“Lotto First Prize” Lee Jun-hyuk: “Celebrities are no different from office workers” [Interview ①]

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Actor Lee Jun-hyuk expressed deep empathy with the concept of winning the “Lotto first prize.”

Lee conducted an interview with StarNews at a cafe in Samcheong-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 13th. He recently appeared before viewers through the OTT Tving original and tvN Monday-Tuesday drama “Lotto First Prize Goes to Work” (hereinafter referred to as “Lotto First Prize”), and shared various stories related to the series.

“Lotto First Prize” is a K-office drama about team leader Gong Eun-tae (played by Lee Jun-hyuk), who had been enduring day after day while being squeezed from both above and below, but after winning the Lotto first prize, goes to work with a different mindset, keeping the 1.3 billion won prize money instead of submitting his resignation letter.

In the drama, Lee delivered a passionate performance as Gong Eun-tae, the team leader of Sales Team 5, who did his best in his duties and was promoted at high speed but is enduring a boring daily life. Gong Eun-tae, who had been squeezed from both above and below in his position as the youngest team leader, encounters a precious opportunity to change his perspective on life through the unexpected luck of winning the Lotto. Ultimately, Lee allowed viewers to see Gong Eun-tae as he truly is at the end of the “Lotto First Prize” story, regardless of whether he won the Lotto or not, depicting a more mature aspect and providing an office worker healing drama.

On this day, Lee emphasized the unique significance of “Lotto First Prize,” stating, “Through Eun-tae, I felt like I was taking on a lead role for the first time. Since ‘Good or Bad Dong-jae’ is a spin-off work, I felt that no matter what Dong-jae did, there was a framework to the Hwang Si-mok character. Also, previously, I had played many roles as killers or characters who were not very human-like, so I felt that Eun-tae was the first character close to me.”

Lee then added, “The office life that Eun-tae lives is almost no different from my life in the entertainment industry. I felt that the entertainment industry also has hierarchical relationships and is similar to the situations inside and outside the drama. I have been working for 20 years, even longer than Eun-tae. The hardships that people who have worked in one field for a long time can share are not that different; acting seems to be exactly the same. I think life is similar for everyone. Although the realities we face are different, the conversations with the team members in the drama are all similar in the big picture. Our work also involves finding a good team and working in harmony, so I felt it was exactly the same as our job.”

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