Shin Hyun-jun: "Slapped at a signing event early in my debut... Heavily cursed at by elderly people" [Day & Night]

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Actor Shin Hyun-jun revealed the story of being slapped at a signing event due to his role in "The General's Son."

On the 13th, Shin Hyun-jun appeared on MBN's variety program "Kim Ju-ha's Day & Night."

That day, Kim Ju-ha said, "When I think of Shin Hyun-jun, two things come to mind. He was in his 20s when he portrayed Hayashi in 'The General's Son' and General Hwang in 'Ginkgo Bed,' showing off a charismatic image."

Shin Hyun-jun recalled, "In college, I read the book 'The General's Son' and found it very interesting. Everyone read it because of Kim Doo-han, but I thought Hayashi was so cool. Then they held an audition. They said they were going to make a movie with all new actors. So I couldn't tell my parents and went to the audition; I was almost the last one."

He continued, "Senior actors like Ahn Sung-ki and Kang Soo-yeon were all seated. Everyone had come to play Kim Doo-han, but when I said I wanted to play Hayashi, they said, 'Oh, really?' Director Im Kwon-taek asked if I could speak Japanese. Coincidentally, my university had a sister university in Japan, so I had studied Japanese. I spoke some simple Japanese. They were very pleased. I was cast as Hayashi from the very beginning."

Moon Se-yoon asked, "Did you get hit near Jongno?" Shin Hyun-jun replied, "We were holding a signing event in Busan, and there were so many people. I couldn't even look them in the eye while signing. They wanted it done quickly, and someone slapped my cheek hard. I was so surprised, but it was one of the people who appeared in the movie. He was Kim Dong-hae's right-hand man, and he said, 'You're a bad guy.' He was so immersed in the role. From then on, whenever I went to signing events, bodyguards always stood by my side. I was heavily cursed at by elderly people."

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