MBN 'Let's Go Go' featured actor Jang Hyuk and god's Park Jun-hyung, who made viewers laugh and cry with candid talk.
The Nov. 13 broadcast of MBN 'Let's Go Go' season 5 episode 11 featured 30-year close friends, actor Jang Hyuk and god leader Park Jun-hyung, who continue their strong friendship, captivating viewers with a variety of stories ranging from the first reveal of Jang Hyuk's Songpa-gu home to the real story behind god's signature song "To Mother," and childhood stories of living together while dreaming of debuting.
MCs Ahn Jung-hwan and Hong Hyun-hee went with god's Park Jun-hyung to Jang Hyuk's luxurious Songpa-gu house and admired Jang Hyuk's neat home, which he had never shown even to his close friends Park Jun-hyung and Ahn Jung-hwan.
Following the living room and kitchen infused with Jang Hyuk's wife's sense, the hobby room filled with Jang Hyuk's pastimes drew admiration for DVDs displayed by genre that resembled a lending store, as well as various figures and trophies.
After finishing the house tour, they began a proper conversation, and the MCs asked Jang Hyuk and Park Jun-hyung about their first impressions of each other. Park Jun-hyung said of Jang Hyuk, "He was extremely handsome, like a pure romance comic. But he looked pitiful and shabby. He was like a puppy that had been broken-hearted," and Jang Hyuk said, "He was a healthy, handsome American, but as time passed he became a sad American who couldn't eat," prompting laughter.
Park Jun-hyung said, "When I first came to Korea I weighed about 89–91kg. But within a year and a half I dropped to 63kg," which surprised everyone, but Jang Hyuk said, "Losing that much weight wasn't even an issue. Because we all lost weight together," adding, "Among my older friends there was a DJ called Hung, and the first Korean word Hung learned was 'I'm hungry, give me food,'" he said. Park Jun-hyung went on, "One day I saw Hung eating something and asked what it was; he had made shrimp-flavored chips into a porridge and was eating it," which drew sympathy.
Jang Hyuk and Park Jun-hyung continued, "Once a month we went to eat meat. The owner lent us money, but since that person couldn't pay it back immediately, he told us to eat the equivalent in meat. He called us 'a swarm of grasshoppers' because we ate so much and left," adding, "When you eat, someone disappears one by one. If you look for them you find they went to the bathroom to vomit. Since we didn't know when we'd return, we ate again," sharing episodes from their impoverished days that surprised everyone.
Afterward, Park Jun-hyung revealed why god debuted and behind the scenes of their debut song "To Mother." Park Jun-hyung said, "The company didn't pay the dormitory electricity bill. When I later asked why, they said they weren't confident they could make us successful and hoped we would leave," adding, "But six months later, seeing we were still there, they released an album for us. And it worked out."
Regarding "To Mother," he said, "In my childhood in the U.S., racial discrimination was severe so I was beaten every day. My mother worked and ate lunch with other Koreans, and she would wrap things like japchae in foil and give it to me. When I brought that in my lunchbox, people would say 'Is that a worm, it smells' and spit at it. So we fought, and my mother would be called in," adding, "I told Park Jin-Young this story, and we wrote 'To Mother' from that story."
Jang Hyuk joked about how he became an action actor, saying, "I was supposed to go the melodrama route," and Hong Hyun-hee asked, "Why didn't you do melodrama? Didn't you film with Jun Ji-hyun before? How was that?" Jang Hyuk replied, "She's like a little sister. A younger sister," adding, "At that time the only rookie actors were Jun Ji-hyun and me. We were both the youngest so we practiced acting together."
Explaining why he became an action actor, he said, "My second project was a film called 'The Gangster' and a stunt actor had an accident while performing. Seeing someone else wearing my clothes lying there made me feel sorry," adding, "But about 20 minutes later he came to, got up and tried again, and succeeded. Watching that made me feel apologetic. I thought 'that's what being a pro is' and decided 'I'll take responsibility for my own movements,' so I started exercising."
Especially about stunt actors, Jang Hyuk said, "I don't not use them at all. But I do everything I can. However, lead actors have a responsibility to carry other actors. If I get hurt, who will carry things on?" showing responsibility as a lead actor and drawing admiration.
Meanwhile, MBN 'Let's Go Go' season 5 is a national house tour program in which Ahn Jung-hwan and Hong Hyun-hee visit special and meaningful places that best showcase a friend's life, from the friend's home to workplaces or practice rooms, and share life stories. It airs every Saturday at 8:20 p.m.
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