Actor Wi Ha-jun reflected on his childhood dream of becoming a K-pop idol. On August 29, Wi Ha-jun appeared on entertainer Shin Dong-yeob's YouTube show "Shootbro." During the chat, Wi Ha-jun was asked how he became an actor.
Wi Ha-jun said, "I loved performing on stage when I was young. I even started a dance club in both middle and high school. My dream was to be part of a K-pop dance group.
I used to cover TVXQ!'s songs a lot." He continued, "Back then, there was nothing like 'beast-like K-pop groups' such as 2PM. I loved acrobatics, so I wondered why there weren't any groups that did acrobatics and ripped their clothes on stage.
" He added, "Just when I was thinking, 'That is something I should do,' 2PM debuted. They were exactly the kind of group I had dreamed of. When I was in the dance club, we would always do tumbling and show our abs," then chuckled.
Wi Ha-jun shared that he began dreaming of becoming an actor, and Shin Dong-yeob then asked how his parents reacted when he first told them about his desire to pursue acting. Wi Ha-jun responded, "After telling them, the first thing I asked was, 'Please send me to an arts high school,' but they just ignored me," bitterly smiling. Explaining he ended up in a boarding high school and was not happy there, Wi Ha-jun commented, "I let my stress out by performing for our dance club, but by my third year, I felt like I might fall into depression.
I felt like there was nothing for me to learn there, so I wrote my school a letter .