Here you go, Sae Ho.
(Eung Soo gives 50 dollars to Sae Ho.)
- Let me thank you. - My goodness.
- Thank you. - That was so sudden.
Now I only have 10-dollar bills.
- 10-dollar bills. - I know that he likes me.
I glanced at his wallet. That was the only 50-dollar bill.
- My goodness. - You gave him that.
Aren't you taking it back after the show?
Why would I take it back?
If I take it from him, it would be stealing.
- I'll eat something nice with this. - All right.
- Why did you give him money? - Goodness.
It's not even New Year's Day.
He said I look like his uncle.
- Is that why? - Goodness.
You just gave him 50 dollars. I was very surprised.
- Good for you, Sae Ho. - I know.
You can treat us lunch then.
What?
With the 50 dollars.
Let's save that up.
Save it up where?
- Save it up in my account. - What?
I can save it up in my account.
- I'll give it to you later. - No.
Why would you keep it in your account?
I heard that you are very busy these days.
I am quite busy.
I work on two drama series at a time.
- Goodness. - Two drama series.
The shoot for "Miss Lee" takes place in...
- Icheon, Gyeonggi Province. - Right.
"Chief of Staff" takes place in Asan.
So it takes half the day for me to travel those two different sets.
- You have to travel a lot. - That's a long journey.
I am just taking a cameo role...
for "Chief of Staff".
I was supposed to be there for just two episodes.
But when it got aired, the series got popular.
Lee Jung Jae and I play the roles of father and son.
People said that we look alike and have great chemistry.
So they extended my part.
You are lying about how you and Jung Jae look alike, right?
No, I saw some comments.
But when they stand next to each other,
- they look like a father and a son. - That's what they say.
But you look more like Nam Hee Suk.
- You are right. - Me?
- You are right. - His facial expressions too.
- You look like Hee Suk. - You two look alike.
- Me? - Yes.
I should leave.
No, we are just kidding.
- All right. - You can't compare me to him.
- All right. Calm down. - What's wrong with Hee Suk?
Wait.
He's a nice and gentle guy.
- He is. - Right.
I am a nice and gentle guy in the movie field too.
All right.
I know Hee Suk very well.
- You two are close. - We're both from the same city.
- Really? No wonder. - Yes.
I don't feel bad because you said we look alike.
Some people left comments that I look like Jung Jae.
So the scriptwriter extended my part in the series.
But the pay is not even good. I'm just a cameo.
- You are a cameo. - Right.
It's exhausting.
You are saying that this role is...
- not very cost-effective for you. - It's not very cost-effective.
He said this during the pre-interview.
He can quit his job as an actor whenever he wants to.
Why do you say those things during interviews?
The staff was shocked to hear that.
Why do you say that you can quit?
I have been an actor for a long time...
regardless of how my family was against the idea.
I became an actor because...
I wanted to do the things I like.
So I don't really look forward to...
earn fame or money through my acting career.
So if I am not fit enough for this job in the future,
I can stop being an actor anytime I want to.
I have always thought of it this way.
- But you are so passionate. - I can just leave now too.
- No. - No, don't leave.
No, calm down.
I am here because it's Happy Together.
You keep sitting down again when you said you are leaving.
- That's what I think. - He said in the interview,
"I take roles if I get the offers. If not, it's fine."
- This idea makes you feel easy. - Right.
If they offer me some roles,
I'd love to take them.
If they do not offer me any roles, I am happy that I get a break.
So either way is fine with me.
You don't get to make money if you don't take those roles.
- You are right. - Then what do you do?
You can't expect to get money when you don't work.
You heard that?
- Give him back his 50 dollars. - Hold on.
- That isn't right. - It isn't.
Let's say you sleep in for 12 hours.
(His uncle is giving advice.)
You can't expect to go to Harvard like that.
That is just wrong.
- Nobody sleeps that much. - He doesn't sleep that much.
Nobody said a thing about Havard.
I think Sae Ho's comprehension is not that good.
- His comprehension. - No, it's not that.
Uncle Eung Soo.
You said you are fine even if there is no work.
But you have to feed your family.
What would you want to do if you stop being an actor?
- In fact, I have no plans. - Really?
- I really don't have plans. - You have no plans.
This is such an irresponsible talk.
I live on my connections.
(I love on my connections.)
I have made good friends with...
- so many nice people. - I am sure.
I don't think...
they would just turn away from me...
- when I have no job. - They won't do that.
I am quite sure about that.
But you are still too young to risk everything.
You are one of my connections.
Me? I see.
Your connection is amazing.
I see. That was awakening.
But people who say these things...
- work for a long time. - Of course.
He says it because he knows that he will be an actor for a long time.
So I meant to say that I am always confident and proud of myself.
- Right. - Are these three your connections?
My connections.
No. In fact, I have to feed them.
Really?
I can't let these guys...
help me with money.
- No. - Thank you.
Hae Soo seems surprised to hear that.
It almost pressured me.
(It almost pressured me.)
I can't pressure you. Ask these three men.
Imagine that we have meals or drinks together.
I will get the bill for sure.
- Really? - Yes.
- Of course. - But I am one of your connections.
Jae Seok, you just earn money. You don't lose money, do you?
(Jae Seok always earns more money than the others.)
- You got money. - Jae Seok just earns a lot.
That's right.
Would Jae Seok get the bill if you two drink together?
So do I get to pay?
Why would I pay?
- Goodness. - What is this?
But that's only logical.
I know that you are younger.
But he is younger.
All right. I'll pay for our drinks.
I know that he is younger than me.
But he is wiser than me in terms of money.
(Eung Soo can call Jae Seok his superior based on money.)
Of course.
- Jae Seok is richer. - He is.
How about Hyun Moo?
I'd split the bill with him.
Goodness.
I would split the bill.
I'll treat you for sure, Sae Ho.
- Sae Ho earns a lot. - He does.
- Really? - Yes.
Then you should get the bill.
(You should get the bill if you earn a lot.)
It really feels like a holiday.
Sang Ho is here with us today.
You can call yourself as an entertainer now.
- Of course. I was on many shows. - You worked with me too.
Why are you laughing?
I'm just so happy.
You two worked in the same drama.
Right.
You were her uncle in the drama.
- He played an uncle's role. - Right.
- "My Husband Got a Family". - Right.
- It was a huge hit. - That's right.
It had a viewer's rating of 50 percent.
- 50 percent? - Goodness.
I have a little confession to make about what I did to Sang Ho.
- What is it? - I kept this to myself.
- What's this about? - We worked in the same drama.
- Yu Jun Sang was part of it too. - Right.
I always spoke informally with him.
But for Sang Ho,
- I was very formal. - They must be around the same age.
It turns out that Jun Sang was older than Sang Ho.
Right. Jun Sang is older.
- Really? - Yes.
- Yes. - He is a year older than me.
- He's a year older. - Is he older?
- Jun Sang is older. - Age-wise?
- He is a year older than me. - I see.
So I felt so bad all along.
I always get that.
(Sang Ho doesn't feel bad at all.)
- You just knew that. - You can speak informally now.
I want to speak informally to him.
- You can call his name then. - Call his name.
Would you still call me by my name without my hat?
My goodness.
Uncle Sang Ho.
He looks like my uncle without his hat.
I didn't bring my wallet.
Sang Ho just takes off his hat when he feels uncomfortable.
So the next time I see him,
- I want to call him by his name. - Sure.
What was Yoon Hee like then?
She was very nice.
She played the role of the second daughter.
She was the second daughter.
She was the one who always suffered among all the sisters.
She pulled the role off really well.
She did an excellent job.
- Really? - She was a nice girl.
How was Sang Ho?
Sang Ho.
We always read the continuity script...
when we shoot in the studio set.
But Sang Ho didn't read the continuity script.
He memorized everything for his part.
- Really? - Didn't he improvise it?
I do read it.
- How can you remember that? - For drama scripts,
I just memorize the lines as if I act in a play.
Do you memorize the whole thing?
- He must be very smart. - Right.
Thank you.
(Taking off)
I was very impressed with that.
It was hard for me to read the script.
It was hard to see.
It seems like Sang Ho appears on variety shows..
with Jae Seok only.
- Really? - Is that true?
I just happen to appear on many TV shows with him.
I like it. It's fun.
I first appeared on this variety show called "Come to Play".
I'm not sure if he remembers me.
I sat next to Jae Seok.
I sat right by Jae Seok's side.
Imagine if I am Jae Seok.
We were sitting next to each other.
He touched my knee like this.
(Jae Seok touched Sang Ho's knee.)
He comforted me like that.
During the show?
I did that?
I think I wanted you to be quiet.
(Jae Seok is ruining the moment.)
I wanted to ask that.
Maybe Jae Seok wanted him to talk.
- He wanted you to talk. - He does that to me a lot.
He softly touches my knee whenever I say something.
I wasn't a big talker then.
He wanted you to talk.
It was his first variety show.
- He must have been nervous. - He was very nervous.
I saw it on TV.
I could tell from his face that he was totally lost.
- Look at him. - I had no experience.
But now he feels very comfortable.
I recently appeared on a variety show with him.
