Lee Seung-gi, “Fight for juniors” in the dispute over the settlement of the ‘sound source fee’
Actor Lee Seung-gi and Joo Sang-wook became the main characters of this year’s KBS Drama Awards.
Lee Seung-gi and Joo Sang-wook jointly won the grand prize at the ‘2022 KBS Drama Awards’ held at KBS New Building in Yeouido-dong, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul on the 31st.
Lee Seung-gi, who won the grand prize for the drama ‘Love as the Law’, attended the event with a shaved head.
He explained, “There are many people who speculate that my haircut is a change in my personal mindset, but I shaved my head because I was filming the movie ‘Big Family’ in which I played the role of a monk.”
Lee Seung-gi said, “This year was probably the most difficult year in my life. Actually, I seem to have pondered hundreds of times whether I should come to the awards ceremony today or ask for your understanding and not attend.”
He said, “As many of you know, I have a personal matter, so it bothers me to come to a festival like this and laugh like that, and sitting with an expressionless expression doesn’t seem like a duty, so I think I acted on a whim.”
“There is only one reason why I decided to attend,” he said. “Because a drama is made by a team, I thought that the efforts of the staff and actors who put their sweat, effort, and soul into this drama should not be ignored because of my personal problems. “he said.
Lee Seung-gi said, “I think the award I received this year has the meaning of praising the contributions of the staff and actors who made ‘Love as the Law’.”
Lee Seung-gi, who has been in a court battle with his former agency Hook Entertainment for not receiving a single penny of music usage fees for the past 18 years since his debut, also expressed his honest feelings in this regard.
Lee Seung-gi said, “Next year, the year following that, and for the juniors who will be sitting here 10 or 20 years later, in order to find the right to take for granted, I made a resolution that I would not pass on this kind of work that I had to fight and win,” adding, “A lot of people cheered me on. It gave me a lot of strength,” he said.
Lee Seung-gi, who debuted in 2004 with his first full-length album ‘Dream of a Moth’ and title song ‘Because You’re My Woman’, gained explosive popularity in a short period of time as soon as he debuted, causing the ‘older sister’ syndrome.
Afterwards, he took on the role of the crown prince in the drama ‘Famous Chil Princesses’ (2006) and started to make his face known as an actor, and in the variety show ‘1 Night 2 Days’ (2007), he unexpectedly received great love from viewers for his ‘gap’ appearance.
Lee Seung-gi appeared in the dramas ‘My Girlfriend is a Gumiho’ (2010), ‘The King 2 Hearts’ (2012), and ‘Vagabond’ (2019).
He hosted the variety shows ‘Strong Heart’, ‘Master in the House’, and ‘Singer Gain’.
Joo Sang-wook, who won the grand prize with Lee Seung-gi for the drama ‘Taejong Lee Bang-won’, said, “I made my debut 25 years ago with a small role in a KBS youth drama, and I am so grateful to receive this award.”
Then, he said, “The weight and pressure of the historical drama was so difficult that I might not handle it alone.”
He also thanked his family.
Referring to his mother, daughter, and mother-in-law, he finally expressed his affection, saying, “I love my one and only wife, Cha Ye-ryun, who is always by my side.”
Joo Sang-wook debuted in 1998 with KBS 1TV’s ‘New Generation Report – Adults Don’t Know’.
Since then, he appeared in the dramas ‘Queen Seondeok’ (2009), ‘Good Doctor’ (2013), ‘Glamorous Temptation’ (2015), and the films ‘My Wife Got Married’ (2008) and ‘The Three Musketeers of Korea’ (2014).
The following are the winners in each category other than the grand prize.
▲ Top Excellence Award Park Jin-hee, Ha Ji-won, Kang Ha-neul, Do Kyung-soo ▲ Excellence Award for Miniseries Kang Han-na, Lee Hye-ri, Lee Joon ▲ Excellence Award for Feature-length Drama Park Ji-young, Lee Ha-na, Yoon Si-yoon, Lim Ju-hwan ▲ Best Couple Award Kang Ha-neul, Ha Ji-won, Kim Seung-soo, Kim So-eun, Na In-woo and Seohyun , Do Kyung-soo, Lee Se-hee, Yoon Si-yoon, Bae Da-bin, Lee Seung-gi, Lee Se-young, Lee Joon-na, Kang Han-na ▲ Popularity Award Lee Se-hee, Jeong Su-jeong, Kang Ha-neul, Do Kyung-soo ▲ Excellence Award for Daily Drama Category Park Ha-na, Cha Ye-ryun, Baek Seong-hyeon, Yang Byeong-yeol ▲ Supporting Actor Park Ji-yeon, Ye Ji-won, Seong Dong-il, Heo Seong-tae ▲ Drama Special TV Cinema Award Shin Eun-soo, Cha Hak-yeon ▲ Newcomer Kang Mi-na, Seohyun, Jung Ji-so, Byeon Woo-suk, Lee Yu-jin, Chae Jong-hyeop ▲ Youth Acting Award Yoon Chae-na, Jung Min-joon
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