Part 2 - 7

We took the day off today, because we worked all night the day before, and used the day for preparations. Early in the evening, we met up with Hong Kyung Min and his musical staffs at a hotel lobby.

On our side was Lee Tae Sung and the producers of our film.

My first impression of Hong Kyung Min was that he seemed the shy type. I had listened to his songs, but he seemed smaller than I imagined. He is probably a different man on stage. Many people who excel in something can seem shy until we get to know each other.

By a strange coincidence, he belongs to the same baseball team (made up of Korean actors and singers) as Lee Tae Sung . They had some friends in common, and after discovering this, the air became considerably friendlier.
On top of this, he seemed to have some common ties with our interpreter Uran in the army.

We were told that he was playing the lead in a Korean TV drama until the end of June.

We discussed a few matters on tomorrow’s shooting, and ended our first meeting on a friendly note.

He seems to have a few projects waiting for him in Japan. It looks like I will be seeing more of him off the set, too.

(Originally posted in Japanese on July 4, 2006)