He even swore at me when the camera was on.
He must have been so comfortable around the show.
- He swore without realizing it. - It's a habit of mine.
He did that without realizing it.
I had an interview with you when I was a newbie. Do you remember it?
- That's right. - "Supporting Actor Era".
- The interview was in Chungmuro. - It was a cold day.
- It was cold. - Right.
- We were in some theater. - I interviewed supporting actors.
He remembers it.
- I remember him because... - Why?
he swore a lot.
He swore at himself.
He said, "Gosh. I'm such a bad talker."
- During the interview? - Before the interview.
We had a break.
Then he swore at himself.
Sang Ho doesn't swear at others.
He only swears at himself.
- He criticizes himself. - He swears at himself.
I heard you swearing too.
Where?
When you made a blooper...
He swears a lot when he makes a blooper.
He doesn't swear at others. He swears at himself.
Sang Ho should never be on a live show.
(Sang Ho is not suitable for a live show.)
I would stay still on a live show.
He would stay quiet on a live show.
All right. Let's move on to Hae Soo.
He's here for the first time.
Please say hello to our viewers.
I'm Park Hae Soo. Hello.
Hello.
He literally just says hello.
He just says hello.
I watched all of the episodes...
of "Prison Playbook".
Everybody fell in love with him.
- Really? - Yes.
How have you been?
I have been quite busy with many things.
You probably haven't heard about me after...
- the show ended. - I know.
But I have been working on movies.
I am working on our current movie.
I have been very busy.
But people ask, "Where is Hae Soo?"
Did you get that a lot?
Some of the actors or fans of my play...
thought that I quit acting.
Some of the actors or fans of my TV drama...
thought I got back to being in plays.
You have to be on a variety show to let them know that you are alive.
(This is why he needs to be on a variety show.)
- People have no idea. - Let them know that you are alive.
- He is right. - I am alive.
I am still alive.
Your role in "Prison Playbook"...
- was someone very quiet. - Right.
I thought you are a quiet man in real life too.
But I heard that you are lively.
He is an entertainer.
- Really? - I am known as...
a funny man among my old friends.
So do people think that you are a cheerful man?
I say that to people.
We'll see when we hear Chang Hoon's story.
So what is Hae Soo like?
He calls himself a lively man. Is this true?
I don't think so.
You are not close then.
Only when I am with my good friends...
I joke a lot when things go smooth...
with my old friends.
It takes a long time for you to be funny.
- What do you think, Chang Hoon? - He is right.
He is usually a quiet man.
We usually drink...
when we don't have a shoot.
He starts acting funny when he finishes two bottles of soju.
He gets funny when he is drunk.
People like him are funny...
only when they drink.
It's hard to see that on TV shows.
I know.
How should we make it easy for him today?
Why didn't you drink before the show?
I am a bit tipsy.
I mean because of the vibe.
- Great. - All right.
From "Something in the Rain" to "One Spring Night".
He is known as Ahn Pan Seok's favorite actor.
- Please welcome Lee Chang Hoon. - Chang Hoon.
Please introduce yourself.
Hello. I'm Lee Chang Hoon.
I always watch this show...
at home as I lie down on my sofa...
after having ramyeon.
It feels like I walked into my TV.
I am not really nervous.
I'm like, "Why am I here?"
- That's how you feel. - Yes, it's amazing.
You thought Jae Seok earns money for nothing.
(You thought Jae Seok doesn't do enough for his pay on TV.)
We know it's not true. But that's what people would think.
You don't look like you are nervous.
I am pretending like I am not nervous.
- But you are nervous. - I am struggling...
because I don't want to show it.
I have to tell you that he is very down to earth.
He is like the mist. I really can't get him.
I can't read his mind.
- You can't get him? - No.
He is just perfect for an actor.
You can't really tell his character.
But you know what?
I really can't tell you who you are.
(I can't tell you who you are, Eung Soo.)
- Who really are you? - We don't know what he would say.
He's like the darkness.
He's not the mist. He's the darkness.
- You can't see a thing. - You can't?
Really?
I have never heard this before.
(He finds himself as darkness after 59 years.)
Did Hae In give you advice...
because you are appearing on Happy Together?
It's my first time to be on a variety show.
It's his first time.
I was so scared at first.
So I texted Hae In.
"I am going to be on Happy Together. You were on this show before."
"Are people nice?"
- "Are people nice?" - "Do they treat you nicely?"
I asked him that.
He said, "They make you feel like you are home."
"You don't have to be worried."
You can't take it easy now.
You don't know if they are going to be nice or not.
Don't be caught off guard.
Everyone knows that we are nice.
We are known as nice people.
- We are too nice. - Right.
He looks like a kind man.
I don't know how he would take it.
But he looks a bit like Chang Hee.
- I was going to say that. - I understand why.
- Nam Chang Hee? - It felt like last week's episode.
Here's Nam Hee Suk and Nam Chang Hee.
- I know. - Yes.
- There's this too. - They look just the same.
My future face looks like Sang Ho in social media.
There's something that edits your face.
I was going to say that he looks like Chang Hee.
- This is amazing. - Do I look like him?
- You got that vibe. - You feel like him.
You look like him a bit.
- So I want to get close to him. - Overall, he is a calm man.
He wouldn't go against anything.
(He would not go against how things flow.)
- It feels like last week's episode. - That's true.
- He smiles like Chang Hee. - You two might fight again.
No.
Sae Ho kept looking at me.
He kept...
winking at me.
Did I wink at you?
Hello. I'm Lee Chang Hoon.
(I found my buddy.)
Why did you wink at him?
Why did you do that?
He took it like that.
I just got attracted to him.
- Really? - He was trying to comfort me.
I thought I saw Chang Hee in the waiting room.
(Is this Chang Hee's surprise visit?)
I thought Chang Hee came back.
Chang Hoon has his goal today.
He wants to be more famous.
Since I was young,
I have always been known as Maenggu for no reason.
Really?
- There's no real reason. - I have the same name.
Maenggu.
Your name is the same as the comedian's name.
- That is why. - He has the same name.
My friends still call me...
- Maenggu today. - You are known as Maenggu.
That's right.
You never imitated Maenggu.
- No. - Have you practiced imitating him?
"Teacher."
He practiced.
So he did practice imitating him.
There are many famous people whose names are Lee Chang Hoon.
- There's an actor and a comedian. - That's right.
When you search your name,
who comes up first?
It keeps changing. My friends screen capture it and send it to me.
My friends screen capture my name when it's listed on top.
It's the first result you see when my drama series was aired.
They say, "Maenggu, congratulations."
That's what they will say.
"Maenggu, congratulations."
His friends are funny too.
- It's funny. - Maenggu, congratulations.
You said something about Sae Ho today.
We get so many stories about Sae Ho each week.
We should be called Cho Sae Ho Show.
- What's the story? - It's nothing big.
I went to get a hair cut last week...
- in Mapo. - Okay.
The hairdresser asked me, "Don't you want to be on a variety show?"
"You should star in one."
So I said, "I will soon star in Happy Together."
She said,
"Isn't Cho Sae Ho in that show?"
"He is always seen in Mapo."
- Right. - "He drinks, shouts, and runs."
What's this about?
- Sae Ho. - I heard that he apologized once.
Give me 50 dollars if you are going to be that way.
You are going to use that money to buy drinks and shout.
I don't shout.
- I don't shout. - Why did you drink...
- and cause a ruckus? - Here is what I think.
Nam Chang Hee always comes to my place.
I bet we had a fight.
Nam Chang Hee and I fight about everything...
from buying boiled meat and such.
I see. The two of you quarrel.
We will hear another story about you a week later.
Please tell her that I am sorry.
All right. Maybe I shouldn't have said...
- anything. - I can't believe you.
How do you create stories all over Seoul?
- I have a sense of presence. - All right.
There is an extremely worried look...
on Chang Hoon's face.
- I am sorry. - "I shouldn't have said anything."
He is just like Nam Chang Hee.
He always worries about something he said.
- He apologizes later. - I am very self-conscious.
- Don't worry too much. It's okay. - It's okay.
He should have visited the show last week.
There is a reason why these four talented actors...
visited Happy Together for the Chuseok Special.
A movie titled "By Quantum Physics: A Nightlife Venture".
Judging from the title,
it sounds like a movie about science.
It's not a movie about science.
- No? - It's a movie...
that is satisfying and fun.
- Is it a hero movie? - A waiter-turned-club owner...
lives by the principle of quantum physics,
"Consciousness creates reality."
With that principle,
he fights against the higher-ups in the industry.
- Is it a comedy movie? - Is it a comedy movie?
- Is it a thriller movie? - It's a crime movie.
I think it's a movie about humanity.
A crime movie...
- with humanity. - Hae Soo,
- you play the waiter. - That's right.
How about you, Chang Hoon?
I play a prosecutor.
(The ambitious prosecutor, Lee Chang Hoon)
(What? A prosecutor?)
It's an unexpected casting decision.
It's very unexpected.
Your performance had better be incredible.
I think Hae Soo is the one...
who looks like a prosecutor.
I am not so withdrawn at other places.
