'Hero' Min Woo-hyuk "I don't have enough money, so I go to Jeong Seong-hwa and take thief lessons"

Musical actor Min Woo-hyuk (real name Park Seong-hyuk, 39) attracted attention by confessing that in the past when he was having financial difficulties, he visited senior actor Jeong Seong-hwa and gave him 'thief lessons'.

Min Woo-hyuk shared his thoughts on playing the role of Ahn Jung-geun in an interview related to the musical 'Hero' held in Sinsa-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 13th.

On this day, Min Woo-hyuk said, "I failed as a baseball player and failed as a singer. It was a time when I kept failing and couldn't even get a part-time job." Other people took a lot of lessons to improve their skills, but I couldn't do that, so Seong-hwa Jeong and Jun-mo Yang "I just went to my seniors' room. They recorded their lessons and played them in the room. and gave them lessons again. I also turned on the recorder and recorded them practicing and playing it in the car and practiced. It was like a thief's lesson," he confessed.

Meanwhile, Min Woo-hyuk said, "When juniors in the ensemble ask, 'How did you teach your lessons?', I advise them, 'Go visit a lot of seniors' and 'Use your seniors. That's the best lesson.' " He added, "Currently playing on stage. "I thought he was a better teacher than anyone else because he was there. In fact, I learned from my seniors, but I also learned a lot from my juniors. "I think I am constantly giving lessons by watching the actors."

When asked, “Do Jeong Seong-hwa and Yang Jun-mo know about the thieving lessons?” Min Woo-hyuk said, "They probably don't know. But I can tell you now. At the time, I did it because I was a senior who seemed difficult and distant, but I think I can tell you now." “These days, we've become a lot closer, so I even ask him questions directly,” he said with a laugh.

The musical 'Hero' opened in December last year as its 9th season in Korea. It is a representative musical licensed in Korea that depicts the last year of Dr. Ahn Jung-geun. It will be performed at the LG Arts Center in Magok-dong, Seoul until the 28th, and will meet the audience at Blue Square in Hannam-dong, Seoul from March 17th to May 21st.

Choi Ji-ye, Ten Asia Reporter wisdomart@tenasia.co.kr