[HanCinema's News] Lee Je-hoon Dedicates SBS Acting Award to Lee Sun-kyun

The SBS Acting Awards were held in Seoul on the evening of December 29th in South Korea. "Payback" withdrew from consideration for the awards following the death of its lead actor Lee Sun-kyun. However, the surprise of this event still loomed over the evening, as was seen when Lee Je-hoon was given the Grand Acting Award alongside Kim Tae-ri. Lee Je-hoon was being honored for his work in "Taxi Driver 2" earlier this year.

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Lee Je-hoon claimed that he was so happy to be able to do "Taxi Driver 2" in the first place that he had difficulty even moving at the prospect of receiving an award for his efforts. Lee Je-hoon described the subject matter of "Taxi Driver 2" as heavy, dealing with revenge for various crime victims. However, Lee Je-hoon felt as if the work helped to lighten the load of the real-life victims on whom the various stories are based, and that this helped him to do his very best acting.

Lee Je-hoon also thanked the director, the screenwriter, his co-stars, and the staff of the drama for making the series possible, stating that he could not have come this far without them. Lee Je-hoon called out director Lee Dan for all the trouble she had during the production, thanking her from the bottom of his heart. Lee Je-hoon also stated that screenwriter Oh Sang-ho was the biggest reason the series could happen at all, and thanked him for that.

Lee Je-hoon also called Rainbow Taxi, the taxi company featured in "Taxi Driver 2" so prominently, his family and stated that he was happy being able to work alongside them. Lee Je-hoon also described the staff as memorable in their own roles. Finally Lee Je-hoon described the pain of recent days. Though he did not call Lee Sun-kyun out by name, he stated that watching that person walk his road was the role model behavior that allowed him to furnish a dream of becoming an actor.

Lee Je-hoon said that he wanted to give his award to that person, and stated that it would be good if he could be peaceful and happy in heaven. Lee Sun-kyun died on December 27th but will next appear in the feature films "Project Silence" and "The Land of Happiness" which completed filming back in 2021. Lee Je-hoon will next appear in "Chief Detective 1958" on MBC.

Written by William Schwartz