(I am not like Nam Chang Hee.)
I am confident and daring.
I think you look intimidated.
He is a good actor.
He is good at playing an intimidated person.
(It was method acting.)
You play a prosecutor and you play a waiter.
How about you, Sang Ho?
I play a detective.
(An upright detective, Kim Sang Ho)
- I... - You don't play a common detective.
He is right.
- I play the chief of a section... - He fights crime.
that collects information...
on various crimes.
How about you, Eung Soo?
I play a big shot of Gangnam.
(The big shot gangster of Gangnam, Kim Eung Soo)
I...
use my money...
to build Hae Soo the best club in Gangnam.
He is the owner and I am the investor.
Among...
the scripts I have recently read, this one was the best.
- Really? - Yes.
Like Hae Soo said,
"Consciousness creates reality"...
is the principle of quantum physics.
The movie is in line with that principle.
That's right. It's about dreaming.
Sang Ho, your acting philosophy is similar to that principle.
Really?
When I sign an autograph to my students,
I always write,
"Good thoughts create good future."
That's true.
It's similar to that principle.
- Yes. - It's like a spell.
- "I can do it." - It's like a prayer.
Eung Soo, why don't you tell us exactly how...
that principle works?
Let's say Hae Soo wants to recruit...
an ace member industry.
Let's say he needs her.
If Yoon Hee is the ace member,
he tells himself, "Yoon Hee will join my team."
"Yoon Hee will join my team."
He approaches her...
and makes it a reality.
Thus, consciousness created reality.
(Consciousness created reality.)
Didn't you reveal too much about the movie?
The director wouldn't be happy.
(Eung Soo is flustered.)
He is flustered.
Would it be okay?
- Yes. - I see. Eung Soo is a bit worried.
He revealed the 1st 10 minutes of the movie.
(He revealed the 1st 10 minutes of the movie.)
He is the prosecutor.
- He is the prosecutor. - You know, I have realized that...
no one sides with Eung Soo.
- Chang Hoon. - Yes?
When you said you like the MCs,
I told you to be careful. This is the type of people they are.
They turn on you very quickly.
(Be careful.)
If you fall for that facade...
We only turned on you.
- Gosh, Eung Soo. - We are nice to Chang Hoon.
- Eung Soo is so funny. - Seriously.
My goodness.
Hae Soo, a visit to Happy Together is like the principle...
- of quantum physics to you. - Really?
- To be exact... - Aren't you taking this too far?
I mean...
- The principle... - That makes no sense whatsoever.
The show has nothing to do with quantum physics.
The main character's philosophy in the movie...
comes from quantum physics.
I guess you thought about...
visiting Happy Together for three years.
I really wanted to meet...
Jae Seok, Hyun Moo, Yoon Hee, and Sae Ho.
I really like the show.
"If I ever visit a variety show..."
"I will visit Happy Together."
"I really want to meet them."
- It became a reality. - Yes.
I heard that you often use autosuggestion.
I am sure everyone uses some form of autosuggestion.
- That's right. - "Let's cheer up."
In the restroom, you could go,
"You look great today."
What did you tell yourself before the shoot today?
- That's an important question. - Today?
"You aren't nervous."
"You aren't nervous. You are fine."
- "You are fine." - I am very nervous now.
I heard that you go,
"You are sexy today."
I do it to become confident.
What do you do when you look in the mirror?
- When I look in the mirror? - Yes.
The mirror becomes foggy after I take a hot shower.
- What do you say? - That's when you look the best.
You wipe the mirror.
- All right. - "You look fine today."
"You look fine today."
I bet every Korean man does that.
Sang Ho, do you use autosuggestion?
- Of course, I do. - "My hair will grow."
(My hair will grow.)
It's important.
I don't think he used autosuggestion for that.
My goodness.
- I tell myself... - "My hair will grow."
"They will grow like beansprouts in a year."
[VIU Ver] KBS2 E48 Happy Together S4 "Top-Class Actor Gift Set" -♥ Ruo Xi ♥-
"They will grow like beansprouts in a year."
(Eung Soo creates a spell that contains Sang Ho's wish.)
- It's... - Eung Soo!
(Eung Soo!)
- Sang Ho is angry. - Sang Ho is angry.
- He is very angry. - Do it every day for a year...
- and your hair will grow. - Be glad that you are older.
Hae Soo, this is the first time you are the leading actor.
- That's right. - It must be pressuring.
To be honest, I felt...
a great deal of pressure and responsibility.
But I did many readthroughs with the senior actors...
- before the shoot. - That's right.
Thus, the pressure and responsibility hit me later.
I was comfortable during the shoot.
You often asked the others if you are doing well.
Yes. I asked the senior actors,
"Am I doing well?"
I am sensitive to my shortcomings.
I tend to blame myself a lot.
I called Chang Hoon often...
and asked Eung Soo and Sang Ho over a few drinks...
if I am doing well.
One day, Eung So and Sang Ho said,
"You are doing well, you punk."
Then I decided to put my trust in the senior actors.
At a get-together...
after the readthrough and the starting ritual,
(Hae Soo revealed that he was under a lot of pressure.)
Hae Soo said, "I don't know what to do."
He said those things.
I told him, "It will be impossible for you to lead the story alone."
"The plot wasn't written that way."
"When a senior actor..."
"like me or Eung Soo appears in a scene,"
"take advantage."
"Take a break in those moments."
"You can focus on your own scenes."
"Take advantage."
It's good advice.
- It's impossible to take on... - That's right.
the burden by yourself.
You told Hae Soo to trust the others around him...
since he isn't working by himself.
You should trust us too.
I don't trust you.
(I don't trust you.)
- My goodness. - You carry the burden by yourself.
Especially you.
- I don't trust you. - I will carry you on my shoulders.
- What? - I will carry you on my shoulders.
I don't trust you either.
Yoon Hee is the only one I can trust.
Eung Soo, how was Hae Soo on the set?
Was he nervous?
I saw through his mind...
when he asked me if he is doing well.
I would have felt the same had I been in his position.
(He deeply understands the weight of the leading actor.)
In those moments...
This is one of Hae Soo's lines.
"If worrying eliminates worries,"
"no one would worry."
(From "By Quantum Physics: A Nightlife Venture")
Is it okay to talk about the movie again?
- You even gave us a line. - That's 11 minutes of the movie.
He revealed the last 10 minutes of the movie.
My goodness.
- You shouldn't reveal... - Is this "Let's Go Video Travel"?
too much of the ending.
- Hae Soo... - Gosh, he was sent here...
to promote the movie.
He livens up the atmosphere better than I do.
(He suddenly changes the topic.)
That came out of nowhere.
He has a way with words.
- Really? - He has a way with words.
He has a way with words.
I can't help but listen...
to Hae Soo.
- So... - It's captivating.
you said,
"Hae Soo livens up the atmosphere without being vulgar."
(Hae Soo livens up the atmosphere without being vulgar.)
He is never vulgar.
I thought to myself, "He is better than I am."
(Eung Soo's rival, Hae Soo)
It's a difficult feat...
to liven up the atmosphere without being vulgar.
He makes people laugh.
Back in the days, you livened up the atmosphere...
with the Jinjinbari Dance.
Let's stop. I am sick and tired of it.
- What is that? - When I do it once...
Please show us.
It's a dance Eung Soo does.
I don't know what it is.
It goes like this.
(This is the Jinjinbari Dance.)
It goes like this.
(For people who missed it)
It goes like this. There is nothing more to it.
It's not much of a dance.
(Let's save the dance in our hearts.)
Did you come up with that dance?
(Let's save the dance in our hearts.)
What's "Jinjinbari"?
He dances to liven up the atmosphere.
Have you seen his Jinjinbari Dance before?
- No. - I see.
There is a reason why I dance.
At the set,
everyone is tense.
- Yes. - Everyone is nervous.
- If I stay serious, - That won't do.
the atmosphere will grow too serious.
When I talk to liven up the atmosphere,
Hae Soo joins in.
I thought, "He is dignified."
I heard that Hae Soo is incredibly observant.
You can copy a voice impression right away.
While I am not good, I can copy the voice impression someone does.
- Really? - That's still impressive.
Then we will...
- I will do my best. - I am not very good at it.
Judging from the tone of his voice,
he would be good at imitating Han Seok Kyu.
My voice is a bit similar to his.
There he goes again.
- I will imitate him. - Okay.
Try to copy me.
"Who are you calling Number Three?"
(Who are you calling Number 3?)
- What? - My goodness.
- You improved a lot. - You practiced, right?
- Hyun Moo, give it a try. - Say, "Hello, I am Han Seok Kyu."
"Hello."
"I am in 'Dr. Romantic'."
(His voice impression is strangely spot on.)
- My goodness. - That was good.
You need to mispronounce the words.
You did that.
- You are good. - You need to mispronounce them.
(The first attempt at imitating Han Seok Kyu)
"Who are you calling Number Three?"
- I hear his voice. - "I am..."
"in 'Dr. Romantic'."
(He succeeded to copy the voice impression.)
- That's right. - Sae Ho.
Now, I will imitate...
Choi Hong Man.
