150810 B1A4 CNU, JINYOUNG: 1 YEAR & 1 MONTH AS MUSICAL ACTOR & ACTOR (INTERVIEW)

NEWS ARTICLE 2015. 8. 10. 15:09

B1A4's CNU and Jinyoung revealed to Newsway how they spent their 1 year and 1 month long break, on 7 August in the waiting room of a music broadcast show.

B1A4 focused on their individual activities during the break the past 1 year and 1 month. Leader Jinyoung participated consecutively in tvN music drama 'Perseverance Gu Haera' and MBC 'Warm and Cozy', while Baro showed himself via various channels including MBC 'Angry Mom' and varieties tvN 'Youth over Flowers' and 'House Cook Master Baek' and MBC 'Real Men'.

Sandeul transformed into a musical actor for 'All Shook Up', and is currently participating in MBC 'Masked Singer' as part of the celebrity panel. CNU has received good reviews for his first challenge in musicals in 'Chess', while maknae Gongchan has recently became an MC for KBS2 'A Song For You'.

Regarding his first challenge at a musical, CNU revealed that "I've always wanted to try the musical genre, but it was difficult so I hestitated. Until now I am not confident. I thought I needed to improve and polish myself more, but I felt and realized many things while doing the musical."

He added on, "Sandeul really helped me out. He acted alongside me and gave me lots of advice. They were really big and important advice to me. Thanks to his advice, I was able to be more prepared before going for musical practice. I think that was how I managed to prepare well without causing any inconveniences to the seniors. It was fun to work on the album consistently while standing on the musical stage.”

Due to the filming of MBC 'Warm and Cozy', leader Jinyoung stayed on Jeju Island for almost 2 months. He laughed, saying “there were times I missed Seoul. But then I spent time looking for delicious food on Jeju Island.” CNU then revealed that “when Jinyoung was in Jeju Island, he sent a ton of food photos to our KakaoTalk group chat.”

Jinyoung explained(?) that “I really wanted to go with the members so I took photos of delicious photos”. Jinyoung especially enjoys eating. He said that for him, “food is like a compensation. After working hard, I need to eat. I ate a lot of meat while in Jeju Island.” He also revealed, “I need to gain weight but I can't, no matter how much I eat. For people who don't gain weight, that's a form of pain. It'll be nice to just even gain a little.”


Source: Newsway
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