Ji Seung-hyun: Journey from Apology to Acting Success

Ji Seung-hyun reflects on his journey from a struggling actor to a recognized star, embracing growth and perseverance through challenges.

### The Journey of Ji Seung-hyun: From Apology to Acceptance in the Acting World
* 🎭 On May 11, 2007, actor Ji Seung-hyun made a notable appearance but soon found himself in a controversial position, leading to **public backlash and self-reflection**.
* 🙏 He expressed gratitude for the recognition he received, stating, "**The fact that you recognized me means that I acted well**," while acknowledging his role as a villain in a drama that **upset viewers**.
* 📹 His apology video has garnered around **1.4 million views**, where he sincerely apologized to his co-star Cha Eun-kyung for his on-screen infidelity and emphasized his **hope for continued support** of the drama "Good Partner."
* 📸 Ji Seung-hyun also addressed a wedding photo that raised eyebrows, clarifying that it was taken during a **picnic scene shot before the drama aired**, expressing **concern about viewers' reactions**.
* 🎬 Reflecting on his career, he shared that he debuted in 2007 with the drama "Hit" at the age of 27, despite **initial resistance from his family**, who were educators.
* 📖 He recounted his journey, including his struggles and milestones, revealing that he had **kept a diary of his experiences since 2004**, filled with **aspirations and reflections** on his acting career.
* 💪 Ji Seung-hyun acknowledged the challenges he faced while filming "The Heirs" during a difficult personal time, yet he remained **hopeful for future opportunities and growth in his craft**.
* 📈 Ultimately, he conveyed a sense of pride in his steady progress over the years, stating, "**I've truly lived like a turtle, slowly but steadily**," reflecting on the importance of **perseverance** in his journey.

On May 11, 2007, a Friday, like a breeze, our actor Ji Seung-hyun appeared to save the nation, but then abandoned it and became the people's enemy. Welcome, Ji Seung-hyun. It's great to see you. Please say a few words.

Hello! I've been apologizing quite a bit lately, and that's why I was invited here. It's nice to meet you all. The fact that you recognized me means that I acted well; it’s not just a matter of winning an award. I feel too shameless about it. How can a person be so shameless? It's just too shameless!

Well, the writer wrote the script, and the director directed me, so I just did my best in the role. Of course! But that was a mistake, right? No matter what, it was wrong. I mean, I was a bad guy. Even though I try to cover it up, I still end up in trouble. 

Anyway, regardless of how things went, the viewers' anger has been pouring out, and now we have a national response...

The apology video has garnered about 1.4 million views, right? Hello, I am actor Ji Seung-hyun. I would like to sincerely apologize to Cha Eun-kyung, who was deeply hurt by my infidelity in the drama. Here, sincerely means very deeply. Hello, I am actor Ji Seung-hyun. Once again, I am truly sorry for hurting Prince Gil-chae's feelings. However, I hope you will continue to show a lot of love for Good Partner. Some people say that my serious apology, while making a heart gesture with my hands, was quite shocking, and that I might need to apologize again. I apologize for creating more hurt in people's hearts with my heart gesture while apologizing. While I’m at it, I was surprised to see a photo of my wife, Jang Na-ra, and Na Hyun-yeo, and the three of them together in a wedding photo.

There are photos. This also needs some clarification. Now, oh, it's here. How do we address this? This is quite excessive, isn't it? If you cover it like this, it looks like this, and if you do it like that, it looks like that. If it turns out like this, then this is also a bit... Well, the truth is, we shoot the picnic scene before the drama starts. We have to shoot on the same day because we need to align our schedules. It's a bit scary to think that people who are immersed in the drama might see this photo and feel bad. That's right. Anyway, various apologies are being made these days. I think you must be really feeling the popularity of Seung-hyun lately. Recently, with the team from the Goryeo War, we now have our director Yang-kyu.