- That's a good idea. - Let's see it.
Not many people can copy it right away.
"Hello."
(His voice is truly cave-like.)
"I am Choi Hong Man."
"We met in..."
(Incomprehensible)
Did you eat something spicy?
Give it a try.
- What did you say just now? - Your lips are very pretty.
- How... - I can give you a hint.
Put your tongue on the top of your mouth.
- "Hello." - "Hello."
- "I am Choi Hong Man." - "I am Choi Hong Man."
- He is good. - He is good.
- Wheesung. - I can imitate him,
but you need to get past your embarrassment.
Are you ready to do that?
- I will give it a try. - Yes.
I even thought of marriage
(Belting)
(You can imitate Wheesung if you get past your embarrassment.)
Let's not meet again
(The seasoned instructor gives a demonstration.)
You need to break through the window...
- of your embarrassment. - Give it a try.
Give it a try, Hae Soo.
Break through.
- Give it a try. - Give it a try.
I will try to break through.
I even
(I even thought of marriage)
(Belting)
(Embarrassment)
(Touched)
Let's not meet again
He sounds dignified.
- He can do it. - He sounds dignified?
I just realized why Sae Ho got...
- this job. - Thank you.
- Thank you. - Hae Soo's version was...
- more dignified. - You know, I see that...
there is a yearning for comedy inside him.
- Yes, there is. - I knew it.
I have a surprising piece of information.
We said that Eung Soo has Nam Hee Suk's looks.
He even resembles Nam Hee Suk's personality.
Really?
He looks after the staff members...
- and sends many text messages. - Really?
Well, I do that.
I send so many text messages that people hate it.
Why do you send so many text messages?
Staff members work the hardest on the set.
- They always look after us. - Yes.
Even for one scene.
As a senior actor, I memorize their names.
I feel like knowing their names is the least I could do.
Those staff members all have phones.
I take photos of them working hard.
You send them those photos.
"This is how beautiful you look when you concentrate."
- You are so cool. - They thank me when I do that.
It's especially hard to memorize...
the male staff members' names.
Let's take the light team for an example.
The light team struggles the most.
- That's right. - They go,
"Sae Ho, lift up the light more."
- That's right. - Then I go,
"His name is Sae Ho."
I eavesdrop on people's names.
I use it an hour later.
"Sae Ho, you must be tired from working so hard earlier."
"I am okay." Everyone loves that.
That's so touching.
Seeing a great mountain...
- makes me feel good. - That's incredible.
Seeing a beautiful flower makes me feel good.
- Maybe the mountain feels good... - I bet that's the case.
because people visit.
This is the type of people they are.
(This is the type of people they are.)
They are as wicked as Nol Bu.
- Nol Bu. - Nol Bu.
We have a new nickname. We are now Nol Bus.
He looks at me when he talks now.
Where was I?
When I call each staff member by his or her name,
seeing them happy makes me happy.
- That's right. - That's a good philosophy.
Do you send text messages to the scriptwriter of this show?
I heard that you sent text messages...
- to the scriptwriter of this show. - That happened after the interview.
I have never met a scriptwriter like her.
- Jingwansa Temple... - You are right.
- of Mount Bukhan's... - Jingwansa Temple.
"It's the sound of the bell."
"It's the sound of the evening bell."
- "It's the sound of the bell." - "The evening bell".
"Regardless of your religion,"
"what's good is good."
"Take the initiative to get to the truth."
So he sent...
the sound of the bell to the scriptwriter.
Let me explain.
- He even reported to her. - "I am going back down now."
(He even reported to her about going back down.)
- He even reported that. - At first...
Did you send the photos to anyone else?
I sent those photos to many others.
I sent those photos to my family...
and other actors.
What did your family say?
They didn't reply. I have done that for years.
(They didn't reply. I have done that for years.)
- They didn't reply. - No matter...
how beautiful the flowers are, my family ignores the photos.
You can read through the text messages.
The scriptwriter of Happy Together...
didn't reply either.
She didn't reply once.
She replied, "It must have been nice."
But I can feel the energy...
- from the text messages. - You can see the facial expression.
How could she respond with such a short text...
after interviewing me for hours?
I wasn't begging for a reply.
You know...
I talked to this scriptwriter on the phone at 3:30pm.
This is hilarious.
The phone interview took place at 3:30pm.
She refused to give up.
She continued to ask boring questions.
- She was trying to get stories. - So...
my battery ran out.
In summer, the evening service takes place...
at 6:30pm at Buddhist temples.
I attended the evening service,
but the interview kept going.
(The interview kept going.)
I told her that I will hang up.
I filmed a video with the sound of the bell...
with the view of Mount Bukhan.
- "You need to let go." - Yes.
I get it now.
- Nonpossession. - I get it now.
"What is the point of doing this..."
- "in life?" - "Fishing for stories..."
"won't bring you the riches of the world."
Can you imagine how angry I was?
"I can retire tomorrow if I want."
"It won't be much of a deal anyway."
- I get it now. - It's not like...
There was a backstory.
We almost made him retire.
The phone interview that started at home...
lasted while I drove 20km...
all the way up to the temple.
- She refused to hang up. - Right.
Eung Soo, we are terribly sorry.
Still, you are too angry...
for someone who goes to the temple.
We are terribly sorry.
That answers all questions.
Think about it.
It's very quiet during the service at a Buddhist temple.
"Yes, yes. The Jinjinbari Dance? Why do I need to do that?"
(It's like ASMR.)
"I am hanging up."
That scriptwriter was so strange.
"The Jinjinbari Dance"?
- My goodness. - The Jinjinbari Dance.
- The Jinjinbari Dance. - My battery...
ran out once. I am serious.
I almost got burnt over here.
(He exaggerates.)
It was so hot...
- that I moved to this side. - Cell phones don't get that hot.
- Try calling for two hours. - You exaggerate.
We understand...
You must use a nice cell phone.
We understand Eung Soo's story now.
- I know. - It was an interesting story.
Chang Hoon, you met Eung Soo before the shoot began.
- Yes. - You said it was unforgettable.
Did he get angry that time too?
- When was that? - Back then, he used an angry tone.
It was about 7 or 8 years ago. Do you remember?
No, I don't.
We met at a pub in Daehangno.
My friend and I went there and ran into Eung Soo.
- It's a pub I frequent. - He came to our table...
and gave me some advice.
He was pretty drunk.
He held my hand tightly as he spoke.
He continued to talk for 20 or 30 minutes,
but I had lost my timing to take my hand out.
I couldn't cut him off. Then Eung Soo...
leaned on my hand.
He continued to talk that way.
He leaned on Chang Hoon's hand.
He held my hand at first.
I bet your hand was sweaty.
He would have fallen over had I removed my hand.
I couldn't cut him off since he was talking.
I thought he would put a hole on my hand.
(I thought he would put a hole on my hand.)
They are like Nam Hee Suk and Nam Chang Hee.
After he left,
- my hand was... - Now that we are on this topic...
Chang Hoon and Hae Soo know...
Eung Soo's drinking habits.
- My drinking habits? - Eung Soo's drinking habits.
There is a gesture he often uses.
- What is it? - You know what it is.
"Hey. You know..."
"What was that?" He does that.
He did it during the shoot.
He does that.
In the beginning, he does it powerfully.
Around 1am, he becomes tired.
He wants to do it, but he is tired.
"Hey."
(His gesture changes due to exhaustion.)
"Hey."
This is how he usually does it.
"You know..."
After a while, he can't raise his hands.
"Hey."
- "You know..." - He becomes weak.
He spits downwards.
Why would you embarrass me like that?
Sang Ho, do you not have any drinking habits?
It's not really a drinking habit. When I first met him...
I don't know if he'd remember it.
He's in the movie "A Season of Good Rain".
I was watching that at home.
I saw him acting as a drunk man.
(Sang Ho put on a method acting as a drunk man.)
He was so good.
I wondered if he was actually drunk.
"How could he do that without actually drinking?"
- It's not that difficult. - I thought I couldn't do that.
We met for a film, and as soon as I met him, I told him that.
I was drunk. I kept saying I loved that acting.
When I told him it was really good, he said,
"Don't tell me that."
"Mention it later on a variety show."
(Sang Ho told him to mention it later on a variety show.)
I didn't think I'd be saying it in his presence.
Right. Right.
My goodness.
(It was his big picture.)
I didn't think you were like that.
I think ahead, you know. I thought it'd be nice to do that.
You thought it would be nice if he says it on a variety show.
It would be a shame to hear it alone.
(He collects good stories like a true variety show star.)
These four aren't just a great team.
All of them are great actors.
Eung Soo, you are particularly known for saying great lines.
In "Tazza: The High Rollers", you said a famous line,
- and you improvised it. - Lee Jin Ho said that line here.
Jin Ho did. I think I watched that film...
- about 30 times. - Really?
There are so many great lines from that film.
- "Did Mapo Bridge collapse?" - Right.
"Did Mapo Bridge collapse?" That was improvised.
- Was it not in the script? - It wasn't.
(It's the scene where Go Ni betrays and kills Kwak Cheol Yong.)
