Actress Geum Bo-ra surprised many by revealing that her original dream was not to be an actress but to be president.
On the 14th broadcast of KBS1's morning program 'Morning Yard' Tuesday guest segment, daily drama Marie and Her Three Daddies lead actresses Geum Bo-ra and Park Eun-hye appeared as guests.
On that day's broadcast, it was revealed that Geum Bo-ra's original dream was not to be an actress but to be president, drawing attention. Geum Bo-ra said "If I were president now, I would have done well," she joked.
She said, "I was just vaguely interested in politics when I was young. In our day there was no woman president. Men became president and women could only be first ladies. I was popular from high school, so there were a few who went to the military academy because of me. Back then, if you weren't from the military academy, it was hard to become president," she said frankly.
MC Eom Ji-in said in surprise, "Were there men lining up who knew Geum Bo-ra's dream was to be first lady?" Geum Bo-ra laughed and said, "Yes. I don't know what happened to them after that. They were such scatterbrained kids. I don't know where they are or what they do."
But explaining why she ultimately gave up the dream of entering politics and became an actress, she said, "Back then I think I was afraid of death. Seeing First Lady Yuk Young-soo's death, I thought it was a dangerous position. I decided not to do dangerous things and instead be an actress who could imitate anything I could."
When asked about her debut process, Geum Bo-ra recalled, "In 1978 when the Korea Film Promotion Corporation recruited actors, it was me, Kang Seok-woo and another older woman. That woman was pretty so she was picked quickly. She disappeared as soon as she debuted (because she married), and only Kang Seok-woo and I remained. I debuted with 'Water Spray' and became Geum Bo-ra. In the old days, people changed the protagonist's title or character name into a stage name. I worked from my first year of high school. How much hardship did I go through?" she recalled of that time.
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