Actor Choi Gwi-hwa and Park Ji-hwan won Go So-young's heart with their unexpected charms.
On the 22nd, the YouTube channel "KBS Entertain" released "Go So-young's Pubstaurant," which featured actors Park Ji-hwan and Choi Gwi-hwa sharing various stories.
In the video, Go So-young added aged kimchi to Lee Sang-yeop's perilla-leaf sashimi as her own "kick." Saying she made it so the sashimi could be wrapped in aged kimchi like a samhap, Go So-young said, "I think it will go well with the guests," and showed off her skills. After completing beef brisket soup as well, Go So-young admired the flavor she had made and waited for the guests, and when Choi Gwi-hwa and Park Ji-hwan entered she exclaimed, "You look like a newly formed idol group. You're so cool." Park Ji-hwan presented a bouquet to Go So-young and playfully said, "I think I prepared it wrong. The flowers can't do their job in front of you, senior."
Park Ji-hwan's flattery was endless. He said, "She's someone I couldn't even meet in my dreams. She seems like someone just taken out of a very clear lake," which made Go So-young feel good. Choi Gwi-hwa praised her, saying, "She's the older sister from when we were young who had a book cover," and Go So-young joked, "I asked Choi Gwi-hwa for information because he appeared with my husband Jang Dong-gun in Suits, and he told me to send his regards."
Park Ji-hwan is a member of the social gathering "Palgongsan," which includes Jo Jung-suk, Kim Nam-gil, Kim Dae-myeong, Jin Goo, Kim Sung-kyun, Yoon Kyung-ho and Yang Jun-mo. Park Ji-hwan said, "While working on the drama Mung Bean Flower with Jo Jung-suk, we gathered actors born in 1980. When we have time we meet, talk and drink together." At the same time, Park Ji-hwan drew a line by saying he has a business relationship with Choi Gwi-hwa and said they had not met on The Outlaws, surprising listeners.
Choi Gwi-hwa and Park Ji-hwan are together in the Disney+ series "The Murky Stream." Choi Gwi-hwa, who said he played the role of jongsa-gwan in this work, laughed, "These days in historical dramas jongsa-gwan are in their early 20s, and when they said I would play it I thought finally an opportunity had come, but it was an old jongsa-gwan. The stylish and young jongsa-gwan is someone named Park Seo-ham."
Go So-young mentioned Rowoon, the lead of "The Murky Stream," saying he is due to enlist. Go So-young said, "Seeing how rigorously he manages himself, I thought he'd become something, and he said he follows Park Ji-hwan as a role model." Park Ji-hwan said, "He's a truly excellent friend. If no one goes and flips his switch, he doesn't stop. He's a different actor in the morning and evening, and he grows in between."
Go So-young also talked about director Choo Chang-min, who directed "The Murky Stream," saying, "My husband Jang Dong-gun worked with director Choo Chang-min on 7 Years of Night and said he is someone who clearly has a vision for his work." Park Ji-hwan said, "I was so taken with the director's atmosphere that I confessed I really wanted to be held by one more project when it ended." In response, Choi Gwi-hwa said, "I didn't say that," and on the spot recalled Jung Woo-sung's famous line from A Moment to Remember, proving the possibility of melodrama.
Because Choi Gwi-hwa and Park Ji-hwan are leading the K-drama craze, overseas reactions also interested them. Go So-young said, "I have personal ties with Lee Jung-jae, who appeared in Squid Game, and when we met privately he used to come looking very shabby. Later I found out it was because of his role," and Choi Gwi-hwa and Park Ji-hwan expressed the wish, "I hope they enjoy acting and are happy with it rather than just being successful."
Park Ji-hwan shared a good story about Choi Gwi-hwa. He said, "He gives and watches over people well. If a friend has a clothing brand, he buys items instead of taking them and brings them to share with juniors. He even buys food and shares it." Choi Gwi-hwa joked, "I learned all of this by watching Park Ji-hwan," and regarding the story that he willingly paid surgery costs for a staff member who suffered from female cancer, he said, "One day I noticed their complexion didn't look good. When I asked, I learned their situation, so I helped as much as I could. The day before yesterday they contacted me saying they're healthy again and working hard."
Still, Choi Gwi-hwa said he is the "shadow" at home, drawing laughter. A father of two sons and one daughter, Choi Gwi-hwa said, "I'm not authoritarian and I'm a dad who communicates well." Park Ji-hwan said, "I contacted Choi Gwi-hwa after a long time and he said that after moving to a large house he can do more for his children and feels thankful and happy. He showed me pictures of the kids and looked very happy." Choi Gwi-hwa laughed, "We bought the house because we had more leeway, and when I said it's our home so they can scribble freely, the whole house became scribble heaven."
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