(Sir, I think Olympic Highway is jammed.)
(Did Mapo Bridge collapse?)
We will take a detour and take Mapo Bridge.
What was in the script originally?
Nothing. I was done with my lines.
- You were done. - "Do you know how I got here?"
"I joined at the age of 10 something and got rid of this man and..."
While I was saying that long line, Cho Seung Woo had to...
- take out a weapon and kill me. - Right. Right.
I was done saying the line.
But he didn't get to take out the weapon.
I didn't know what to do. I couldn't say any more lines.
Seung Woo couldn't say any more lines either.
The driver suddenly said,
"Sir, I think Olympic Highway is jammed."
He improvised that line.
- The driver did it first. - Yes.
- The driver did it. - He's amazing too.
So I thought,
"How dare he improvise in front of the master of improvisation?"
(How dare he improvise in front of the master of improvisation?)
"Did Mapo Bridge collapse?"
That's how it came about.
- So they were both improvised. - Yes.
They were improvised.
When we did that, everyone in front of the monitor,
including Director Choi all burst into laughter.
I was in the car, so I had no idea.
Seung Woo is amazing too. He could've laughed too.
He could've done this.
- He had to take it out carefully. - Right.
At the end of the day, I was Kwak Cheol Yong.
It would be the end of his life if he makes a mistake.
So he was only focused on that.
That's why he couldn't take it out.
So those lines were to fill in the gap.
But fortunately, it came to my mind straight away.
- It's... - It was very impressive.
- A script alone can't do it. - It's amazing.
You need the ability to quickly adapt to a situation.
I think I was just lucky.
That's very difficult to do.
Eung Soo always plays...
- a character with power. - Right.
But it's disappointing that you never live long.
Right. Often times he dies early.
Right. I am the axis of evil.
(He's always the axis of evil.)
Every story encourages good and punishes evil.
I am evil, so I die early.
If it's a 20-episode drama,
I die around Episode 15.
Only then the viewers would feel very happy.
- Right. - Yes.
Because I die early, I don't get to earn as much.
If I was acting as a eunuch in a historical drama,
- You don't get paid. - I'd be in all episodes.
If I was a eunuch, I'd be in all 20 episodes.
There's always a eunuch next to a king.
You don't have many lines.
- You don't get many lines. - You said you don't care for money.
Why are you so obsessed about the performance fee?
If I am doing it anyway...
- "If I am doing it anyway..." - Right.
After hearing that,
I can sympathize with him.
- Of course. - Unless...
something happens to the king,
- his servants are always there. - Right.
Unless something happens to the king, they're always there.
Right.
I heard you want the eunuch role because...
you don't want to wear facial hair.
As someone who's been in many historical dramas,
it's many desperate wish.
- What is it? - I don't want to wear facial hair.
They attach it using glue.
- It burns your skin. - It smells.
- It burns your skin. - When you speak,
the strings fall and go inside your mouth.
- Right. - Most importantly, you can't eat.
- Right. - Even if you eat gimbap,
you have to gently push it into your mouth.
When you chew, the hair falls off.
And that would be a nuisance for the special makeup artist.
Think about wearing that all day long, sometimes even two days.
It's torture.
When I was shooting "Moon Embracing The Sun",
I always had to be at the shoot by 6am.
The man playing the eunuch came in at 7:40am.
I had to go early to wear the fake facial hair.
- Eunuchs don't have facial hair. - You had to get the makeup.
You just put on a hat and a green robe. And you're good to go.
(It takes 1 minute to get ready for the shoot.)
You can see why I envy them so much.
Chang Hoon, you got the taste of power for the first time.
Yes. I played the role of a prosecutor.
I played a prosecutor...
in the film "1987" too.
This time, I am the one in power.
I particularly make...
(He's the ambitious prosecutor who wants to enter the Blue House.)
his life hard.
I instigate and order people. It was my first time to do such a thing.
When he talks,
he looks too naive to be a prosecutor.
- I can't imagine it. - But when he gets upset,
- he would be really scary. - His eyes will change.
- His eyes will change. - I think that's why they got me.
I am so curious.
Do your face and voice completely change?
You must look and sound completely different.
Playing a student is different from playing a prosecutor.
Yes. I had to be different, so I acted differently.
- Really? - How did you do it?
How did you do it?
Let's say I am playing a student.
When someone says to me, "Aren't you studying?"
I say, "No, I did... I did study."
"I didn't have any classes today,"
"but I still went to school."
That's me playing a student.
- How about a prosecutor? - When I played a prosecutor...
I'm Yang Yoon Sik, the chief prosecutor at...
the Office of Criminal Intelligence of Supreme Prosecutors' Office.
My goodness.
Working at the Office of Criminal Intelligence...
is very tough, isn't it?
That's more or less the tone.
He looks very kind, but the way he says it...
It sounds like your character...
is a man who is a bit annoying. Am I right?
Yes. I annoy him very much.
Do you actually annoy people in real life?
I've been annoying...
since high school. I was annoying in college too.
I always teased my friends.
Did you really?
In the senior year, everyone was depressed.
I would quietly go near them.
The kids were very stressed about getting into college.
I would go near them and say,
"It doesn't go as well as you want it to, does it?"
("It doesn't go as well as you want it to, does it?")
- That's such an annoying tone. - "Right."
"You are a senior too. Why are you saying that to me?"
(You are a senior too.)
"Our parents don't understand how we feel."
- Right. - "They don't understand."
"You want your grades to go up, but they don't."
"But still, hey."
"At least you know for certain that you are not handsome."
(He was very annoying.)
I would run after saying that.
He said it while looking at me.
He's just like Nam Chang Hee.
That's so annoying.
Kids must've hit you for saying such a thing.
- You must've been hit. - But I never crossed the line.
I am very conscious of other people.
That's the spirit.
When I am about to cross the line, I stop.
You stop if the person looks like he might hit you.
- That's a skill. - Yes.
He always crosses the line.
But I never got hit.
I understand what it's like to be annoying.
Right. But I think you will one day get beaten up really badly.
(He will get beaten up for everything he's done.)
He will.
He thinks...
He thinks he's all right.
- You will get it all at once. - All at once.
- That might be better. - Yes.
- It's better to take one big blow. - Right.
Sang Ho, you've played a lot of detective roles.
Is there a scene that appears in every detective film?
Detectives who do the hands-on work...
are rough.
- They have to eat fast. - Yes.
- They often have barbecues. - They always do.
They often have pork rind barbecues.
- They always eat gukbap too. - Right.
There's always a scene like that.
There's always the line, "How could you let them get away?"
Why do you never catch the bad guys the first time?
If we catch them, the film ends. We can't let that happen.
- "How could you let them get away?" - Right.
It took so much effort to plan this whole thing.
(They always miss the bad guy right before their eyes.)
It's depressing enough at work. But home is even more depressing.
- Right. - Their home is depressing.
When the detective goes home, his wife is always...
- His wife is always... - He's never welcomed.
And his wife is always folding the laundry.
(The detective's wife is always folding laundry.)
When he goes home, his wife shows him the bills,
saying "What are these?"
And when he goes home, his wife gives him new clothes.
- Right. You take new clothes. - To change.
(The detective's wife always hands the detective new clothes.)
I think the detectives'...
work environment is rough.
Sang Ho's been in many films and dramas.
But he said the most impressive one was "Kingdom".
- "Kingdom". - You struggled a lot...
shooting in the water.
- Really? - "Kingdom" is about...
a zombie outbreak in the Joseon Dynasty.
Ji Hoon and I get chased by zombies at night.
- Then we jump into the river. - Right.
We shot the jumping scene.
Several days later, we jumped again.
This time, they shot it from below the water.
We had to shoot in the water.
On the pool floor, they laid out mattresses.
We jumped and went down. On the sides,
- there were experts holding us. - There were experts.
The camera was in the front. We jumped.
We jumped in the water.
They used the jumping scene we had shot earlier.
We were shooting the scene in the water.
Suddenly...
These...
- There are these boots. - The shoes.
- Right. - I was wearing the boots.
I thought, "What if I can't float because they're too heavy?"
You suddenly thought that.
Right.
I got really terrified.
The crew said, "Let's begin." I took out the breathing apparatus.
I took out the apparatus...
and stayed still.
My body was moving,
so the expert held me. The director shouted, "Get your hands off him!"
So I was just there alone. Suddenly, I thought...
"This is taking too long."
"I might drown."
And I went out of the water.
We had to shoot one cut of us going up the water...
and one cut of us turning back while swimming.
And I just panicked.
And the shoot kept getting longer.
(He panicked, and the time got delayed.)
- You must've felt sorry. - It was driving everyone nuts.
We could've been done in just an hour.
But it took us four hours to shoot it.
That's long.
When you panic once, you can't get back in the water.
- I couldn't get back in the water. - Right.
I didn't know what to do.
Ji Hoon was...
just sitting there peacefully.
- In the water? - In the water.
I asked him, "Are you okay, Ji Hoon?"
"I am fine."
(He's amazing.)
I know how to swim.
But when I got terrified and swam up to the surface...
(The fear made him forget how to swim.)
