Kwak Do-won makes a comeback on the stage after 3 years of self-reflection...Working with Song Sunmi and Oh Jeongyeon
Aug 05, 2025
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The theater company Toenmaru announced on the 5th that "Kwak Do-won will be on stage in the play 'Tank named Desire' in October."
The Chariot named Desire is a 1974 play that earned author Williams the New York Top Critic's Association Award and the Pulitzer Prize, establishing her as a mainstream American playwright. It was also made into a film, and Vivian Lee as Blanche and Maron Brando as Stanley won four awards at the 24th Academy Awards: Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Art.
The play will feature Kwak Do-won, Song Sun-mi, Ha Ga-gam, Oh Jeong-yeon, and Bae Ki-sung, and Kwak Do-won will play the role of 'Stanley', who has a hot-tempered and outspoken personality.
Earlier in September 2022, Kwak Do-won was booked for driving about 10 kilometers while drunk on Jeju Island. He parked his car on the road and fell asleep Police who were dispatched after receiving a report were caught, and at that time, the blood alcohol concentration was 0.158%, about twice the license cancellation level (0.08%). In this case, Kwak Do-won received a summary order of 10 million won in fines and was temporarily suspended from KBS.
But the aftermath was huge. The movie he starred in was postponed indefinitely, and Teving 'Villains' also drifted. In particular, 'Firefighter' was filmed in 2020, but the theater was delayed once due to the COVID-19 incident, and the release was postponed again due to the Kwak Do-won incident, causing damage to the extent that 'waste theory'.
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