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Cheongryong Series Awards Best Actor Ju Ji-hoon
Reporter Jo Byung-kwan rainmaker@sportschosun.com /2025.08.04/ |
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I met Joo Ji-hoon again after winning two happy awards a month ago. Joo Ji-hoon doubled his performance at the 4th Blue Dragon Series Awards by adding the Best Actor Award as an individual and the Best Picture in Drama for 'Severe Trauma Center'.
Joo Ji-hoon, who recently met at Sports Chosun's headquarters in Yangcheon-gu, Seoul, recalled the day of the awards ceremony on July 18, saying, `In fact, there was no company dinner that day, but everyone started going crazy when they received the prize for work. Everyone worked so hard, and 'Centre Severe Trauma Center' was the hardest work I've ever made, and I'm happy to see this result. When I entered the restaurant, I spent time talking about this and that even though it was past midnight," he said with a smile.
Joo Ji-hoon attended the award ceremony with expectations set aside for a while, so he didn't plan the company dinner in advance. It was completely contrary to the fact that he expressed his excitement on stage and delivered a cheerful acceptance speech at the time of the award. Ju Ji-hoon "It doesn't look like it, but I'm much more nervous because the blue dragon is symbolic. Until now, I was the type to empty my head when I was nominated for the rest of my life. I'm not the type to prepare an award speech just in case. If you don't get an award after preparing, you'll get hurt. That's why I'm going without expecting anything. You don't have to take it."
Joo Ji-hoon then said "But when I went up as a name, there was no acceptance speech. When I attended the Blue Dragon Series Awards for the first time, the atmosphere was good. I'm nervous, but I think I'm watching the performance up close, and when I laughed and clapped, I was called 'Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. I was confused at that moment. I'm confused about whether this should be serious or comical, and I'm confused about what would be good for the viewers watching, so I think I got a weird impression. Earlier, I went up while the lingering feelings of (Lee) Soo-ji and (Kim) Won-hoon's acceptance speech were still lingering, and it was so fun to think of that. The picture went around my head. Should I be funny, too?There's also a burden of '", he confessed his innermost thoughts at the time.
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Cheongryong Series Awards Best Actor Ju Ji-hoon
Reporter Jo Byung-kwan rainmaker@sportschosun.com /2025.08.04/ |
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Unlike the puzzled best actor award, Joo Ji-hoon's main event was right next. The 'Centre of Severe Trauma' was honored with the best work award. At the time of the call, Joo Ji-hoon swung his arm wide at the production team and said, "Let's go, let's go!He surprised fans by shouting " and showing them stomping their feet even as they all went on stage together. As for the situation at the time, Joo Ji-hoon "I didn't know that I was running up and down." They said, `Congratulations' to each other, and the work award was much better than my personal award. But he said it looks like it does. I watched the video that came up after the awards ceremony, and that's how I ran. In fact, other award ceremonies are conscious and nervous because the camera is close to them, but I have no idea that Cheongryong is taking pictures of me. It's like an award ceremony where we could chat comfortably because we gathered people who worked together at a circular table and the camera didn't come close," he said with a smile.
At the time of winning the prize, director Lee Do-yoon gave a special thank you to Joo Ji-hoon, who said "Trust me, believing in my brother", but at the after-dinner event, he drew attention by guarding the outside rather than taking a picture with Joo Ji-hoon. When asked by the reporter, "Why don't you take a picture together?" he replied, "We're not in that relationshipHe also returns a playful comment saying ". When I asked Ju Ji-hoon "How are you with director Lee Do-yoon", the answer came back "Lovely". Ju Ji-hoon "My brother-in-law (director Lee Do-yoon's wife) hates me very much. If I make a phone call, I do it for two hours. But it's not just a joke, but things are intertwined. Since 10 years ago, director Lee Do-yoon and I have only prepared about three works together. There are things that have not gone in for one reason or another. Even now, there are about two or three works that we are preparing together. They are friends and partners who consult with each other about their concerns about the work. I'm consciously 'pretty. You don't have anyone around you who's pretty. Then you think it's dangerous and you can't get close to it. I like people who can talk to each other about their shortcomings, but director Lee Do-yoon and I have that relationship. It is not a vertical relationship between a director and an actor that is required by Korean society, but to be a partner."
