A video titled "Meet an actor who actually had cancer, which kills 4 out of 5 people...Shocking updates that no one knew about" was published.
Actor Lee Jung-ho appeared in the video. He was last seen in the KBS daily TV series 8 years ago.
Lee Jung-ho, who took a break from his acting, said with a smile, "Now that I think about it, I've become a lot calmer." Lee Jung-ho, who has appeared in over 200 films since he was a child actor, said, "I'm glad that I've been able to take on the roles I've played up until now.
I played many roles where I had to bring out the main character and sacrifice myself. So I think people felt sorry for me but also felt close to me."
Lee Jung-ho, who played the role of being dumped by actors Song Hye Kyo, Lee Yo Won, and Song Yuri, looked back on his days as a child actor.
When asked if there were many children who made a lot of money, he replied, "Everyone asks me if they made a lot of money. I have to ride the wave of the times. The standard for performance fees is a certain amount, and child actors can only earn a certain amount.
He also revealed the reason why he stopped his activities 8 years ago. Lee Jung Ho said, "When I had a medical checkup, they told me to go to a big hospital. I was in a daze.
I went to Seongmo Hospital in Gangnam alone to get examined, but the professor was real and different from the TV series. He gave me an endoscope and said, "What should I do? You're a young person," and asked my senior to take a picture of me.
"After the endoscopy, they made me sit down and told me I had a large tumor in my pancreas. They said it was serious. My mind went blank. I called my wife.
"When I told her she had cancer, she was completely shocked. She cried her eyes out," he recalled, "At that time, my youngest daughter had just been born and my wife was in a postpartum recuperator."
Lee Jung-ho, who had stage 3 pancreatic cancer and had a 20 to 30 percent chance of survival, said, "From that point on, I would sit alone in the hospital at night and say, 'I have to be a father for my children.
After undergoing a 12-hour operation, Lee Jung had half of his duodenum and pancreas removed, and underwent cancer treatment for several months.
Heo confessed, "I thought it was hell at that time," and returned to TV series immediately afterward. However, just before the wrap-up party, he received the news that the cancer had spread to his liver.
Lee Jung-ho was hospitalized again and underwent anti-cancer treatment. "But then a miracle happened. After four months, it was completely gone," he said. "The cancer in my liver was removed. I was completely cured two years ago.
Lee Jung-ho, who said he felt rewarded while teaching students how to act, is even producing a web TV series.
"Even if I say that I made it with my cancer insurance money, my students won't know about it. I should have used the insurance money to live on, but I used it for my students. That's when I discovered the joy of making art."
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By chunchun 2025/01/05 11:14 KST
