On Jan 25, Mediacorp’s artiste administration arm, The Celeb Company (TCA), launched the signing of their first Korean artiste, 27-year-old Lee Sung-chan.
Sung-chan, who was born and raised in South Korea, is fluent in Korean, Mandarin and English. He completed his major and secondary school education in Beijing, and went on to focus on film and language analysis all through his extra analysis throughout the US.
Chatting with 8world in an interview, Sung-chan talked about he initially wished to assemble his showbiz occupation in China and America. Nonetheless, it dawned on him by means of the pandemic that it “wasn’t straightforward to do properly in China”.
It was moreover all through that interval that he had the possibility to star throughout the native film Don’t Go Dwelling Tonight.
Sung-chan met a supervisor from TCA by means of the preview of Don’t Go Dwelling Tonight, and after some discussions, decided to sign a administration contract with Mediacorp, which he felt is like “a heat, massive household”.
Previous to embarking on his occupation as an actor, Sung-chan was a copywriter for five years in Korea. When he knowledgeable his dad and mother about his signing a contract with Mediacorp, they’ve been supportive of his decision. Nonetheless, they’ve been initially in opposition to him changing into a member of showbusiness.
“They have been very in opposition to it. Each my dad and mom are in Korean showbiz as properly. My dad has been performing for over 40 years, and so they know the way laborious issues might be. Nonetheless, (they’ve seen how) I’ve been engaged on my profession alone in China, America and Korea. I even got here to Singapore to movie a film so they’re now very supportive of me,” he outlined.
He revealed that his dad and mother had on a regular basis wanted to develop their occupation previous Korea, and he so feels “honoured” that his “first step is (already) their last aim”.
When requested about his dad and mother, Sung-chan laughed and talked about: “I don’t suppose anybody will know of them, as a result of they’ve by no means been in exhibits which might be on streaming companies. They’ve solely acted in Korean exhibits, and solely Korean aunties and uncles will know of them. The youthful crowd received’t know them ‘cos they’ve additionally stepped away from the highlight for fairly some time now.”
When did Sung-chan first start dreaming of being an actor?
He talked about he was 120kg, and had put in loads of effort to trim down. Throughout that interval, he watched a current starring Hollywood actor Jack Black, and it ignited his passion for performing.
“Maybe I wasn’t conscious of it, however the name to performing has all the time been in my blood,” he added.
In addition to Jack Black, Sung-chan moreover named Steven Yeun and his dad as his enterprise place fashions.
“I hope (audiences) will love watching my exhibits, and I’ll be capable of put up a efficiency that resonates with everybody. If I can consolation and transfer the viewers via my roles, I might name {that a} success,” talked about Sung-chan.
Sung-chan is at current in Singapore for a month, and may appear in an upcoming Chinese language New Yr explicit on Feb 9. He might be based totally in Korea, and may journey to Singapore for initiatives.
This story was initially published in 8Days.