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Joo Won ~ Interview with Magazine 「もっと知りたい!韓国TVドラマ」vol 43

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Giving support to a villain, rookie actor debuted with his marvelous attraction!

Normally no one would have paid any attention to the second lead of a drama. In addition, the role he played was a villain, Joo Won bravely challenged himself despite he did not have the faintest idea about acting in front of television cameras.  He had probably won a lottery ticket as the drama resulted a huge success in 2010.   No matter what wrong-doing Ma Jun had done due to his complex feelings towards Tak Gu, viewers still could not find him hateful because rookie actor Joo Won left very strong impressions to them.  Let’s find out what his goals are!

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When reading the script about little Ma Jun, I wanted to hug him

~ How did you spend your time after completion of the drama?

I did not take any break at all after the drama.  I had to go to school and do musical performances, therefore this is the first time I am having a break but I don’t know what to do (laugh).  As usual, I just stay home.  If I feel like going to the beach, I will ring up my friends or I will go to the snow mountain as I like snowboarding.  If I have decided to take on the next project, I will be reading and analyzing the script, ringing up and discussing with PD and then filming.  This is how I spend my time.

~ I heard your debut movie is a thriller, aren’t you scared?

Thriller is my favourite. It is not something like I will transform into a horrific figure so I am not too concerned.  “Don’t Click” is the name of movie, its script is interesting and filming atmosphere is good, I am spending enjoyable and relaxing time during filming.

~ After Baker King, you had hiatus for more than half a year, do you feel impatient?

Yes I do. I wondered whether viewers would have forgotten me.  Although, I don’t make any public appearance, it doesn’t mean I am doing nothing.  If I am not doing any filming at all, I think I am getting very impatient.   Actually, I am currently in the middle of filming so I don’t make any public appearance, While waiting to see viewers again, I’ve got to be patient.

~ Did you do any review after completion of the drama?

I certainly did, afterall it was an interesting project even I watched it once again.  Although I knew its story, when I watched it, my mind still raised questions like “What will happen next?” “What is the scene after next?”

~ I heard casting of Ma Jun was the last, wasn’t it?

I went to the audition without any pressure and even without doing any preparation in particular.  I just said my lines when I was told to.  The questions they asked were totally irrelevant to the drama.  I just showed them my “true self”.  However I didn’t receive any news at all after a long time, I guess I must have failed.  Then, one day I got a call and was told “come over tomorrow for poster and opening filming” (laugh).  They didn’t even say “I was cast to play Ma Jun”, they just told me to “come over”.  On my way to studio, I was wondering what it was all about, I wasn’t sure if “I will be playing the drama?”  When I arrived and filming started, I finally realized “I will be playing”.

~ Do you know why you were selected?

I don’t think it was because I remembered my lines well or my acting skill was good, I guess my confidence and my honesty have got something to do with it.

~ What did you like about this drama?

When I first read the script, I found Ma Jun was very pitiful since he was young, I felt like hugging him.  I was so keen to know how this boy was going to be like when he became an adult, I strongly hoped I myself could play this character.  I never worried about how the viewer ratings would have turned out, the story was interesting and I could meet and play with many outstanding sunbaenim, I thought I would have learnt a lot if I had a chance playing this drama.

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Hard for me getting angry and yelling at people because I don’t normally get angry

~ I guess time for your preparation was short but what sort of preparation did you do before filming?

Next day after poster filming, I went to baking school learning how to bake bread.  Then I started going on diet again, when I was performing musical “Spring Awakening” in 2009, I had to put on so much weight to play the role.  After I finished the project, I went on diet.  For playing this drama, I spent two months doing both exercise and weight management to lose 20 kilos.

~ Are you actually good at baking?

My mom is very good at cooking, I always help her and learn cooking from her over her shoulders.   I was glad to hear everyone said the bread I baked was delicious.

 ~ Did PD make any special requests to you in playing the drama?

