Lee Soon-jae collapsed in the bath and had cataract surgery "I thought my life would end" ('Dining Table for 4')

Jul 01, 2024

Lee Soon-jae collapsed in the bath and had cataract surgery 'I thought my life would end' ('Dining Table for 4')



Actor Lee Soon-jae confessed that he continued his work even with blurry eyes that did not recover immediately after the cataract surgery.

Channel A 'Best Talk Documentary-4-person dining table' (hereinafter '4-person dining table'), which airs at 8:10 p.m. today (1st), features a living legend in the actor world and Lee Soon-jae, the oldest active actor.

In the broadcast on this day, Lee Soon-jae will be the narrator of the musical play 'Who Don't Know This Person', which deals with a woman's turbulent life set in the Korean War, and reveal the scene where he is practicing with Ko Doo-sim, Lim Dong-jin, and Kim Chang-ok. He then invited actor Lim Dong-jin, a 58-year-old actor who appears in a music play with him, actor Soyou-jin, and singer Heechul Kim, among many relationships, to have a meeting beyond genres and generations, raising expectations.



On this day, for the first time, the best friends prepare the table for the first time. Soyou-jin and Heechul Kim prepared a brunch for senior Lee Soon-jae and Lim Dong-jin. In particular, Soyu-jin brings old-fashioned monaka that her husband's Jongwon Baek took care of her seniors. Lee Soon-jae said, "It turned out that I was in the same high school as Jongwon Baek," he says, revealing his unexpected relationship.

Lee Soon-jae, who lost 10kg while playing four plays in 2023, recalls the dizzying moment when he collapsed in the bathhouse and confessed, `I thought my life was over at the time.' However, he pushed ahead with the promised drama shooting, and eventually his eyes got worse and he even had cataract surgery. Considering the circumstances of the production company even though his vision was not fully recovered after surgery, he said, "Let's film if I can see my expression well.", and eventually finished filming, impressing his best friends with his amazing acting spirit, which put the work and audience first under any circumstances.



Lee Soon-jae, who made a promise with the audience first when his parents died, emphasized his posture as an actor and talked bitterly to a veteran actor who changed to slippers. On the other hand, "Actor Shin-gu is a man who has steadily risen to the top" and "In fact, he said that he has rarely tried the melodrama genre because he worked late, and he is an actor who has never even kissed."

On the other hand, Lee Soon-jae, who wrote numerous love letters when he was in a relationship to win the heart of his wife, who was a dancer, said he didn't write a single letter after marriage. He confesses that he feels sorry and grateful for his wife, saying that he does not even remember the wedding anniversary and is not good at expressing affection, but that he only lives with his wife.



In response, Soyou-jin also expresses regret for her husband's Jongwon Baek, which has decreased in affection before and after marriage. To Heechul Kim, who was nagged to marry all day, Lee Soon-jae said, "(If Hee-chul gets married), I will officiate. Make love at least 3 times a week!It is said that he even announced the 19th-grade (?) officiant.

A time to look into a star's life with his best friends, Channel A 'Best Talk Documentary Table for Four' airs every Monday evening at 8:10 p.m.



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