In fact, Joo Ji-hoon created 'Severe Trauma Center' with that mind. It is not a hierarchical relationship between a senior and a junior, but a place where acting can be performed in an equal relationship. Joo Ji-hoon's open mind seems to have played an important role in Choo Young-woo's award for the Rookie of the Year award and Ha-young's nomination for the Rookie of the Year award. Ju Ji-hoon "I'm lucky to have met such colleagues. We made acting by reading 10 hours together with 10 scripts and studying together. I also told these friends 'I'm a high school graduate, but you've graduated from college, so let's do it as if we're friends discussing it.'" We talked not only thinking about acting, but also thinking about whether we were shooting in a real hospital, whether we were shooting in a set, and how far the corridor was, and it took 7 hours to read together from 1st to 4th episodes. After that, if we talk over dinner, it's just over 12 hours. I thought it was like a team sport."
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Cheongryong Series Awards Best Actor Ju Ji-hoon
Reporter Jo Byung-kwan rainmaker@sportschosun.com /2025.08.04/ |
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Joo Ji-hoon got up from his seat throughout the interview and reenacted the scene he actually completed through the 「Severe Trauma Center」, realistically unfolding all the situations in front of his eyes. The scene in which Yang Jae-won (Choo Young-woo) runs down a long hospital corridor and then speaks lines when he is out of breath, and the scene in which Cheon Sang-mi (Ha Young) misunderstands Baek Kang-hyuk (Joo Ji-hoon) as a gangster were completed from Joo Ji-hoon's agony. Even if the lines in the actual script are changed boldly, the viewers will continue to shout Season 2 of 'Severe Trauma Center' due to the focus on saving the reality of the work.
Ju Ji-hoon became the main character of the Best Actor Award by absorbing all six votes of the judge 'Cheongryong'. At the time, the judges said "Serious"=Joo Ji-hoon" and that the main character of "Serious" is Superman, and it was the lead actor's role that made the role probable. I think Ju Ji-hoon did a good job in the role. I drew cartoon characters realistically and completed them into hero characters loved by people." Joo Ji-hoon also felt particularly proud of this part and worked hard to make this character stick to the ground. Director Lee Do-yoon studied medicine by himself while watching 150 pages of A4 paper. All those parts that may not be visible to others are melted into the work. But people who don't know this are all done to me afterwards. Joo Ji-hoon is the best,' he compliments me. Of course, it's good. But when I meet people from the movie team, they are not interested in me. Looking at director Da Do Yoon 'You're great' Here we go. They all know that it is difficult to melt them all like that. I know and understand the director's hard work, so I'm proud of it even if I become a cold meal. That's why I recommended this director. I'm a person who can do that. That's how it came out. It's as visible as you know it," he said, giving the compliment to director Lee Do-yoon.
Joo Ji-hoon, who added the Blue Dragon Trophy 22 years after his debut, looked at the trophy with pride. He seems to be a pitcher who throws the ball well. It can be speed and control, and if you hear it wrong, you can say that the pitcher leads that team, but you need a catcher to spray the ball at will. I can control it, but I can also throw wild pitches. Because humans can't be perfect. There is trust in him to prevent all these wild pitches, so he can throw them without fear and compete" expressed his feelings.
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Cheongryong Series Awards Best Actor Ju Ji-hoon
Reporter Jo Byung-kwan rainmaker@sportschosun.com /2025.08.04/ |
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Season 2 of 'Severe Trauma Center', which was greatly loved by viewers, and the partnership and affection between Joo Ji-hoon and director Lee Do-yoon shone, seems to be around the corner. Ju Ji-hoon "It's a positive atmosphere. I believe actors, directors and producers will be positive and Netflix will be positively considering it. I don't know exactly, but my heart is like a chimney" showed affection for.
Starting with "Gung", Joo Ji-hoon, who has been making challenges such as "Jiri Mountain", "Lightning Shop", "Centre for Severe Trauma" and "The Last Empress" in the movie "Along with the Gods", "The Duke", "Dark Murder" and the series "Kingdom". Expectations are high for Joo Ji-hoon's next move with a new face.
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