Lee Min Ho has revealed the playful disagreement he shares with fellow 1987-born actor Ji Chang Wook over who gets to claim the title of “cute.”
During a recent interview for his new film The Assassin(s), Lee was asked about Ji’s claim that he is “the cutest among actors with strong features.”
“I’m not particularly hung up on being cute, but Chang Wook is,” Lee joked.
He went on to talk about the Korean shorthand that playfully divides faces into softer “tofu-like” features and stronger, more defined features often compared to a Middle Eastern look.
“Whenever Chang Wook and I get together, we joke that we both fall into the latter category,” he said. “Chang Wook says, ‘I’m the cutest among guys with strong features,’ but I’m not really interested in claiming the title of cute.”
When asked what title he would like instead, Lee joked, “Maybe the most understated among guys with strong features?”
Lee made a similar joke during a September 14th appearance on Shin Dong Yup’s YouTube show “Zzanbro.” Recalling Ji making the same claim in person, Lee said, “I told him, ‘What’s wrong with you? Don’t talk nonsense. You’re cute, but you’re not all that.”
Lee added that his own idea of a cute appearance leans more toward the softer types, pointing to actor Kim Dae Myung as an example.
Lee currently stars as rookie Dongseong Ilbo reporter Young Il in The Assassin(s), a thriller that uses cinematic imagination to revisit the mystery surrounding the 1974 assassination of South Korean First Lady Yuk Young Soo. The film opens September 23rd.
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