I was told I had to play very differently from Tak Gu and my acting had to be  intense.   When I thought it would just be fine to play a scene with this certain extent of intensity, PD would then tell me to play it “more intense”.  It was very hard for me to play angry and yelling scenes because my original character is not like that.  Because I don’t normally get angry, I don't get used to yelling at people, I was catching my breath with ranting and raving so I didn’t do well.

~ Was there something in particular you paid more attention to your acting?

When I first received and read the script, I realized the little Ma Jun was very pitiful, even when he became an adult and kept doing evil deeds.  I wanted to express the sadness kept in his heart since he was young.  If I could act like this, viewers wouldn’t see him as a “ridiculous villain” and I hoped viewers could understand that there were some inevitable reasons behind his wrong-doing.  However, the script writer was really marvelous, even I didn’t need to act like that, the script was written as how I would have depicted in my mind, hence I could express well in my acting.

~ I can see there are differences in playing drama and musical.  What did you find it difficult in filming a drama?

Facing camera was the most difficult thing because I was not used to.  Actions have got to be big for playing on stage, however playing big actions in TV drama will not be captured within the camera itself.  Because I didn’t have any faintest idea when the camera was focusing me, it was hard for me to catch the direction of the camera to which I had to stand and face (laugh).  So I always missed the camera focus, it was very hard before I got used to it.

~ In the drama, Tak Gu played by Yoon Si Yoon was your rival but how about  in real life?

We are not rivals in real life.  Both of us don’t have much acting experience and we are young.  Since we had to lead the drama, we didn’t even have the time for rivalry.   Instead we helped each other by doing our best.

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Being positive in thinking and pleasant like Tak Gu is actually my character

~ You don’t look like Ma Jun at all while chatting with you.

My real character is close to Tak Gu because I am pleasant and I have positive thinking although I may have the character like Ma Jun in the bottom of my heart and I don’t show it (laugh).  Because my character is very different from Ma Jun, it was very hard for me to play in the beginning, however I understood him more and more as filming went on, I became Ma Jun in the second half of the drama.

~ Was there anything you didn’t understand about Ma Jun?

Not at all, because I had to understand him well in order to act.  But actually I found him naïve and weird.  He couldn’t suppress his anger so he broke all the fermentation pots and framed Tak Gu for his wrong-doing (laugh).  Anyway, I think basically Ma Jun was not a bad guy and I was so engrossed in playing this role.

What was the saddest thing you found about Ma Jun?

When he was little, he overheard in backyard the conversation between his grandmother and Manager Han, he cried when he knew the secret about his mom, and also the scene in which he cried when he was reading Palbong’s letter.  When filming that scene, I just naturally dropped my tears.  When Ma Jun shed tears, I empathized him a lot.  In the drama, there were things which Ma Jun should not have done but there were scenes in between showing us his real intention, so by all means I had to deliver his sad feelings.  When playing his scenes, I could immerse in his role naturally.

~ Did you ever get cowered or intimidated in front of sunbae actors?

They were all very nice and approached me affectionately. I thought Jung Sung Mo sunbae (biological father in drama) looked a bit scary but actually he always joked around.  Park Sung Myun sunbae (heir of bakery) was funny, we almost needed to retake many scenes when filming together.  Actually, there were many scenes taken in the bakery that Ma Jun framed Tak Gu for wrong-doing.  During rehearsal, Park sunbae would yell at me saying “you are so wicked” (laugh).  Both Jeon Gwang Ryeol and Jeon In Hwa sunbae were serious persons, they didn't do this to me, but instead they just quickly made up some jokes with smiling face.

~ Playing a son to both biological and foster fathers, to whom did you feel more heartaching?

To his foster father Gu Il Jong, I thought it was “lonely”.  To his biological father Manager Han, I thought it was very “pathetic”.  So in the last episode, I thought he was going to address Manager Han as “Dad” but it didn’t happen.  Even so, his foster father was really a bad person!  It was so frustrating.  The filming had finished for some time, but I still can’t forget Ma Jun’s frustration.  How come a person could be that coldhearted.  He shouldn’t be like that (both Joo Won and reporter cracked up.)

