Jeong Seong-il said he was surprised by the increased awareness.
On the 24th, I met actor Jeong Seong-il, who appeared in the Netflix series 'The Glory', at a cafe in Samcheong-dong, Seoul. Jeong Seong-il plays Ha Do-yeong, the husband of Park Yeon-jin, the target of school violence victim Moon Dong-eun (Song Hye-kyo), who risks her life for revenge.
Seong-il Jeong said, "I didn't think it would attract this much attention. But I was confident about 'The Glory' work itself. It was written by writer Eun-sook Kim, and I liked the book. As an actor who participated in a good work, I think I gained some recognition. There's a lot of attention these days. “I wonder if this is right because you have it,” he said.
Seong-il Jeong, whose face became widely known, said, "It's amazing. People around me recognize me a lot. Even if I wear a hat or mask, they recognize me." He continued, "My child said that his kindergarten teacher asked for my autograph. People around me ask for my autograph a lot. Even people who had not contacted me contacted me and asked me to send them autographs or take a video. There were a lot of people who needed me." . He also said, "I'm grateful, it's fun, it's awkward, and it's embarrassing. I have mixed emotions."
When asked what his 7-year-old son's reaction was, Jeong Seong-il laughed and said, "He doesn't know anything." He continued, "I don't know much about my dad's job as an actor. He just said to his mom, 'The swimming teacher told me to get dad's autograph.' “My wife said, ‘Do you know what the autograph is?’ and he said he didn’t know. He just said, ‘Take two copies.’ That’s cute too,” he said, bringing a smile to his face. Regarding the increased awareness, he said, "It's more surprising than fun. My circle of life is not wide, but people see me differently. It's amazing that I've been able to contact my friends from middle and high school when I was young."
'The Glory' is a Netflix series that depicts the story of a woman whose soul was broken by violence in her childhood, who risks her entire life to carefully prepare a cruel revenge, and the story of those who fall into the vortex.
Kim Ji-won, Ten Asia reporter bella@tenasia.co.kr