Actor Jung Woong-in spoke about his difficult childhood.
Jung Woong-in mentioned his impoverished childhood and his father, who died of cancer, on the general programming channel Channel A's "절친 토큐멘터리 4인용식탁," which aired the afternoon of the 13th.
That day Jung Woong-in invited director Jang Hang-jun and actress Song Sun-mi, who were classmates at Seoul Institute of the Arts, and served food he had made himself. Jang Hang-jun, who helped Jung Woong-in make his TV debut, said, "After Woong-in became known, he lived in a row house in Ansan, and I invited people to come visit. I told him to hold a signing event in the neighborhood. It was a small, old row house with a desk, and Woong-in was sitting there. His father was worried that having his son sign would be difficult, so he carved a signature into a stamp and brought it. I remember that too."
Jung Woong-in said, "We lived in a semi-basement. It's exactly like the house in Parasite. Each room had mold," and added, "My father made a banner and held a fan signing event for 'Eunsil's' Chunsik Jung Woong-in. People from the neighborhood came, and a lot of people showed up."
He went on to speak about his father who supported him: "My father lived a hard life. Things didn't go well. He tried to be a pharmacist but it didn't work out, and his life became twisted. He came when Ansan was a barren plain, when there was only the Banwol industrial complex. It was during my three years of middle school. He lived a hard life."
Jung Woong-in said, "When I was doing theater, he would tell my friends not just to give me food but to buy it, and he would tuck money into my jeans. I went to Daehangno without thinking and took it out to pay, and the 10,000 won bill had dye on it. When dye containers from the Banwol complex spill, your hands get stained. That was on it. It's so heartbreaking. Even though he was poor, he tried to keep his son from feeling defeated. Then he eventually got cancer," he revealed, adding to the sadness.
Jang Hang-jun also spoke about Jung Woong-in's father's illness, recalling, "His father held my hand and said, 'Teacher, thank you.' I told him, 'He's your son's friend, you can speak informally.' He replied, 'How can I speak informally to a teacher? Because of you, we live like this.' His father was different from him; he was aristocratic. Kindhearted," he reminisced.
Jung Woong-in said, "He passed away at 58. I think about how hard my father must have had it at my age now. Suddenly waking up in the night, I think, 'How hard must my father have had it at my age?' That seems to be a driving force," expressing his affection and longing for his father.
[Photo] Channel A broadcast screen capture.
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