Jang Hyuk is earning laughs in his role as Lee Gun, the arrogant chaeol often bullied by the women in his life. But the star of the film "Thorn" takes acting very seriously and never feels he can relax and assume he will get the next part. Here are few facts about him.
1. He does not think of himself as a star but rather as a freelancer who might never get another acting job.
"An actor is a freelancer, and you need to be 'picked up' so you always have to think about the 'next'. So on the filming site, regardless of the project's result, I try my best in the process of making it, to make others feel they want to work with this actor again," he told Cosmopolitan.
One of the roles he spent the most time preparing for was the role of the slave hunter Dae Gil in "The Slave Hunters." He was praised for that role and received a Best Actor nomination for the 2011 International Emmy Awards.
"To me acting well means asking many questions about your character and finding things out. The more time put into developing the character the easier the audience can relate to that character."
2. He is acting with Jang Nara for the second time, as they previously appeared together in the drama "The Successful Story of a Smart Girl," but Lee Da Hae has acted with him more often. He appeared with her in three dramas: "Iris II," "Robber" and "The Slave Hunters."
3. He married his Pilates instructor, Kim Yeo Jin. He joined the class because he had a crush on her.
"But there were 41 women and only one other man," he said on Location Talk TAXI. "I believe that the man there had the same intentions that I had. We all had to wear tights and the other guy couldn't handle it, and left within a week. It wasn't easy wearing tights."
4. The couple married in 2008 and now they have two sons. Fatherhood changed his life.
"Before I was the one being protected, but now I have family who depends on me, who need my protection. That changed me a lot. When my first child was born, I thought a lot about my own father. I was really bad at holding the child at first. He was so small that I didn't know how to hold him, and I thought my father would've been so nervous holding me as well."
5. He also considered becoming a teacher.
"I wanted to be a teacher. I like communicating and having conversations," he said. What appealed to him most was the schedule. He really wanted to be home to have meals with his family.
