Lee Min Ho (part 3)”Did you know i had a stage name?”
It’s not well known that when Lee Min Ho first debuted, he had a stage name.
” I used the stage name for ~2 years after completing ‘Secret Campus’ because Lee Min Ho sounded too ordinary. I had a discussion with the representative of my company and decided to change my name. We went through a lot of choices, including childish ones that are similar to the ones in comic books. haha.”
결 국 결정된 이름은 이민호에서 ‘호’자를 뺀 ‘이민’이었다. “결정적으로 영화 ‘비트’에서 정우성 선배님의 극중 이름이 이민이었어요. 멋있게 보였죠.”
In the end, it was decided that ‘ho’ will be removed from Lee Min Ho to become Lee Min. “Jung Woo Sung sunbae-nim’s name in the movie “Beat” was Lee Min. It sounds cool right?”
하 지만 이민으로 이름을 바꾼 후에 교통사고를 당하고, 별다른 활동 없이 지내다 ‘달려라 고등어’를 하게 됐다. “그런데 인터넷에 ‘이민’을 검색하면 죄다 ‘해외 이민’만 뜨는 거예요. 안되겠다 싶었죠.” 그래서 이민은 다시 이민호로 바뀌게 됐다.
However, after his name was changed to Lee Min, he was involved in an accident. Activities were halted for some time before he delved into the next project ‘Run mackerel’. “If you search ‘Lee Min’ on the internet, all that comes up are topics of ‘overseas immigration’. (they are written the same way in hangeul) That will not do.” That is why my stage name was switched back to Lee Min Ho.
“‘강철중:공공의 적 1-1′에서 함께 했던 김남길 선배님도 예명이 ‘이한’이었던 것 아시죠? 이한과 이민의 대결이었던 거죠. 하하.”
“Did you know that Kim Nam Gil sunbae-nim who acted together with me in the movie ‘Public Enemy Returns 1-1′ was once known under the stage name ‘Lee Han’? ‘Lee Han’ and ‘Lee Min’ sounds like they are having a showdown. Haha.” (is this kim nam gil the same actor who’s currently in ‘bad guy’ who got the role that minho was offered earlier on?)
이민호는 자신의 가족에 대한 애정도 특별한 것으로 유명하다. “누나가 있거든요. 그런데 누나는 ‘이민호의 누나’라고 불리는 걸 싫어해요. 그건 예전에 저도 마찬가지였고요. 프라이드가 강한 남매예요. 하하.”
There was also some grief regarding lee minho’s family. “My older sister hates being referred to as ‘Lee Min Ho’s sister’. It was the same for me last time. Both of us are very proud. Haha.”
하지만 이민호도 누나를 필요로 할 때가 있다. “솔직히 유명인이라는 이유로 협찬을 많이 받고 이런 것 별로거든요. 그래서 요즘은 뭐 사고 이럴 때 누나 이름으로 써요.”
However, there are times when Lee Min Ho needs his sister. “Actually I didn’t use ‘being famous’ as an excuse to obtain a lot of sponsorship. (<– not very certain about the translation of this sentence. Help!) Therefore, when i need to buy something, I tend to use my sister’s name.”
어머니는 이민호의 롤모델이다. “어려운 시절, 오디션에 연거푸 고배를 마셨던 시절 절망하지 않고 꿋꿋이 노력할 수 있었던 것은 어머니 덕분이에요. 늘 어머니가 그렇게 가르치셨죠.”
Lee Min Ho sees his mom as his role model. “During the difficult times when i was unsuccessful in auditions, the reason why I hung on and forged on is because of my mom. This is what she always taught me to do.”
sumber: leeminho.wordpress.com
