Actor Jeon So-min's younger brother Jeon Wook-min directly explained the reason why he turned down several casting offers despite receiving them.
On the 25th, Jeon Wook-min posted a video on his SNS showing him exercising and sharing the realistic worries he has been experiencing while preparing to be an actor.
Jeon Wook-min, who recently began attracting attention by sharing his daily life on SNS. He said that in the process he received contacts from more places than he had expected. From reporters and broadcasters to film companies and brand representatives, various offers continued, and at first he thought that finally an opportunity had come to him who had dreamed of becoming an actor.
But when he actually talked with them, it was different from his expectations, Jeon Wook-min explained. He said "what they wanted was not 'me' but 'the sister's brother, me'" and revealed that in most cases they showed more interest in stories about his sister Jeon So-min than about him.
In the end, Jeon Wook-min decided to reject the offers that came in. He did not want the activities he started for his own dream to become another burden for his sister. He mentioned even situations in which content about him was being reported with intentions different from his and said "I rejected them all to avoid causing any more harm to my sister."
Still, there was an unexpected opportunity. Among the numerous contacts, there was a place that reached out looking at Jeon Wook-min himself, not 'Jeon So-min's brother.' He said "it might have been an ordinary contact to others, but it was different for me" and emphasized the significance that it was the first opportunity he received purely as himself.
Earlier, Jeon Wook-min attracted attention by revealing his daily life working delivery jobs while preparing to be an actor. At that time, regarding the view that he would also be financially well off because his sister was a celebrity, he said that his sister's earnings and his life are separate.
After that remark spread in an unexpected direction, he personally offered a clarification. Jeon Wook-min corrected that it did not mean he had not received help from his sister, and said he rather felt sorry that Jeon So-min is currently shouldering many parts of the family's responsibilities. He also expressed his wish to work hard to establish himself and become a dependable son and brother for his family.
Choosing the path of being recognized by his own name rather than the attention he could get from the label 'Jeon So-min's brother,' Jeon Wook-min has been building his acting career step by step from bit parts in projects while working as a trainer, and interest is growing in what new opportunity he might seize this time.
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