On August 13, Lee Kwang Soo appeared alongside Yoo Jae Suk, Ji Suk Jin and Yang Se Chan in the YouTube show “Pingyego”. During the conversation, Yoo Jae Suk recalled his first commercial work, revealing that he once shot a beer spot in Australia for ₩ 5 million despite not being able to drink alcohol. Ji Suk Jin and Yang if Chan added that their first paychecks were respectively ₩ 110,000 and ₩ 200,000.
Lee Kwang Soo then admitted that he had earned ₩ 3 million from an advertising spot at the beginning of his career, but revealed shocking details on his agency contract. “I signed with the wrong company and I finished to give him almost everything. I have not made any profit and I never received any agreement, even for ‘High kicks through the roof’“He confessed.
Surprised, Yoo Jae Suk commented: “This kind of things happened a lot then. There wasn’t youtube or resources to control contracts as if there were now.”
Lee explained that in those days sometimes he had to ask his mother ₩ 10,000 or ₩ 50,000 just to get by. “I also went to sponsor clothing on my own, I led the bus anywhere and if I had lost the last bus, I waited for the first in the morning. I didn’t even have a manager. There weren’t many auditions, so ‘High Kick’ It was the only one I did and I entered, “he said.
Yoo Jae Suk jokingly added that Lee’s story was worthy of an exhibition “Note Pd”. He then encouraged Lee to his growing career after winning the best supporting actor at the Blue Dragon Awards, saying: “Now all that remains is the prize for the best actor. Lee Byung Hun, Hwang Jung Min – Come on, Kwang Soo is coming”.
Sources: Naver
