will be aired on 11/24 (Tuesday)
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The TV rating-- Nationwide: 16.1%, Seoul Area: 16.8%
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(my translation)
Actor Suh Ji Suk reveals his glamorous past history of being a ‘Track & Field’ athlete.
In the filming for the SBS “Strong Heart” program scheduled to be aired on 11/14, he states, “When I was in high school, I was an promising athlete receiving more than 10 medals of short-distance contests in the national sports festivals. However, an unexpected traffic accident crashed my dream all of a sudden.”
He says, “At that time of the big accident, my life was saved in a hospital but I was told by the doctors, ‘be prepared in your mind that you might be paralyzed from the waist down.’”
The guests in the program around him felt sad when they hear Suh Ji Suk talking about the details of an athlete’s tearful recovery after the terrible accident.
Then his story as to how he overcame the agony of exit from being an athlete as well as how he became an actor after repeated coincidences surprises the guests in the program.
The guests are Kang Ji Sup, Jessica of “The Girl’s Generation”, Eun Ji Won, MC Mong, Lee Yoo Jin, Kim Ji Woo, and Denny Ahn ( 강지섭, 소녀시대 제시카, 은지원, MC몽, 이유진, 김지우, 데니안).
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(my translation)
演員徐智鍚 - 從陸上選手有望主到下半身麻痺危機.
演員徐智鍚談到他曾經是陸上選手 (田徑選手) 的華麗歷史.
在 11/24 將播出的 SBS ‘強心臟’ 節目錄影中, 他說, “高中時期, 我曾經以一位有途的陸上選手參加全國体育慶典贏得了十多個短距離競賽獎牌. 但是一件突然的交通事故一瞬間崩潰了我的夢.”
他說, “在那大交通事故後, 醫院救回了我的生命, 但醫生告訴我要有可能有從腰部以下麻痺的心理準備.”
然後徐智鍚細說以一位陸上選手在交通事故後淚水的恢復過程. 他的述說讓參加節目的來賓感到難過.
然後, 徐智鍚說他克服了不再是陸上選手的痛苦直到重覆的巧合使他成為一位演員. 他的述說讓參加節目的來賓感到驚訝.
參加此節目的來賓有姜志燮, 少女時代的 Jessica, 殷志源, MC 夢, 李有貞, 金智宇, 及 Denny 安.
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[Screen Captures] SBS “Strong Heart (11/24/2009)”
Jisuk says, “The best record of my short-distance running was 10.7 seconds for 100M.
I was an athlete of Track & Field.”
He adds, “The best record of our country is 10.43 seconds.
There was only 0.4 seconds difference between the best record and my record.”
The MC Kang Ho Dong asks, “You had that record when you were in high school, right?”
Jisuk answers, “Yes.”
Kang Ho Dong asks, “Why did you give up the promising athlete life?”
Jisuk answers, “Due to a traffic accident.”
“I won about 10 medals in nationwide contests and I was admitted to a college as a special-skill student.
To me, my high school life was quite smooth.”
“However, one day I came home from the athlete boarding school and I was wearing earphones listening to the music on a bus.”
“There were some vehicles illegally parking at inner lane and therefore my bus had to stop at the center lane where I got off the bus.
Suddenly, a car with flashing headlights and honking sound came toward me.
Since I was wearing earphones with loud music, I didn’t hear the honking sound.”
“All of a sudden, the vehicle has already hit me and I was thrown out for about 20~30 meters, almost to the other side of the road.
When I opened my eyes, I realized that I was in an emergency room of a hospital and I couldn’t remember anything.
Due to excessive shock, I threw up and I couldn’t recognize people.”
“3 days passed, the doctor regrettably informed me a shocking news,
‘Be prepared in your mind that you might be paralyzed from the waist down.’”
“As soon as I heard the doctor’s words, I absolutely couldn’t believe it.
I could sense that my legs were moving …. As a matter of fact,
my mind was moving but my legs were not moving.”
“I told myself that I wouldn’t let this happen to me and I would stand up again.
Thus, with that determination, I started to receive physical therapy.
There was some 1~2 year course of physical therapy.
I cried everyday to do the therapy with strong will and I completed the course within 4 months.
Within 4 months, I could stand up again!”
“I was diagnosed that I might be paralyzed from the waist down but I finally could stand up.
Afterwards, 4, 5, 6 months passed, I was thinking about doing sports again.
However, no matter how I worked very hard, I couldn’t run the 100M within 11 seconds…
I was almost 1 second behind the record.”
“Falling from 10 seconds to 11 seconds means that I fell from Number 1 to Number 1000…
yes, only 1 second, I fell out of the Top 1000 chart.
At that moment, I realized that Track & Field was no more the way of my life.
Then I gave up my life as an athlete.”
“Actually, my family was not a rich one.
Therefore, since the 3rd year in high school I worked in a large-scale super market as a janitor and I worked 16 hours a day.”
“One day, an invitation came from the Security Guard department.
A scout saw that I had been working hard and he recommended me to become a security guard of which the salary was 200,000 Won more per month.
I was happy that my salary increased from 800,000 Won to 1 million Won (~US$1000) a month.
Thus, I became a security guard.
Then, one day, a scout recommended me to work with those good-looking men as one of the parking-lot personnel.
I got to wear pretty cowboy hat to guide the traffic at the parking lot.
My salary was increased 300,000 Won more per month.
Thus, I become one of the parking-lot personnel.”
“This job brought me the opportunity of appearing in TV. During weekends,
I was really busy at the parking lot of the super market.
One weekend, a lady rolled down her car window and spoke to me,
'Ya ~ Come here!' I said, 'Get into the parking lot quickly, quickly!'
She said to my again, 'I want you to come here!'
I finally went to her car and asked, 'What could I do for you?'
“She asked, ‘Won Bin, have you heard about him?’
I answered, ‘I don’t know! Get in quickly!’”
The MC Lee Seung Gi joked, “Ah! He finally showed his humor nature!
What a humorous sentence!”
Jisuk says, “Actually, the lady was the manager of Won Bin’s management agency.
She gave me her business card.”
“After she went in, I threw the business card away because I was busy in doing my works and I had no aspiration or dream to perform in TV programs.
Not only was I not interested in it, but I also didn’t like it.”
“She kept looking for me for 3~4 times in a month.
Then I asked myself, ‘Do I have the ability and value as an actor?’
She said to me, 'Why don’t you visit the management agency one time?'
Although I was not willing to go, she wanted me to go.”
“After I arrived at her office, what happened?
The infamous actress Lee Na Young and Han Chae Young were sitting in the office talking to the lady manager.”
“Suddenly, I have a thought – ‘Ah! We are a family now!’”
“As soon as I saw both of them, I couldn’t resist anymore! I really couldn’t resist!!”
(Ha Ha …. The same old humorous Jisuk!!)
Kang Ho Dong wonders why the lady manager had high evaluation of Jisuk.
Jisuk answers, “When I was standing to guide traffic with handsome gestures …
Here is the guiding flashlight stick. Must pose 90 degrees …. da da da ….”
(turn 90 degrees)… “I couldn’t do it exactly correctly now…
I heard that this pose made people obsessed with me …”
Kang Ho Dong wants Jisuk to think that the audience is the lady manager and to show his pose to the audience.
So charming and gorgeous!!
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Link: http://player.youku.com/player.php/sid/XMTM0NjE5MzE2/v.swf
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The search ranking for Jisuk's name at Naver goes up to No. 5 after the show was aired:
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(credit: SBS)
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