Song Il-guk '8-year career break'How do you feel'Shudol' gained weight and became less competitive as actors'(Yu Quiz)

Jul 04, 2024

Song Il-guk '8-year career break'How do you feel'Shudol' gained weight and became less competitive as actors'(Yu Quiz)
"Not a single drama or even an event has been cast."

Actor Song Il-guk explained why he had an eight-year absence as an actor with the start of raising triplets.

On tvN's entertainment program 'You Quiz on the Block', which aired on the 3rd, Song Il-guk and his triplets sons Korea, Korea, and Man-se (12) appeared to reveal their recent status. Samdungi, who was born in 2012, appeared on KBS 2TV entertainment program 『Superman is Back』 with her father Song Il-guk and her numerous online aunts and uncles from July 2014 to February 2016. Samdungi, who became a sixth grader in elementary school this year, is very tall from 170cm to 175cm. Proud of being ranked 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in the order of height in the whole school, he appeared as a lively chatter only for the sixth graders. Song Il-guk expressed his extraordinary emotion by saying, "It's only been 10 years since he started 'Shudol'."

Song Il-guk '8-year career break'How do you feel'Shudol' gained weight and became less competitive as actors'(Yu Quiz)
Song Il-guk became a leading actor in a short period of time, leading to the box office success in every work he appeared since his rookie days before marriage. In particular, he appeared as the second male lead and changed the lead role several times due to his popularity beyond the main male lead, so he was also called the "lead killer". Song Il-guk, who had been on a roll leading the high-flying ratings of the drama 'TV Novel Life Photography'The Conditions of Love'Haeshin'Land of the Wind'A Man Called God'Jumong', has disappeared from the drama since 2016'Jang Young-sil'.

In response, Song Il-guk was cut off from casting after disclosing childcare through his appearance on "Sudol"Not even one event came in", he confessed. "It's not that I didn't do it because I didn't want to do it, but we were chosen, and we didn't have any casts," he said. "If there was an open audition in the theater musical, I applied myself and passed the audition."

Song Il-guk '8-year career break'How do you feel'Shudol' gained weight and became less competitive as actors'(Yu Quiz)
He applied after seeing the announcement. I pretended to be crazy and auditioned for Les Miserables. That hard, crazy piece of work.. Of course, it fell off, but "I heard later, and the officials said they were surprised when I applied, but they still liked it. I don't think I'm ashamed. Aren't you a rookie for musicals. He smiled and said, `I'm a rookie in middle and high school.'

In an interview with the production team, the trio said, `If my father wasn't us, I think he would have done more dramasWhile feeling sorry "My father called me to eat ice cream, and he bought it while practicing for the musical and came quickly. You did a little worse because of us." He also added that `My father practices musicals so much that we memorize them.'

In response, Song Il-guk "It's not because of the children. To prioritize, I am a person whose family comes before work. The first is a good husband to his wife. The third is the father who is not ashamed of the second, and the third is the most faithful to my work. If you were busy with your work, you would have spent all the time you would have passed with your children and left a record, so where is a parent with such a gift. That's the end of the game. If there is no minus, it's a lie, but I don't regret it.'He stressed that children are the ones who can earn more than that to endure a career break in the actor's life.

He also added "I gained so much weight that I couldn't do a drama. There were some things that weren't ready, but I didn't because (the work) didn't come in," he said, explaining that "There must be something because the children's image is so strong." He said "I was completely obsessed with parenting, I had less time to invest in myself, and I was less competitive as an actor, so of course I didn't get casted."



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