Lee Jong-won's role was reversed with Jang Dong-gun in a past drama.
Lee Jong-won's role was reversed with Jang Dong-gun in a past drama.
Lee Jong-won's role was reversed with Jang Dong-gun in a past drama.
Lee Jong-won's role was reversed with Jang Dong-gun in a past drama.
Lee Jong-won's role was reversed with Jang Dong-gun in a past drama.
Lee Jong-won's role was reversed with Jang Dong-gun in a past drama.
Lee Jong-won's role was reversed with Jang Dong-gun in a past drama.
Lee Jong-won's role was reversed with Jang Dong-gun in a past drama.
Lee Jong-won's role was reversed with Jang Dong-gun in a past drama.
Lee Jong-won's role was reversed with Jang Dong-gun in a past drama.
Lee Jong-won's role was reversed with Jang Dong-gun in a past drama.
Lee Jong-won's role was reversed with Jang Dong-gun in a past drama.
Lee Jong-won's role was reversed with Jang Dong-gun in a past drama.
Lee Jong-won's role was reversed with Jang Dong-gun in a past drama.
Lee Jong-won revealed that his role was reversed with Jang Dong-gun in the past drama 'The Last Battle'.

In episode 94 of tvN STORY's 'Chairman's People', which aired on the 29th, a day with actors Lee Jong-won, Kim Hee-jung, and Lee Jeong-yong was depicted.

Lee Jong-won appeared with Kim Soo-mi in the 1990s legendary drama 'Youth's Sunny Spot', which recorded the highest viewership rating of 62.7%. The two worked together through their hats in the play. Lee Jong-won, who reunited with Kim Soo-mi after about 30 years, began to show filial piety, which he had not been able to do before. I laid a filial piety stepping stone in Il-yong’s front yard. Also, taking advantage of his experience in the kimchi business, he made young radish radish kimchi and made Seoul bulgogi to serve to his filial piety.

It is said that Lee Jong-won proposed to his wife on the first day of their date. Lee Jong-won's wife worked on the MBC makeup team. Kim Yong-geon remembered, “Jong-won’s wife may still be dear to you, but in my memory, she was quite a beautiful woman.” Lee Jong-won said, "My wife was a staff member and I was an actor. I fell in love with her hard-working appearance, so I asked her out on a date after the drama ended. We went to see a movie. After watching the movie, I asked her to marry me right away. On the first day of our date, I asked her to marry me." He then laughed, saying, “I brainwashed people and said, ‘Let’s get married,’ for six months, and they said they should do it too.”

Lee Jong-won shared the behind-the-scenes filming of the legendary drama 'The Last Game', which brought about a basketball boom by recording a viewership rating of 47% with a brilliant cast including Jang Dong-gun, Son Ji-chang, Lee Jong-won, and Shim Eun-ha. Lee Jong-won explained, "The reason for doing 'The Last Game' is amazing. Son Ji-chang created a celebrity basketball team at that time. Director Jang Doo-ik suggested a basketball-themed drama to Ji-chang, so we did it."

Lee Jong-won confessed that there was an unfair moment during the ‘last match’. Lee Jong-won said, "Jichang was the main character from parts 1 to 6, Dong-gun was the main character from parts 7 to 11, and in parts 12-16, I was the main character when Dong-gun got hurt and went to the countryside. But in the middle, I got injured and broke my heel." “The role has changed to Dong-gun’s role,” he said. The story changed because Lee Jong-won actually broke his heel while receiving a pass from Jang Dong-gun. Lee Jong-won apologized, saying, "My co-star at that time was Shin Eun-kyung. Shin Eun-kyung had a good image at the time and was about to rise. As my role changed, Shin Eun-kyung also had less screen time." He said, “There is nothing I can do about life.”

Kim Ji-won, Ten Asia reporter bella@tenasia.co.kr