[Exclusive]"A double AAA winner." Lee Junhyuk said, "Antal Challenge reminds me of my school days' nightmares." [Interview 1]

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Amid unstoppable choices and changes, Lee's challenge is ongoing. Rather than settling for familiarity, he takes out a new face, and once again he is pushing his limits.

Lee Joon-hyuk won two awards including Best Artist and AAA 10 Legendary Actor at the 10th Anniversary Asian Artist Awards 2025 (hereinafter referred to as 'AAA 2025') held successfully at Kaohsiung National Stadium on December 6 last year.

He has spread a wide spectrum through dramas such as "Secret Forest," "60 Days, Designated Survivor" and the movie "Criminal City 3," and emerged as a trend by challenging the first romance genre with SBS's "My Perfect Secretary," which aired last year.

Lee Joon-hyuk will attend 'AAA' again after two years. "In fact, I never imagined it would be such a large-scale event, but I was so surprised to see that it filled the audience, and I felt that the power of Korean idols and stars was enormous," he said. "It is the award ceremony that gave me the most awards in my life. There are four trophies in the house. I hope you will hold events on a larger scale in the future," he said.

Regarding the memorable moment in 'AAA 2025', he said, "I didn't expect Jun-ho's opening performance at all, but it was so cool, and Jun-young's performance was also impressive. I don't know much about idols, but I often see Stray Kids' performances, such as the last 'AAA 2023'. "This time was also cool," he said. "The most memorable thing was the firecracker that exploded when IU won the award at the end. It was really amazing, and I felt that the scale and atmosphere were great," he said.

The actor is always in the spotlight, but for Lee Joon-hyuk, it was never easy to stand in the middle of a stage where 50,000 viewers gathered together in "AAA 2025". "I think it's a difference in personality," he said. It's not a matter of this award ceremony, but I'm the one who feels too much for such a position," he said.

"I've realized something more recently. In the past, I thought it was uncomfortable because I wasn't the main character to keep looking for a corner at drama dinners. But in the main character's work, I found the same corner. "If I can choose a seat no matter where I'm in, I always go to the corner," he said, shaking his head, "It was hard to breathe to stand in the middle of the stage where tens of thousands of people were watching."

In particular, Lee Joon-hyuk, who was also the owner of the "Antal Challenge," which became a hot topic at the awards ceremony, said, "In fact, I didn't know what the "Antal Challenge" was. "I thought of a nightmare where I was worried about being pointed out by my teacher in school when the camera went randomly," he said with a smile. "But in the past, I would have been scolded for 'Why can't I enjoy it', but now I think they understand that there are people like this and there are people like that." (Choi) Daehoon was enjoying it so much. I envy that," he said.

As for the anecdote that she said, "I want to disappear" to actress Yoona, who was sitting next to her, she said, "I talked with Yoona for the first time, and I'm so sorry. I don't think it's easy to meet someone for the first time outside of my own space. I'm so embarrassed to think about it now that the first thing I said was "I want to disappear," he said. "Next time, I want to talk in a normal condition." I think I sent a signal to the people next to me to help me instead of having a normal conversation, but I regret it."

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