- You couldn't swim. - I couldn't swim.
When you get traumatized once...
- Right. - That was it.
When it comes to Hae Soo,
we can't forget to mention "Prison Playbook".
I heard the cast became tight.
- Yes. - The atmosphere was great.
We were confined to the set.
- You were always there. - We were always there.
It wasn't like we could get away while another person was shooting.
We had to eat together.
The fun thing was this.
It was a night scene,
and there would be a scene of characters talking to themselves.
Everyone was lying next to each other.
We often shot in the early morning, and everyone was tired.
You'd get sleepy.
There were times when someone snored.
And the shoot would get stopped. Everyone was really tired.
So everyone held hands underneath the blanket.
- To stay awake. - Yes.
When someone snored,
someone tightened the grip.
Grab, grab, grab.
- We did that. - Like electricity traveling.
Like electricity traveling. And that person woke up.
That was clever.
Did your family's attitude change... since you starred in...
- "Prison Playbook"? - I'm sure they did.
My family elders loved seeing me on TV.
- They must love it. - Right.
Elders and relatives were all happy.
Specifically what changed?
They now know what I am up to.
They must now ask questions...
they didn't ask you before.
- Right. - Your nephews and nieces too.
Right. My nephews and nieces...
are now a bit older,
and they call me "Uncle Celebrity".
Chang Hoon, you must anticipate holidays.
- But there's some disappointment. - What kind of disappointment?
In the past,
I had more time.
Whenever my family gathered, they asked me.
"When will you be on TV?"
"Are you able to make a living?"
That frustrated me at the time.
That was when I was working hard in plays.
People, including people close to me...
Just because I wasn't on TV...
They consider theatrical acting...
as something actors do when they fail to...
work in the TV or film industry.
They also think it's something we do before getting there.
- But it's not like that. - Right.
That's not true.
There are so many...
good plays. They are just as valuable.
Whenever I talked to people with that perception,
I got frustrated.
Since last year,
I've been working in the TV and film industry.
And I've been working nonstop.
So now,
when I meet my relatives or friends,
I can say that I'm in plays, TV shows, and films.
I can now be confident around them.
But I don't have time to meet them.
- You are too busy. - Yes.
By the way,
do you have many teachers in your family?
And that made your life tough during school days.
A lot of my relatives are teachers.
My mother used to be...
a middle school teacher.
- Really? - Yes.
When I was in 7th and 8th grade,
she was a teacher in my school.
- Then... - That's the best.
Isn't that good?
It was tough for me.
- Why? - Whenever I got...
dozing off during class, the teacher didn't say, "Get up."
"I sit next to your mother."
That's not good.
- So there's that. - You were nagged...
at home and at school.
Was it tough during exam weeks too?
I would run into my mom in the hallway.
She spoke to me with her eyes,
"How did you do?"
(Don't ask, mother.)
You looked away.
She said that to you with her eyes in the hallway.
When you are little, you badmouth your teachers.
- Right. - Right.
Right.
When I was in seventh grade,
she was the homeroom teacher of seventh-grade girls.
When you are little, you badmouth your teachers.
- Right. - Right.
When I was in seventh grade,
she was the homeroom teacher of seventh grade girls.
The kids didn't know.
- We had just entered middle school. - They didn't know.
I was at a tutoring school.
At the tutoring school, girls and boys are mixed.
The girls sitting in the front were talking to each other.
"Who's your homeroom teacher?"
Her friend mentioned my mother's name.
"She's my homeroom teacher."
"I hate her."
"I think she's going to be very unfair."
- I felt really bad. - You must've felt bad.
I resented them for judging her before getting to know her.
- They were judging her. - When I went home,
I couldn't tell Mom about it.
While eating, I told my mom.
"Do you ever treat your students unfairly?"
She said, "Never."
(She strongly denied it.)
She said she intentionally...
didn't talk to clever and kind students much.
Of course, she's not going to say,
"Yes. I am sometimes unfair to my students."
She wouldn't say that.
Is she happy that you are a successful actor now?
Yes. She's happy that my career is a little more stable now.
"What do you want? Do you want bulgogi?"
Hae Soo, I heard you were very popular in school.
- Did he say that himself? - I can see why.
I heard everyone in Bundang knew your name.
- I know. - No. No.
- I... - I went to school in Bundang.
I went to Bundang Jungang High School.
Bundang Jungang High School.
- Where did you study? - Have you never heard of him?
- No. - I am sorry.
(I'm sorry I didn't recognize you.)
At the time,
he was really handsome.
- He must've been popular. - He must've been popular.
He looked like an idol singer.
In high school,
you once received six mufflers from girls at one time.
My goodness.
- He got it from six girls. - Right.
I'm embarrassed.
It was nearing winter vacation,
and my birthday is in winter.
I don't know if they liked me. But they did that.
Why would they give you the muffler if they don't like you?
I was grateful.
I got one in the front gate.
Then someone called me at the back gate, so I got one.
You were popular.
I was popular only at that time.
- But he had to be popular. - He looks like a popular guy.
He looks like an idol singer.
- Have you ever gotten a gift? - No.
You've gotten grabbed by your collar, haven't you?
I've never gotten such a gift.
- I've knitted a muffler myself. - I've never gotten any gift.
- Never? - Never.
- We never got one. - This morning,
a foreigner came up to me. "Mr. Cho."
When I said hello, she handed me a gift.
She said, "Here."
I was like, "Is it okay if I accept it?"
"Please give it to Jae Seok."
(She told him to deliver it to Jae Seok.)
That's happened to me many times too.
She...
- thanked me so much. - I get gifts sometimes now.
But I've never gotten a gift in school.
Surprisingly, many celebrities...
- come from my school. - Who?
There's one from my class.
He's Kim Jae Won.
- The one with a beautiful smile? - The guy with the great smile.
He was my seatmate.
I sat here, and he sat there.
Then there was Lee Soo Young.
- Lee Soo Young. - Yes. Lee Soo Young.
- I see. - She sang "I Believe".
She was in the theater club too.
There was also Cho Yeo Jeong.
- My goodness. - That's unbelievable.
That school produced a lot of celebrities.
A lot of celebrities came from Bundang.
How were you in school, Yoon Hee?
I was just normal.
No way. You were popular.
Your definition of "normal" is different, isn't it?
Very different.
- Yoon Hee. - Her standard is high.
I am sure she was popular in school too.
This is the Chuseok Special.
We prepared...
the Korean pork gift set for them.
We can't just give it to them.
We will give a situation that often arises during holidays.
Those who cope with the situation well...
- will be given the pork. - Right.
I will assign you...
to roles that suit the situation.
Here's the situation.
This married couple want to visit the wife's family first.
And the father of the husband is trying to persuade them not to.
- He's persuading them. - Right.
(Episode 1, "There's Hierarchy on Chuseok")
- Knock, knock. - Yes.
- Dad. - Yes.
Did you eat?
Yes. I ate. We just ate together.
Right.
(We just ate together.)
The end.
- You're out. - Wait.
You went too far.
- I won't do that. - Don't do that now.
- Don't add anything to it. - I won't add anything.
- Now he knows what to expect. - Knock, knock.
- Dad. - Right, there you are.
You're greeting me?
- I actually have something to say. - Which is what?
This year on Chuseok, we're going to go and see...
Yoon Hee's parents first.
Why?
Since we live with you guys, she hasn't seen her mother a lot.
Hey.
You can't let her boss you around already.
Dad, please.
If that's where you're going first this year,
just stay there forever.
Live there and don't come back.
Dad, I can't believe you actually said that to your son.
What else should I say?
Yoon Hee's parents are our parents too.
- This is good. - They are, right?
Then what about us?
You're the same,
but we've lived with you all these years.
Then live with her parents!
- Go. - Leave.
Why on earth did you approve of this marriage?
- What? - Why...
We had no idea you'd change like this!
(We had no idea you'd change like this!)
It's not like you've ever done anything for me!
- What? - You've done nothing for me!
Then what have you ever done for me?
- I give you money and gifts. - You should be grateful...
that you had enough to eat.
(We made sure you were fit and chubby.)
What else do you want?
My friends made fun of me for looking like you.
- What? - You've done nothing for me.
You always emphasize on being frugal too.
My socks have holes for crying out loud.
Why are you yelling at me all drunk?
Nice!
Honey, you should say something too.
- This is hilarious. - Yoon Hee...
She always walks on eggshells around you.
She worries even when turning on the bathroom light.
You think I don't have to watch my behavior around her?
- In what way? - I try to make her feel at home.
Just go and live with her parents then.
- Exactly. - Go ahead.
It's all right. We'll stay,
- Mother, Father. - Forget it.
You should always listen to your wife,
but that doesn't mean you should be dominated.
Dominated?
- We'll do as you say. - Right.
"We'll do as you say"?
You're too easily swayed, you know that?
Is that how you're wrapping this up?
If you want to see her parents first,
then live there...
and don't come back.
He's been building a great image up until now,
but he suddenly became the worst.
He was only acting.
You were acting, right?
- Well... - So what happens after?
It'll then escalate into a bigger argument.
- That's right. - Of course.
