This post is for those who have deep affection for Faith and Choi Young Daejang. ^^
Faith's writer Song Ji-Na wrote a couple of posts about Minho on her homepage in 2012.
As far as I remember, the title of the first post was "Talks behind Lee Min Ho's back".
But she didn't have any negative connotations about the title. I clarify it in advance in order that her intention might not be distorted in the translation of the title. It was just a play on words.
She wrote her impression about Minho without his knowing. And lots of Minho and Faith fans were grateful to her and happy for her post.
I translated only Minho-related part of that post.
The original post was written on an early day of Faith airing, but I cannot recall the exact date. The original post was deleted long ago, so I can't check.
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Frankly speaking, I never watched Minho's past works before.
After I joined the Faith production team and wrote some initial scripts, the director and the SBS chief PD in the drama department brought up Minho's name.
So I said to them, "Please give me some time." And then I watched through 'Personal Taste', and 'City Hunter' for a few days.
After watching his works I sent a text message to those two people. "I heard that he was young, but he can express love with his eyes, Aha..."
At our first meeting, my greatest concern was whether he could act with Hee-Sun as a couple or not.
Their age gap is as many as 10 years, so I worried about it, of course.
He came in black... And I felt 'Um? Well, it seems that they can make it...'
Then I made up various stories instantly in my head, matching up this and that.. Wow..
The more I imagined stories, the more I felt thrilled without knowing it precisely.
The next time when we met was the character meeting held in my work room. We talked about Choi Young's character written previously in the initial scripts.
In a case like that, I usually talk to the actor repeatedly and lead him to talk.
In my opinion, the best character is made from the genuine traits of the actor, only spiced a little by the writer.
Sometimes I can find the actor's character and charms which even the actor himself doesn't realize yet. And that is the writer and the director's job.
However, though we talked for quite a long time, it was hard for me to catch them from him at first... (Yep. I remind you, this is 'talks behind his back'...)
I could see only his well-mannered and decent aspects. I provoked him, and tried to make him angry...
But he just laughed "hehe", and blinked those big eyes of his repeatedly... -_-;;
And then something hit me... ^^ That has become Choi Young now.
(He may want to protest, saying "how can this be me?". But you did look like this to me, so now what?)
(I caught tiredness, loneliness, languidness, or whatever hidden behind his courteous smiles.)
And then, I totally changed the Choi Young part from the previous scripts to what we have now. (The previous Choi Young character was somewhat more macho and tougher.)
There were many features of him I want to show you fans.
For example, on the script reading session over 3-4 hours, he and the acting teacher practiced together including screaming, and he was in distress even pulling his hair with his reddened face.
He was in deep agony screaming "Ahhhhhhh~~" and folding his long body to the extent of falling from a chair.
Nevertheless, after that, he laughed his typical "hehe" laughs, and so on.
It was a pity that only I could see him at that time, but what could I do?
Ahhh.. I remember the day when the production team and I met Hee-Sun and Minho together for the first time. ^^
We were so pleased to death with seeing them sitting side by side.
I thought, 'Wow, it feels like matchmaking. Should we make them bow to each other?' or something like that.
Those two actors seemed to be match-made in heaven since their first meeting. On that day, seeing those two I could not help smiling inside.
I even thought that they could make their love story on their own even if I wrote rough scripts. What a relief...
Dear Minho, now sleep-deprived and busy shooting... I read an interview saying he already lost 7kg weight.
Please sleep and eat like Choi Young as much as possible on your own and I hope you will endure a long shooting schedule like a marathon. Fighting~!
#LeeMinHo #Faith #ChoiYoung
Translation of Faith's writer Song's comments about Minho's acting and his attitude
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Normally, under such atrocious shooting conditions, even veteran actors are prone to do a rough job, but he was developing his acting steadily even in that circumstances.
Not to mention his acting with his eyes. And he scores
I thought he is very meticulous and has every calculation inside while looking loose outside.
When I watched his eyes in the Jeong Dong Haeng Seong fighting scene in episode 22, I thought, 'He has become Choi Young completely. I lost to him.'
He really did a great job in that scene despite adverse conditions!
Acting of being confused? and feeling of emptiness.
Frankly, I was surprised at that such a young actor at his age could express such internal emptiness!
It goes without saying his eyes toward a woman... a writer can get a free ride with such an actor like him!
[Anna's comment: I translated this sentence somewhat literally, but I'm sure you'll understand. She meant Minho's eyes can make writing love stories much easier for a writer.]
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While I set up a character and give an actor the lines and settings, it is the actor himself that makes the character real.
It is the Choi Young that the actor Lee Min Ho made himself. ^^
◆ About actor Lee Min Ho who I worked with lately.
Even at a young age, he was an actor who will listen to his shortcomings and imperfections rather than merits and praises.
As he is a rare young actor who speaks "I'm short of this and that" with his own mouth, I don't worry about him.
To such an actor, I think his fans could say, "You are short of this and please make efforts for it" on their own.
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[Anna's comment: This was a part of chatting with her fans before airing of the last episode of Faith]
◆ About his next role
I hope that Minho will act a more psychological thing rather than a romcom whoever his costar(an actress) will be.
I think Minho will do well a very painful character in a melodrama... like Heathcliff.
Actually, I had put 'Die Leiden des jungen Werthers' into the basis of the Choi Young character.
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