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Kim Nam-hee, “The youngest son of a chaebol family,” Song Joong-ki, is one year older than him.
Kim Nam-hee, Kwon Sang-woo, Lee Min-jung, and Yoo Seon-ho appeared as guests on MBC's 'Radio Star', which aired on the 4th.
Kim Nam-hee recently played the role of Jin Seong-jun, the third generation of a chaebol, in the drama 'Chaebol Family's Youngest Son'. He said, “People around me recognize me as ‘the eldest son of a chaebol family,’” and said that his popularity has changed from before. When MBC's Ahn Young-mi asked, "Don't you have a unique smile?" Kim Nam-hee responded with Jin Seong-jun's 'forced smile' and made everyone laugh.
Kim Nam-hee also revealed the behind-the-scenes details of the filming. He surprised everyone by saying, “Song Joong-ki, who played the younger brother in the drama, is actually my older brother by one year.” Kwon Sang-woo, who heard this, said, "I didn't watch other actors' works because I was jealous. But 'The youngest son of a chaebol family' was fun," and confirmed that he was overly addicted to the drama . Then he honestly said, “I'm more jealous of the son of a chaebol family than an actor,” making him burst into laughter.
Kim Nam-hee also told the story behind 'Mr. Sunshine', which garnered attention with the Korean-Japanese (Korean + Japanese) 'Nikozana'. He said that when he kept making NGs on his Japanese lines, his co-star Lee Byung-hun suggested that he wrote it on a sticky note and stick it on his forehead. Kim Nam-hee said, “There are limits to memorizing the character, so I changed the character to a Korean character.”
MC Kim Gura asked, “I heard you had a hard time sleeping at night while filming ‘Mr. ‘Sunshine’.” Kim Nam-hee said, "It's none other than him (Lee Byung-hun). He kept his co-star a secret until the day before filming. The staff said, 'I need you to play the co-star, but I don't know if you can do it well.' So I asked 'who is it?' and he said it was senior Lee Byung-hun. “From that day on, I couldn’t sleep,” he confessed.
Kim Nam-hee, who was nervous, then recalled, "I drank two glasses of soju the day before filming, but I couldn't sleep. I think I dozed off for an hour. Then I went to the scene." Kim Nam-hee also revealed that she had rehearsed with Lee Byung-hun and actually started filming, saying, "We started filming, but he made a mistake," and added, "So that person is also human. After that, the tension eased."
Kim Nam-hee also revealed, “I set a wedding date during the off-season and was cast in 'Mr. Sunshine.' I was hanging out in Daehakro and then got cast.” He continued, “The wedding was the day before the end of 'Mr. Sunshine.' “It was a double blessing in its own way,” he said, recalling the exquisite timing. His wife is a junior in school, majoring in directing, and is said to be currently preparing to become a writer. Kim Nam-hee said, “I am two grades junior,” and added, “It's been 16 years from dating to marriage.”
It is said that Kim Nam-hee debated whether or not to give the invitation to Lee Byung-hun at the time of the wedding. He said, "I was debating whether or not to give a wedding invitation to senior Lee Byung-hun. It felt like a burden to give it to him. Instead of meeting him in person, I gave it to him through my manager. He “Byun Yo-han also sent a wreath,” he said.
Kim Ji-won, Ten Asia reporter bella@tenasia.co.kr
