Translator: hitoritabi
Translation note: Just awoke from mooncake coma. Jongsuk talks about his drinking adventures! Hilar. XD
Ceci: Your unstable feelings could not be felt when watching the television show, though.
LJS: Whenever I had to change between the costumes of Woosang and Sooha, I found myself really confused. Fortunately, while filming scenes with Boyoung-noona, I slowly found my footing.
Ceci: [The lead character] is a younger man who breaks all the rules. In the beginning, the audience is like “Seriously??”, then it becomes “Please [be together]…” and in the end, it becomes a unanimous “Yes!!”.
LJS: Even from the very beginning, the age difference has never been a concern for me. Because it is someone I love. Because I love her. Nothing else should matter.
Ceci: In our last interview, you mentioned longing for romance that is based in simple, everyday life. Bingo! Your prophecy came true!
LJS: Yes, things in my ideal romance all came up. My long-suppressed personal feelings found a release.
Ceci: Perhaps making up for some of the regret that comes from your current young days that are without romance?
LJS: Absolutely! (laughs) The screenplay can be seen as a romance manhwa, or even a fantasy story. There are lots of scenes that causes female hearts to flutter, no? Although after I did it myself, I realize that it is quite impossible for a man to lift a woman up and kiss her that way.
Ceci: But that’s the point! The writer has a great sense for these moments.
LJS: The stage directions for the last kiss scene included this line, “This is a kiss different from the previous ones, an adult kiss”. And everyone laughed. Although I was worried that the 10-years-older Boyoung-noona would scold me, I ended up doing exactly as the directions said.
Ceci: In the last 2 years, this is our 5th interview together. Rather than just saying that you are receiving attention, you are really on a supersonic rise.
LJS: Rather, I would describe that I have carefully walked step-by-step in a relatively short amount of time, building up my experiences.
Ceci: Now that you are called “the Trend”, is every day like a dream to you? The theme of our photoshoot today is “Jong Suk in a Wonderland”.
LJS: My problem is that I don’t even have time to savor this dream-like life. No matter what, popularity is bound to cool down in 2-3 months, and will disappear at any given time. I do feel regretful that I can’t enjoy this brief moment. But I did this to myself by being so ambitious.
Ceci: Even when I congratulate you on your popularity, you keep saying “this is all temporary”… it makes you look a little melancholic. When you were filming ‘School’, you were also doing ‘The Face Reader’, then it was ‘IHYV’ together with ‘No Breathing’, followed immediately by ‘Blood Boiling Youth’. It’s like a relay race where you are the only runner.
LJS: I want to expand the breadth of roles I can take, I want to find out a side of myself that is unknown even to myself. That is why I took ‘Blood Boiling Youth’. People around me tried to advise against it, since it is a character that is vastly different from myself or my roles up until this point. It is a risk. As a result, I have become slightly oversensitive recently. Though I want to be a good person, basically…(T/N: He means that he has been a little easy to irritate, perhaps due to the stress of the role, so he feels a bit sorry, since he wants to be nice all the time.)
Ceci: Nine whole months of unforgiving schedules must have left you with many Ursa bears sitting on your shoulders. (T/N: Ursa [우루사] is a brand of energy supplement, it has a bear for a mascot.)
LJS: If we are talking about energy levels, I am a light that is flickering on and off at this time. Even my company has recently started changing their goals to “let’s get Jongsuk to rest awhile”.
Ceci: After the drama ended, you probably haven’t even had time to curl up at home and just recuperate. After this stretch of the marathon is over, what do you plan to do?
LJS: Sleep. Sleep until I want to wake up again. Actually, I had three days of holidays a while ago, and I couldn’t figure out what I wanted to do with this limited amount of time. What should I do that would leave great memories for myself? How do I turn these memories into motivation for the upcoming filming schedule? My conclusion was “I’ll try drinking”.
Ceci: You’re a guy who likes going to cafes and chatting, what’s this talk about drinking?!
LJS: I wanted to experience the meaning of “being completely smashed”. So I ordered everything from champagne to bomb drinks. Since I don’t know anything about alcohol, I just went down the menu and ordered the different types one by one. My close friends were all shocked, but more amazingly, I found out that I can actually hold a lot of liquor! When I am drunk, my body slips out of my control, but my mind is still completely sober. So we went for a second round of drinks at the club.
Ceci: Oh my gosh! Aren’t you worried you’d be recognized?
LJS: “If someone takes a picture of me being smashed, that’s no good.” My logical side reared its head, so I covered my face. I just leaned against the barrier and listened to the music, roaring and beating against my eardrums. “Ah, so this is why people like to drink…”I was surprisingly fine the next day, I didn’t even have a hangover. I cooked myself a seeafood ramen and cleared it all up without any problems! I finally got to know what alcohol is like at the age of 25.
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