Stars' strong self-improvement "I wake up at 6 in the morning and study English"

Celebrities who strive for self-development are attracting attention. In order to be cast in a work or to advance overseas, they showed as much academic passion as high school seniors. It can be seen that the fluent foreign language skills in the work come from the stars' efforts.

Actress Kim Hee-ae has been studying English for 15 years since 2008. He wakes up at 6 a.m. every morning, starts his day by listening to EBS radio, and is famous for thorough self-management. Afterwards, he announced that he would preview and review English lectures.

In particular, Kim Hee-ae even went to the academy directly at Gangnam Station. Last month, he appeared on the YouTube channel Vogue Korea and shared his motivation for studying English, saying, "It gives me strength to know that I can and do something." Currently, I study three books: writing, listening, and speaking. Even at the age of 50, he surprised people by not giving up on his studies and constantly pushing himself.

Actress Lee Da-hae speaks Chinese at a native level. Lee Da-hae, who is also active in China, devoted herself to studying Chinese in order to enter the Chinese market. His efforts paid off. He became the first Korean actor to appear in a Chinese drama and drew attention by acting in the local language.

Even after finishing filming, Lee Da-hae continued to study Chinese without stopping. He also has Chinese platform rights, which only two people in Korea can do. The approval process for the Chinese platform SNS must be in Chinese. In relation to this, Lee Da-hae appeared on MBC's 'Point of Omniscient Interfere' last year and said, "It's similar to beauty content, but only me and Choo Ja-hyun were given the qualifications." At the time, he attracted attention by freely speaking in Chinese.

There are also stars who have started studying to perfectly play their roles in works. Actors Byun Yo-han and Park Hae-soo increased immersion by speaking Japanese fluently in the play.

Byun Yo-han played the role of ‘Wakizaka’, the supreme commander of the Japanese naval forces, in the movie ‘Hansan: Appearance of the Dragon’. The Japanese dialogue was performed without difficulty throughout the 129 minutes of running time. To achieve this, he stayed with a Japanese teacher. He explained, "I had a Japanese teacher living in my house. I learned Japanese while living with the teacher."

Byun Yo-han showed off his realistic Japanese and strong charisma. For his role in the movie 'Hansan: Dragon', he won a total of 6 trophies, including the Best Supporting Actor Award at the 59th Baeksang Arts Awards, the Asia Star Award at the 8th Asia Star Awards, and the 31st Buil Film Awards. .

Park Hae-soo also said all his lines in Japanese in the movie 'Ghost'. Actor Sol Kyeong-gu, who appeared with him, was also surprised by his efforts. Hae-soo Park said that he practiced with his Japanese teacher as best as he could to prepare for the Olympics. At the press screening of the movie 'Ghost', he said, "I was very scared to take on the challenge of playing a Japanese person (acting in Japanese)," but added, "The character was so attractive. I stayed with a Japanese teacher day and night to create it," giving an idea of his efforts. I did it.


Ten Asia Reporter Kim Seo-yoon seogugu@tenasia.co.kr