[Exclusive]Jang Dong-ju, "Many people are worried..I feel all the pain of a lifetime. I saw hope at the bottom." [an interview with]

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• SBS Friday-Saturday drama "I'm a Human from Today", actor Jang Dong-joo as Hyun Woo-seok had an exclusive interview

(Following interview ①)

A series of things that are far beyond the expected category is sometimes deeply enlightening. You can also gain the ability to distinguish what is really important in life and what you need the most. Actor Jang Dong-ju also lives in privateI spent an hour reaching various realizations.

Star News recently met with Jang Dong-joo, who played an active role in SBS's Friday-Saturday drama "I'm a Human from Today" (hereinafter referred to as "Oh In-gan") and conducted an exclusive interview somewhere in Gwanak-gu, Seoul.

Oh In-gan, which ended on the 28th of last month, is a drama about a fantasy romance between an MZ Gumiho who does not want to be a human and a left-handed man with excessive self-love, and Jang Dong-ju played Hyun Woo-seok, a promising soccer player from the youth national team, and worked with Kim Hye-yoon as Eun-ho and Romon as Kang Si-yeol.

Jang Dong-ju, who debuted in 2012 with the play "A Midsummer Night's Dream," has proven his wide acting spectrum by appearing in dramas such as "School 2017," "Revenge Is Back," "Mr. Fixed-term," "I'll Be Your Night," "Trigger," and movies "Honest Candidate," "Count," and "Handsome Guys." In the meantime, he recently announced unexpected news and attracted a lot of attention outside his work.

On January 29, Jang Dong-ju confessed on his SNS that he had suffered damage from cell phone hacking and threats. At the time, he confessed to the damage, saying, "I borrowed money by any means," and "I lost billions of won in another debt because of the urgent debt," and later received a lot of support after it was known that he promised responsibility to creditors.

For Jang Dong-ju, who had a hard time due to unexpected things, "Five People" will be a special work. Jang Dong-joo said, "I am grateful that the director does not take out the small scenes where (current) Woo-seok is reflected and the important scenes in the narrative, but puts them on the show."

He said, "Of course, there is something that is unfortunate about receiving attention for things other than works. I should shine as Hyun Woo-seok as a work, but I am also sorry for the production team. (The reason why I confessed to the damage during the drama was) It was an extreme situation and an inevitable choice, but I still feel sorry for the timing. It's a work that's already been filmed, but (the creditors) don't know that, so they keep getting phone calls. That's why I opened up the situation I'm in," he explained.

"Many people were worried. From the end of last year to the present, all the difficult situations will be buried in 2025. I felt all the pain I could feel in life and went to the end of my life. I thought it was all over, and every time, my family and acquaintances helped me, and I tried to get back up, but I kept falling down. It was an infinite repetition of it," he recalled of the difficult period.

Jang Dong-ju said, "Since I was young, I often thought, 'Am I allowed to be this lucky?' I used to think that it was time for an ordeal to come, but everyone seems to be solid and grow only when they go through it and overcome it. So many people contacted me, and I said, 'There's nothing more to lose. When they say, "I'm done here," they say, "That's not the end." You have to put it down more and go down more. He said, 'That way you can kick the floor and come back up'. I found hope when I fell to the bottom like that," he said, revealing what he realized through this incident.

He also said, "I spent the end of the year and the beginning of the year that I put down," adding, "Everything is something to pass by, and I'm going to go back to my original intention by solving it one by one. My family also said, 'Didn't you come to Seoul without any money and achieve it for 10 years. They cheered a lot, saying, 'You can go back to that time.' After the time I've heard both hands and feet by myself, I'm opening them up and sharing my struggles to solve the current situation.

Jang Dong-ju, who spent a long time like a tunnel as an actor and a human being, tries to move forward with the whole situation as a blessing in disguise. Jang Dong-ju, who humbly self-deprecated his past acting career as "full of mistakes," also realized what he realized through this incident is "humility."

Jang Dong-ju said, "I learned a lot about humility through personal things," adding, "I've been doing well without any major trials or problems, but looking back, I was full of mistakes. I think there was a lack of behavior and posture. If you've believed in yourself and lived like you were heading to the ground, now I'm going to try to learn more," he said.

The view of life has expanded as well. Jang Dong-ju said, "I think my thoughts on acting and my work have changed a lot. Now, I'm trying to focus on 'Can my life get better' when I'm doing a piece of work, he said.

(To be continued in interview 3)

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