시지, 도와줘. 어떤 분이 결혼하셔서 결혼식장에 갔어요. 저는 이제 아, 양규 장군님 오셨다고 이렇게 가족분들이 하실 줄 알았는데, 그 얘기는 하나도 안 하시고, 분명히 고려고 전쟁 팀인데, 저 사람 장난아, 남편 장난아, 나쁜 사람, 나쁜 사람. 근데 요즘은 이제 예전과 바뀌어서 트렌드가 그냥 때리지 않습니다. 다들 이제 예의를 차리시고, 한 대 때려보고 싶은데 이렇게 건네시는구나. 옛날에는 선 타격 후에 얘기를 하셨는데, 그거를 아, 면 안 됩니다. 그럴 수 없잖아요. 그네 리셔 됩니다. 그러면 정말 탁 이렇게 들어오더라고요. 예전이었으면 식당 가면 쪽 끝났어. 끝났어. 어딜 들어가 나가요? 당신한테 밥 안 팔라. 아니, 궁금한 게 우리 또 이 드라마를 가족분들, 우리 아내 부분도 같이 보셨을 거 아니에요. 뭐라고 얘기 안 했어요?

So, my family has been watching me since my days of being unknown, so they don't express themselves much. But while we were passing by, other people said, You're doing so well, and then they told my wife, You must be happy. My wife replied, You should experience this. In the drama, my interactions with Jang Nara were really good. This is the first time I've met Nara for a project, and we had a lot of mutual understanding. She's an excellent actress, and just exchanging energy was great. When we were filming serious scenes, we were in the moment. After a serious fighting scene, we would wonder, Why did that happen? and the director would also blame Kim Ji-sang, saying, Why did you do that?

First of all, we were negligent in our home. While we were fighting among ourselves, Seung-hyun, you know, viewers thought, Wow, that person acts really well, or Wow, that person is really standing out these days. It hasn't been that long, but compared to when I debuted, it feels like Seung-hyun has been in the industry for 18 years. When was your first debut work? It really has been a long time. The first drama or movie I did was in 2007, when I debuted in the MBC drama Hit. In that drama, my line was written as calling Ma Dong-seok's character Detective Nam twice, but on set, they told me to call it only once, which made me really sad. There’s so much to say; you know that feeling of wanting to add just one more line? It was quite disappointing. At that time, which agency were you with?

I have been active alone for about 7 to 8 years. My debut was in 2007 with the drama Hit, and I was 27 years old at that time. So, isn't it a bit late for a debut? Yes, according to our age, it is a bit late. My father was against it, and my mother was against it too, so that process took longer. During that time, I was attending school. My father was a physical education teacher in Andong, and my mother was also a teacher. So, it seems like I come from a family of educators. My father is not an athlete but is the head of the judo department at Yongin University, and he must be a very intimidating figure at other schools. In high school, I actually considered dropping out. I was living in Gyeongbuk, Andong, and I was thinking about it.

In the second year, I dropped out and took the high school equivalency exam to get back to Seoul quickly, so I needed to start practicing acting secretly. I was planning to drop out, but my father did a spinning kick to stop me. He majored in judo, and he combined it with taekwondo, saying he would work hard at it. So, I came back, attended school, and secretly started acting. While doing so, I thought about how my father's spinning kick and martial arts mastery were involved in all this. However, Seung-hyun and I share this experience, and I can imagine how angry my father must have been. But Joseph's path was somewhat different from ours because he was an excellent student. The reason is that my father did taekwondo, and Joseph got hit with a flying kick. I also had my father doing taekwondo.

My father only graduated from the business administration department, but he also stopped his studies at that point. He really had a lot of trouble, so he was kicked out. Meanwhile, I received a scholarship throughout my four years at university, and I was admitted to Kyung Hee University’s English Literature department. I didn’t study very well, though. That shouldn't be the case. I completed my internship and went to Canada for language training. The reason my father was upset was that he thought I was doing well in my studies. Suddenly, I decided to pursue acting, and my father got angry. He said I should drop out of school, right? Yes, that’s what my father said. So, the money he gave me to enroll in a broadcasting academy, I used to register for an acting academy instead. No, I didn’t go to the broadcasting academy; I went to acting classes. As a result, in 2007, I passed the first round of YTN. I really passed the first round of YTN, and the second round has a written exam. I even bought books just in case my father...