~ At home, what are you like?

A typical maknae (laugh).  My elder brother is five years older than me, his character is very manly.  I am more like a girl when comparing with him.  I am always told I am manly but when I am at home, I am just a maknae often pampered by parents.

~ There were many hugging and kiss scenes, didn’t you find them embarrassing?

Not easy to play.  I wasn’t sure if I really liked that person when playing first half of the drama, so it was even harder.  Eugene sunbae leaded me so well but I was surprised that we only needed to do one take in kiss scenes.  I was hopeless in playing those scenes, but it was not necessary to retake.  However, it was a bit lonely playing the love scenes because Ma Jun knew there was no room for him in Yu Kyung’s heart, that always hurt him.  If there is a chance next time, we have to play roles loving each other.

~ Did you ever have unrequited love?

(thinking for a while) I think I had but I can’t remember exactly………ah, I had and we ended up dating.  I am not a clingy type but I won’t give up easily (laugh).

~ What is your ideal type?

Nothing in particular.  If I have to choose between Yu Kyung and Mi Sun, I will go for Mi Sun, Yu Kyung’s character is a bit too pessimistic.

~ Why was this drama so popular?

All characters gained empathy from viewers and also for people who like bread, we showed them our sincerity in baking them.  I thought these would be the reasons why the drama was so popular.

~ When the drama started its broadcast, it was a hot topic that you look like Kang Dong Won and Big Bang’s TOP.

Thanks to them, viewers remembered my name.  It is truly a good thing that I look like them however there is nothing I can compare with them because I am not as handsome and outstanding as them.  I think I gained popularity because of them.  I hope I will be like them and I will do my best to show viewers my true self.  By working harder, I just hope people know my name and I am waiting for that day to come (laugh).

~ Is there a special meaning for your stage name?

When I was in university, I went to church with my parents and they gave me this stage name. It means  “God’s Wishes”.  Because the name is very meaningful, I feel there are areas that I can do much better in my acting, that’s the reason I use this stage name.

~ Do you have any role in particular you want to play?

From long time ago, I had been always aiming to play a role which I can express both sides of good and evil.  So if I have the ability, I would like to try out the character in musical “Jekyll and Hyde”.  But I am still in my 20’s, I guess it is more appropriate for me to play a character which is more suitable for my age.  As I get older, I am intending to play that character which is more appropriate to play in that age group.

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Source and photo「もっと知りたい!韓国TVドラマ」vol 43

Interview by Lee Soo Hyang

Photo by Cho Kyu Chang

Japanese translation by Kuramoto Yoshiko

English translation by manyearsago @ soompi


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goldlotus said: This is an old interview - in Baker King days. But Cutie was really handsome and cute here. I could not resist his charisma and decided to sub it.

I would like to give my special thanks to @manyearsago for spending her precious time and effort on proof-reading and correcting the sub.

" Cảm ơn @manyearsago rất nhiều " ( Thanks a lot in my language :) )



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MASS TWEET - Joo Won's Birthday

My heart has been in my mouth the whole day because of Cutie's Birthday Project. If things go smoothly, Cutie will be eating food packed in boxes with "Joo Won Cutie International Fans(soompi)" stickers on them. Besides this, there will be other peripherals that will shout out our fanclub name.

I hope we will be able to get some photos of Cutie eating our food and our fanclub name appearing on these photos. Please watch out for this space and the wordpress site for these photos. If for some reason, there aren't any photos taken by Sim or other sources, don't worry. We have taken and will take more photos of these things and put them up on Friday or Saturday to be viewed.

You may use the photos when you tweet to Cutie. I will prepare a simple group tweet and you can tweet that in addition to or do your own personal tweets.

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Thanks for your recap on Good Doctor ep. 15 @mrdimples

 

“SO describes the moon as a plain pizza with cheese topping....”

 

Aha, is this some kind of hint from Cutie on rumors of his pizza CF in October??!!  :-)

 

Owh MOON Jun Won why are you soooo YUMMY!

