In episode 164 of tvN’s “You Quiz on the Block” (hereinafter referred to as “You Quiz”), which aired on Oct 12th, actor So Ji-sub appeared as a guest.
On this day, So Ji-sub confessed that he was a swimmer in high school and a standing member of the national water polo team before becoming an actor.
He recalled, “I was given 3 months of free time before entering college. While I was thinking about what to do, I had a friend who was attending a famous acting academy. One day, he showed me a newspaper and said, ‘There’s something like this, do you want to try it together?’ That was a jeans model contest.”
Won Bin and Song Seung-heon were his rivals at that time. So Ji-sub explained, “I don’t remember well, but Seung-heon talked to me. Won Bin was there, too.”
So Ji-sub used to be told not to act when he debuted. So Ji-sub drew attention by saying, “When I debuted, Jang Dong-gun, Han Jae-suk and Song Seung-heon were popular. They all have thick double eyelids and handsome faces. When I went to auditions, they said, ‘No, you can’t do it.’ I don’t have double eyelids and my eyes are small, so I was often told that I shouldn’t be an actor.”
Source: daum