When you visited my home, that place was just a book, but it seems that Seung-hyun is really committed to this. It's not just that living together comes easily. It’s true, isn't it? I mean, your father was in the English department, and isn’t it a bit chilling? If you had passed, you probably would have gone to YT as well, right? It seems like you would have. I mean, after two or three years, once you got to know people, you would have left, right? That's what I think. Nowadays, especially back then, why not just live together? I mean, it seems like that could have happened. Anyway, this is how it all started, and this is the work that began to make Ji Seung-hyun’s face known. I really enjoyed watching it. It is, in fact, an unofficial ten-million viewer movie. That’s how it is, and there’s enough buzz around it. After its release, word of mouth spread, and it became incredibly popular.

The movie I was talking about is The Wind. There are scenes that people keep watching over and over again. My male friend, Jeong Seung-hyeon’s appearance is actually very strong. It's really intense because a lot of students walked on that road, and he stands at the very front. This is also his debut work, The Wind, and it's hard to separate that from his career. Oh, and by the way, I got to work with MBC's Hit. This movie, what is it? Two houses, The Wind, what is it? It all comes together. Anyway, this is the first work that was released in theaters. How did it feel for me to see my acting work finally shown in theaters? My face was so prominently displayed. My father, for the first time, somewhat acknowledged it and took all the school teachers to see it. When they saw me acting in my school uniform, my father...

However, that's exactly the same as getting angry at Kim Ji-sang right now. But back then, my father, for the first time, allowed me to do an interview and things like that. He was part of the promotional team for the movie, and he put a big ad saying to watch the film. My father kept that scrapbook, and from that point on, he started to acknowledge my work a bit more. The work was Wind. Regarding the financial aspect, the film did well at the box office, but how did you feel about that? At that time, honestly, I didn't even think about box office success. Although it was my first experience doing interviews and such, afterward, I continued living the same life as a supporting actor in dramas. I also did a lot of part-time jobs, like vacuum-sealing fish at my friend's factory.

I had been consistently doing it, and the fact is that when I go to the set, there are no pre-meetings or anything like that. For example, in the middle of the drama, I might be called to play a role where I bump into the main character of episode 16 and spill a drink. It makes me feel a bit uneasy and intimidated. Going to a place with 100 strangers is unfamiliar and quite daunting. General 1, hey, who is General 1? Hello, Director. I'm General 1, Jisoo. Oh no, they called such a young person. My first reaction was, should I apologize? There were people behind me who were laughing at me. Oh, Seunghyun said he had been keeping a diary of historical events. Oh, this is yours? But why is Kim Tae-hee here? No, not now, not now.

No, no, why is Kim Tae-hee laughing here? This is my first diary entry. There are many rooms in my heart right now. No, let me explain. I first wrote in this diary in 2004. At that time, there was a trio called Tae-hee, Haekyo, and Ji-won, and I dreamed of becoming an actor. I thought to myself, I have to act with Tae-hee. I really put that down. Wow, you wrote all of this. It's been 20 years, but please read this. 

May 22, 2007. It was my first broadcast on MBC's Hit. The first broadcast was on May 22, 2007, at 1 AM. It's really overwhelming to see my acting for the first time on screen. I watched it dozens of times. At the end of the credits, my name appeared, and it felt great. This is just the beginning.

Let's lift my name a little higher. I can do it. Here I am, the wonderful Ji Seung-hyun. And I signed it. Yes, there is a signature at the end of all my diaries. You came, and that’s so cool. I said to lift my name, and it went up, up, up! This is the next chapter, but let's start with the audition I had at Seth Light Music in 2007. Please read this. I remember the audition. I don't want to read one feeling at a time, so I'll write it this way. Hmm, it started with poetry, and after more than four hours, it was my turn. I was number 36, a number that feels good. I went up on stage and thought, Hello, I am Ji Seung-hyun. I will become an actor who enjoys acting. I briefly repeated what the staff said, cutting down my performance to clearly show the key points. It was a decisive performance, according to my plan and pronunciation, without any regrets. Regardless of the outcome, oh, what happened? This will be on the next page.