We're only presenting the worst scenario possible,
- right? - That's right.
- The stubborn father. - It was amazing though.
He was incredible. Let's give him a round of applause.
That was awesome.
I didn't put on a show just to get an applause.
- Next up is Sang Ho. - Right.
He'll play the husband who's caught between his mom...
and his wife who have very different palates.
(The mother learned how to cook only in writing.)
(The couple walks on eggshells around her.)
(Episode 2, "Go Ahead and Dig In")
I know you're too busy to make yourselves...
- any dishes on Chuseok. - I see.
I've packed a few dishes for you to take home.
- Here you go. - Mom, wait.
- Take these. - Okay, but later.
We're not leaving just yet, Mom.
Still, load them in your car.
But then they might go bad.
Okay, I got it. Mom, look...
We'll come back next week to take these with us.
- Just keep it for now. - I'll pack you something else then,
so take these with you today.
What did you actually pack?
Here you go.
Mother, it's just that...
Sang Ho doesn't eat often at home these days.
- Really? - They will all go to waste.
Hold on a second.
Is this because you hate my cooking?
- No... - No, the food is good.
After all I have done for you...
Did you forget whose food you grew up eating?
No wonder he's going bald.
Just think about it.
Wait, aren't you Sae Ho's father?
We didn't ask you for your opinion, neighbor.
Who can eat food like this?
I mean...
How can you say that?
Just eat the food yourself and stop bothering your children.
- I'm off to see Yoon Hee's parents. - What?
(What?)
Then you're never allowed back here.
(You're not allowed back.)
Mom, I'll stop by some other time to eat this.
- Some other time? - You see, Yoon Hee...
(He lies by announcing his wife's pregnancy.)
Then she shouldn't eat these.
Hold on a second.
You're blowing this way out of proportion.
Why couldn't you just take these home?
You should save it for Father.
Yoon Hee, is it because...
the food isn't good? Why don't you try one?
Father, it's good but...
- Try one. - You try one first.
Over my dead body.
(Over my dead body.)
(He ends the situation by coming clean after 30 years.)
Everything's too salty. It tastes like death.
In Sang Ho's case,
I could tell that he cared for his wife,
but he was close to making the situation worse.
- Yes, exactly. - Things got worse.
- I'm sorry. - Well, Hae Soo is next.
He'll play the husband who's caught between...
his parents who want him to stay another night...
and his wife who wants to hurry home.
(Episode 3, "I'd Rather Go to Work")
Hae Soo.
- Yes, Dad? - Will you stay the night?
- Your room has been set up. - That's right.
- Stay the night. - After the day you had,
you should get a good night's rest.
It's fine.
We're always comfortable, so we wouldn't mind.
It's quite a trip back to your house anyway.
Being too comfortable all the time is bad for your health.
- But... - Yoon Hee.
- Yes? - Is it uncomfortable for you here?
- No, of course not. - Don't you worry.
We'll make sure...
to stay clear of your room while you sleep.
- Of course. - When I'm asleep,
I don't even hear cannons going off,
- so don't worry. - Yoon Hee's quite the snorer.
- What? - She snores a lot.
- Really? - You snore?
- They'll end up arguing. - Mom.
- Mom? - Yes?
- You're my mom? - Yes.
He's not sure who his mom is.
What do you think you're doing?
Don't you recognize her because of her haircut?
You don't know who your mom is?
She got a perm.
- Really? - That's right.
I bet Yoon Hee's snoring is adorable though.
- It is to me. - I'd like to hear it too.
- Yes, but... - Do you have any idea...
how loud your mom's snoring is?
One time, I wanted to rip off her nose.
- Still... - Isn't that a bit too harsh?
I know you're a light sleeper, Mom.
Don't worry and stay the night.
How many times do you come to see us anyway?
You only come twice a year,
- but you can't stay another night? - Honey, please.
- You're only upsetting them. - Leave.
You'll be here tomorrow if I die, right?
Mom, please.
- Seriously? - That's enough.
- Just leave then! - This family is a mess!
This is because...
- you didn't teach him respect. - Ding-dong!
- Who is it? - Ding-dong!
I'm from next door. You need to keep it down.
What's going on?
- Hold on. - I'm glad you're here.
You two can just stay somewhere else then.
Why is he saying that to a stranger?
- Who are you, sir? - What?
Who gave you the right to talk to my family like that?
- But... - The noise is keeping me up.
I'm sorry, sir,
and I understand we were too noisy,
but you should mind your own business.
Why are you asleep when it's only 5:30pm?
- What? - It's only 5:30pm.
- What's the matter with you? - Who says I can't?
Of course you can, but...
Unbelievable.
It seems like you're making the two stay the night.
- Right. - Why are you making...
them stay at someone else's house?
We're family, that's why.
They left the nest and they have their own place.
What are you doing at a stranger's house though?
(What are you doing at a stranger's house though?)
- Well, I... - Honey!
You're embarrassing me. Let's go home.
Okay, all right.
So why...
do you want to go home? Whose idea is this?
Can I talk to Hae Soo first?
Sure, talk to him right now.
She's angry with him.
I'm too uncomfortable to stay the night here.
- I know, right? - I haven't brought anything either.
Okay, I'll just say that...
it's my idea to go home.
Did I hear that...
you didn't bring an overnight bag?
Stay at their house then.
I didn't bring anything today,
so we should sleep at our own house.
What's the big deal?
I have work tomorrow anyway.
We'll come back some other time after the holiday.
(We'll be back after the holiday.)
- Sure, get going then. - Mom...
What did I tell you?
Who do you think you are?
(Who do you think you are?)
This is none of your business.
Is he perhaps a tenant of yours?
- Why ask them to stay the night? - Okay, great.
Hae Soo was very calm.
- That he was. - He listened to his wife so well.
We made the situation more dramatic than it needed to be,
but Hae Soo stayed calm.
He didn't get riled up.
Lastly, Chang Hoon is up.
There are many things that upset us on holidays.
Chang Hoon will have to receive personal questions by his relatives.
This is a good one.
Questions will come from seven of your relatives.
(The final step of holidays: The dreaded QnA)
- Chang Hoon, it's good to see you. - Right.
- Hello. - How old are you this year?
- I know you're old but... - I was born in 1980.
My goodness.
I hear that you're an actor,
but are you even on TV?
Why would you ask that?
Only those popular show themselves on TV.
He only does small plays in Daehangno.
Aren't actors supposed to be handsome?
- I... - There's no need to upset him.
From 5am to midnight,
I watch TV every day...
to see when Chang Hoon will show himself.
He's not on "National Singing Contest" or...
You know,
you should think about...
marrying someone and then building your career.
Is he seeing someone? Does he have a girlfriend?
How are we related by the way?
Who is she the wife of?
- What's going on? - Whoever we are,
we just asked the worst questions and I love it.
Wait, look who's on TV.
Isn't that your friend Jung Hae In?
- Goodness. - Look.
Uncle, can you get me Jung Hae In's autograph?
- You're his friend. - Get lost.
What?
(Get lost.)
(He loses his patience.)
- What was that? - What?
I don't need you giving me a hard time as well.
- Get lost? - That was the first thing I said.
- Exactly. - Where did he learn...
- all this rudeness? - No way.
- Uncle... - He's only five, you know.
He's five?
- Yes, he's five. - I'm loving this though.
Out of everything he could've said,
I loved that he chose "Get lost."
I was told to get lost.
That was great.
So let's choose who did the best today.
I know everyone was great but...
- They all did a great job. - "Get lost" is a front-runner.
(This award is given for a happy holiday.)
(2019 Chuseok Special, Happy Together Best Improvisation)
(Kim Eung Soo, the master of explosive anger)
(Kim Sang Ho who only made the situation worse)
(Park Hae Soo listened to what his wife was saying.)
(Lee Chang Hoon with the solution of the year)
I liked the scenes especially by Eung Soo.
It was silly and entertaining.
I liked the patient response by Hae Soo too.
So who's in first place?
Well, in my opinion...
(He's looking forward to it.)
Could you give this to Chang Hoon?
Thank you.
Get lost!
(Get lost!)
Thank you.
(Chang Hoon wins the event.)
We only put together this improvisation...
so that this never happens in any families.
- Never. - Don't ask these questions.
- Please don't. - Never.
These questions should be off-limit.
(Only enjoy a joyous holiday.)
Of course.
It's now time to erase your dark pasts.
Sang Ho provided us a photo of him when he was a student.
- Please tell us about it. - What is it?
I think I was in middle school and I'm on a bike.
Is that so?
My goodness. You were in middle school?
This is you in middle school?
Isn't this a photo out of a historical drama?
It's blurry, but your face is still there.
(This is Sang Ho on the day he graduated from middle school.)
- Anyone can tell it's Sang Ho. - Right.
He's like a community center employee.
How can that not be an adult?
(Flustered)
- Well... - Did you perhaps work at one?
Sang Ho, is this really you in middle school?
- I'm not exactly sure. - Or a post office employee.
Maybe you're in elementary school.
I could've just taken the photo...
after obtaining a bouquet somewhere.
Could he perhaps be your father's friend?
