Choo Young-woo Reflects on Hardships Before Fame: Failed 100 Auditions

By Jeeyoung, Jo

Jun 19, 2025

Choo Young-woo Reflects on Hardships Before Fame Failed 100 Auditions
The Netflix series square production presentation was held at Ambassador Seoul Pullman Hotel in Jung-gu, Seoul on the 5th. Actor Choo Young-woo is having a photo time. Jangchung-dong = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.06.05/



Actor Choo Young-woo drew attention by confessing to the difficult unknown days before becoming the current 'Popular'.

In the 298th episode of tvN 'You Quiz on the Block', which aired on the 18th, star Choo Young-woo, who was born of 'You Quiz', appeared to show off his talk.

Earlier, Choo Young-woo appeared for only 33 seconds on 'You Quiz' as a student of Han Ye-jong, whom he met on the street six years ago, and thanks to his bright visuals, he was on the portal site's real-time search keyword list immediately after the broadcast, drawing a lot of attention. Yoo Jae-seok welcomed Chu Young-woo, who returned home with gold, saying, "'You Quiz's Star'"."




Choo Young-woo, who stood out as a popular actor from Han Ye-jong, a student who was tutoring Korean history, received so much attention from JYP Entertainment that he could not decide on his career path. Chu Young-woo "When I was in the second year of high school, I received career counseling, and that's when I was awakened. I had been studying for studying, but my dream was not clear. No matter how good I am, I thought my stomach would always be there, and thinking about it made me feel suffocated," he said, explaining the process of having a dream of becoming an actor ahead of the college entrance exam for the third year of high school.

Choo Young-woo Reflects on Hardships Before Fame Failed 100 Auditions
Before entering Sejong University as an active student, Chu Young-woo said, "I couldn't go to school even though I took a video of my passing at the entrance examination academy and received congratulations. At the time, it was my first goal to change it for a year, but it evaporated and my motivation to live disappeared" he said. After deciding to re-enter Sejong University, Chu Young-woo passed not only the Korean National University of Arts (Hanyejong) and Seoul National University of Arts, which are called actors' mountain rooms, and confessed the process of choosing to enter Hanyejong after much consideration.

But the ordeal didn't end here. Chu Young-woo, a native of `Han Ye-jong,' auditioned for numerous dramas with high expectations, but the result was a series of failures. Chu Young-woo said, `I took all auditions held in Korea from 2021 to 2022 and I failed"I watched about 100 auditions, and I was so desperate and nervous that I ran out of them. Among the works that fell, the most memorable was 'Shroop'Penthouse'Welcome'D.There was P'The Courier' etc.' to answer honestly.




He auditioned in such a short state. Since you're so bad at acting, the officials said, 'Are you from Han Yejong?' I've heard a lot that I think I need to practice more"I thought deeply.








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