Actress Lee Min-jung confessed the behind-the-scenes of her dating, breakup and reunion with her husband Lee Byung-hun.
On the afternoon of the 9th, a video titled Lee Min-jung from silver spoon stories to casting in 'Boys Over Flowers.' I'll tell you everything *Lee Min-jung life lecture was uploaded to the YouTube channel 'Lee Min-jung MJ'.
Lee Min-jung said "I met Lee Byung-hun about a year before the drama 'Boys Over Flowers' exploded. I talked about this a lot on broadcasts, but after dating for a year, oppa had to go abroad for more than a year. From his perspective, 'She's just starting now and trying to work, but something got in the way, and when I came back from abroad it's bye-bye for us,' he said. At that time I thought 'How dare he?' (laughs). I thought there was no reason for the breakup. I felt the year abroad was just an excuse, and I thought breaking up for sure meant there was no love, so I cut it off decisively," she said.
It turned out that at the time Lee Byung-hun had to go abroad for a long time to enter Hollywood, and he judged that it would be difficult to continue a long-distance relationship with Lee Min-jung, who was a rookie and was just rising in popularity.
She continued, "Oppa suddenly called from abroad. The time difference made it hard to match, so when a call came at an odd time I would hang up and not answer, and reply by text the next day or not respond at all. I read and ignored his messages," and "Then I went to award shows like the Baeksang and Blue Dragon to receive a rookie award during a film festival. I was nominated for 'Cyrano Agency' and I saw him there. He made eye contact with me like a greeting so I looked but ignored him. (laughs) After that we met again and got married," she laughed.
Lee Min-jung and Lee Byung-hun, who reunited, married in 2013, had their first son in 2015, and welcomed a late-born daughter in Dec. 2023.
The broadcast also revealed behind-the-scenes of the married couple's kiss scenes.
Close friends Wang Bit-na and Lee So-yeon asked, "When the couple are actors, when the husband knows they are doing a kissing scene, isn't there any jealousy between them?" and "He might be a little jealous," expressing curiosity.
Lee Min-jung said, "My husband has been jealous. He gets jealous every time. Every husband is jealous," and confessed with a laugh, "He was jealous even when I kissed Lee Sang-yeob in Once Again, and he was really jealous of Gong Yoo oppa in the drama 'Big.' His jealousy is like, 'Huh... what? You told them to do that? Was there something behind it?' he says."
When asked, "Have you ever been jealous, sister?" Lee Min-jung said, "Strangely, my husband didn't deliberately have those kinds of scenes after we married. I did melodrama in 'Mr. Sunshine,' and there was no skinship. Who would kiss whom in 'Inside Men'? There was none in 'The Fortress,' and would the frontman in 'Squid Game' wearing a mask kiss?" she said, provoking laughter.
Her close friends asked, "If there's a kissing scene on the day of filming, do they tell you in advance it's the day of the kiss?" and she imitated by saying, "Do you really think someone would say 'I'm going to go do a kissing scene~'?" which made those around her burst into laughter.
[Photo] 'Lee Min-jung MJ' broadcast screen capture
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