 

 

I know that Suzy and Jung Il-woo with Domino’s Pizza and my boy, Seung-gi with Pizza Hut.

And what about his Cantata Coffee?  I remember we will have at least one CF every time Cutie in a new drama.  For his last drama, it was after the drama ends, we don’t see any for Good Doctor.  Hmm if he still with Cantata, probably later after he finish GD we will get to see a new CF, because he still has a movie and musical coming up.

 

 

 

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A Malaysian article from a local newspaper. this is written as a story, from the writer's point of view.
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Last week, the writer and her family visited a local restaurant near Klang Sentral. The six of us chose to sit at a table closest to the waiter, a young man in his early 20s, who distributed the menus with a smile, then left our table.

Not long after, the waiter returns to take our orders. As usual, the writer ‘recites’ the food and drinks ordered by her family. However, while ordering, the writer noticed that the young waiter was not writing anything, neither is he holding a paper or pen.

The writer wondered whether the young waiter would be able to remember all the orders made, thus she asked “Young man, don’t you have to write the orders? Are you able to remember all of it?” Well, there ARE six of us, each ordered different sets of food and drinks, and even side dishes. The young waiter, with a confident expression nods while saying “Yes, surely”.

A while later, the young waiter came over with the tray of drinks ordered. The writer was anxiously waiting for him to place it on the table. However, only five drinks were brought. A glass of warm water for the youngest family member was not brought along. The writer thought “I told you to write the orders, but you refused...”

After that, the tray of food arrived, and surprisingly, everything was brought over! There were none left out! The writer was amazed. Her husband, who was sitting right in front of her, raised his eyebrows while smirking. She knew he was teasing her as if to say “Serves you right.... Don’t be judgemental too early” The writer was embarrassed. In this case, the expression “don’t judge a book by its cover” is so spot on.

The writer wrongly judged the young waiter’s capability just because he is a waiter. In the writer’s mind, questions and assumptions were playing around. “If he had this good memory, he must be a smart student... Then why is he just a waiter? Maybe he’s looking for extra income or he’s the owner’s son...” Since the writer’s family had other matters later on, there was no chance to poke around for answers.

 

However, 2-3 days ago, the writer saw an ad for a Korean drama, Good Doctor which will be aired on a local Astro tv at channel 392. At this moment, the writer was not attracted to the ad for the handsome lead actor Joowon, but mainly interested for the savant syndrome character.

PICTURE: Joowon as a character with savant syndrome.

Joowon, whom the writer recognized for his agility as the people’s hero Gaksital, a drama from Japanese invasion era very like Zorro, is very convincing as a person with savant syndrome. According to Wikipedia, an individual with this syndrome have a serious mental disorder including autism. Although defined as a syndrome, it is not classified as a mental issue. The syndrome-bearer had the ability to specialize beyond what is assumed normal. The bearer may achieve very low marks in IQ test but at the same time shows exceptional skills such as mathematical, memorization, arts and muzik.


- to be continued-
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On the topic of Savant Syndrome... not that long ago, I borrowed from the lib a book "Islands of Genius: The Bountiful Mind of the Autistic, Acquired, and Sudden Savant" by Dr Darold A. Treffert who is a renowned expert in Savant Syndrome. This is a really interesting and "easy to read" book to read and very informative.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1849058733?ie=UTF8&force-full-site=1&ref_=aw_bottom_links

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Hello everybody!  :)>-
Long time I don't post here, sorry, I'm very busy with my classes ... I'm preparing for the university entrance exam (in Brazil, it's very difficult to get a vacancy at a public university)
But I keep watching Good Doctor, and I'm very happy that ratings exceeded 20%

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I'm very proud of Joo Won and all the cast and crew of Good Doctor!


Next week is the birthday of Joo Won, I'm a little sad because I can't  contribute to his birthday gift  :((but I am happy he has received this early birthday gift (21.5% of audience Good Doctor)
I hope I can at least send him a birthday message on twitter  :x

Bye people! Enjoy the party!  :-h

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