Actor Lee Soon-jae revealed that he has not had a single building in his 66 years of acting.
TV Chosun's entertainment show 'Star Documentary My Way', which aired on the 30th, featured the stories of actors Lee Soon-jae, Park Jeong-ja, Shin Goo, and Kim Seong-nyeo.
Lee Soon-jae is the oldest actor in his 80s with 66 years of acting experience. But it wasn't just the flower path. Lee Soon-jae said, “There was a prejudice that he was ‘a bit different’,” and that it was not easy for him to establish himself as an actor after debuting in the 1950s.
Lee Soon-jae continued, "Shin Goo and I were different when we were young. We were on TBC, and Shin Goo was on KBS. That doesn't mean Shin Goo played the main character in a melodrama. He played a lot of roles with a strong personality. He got into the middle and later became the top guy," he said. “He is a precious person. We are the only two of us who are over the mid-80s. At the same time, we become a strong supporter. We rely on each other.”
Actors Park So-dam and Jo Dal-hwan appeared as Shin-gu's friends. Three people who met in the play ‘Grandpa Henri and I’ and formed a relationship. As soon as Park So-dam and Jo Dal-hwan saw Shin Goo, they greeted him in a friendly way, asking, “Are you here?” and Shin Goo responded, “I haven’t met a team since the show ended at this age. “But it wasn’t the only thing we asked to get together, but we ended up sharing something big or sad, so we met wholeheartedly and enjoyed the time together.” When asked about the age difference, he asked, “Do we really have to ask about that?”, which made people laugh.
Shingu said, “As you get older, it’s easy to hear old people talk. “It’s impossible not to hear it, but I feel like I receive vitality and energy, and I can actually hear and experience the language these people use through the way they live.” Park So-dam said, “When I arrived in the morning after receiving the award for ‘Parasite,’ the first person I met was my teacher. The teacher said, ‘Forget everything and be humble,’ and then he said, ‘Everyone, this is Park So-dam from ‘Parasite!’ “He was happier than anyone else,” he recalled.
Lee Soon-jae appeared in instructor Kim Mi-kyung's lecture program along with Kim Seong-nyeo and junior actors Kang Seong-jin and Lee Hee-jin. He emphasized, “There was a time when we shot four movies in one day when we were busy. But we don’t have a single building. If the work is good, we do it even if we don’t have money. Artists are not evaluated by money.”
Taeyuna, Ten Asia Reporter youyou@tenasia.co.kr