Looking back, I did it without any regrets, but the results weren't good. This has been a repeated cycle for almost ten years. Then, the role in The Heirs came to Ji Seung-hyun. That's right, he also appeared in The Heirs. But at that time, it was a particularly tough period for Seung-hyun. That's correct. The reason is that The Heirs aired in 2016, but we had almost a year of filming in 2015. During that time, I was working on a movie and a web drama, starting out in supporting roles. I had meetings and readings lined up, but the movie got canceled. The web drama was also canceled. I was wondering why this was happening. My second child was in my womb at that time, so I was really troubled. I thought maybe I should consider this as my last work; perhaps this path isn’t meant for me. Everything felt like it was slipping away.

Even in terms of falling, there's really nothing we can do in that apartment complex with my wife. My wife cooks well, so let's try running that tteokbokki snack bar. It's September 5, 2015, 1:30 PM, Saturday, cloudy. This is the appearance of a broken spring roll. With blood-soaked, limping legs, I head toward my hometown. But don’t think of it that way. It's sad and regrettable, but recreate this wound as a glorious scar. Let's not hate; instead, let’s be grateful. Let's not worry about those who don’t know me and think about those who do. Let’s be thankful. Bigger opportunities are coming, so if we do well, it will work out. When we rest, let’s rest deeply and enjoy, and let’s stay awake and always be prepared. Ji Seung-hyun, you are the world’s best actor. Ah, okay, this is my final work. This is truly my last piece. I thought about it and really worked hard with the mindset that this is the end. I even checked the rent and everything.

As the sun set, the Taeyang Church broadcasted in February. My second child was born on February 1st. Looking back now, the reaction to Taeyang's regrets was quite positive from the beginning. That's right, I don't want to interfere when mistakes happen; let's just be warriors. It was nice to meet you. Yu Seung-day went really well, and Choi Seung-hyun has had many projects since then. After that, with the KBS weekend drama Wolgyesu Marriage Agency, I started to gradually increase my income to a level comparable to that of office workers. As I persevered, I thought, I'm feeling good about this. When I look back at my 20-year diary and draw a graph, I realize that even if it goes up just 1mm, if I had remained stagnant, it wouldn't have progressed like this. I've truly lived like a turtle, slowly but steadily.

I feel a mix of pride and, at times, I think, Oh, how unfortunate. Living like this seems to be what life is all about. That's what I'm thinking right now.

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Ji Seung-hyun, an actor, faced backlash for his role as a villain and has been apologizing publicly, including a video that garnered 1.

He expressed remorse for hurting his co-stars and acknowledged the impact of his actions.

The actor also addressed the controversy surrounding a wedding photo with his wife and co-star, clarifying the timing of the shoot and the need to align schedules.

My family has been supportive but reserved about my success, while others have noticed my progress.

I had a great working relationship with Jang Nara, exchanging energy and understanding during our project together.

My acting career began in 2007, and despite a late start, I faced challenges and opposition from my parents, who are both educators.

The narrator dropped out of school to pursue acting but was stopped by their father's martial arts intervention.

Despite their father's struggles and disappointment, the narrator used the money meant for a broadcasting academy to enroll in acting classes.

The narrator's journey led to success, with a significant role in a popular movie that gained ten million viewers and widespread acclaim.

The Impact of "The Wind" on Jeong Seung-hyeon's Career

"The Wind" features intense scenes with Jeong Seung-hyeon standing prominently at the front, marking his strong debut.

The movie's success in theaters led to his father's acknowledgment of his acting career and involvement in the film's promotion.

Despite the film's box office success, Jeong Seung-hyeon continued to live as a supporting actor and juggle part-time jobs, feeling intimidated by the unfamiliarity of the acting industry.

Ji Seung-hyun reflects on his 20-year journey in acting, starting with his first diary entry in 2004.

He recalls his overwhelming first broadcast on MBC's Hit in 2007 and the struggle of repeated unsuccessful auditions for almost a decade.

The role in The Heirs came during a tough period for him, with canceled projects and personal challenges, leading him to question his path in acting.

The narrator reflects on a challenging period in their life, considering running a tteokbokki snack bar with their wife.

They emphasize the importance of gratitude, preparation, and perseverance in the face of adversity.

The narrator's slow and steady progress over 20 years brings a sense of pride and a deeper understanding of life's journey.