(Are you sure it's you?)
You had a lot of hair back then.
- His hair... - Goodness.
- He's like the town headman. - This is hilarious.
Aren't you the same age as Lee Seo Jin?
- That's right. - But you once played his uncle.
Yes, it was for a drama series.
- Oh, this one. - Even though you're the same age?
(Uncle and nephew)
He looks exactly the same though.
He hasn't changed much compared to his younger days.
In 10 years, people will say I look younger than my age.
Just your face alone doesn't look that old.
Eung Soo, you were also mistaken in some way...
because you looked older than your age.
It still happens from time to time.
- In what way? - When they see me with my daughter,
they say to her that she's with her granddad.
- I hear it all the time. - That's what they think?
We went to fix a bike once...
and she was told that she looked exactly like her granddad.
I just let it be.
Goodness.
We have a photo of Eung Soo from when he was in his 20s.
What?
- No way. - Goodness.
(Long-haired Eung Soo)
- You look exactly like Eun Seo. - You're just like her.
- He looks just like Eun Seo. - Exactly.
Eung Soo looks old here, but Sang Ho's photo was too shocking.
Compared to that,
you look way younger.
I used to look old when I was in college.
- I played older characters too. - Really?
A lot of them actually.
For the play I did as my graduation project,
I played a man in his 50s and 60s.
- The one by Chekhov? - Yes, that's the one.
After graduating,
I talked to a fellow actor about our work and other plays.
He mentioned a play he saw as a college graduation project...
back in the day.
I asked what he was touched by...
and he said it was nice to see the professor on stage...
with his students.
(The professor was in the play too?)
- The professor? - He was touched by...
this professor or lecturer who took the stage...
with the students for their graduation project.
I asked about the role he played,
and he pointed out the role I played.
That's what he said.
Just so you know, I never corrected him.
It hurts, you know.
Back when I was a freshman in college...
Hyun Moo's also known to look younger as he ages.
- Yes, in some ways. - I'm part of the club too.
I took a class in one of the largest classrooms.
We were asked to right a report,
- and it was the day to submit it. - And?
All the students starting putting it on my desk.
They thought I was the TA.
Oh, dear.
They just piled up...
and I didn't know why they were giving it to me.
I was only a freshman...
with a lot of facial hair.
(Club Looking Old)
- That was hilarious. - So all this pain...
- We'll erase them all. - Right.
(How?)
- Leviosa. - Leviosa.
- It's gone now. - Right.
Really?
Next up...
- It's been erased. - It no longer exists.
- I see. Thank you. - Keep a pure perspective.
- Thank you. - Eung Soo, I hear that...
you were embarrassed while filming...
"By Quantum Physics: A Nightlife Venture".
In what way?
"Dark past" doesn't even begin to describe it.
- Then what it is? - I was humiliated.
So Chang Hoon plays the prosecutor...
while I play a boss of a gang.
(Eung Soo plays a gang boss.)
There's a scene where I'm being questioned by him.
The day before the shoot, three of the veins in my hip...
were snapped.
The pain felt like someone was...
poking at my hip 3,000 times with a needle.
(The pain was excruciating.)
I couldn't sit properly,
so I went to the set way before we had to shoot.
It hurt less if I stayed standing.
So I was waiting to shoot the scene...
when I heard Chang Hoon talking to the director.
"I know it's only acting, but how can I..."
"humiliate my seniors like this?"
"I know we're all actors,"
"but how can I hit him in the head?"
"Well, you can't go back on it now."
That's what I heard.
Anyway, the shoot began...
and he pushed and shoved me hard...
like this.
After some yelling,
he made me kneel on the floor.
(This isn't what I expected.)
At that moment, my hip...
(My hip!)
The scene originally didn't involve me sitting.
(He still remembers the pain from that day.)
Are you reenacting the emotions?
That much I could take.
- But? - But then he grabbed my hair.
He started rocking me back and forth...
and yelled right at my face.
It was as if he was possessed.
Like this...
(He was possessed by the deity of acting.)
He rocked me back and forth.
But you said earlier that you couldn't do it.
He rocked me back and forth by my hair...
and I started to lose my cool.
I didn't know that being an actor was worth this humiliation.
Then the director yelled, "Cut!"
Everyone including the director came to check on me...
but I hadn't told any of them about my injury.
- They didn't know. - I didn't say anything,
but my manager gave them a heads up.
- He was worried. - He wanted others to be careful.
But Chang Hoon suddenly became possessed...
and rocked me back and forth.
The director couldn't stop the scene while filming.
Anyway, my blood was boiling.
I told him to not feel apologetic and rock me even harder.
"Let's try the scene once more."
I wanted to get the perfect scene.
(He was fired up with passion.)
When filming it the second time,
shouldn't he turn it down a notch?
(The truth finally comes out.)
He should've been gentler...
but elevated the level of his acting.
He was the opposite. His force tripled...
when we did the second take.
(He's sorry.)
We did it about 10 times.
I said I didn't care if all my hair fell out.
"Okay."
That's how the scene finally ended.
Why did you grab his hair though?
I hear it wasn't in the script.
It wasn't!
The script said that I should take his head,
lean into him with my face...
and breathe down his nose.
You weren't supposed to make me kneel either.
I've been stressing over this scene for about three weeks.
Then on set, I saw him walking with crutches...
and heard about the popped veins.
It just added to the burden.
Also, I couldn't just pretend it in the scene.
I had to get physical and humiliate him.
He had to do this too.
The mounted stress...
made me lose my control too.
I was intimidated during the rehearsals,
so that all exploded when we started to shoot the scene.
(Why are you stressing me out?)
(Get over here!)
Also, I wanted to finish it in one take.
- I see. - That was my goal too.
Chang Hoon was too stressed out about it.
I cried later on because I was so grateful.
Right, he did cry.
It hurt so much that I thought about going to the doctor.
I had to receive shock therapy or something.
- And... - Shock therapy?
You wanted the injury to receive more shock?
Don't you mean low-frequency therapy?
Shock therapy is expensive, you know.
Really?
- Well, I'm shocked. - That therapy exists.
I was thinking about seeing the doctor...
when I received a text...
from Chang Hoon.
"Eung Soo, I'm so sorry."
"I guess I got too carried away in the scene."
That made me feel so good though.
"Chang Hoon, don't feel sorry."
"We were able to produce a masterpiece."
"It's a scene that'll be remembered."
"For any scene on camera,"
"I could be even more humiliated."
Let him hear the bell at Jingwansa Temple...
or show him flowers.
I bet that the scene will be the talk of the town...
since it's tied with a fun behind-the-scenes incident.
- Should we erase it? - Yes, from Eung Soo's memory.
That's right.
- Leviosa. - Leviosa.
Hae Soo, I hear you also have a dark past.
I threw the first pitch at a baseball game once.
Just so you know, I practiced a lot.
- Your figure... - You look like a baseball player.
I practiced a lot beforehand...
and I even practiced at the stadium.
I wasn't there just as an ordinary actor.
It was after I was cast as a baseball player.
- I can understand. - Right.
I've been working out and I had studied up on baseball.
(He discovered an unexpected talent.)
- "Let's rock it." - Right.
Everyone thought I would do well.
So I threw the ball after a lot of practicing.
(He looks like a baseball player.)
(However...)
(He threw the ball to the floor.)
What is that?
- Goodness. - His arm got tense.
Was he trying to throw a curveball?
(He wants to do it again.)
I did that before too.
The catcher was shocked.
- I threw the ball very well. - I want to see it.
This is nothing compared to Hyun Moo's.
It would be comforting.
You will feel better after watching it.
I didn't want to throw it like how others would.
- I think I saw it. - I was dancing.
You will feel better after seeing this.
(Dancing)
That's like the mask dance.
- It's like the mask dance. - You've got great movement.
(Let's dance.)
All right. I'll erase all this dark past.
- Leviosa. - Leviosa.
(Did it make you feel better?)
That's all for "Top-Class Actor Gift Set".
Let's ask them if they enjoyed their time here.
Well, yes.
(He looks proud.)
It was perfect for a holiday special.
- I laughed a lot because of him. - Right.
I know.
I had so much fun.
I'm slowly getting used to variety shows.
He is totally different from...
the time I saw him on "Come To Play".
Even the viewers were uncomfortable.
How was it, Hae Soo?
I was very grateful.
You were all nice to me.
I was glad that I could see everyone during Chuseok.
I had about 5 to 6 phone calls with Hae Soo before the show.
"What are we going to do?"
"What if we don't get to talk at all?"
You have been so nice to us as Hae In said.
It went smoother than I thought.
All right. You did a very good job, Chang Hee.
He's here two times in a row.
(ChoLee Zone)
We are giving the Korean pork set...
to these four men...
- to have a wonderful Chuseok. - Congratulations!
We are just giving it for Chuseok.
- That's right. - Thank you.
- Here you go. - Enjoy.
- Here you go. - Thank you.
It's Chuseok.
I hope you will all have a great time with your family.
Have a wonderful holiday.
- Have a wonderful holiday! - Thank you!
- Thank you! - Thank you!
(We give thanks to all the guests for coming.)