Lee jong suk facts

Lee jong suk facts

• He was born in Yongin, but began to live on his own in Seoul since high school after entering a performing arts school.
•  He has a younger brother (2 years younger than him) and a younger sister (4 years younger than him).
• Lee Jong Suk was the youngest male model of the Seoul Collection program.
  
•  Lee Jong Suk was one of the 2220 students out of 21268 who passed the entrance examination in Honkuk University.
• He is very shy that he couldn’t even raise his hands to do a presentation in his school days.
• Lee Jong Suk: “My father was strict only towards me. I think he was displeased with me because I am the eldest and I am quiet and timid compared to my siblings. 
  
• It’s not as bad as it was before but I still can’t look over to the main room when my father is there because he is scary.”
• His role model is Rain. After watching him in “Full House”, Rain became his role model and idol.
•  He trained as an idol group member for 3 months and had signed with an agency for debut but he quit after the agency broke their promise to debut him as an actor.
  
• He knows taekwondo and how to play the piano: “I learned how to play the piano, do taekwondo, draw and play baduk [Korean chess]. 
• I somewhat liked to play the piano but I was forced to take taekwondo lessons. I once got in a car accident on the way to taekwondo and I tore my cruciate ligament.
• I was glad thinking that I didn’t have to go to taekwondo anymore but as soon as I was released from the hospital my father told me to go back. “
  
• His current agency is YG Entertainment.
• Lee Jong Suk is formerly a trainee of SM Entertainment.
• Lee Jong Suk has been good friends with SNSD‘s Yoona and Hyoyeon since pre-debut.
  
• He is friends with his co-stars (and former models) Kim Woobin and Young Kwang.
• He gets embarrassed and intimidated whenever he’s in the spotlight (center of attraction). 
• It’s ok when there are under eight people looking at him, but when there are more people, he’ll get nervous.
  
• Compared to a chillin’ at a club, he prefers to hang out at a coffee shop, having a good chat with his friends.
• He is a bad drinker (he can’t handle alcohol).
• He likes holding hands with the persons he’s comfortable with: “It’s just natural for me to touch people, so I like holding the hand of the person I’m talking to, whether it’s a guy or a girl,” he said.
  
•  “If I’m with someone I’m comfortable with, I hug that person or touch them. Sometimes people misunderstand.
•  I’ve come to realize there are people who don’t like such skinship.”
• Initially he planned to enlist in 2018, but decided to delay his enlistment due to his busy schedule.
  
• He got an offer to act alongside Lee Na Young, the drama will air in 2019.
• Lee Jong Suk’s ideal type: “If I had to pick among celebrities, Lee Na Young is the closest to my ideal woman. I chose her previously and she still is my ideal type.”
•  When asked why, he stated, “I really like Lee Na Young’s distinctive talking style. It’s very charming.”