DODOLINA

Woo about Taec: 2014 (translation by @lemonsherbet00 (video)

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JBL | Actor Interview Excerpts - Won Jin Ah

Won Jin Ah said, “I really enjoyed Junho-oppa’s previous projects ‘Twenty’ (2015), ‘Cold Eyes’ (2013), ‘Memories of the Sword’ (2015), ‘Chief Kim’ (2017), and so on. When I met oppa in person he was more serious than I’d expected and he had a lot of thoughts. He also suited [the role of] Kang Doo really well.” She continued, “I was unused to being on set, but I could feel that oppa was working to accommodate me, and he helped me a lot to infuse emotion into my acting,” showing her affection. 

Jun.K as APOLLO

Jun. K (28) has three names. He was Kim Junsu when he was born, his new name is Kim Minjun, and his stage name is Jun. K. Ever since he has changed his name, he’s got a lot of scolding from the netizens. From the most basic slur “Did JYJ’s Kim Junsu scare him” to “Did he change his name to get popular,” “Change all you want, doesn’t sound like an actor’s name,” “What’s up with the stage name,” and so on. When the malicious comments about the name change keep on piling up no matter what you do, you can’t help but feel bad about it. However, there was a reason Jun. K had to change his name. The name change was the event that connoted Jun. K’s family and his entire life.

Jun. K lost his father in January, 2012. It was a week after he and his father had sat together in a café, making a promise to take care his mother who had been struggling with a disease at the time. Myocardial infarction. As it was such a sudden death, back then it brought nothing but great sadness to the 24-year-old Jun. K. His father, who was a journalist at an economic newspaper, was strict. However, he was a warm head of the family who would press Jun. K’s shoulders with both hands, as he sat at his desk studying, and would walk away without a word. Up until his death, father wanted to rename Junsu. And his mother, who had been fighting a serious illness, right before a big surgery, the day before she was about to be put under general anaesthesia for the fifth time, she took Junsu’s hands into hers and said: “Couldn’t you change your name, it was your father’s will.”

The year 2016 marks a take-off for Jun. K. He has accumulated enough popularity in the Japanese market as a solo singer to go on an arena tour. His recognition as an artist in the Japanese market is the biggest among the 2PM members. And 2PM needs a take-off, too. At the core of all this, Jun. K is the one to present 2PM’s road with music. The first step towards this leap was his appearance in a mask in MBC’s “King of Mask Singer.” He was eager to show the stage performance of the solo singer Jun. K. And so he met the “Talk With a Drink.” He told us everything he couldn’t on the show. About his father and mother. Saying these words alone makes you choke, but just for today he spoke to his heart’s content. Because this is the beginning of Jun. K’s take-off.