Lee Min-ho’s best friends – why Woo Do-hwan, Kim Hee-chul, Jung Il-woo and Lee Jung-jae are besties with The King: Eternal Monarch star
After fulfilling his mandatory military service, he made a comeback in April in the Netflix series The King: Eternal Monarch. Since his debut and throughout his career, it wasn’t only fans who showed their love and support for Lee. He has also kept in touch with various friends in the industry – here’s Lee’s most notable celebrity besties.
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Woo Do-hwan
In The King, Woo plays Lee’s closest friend, lead bodyguard and “Unbreakable Sword”. The two have shown undeniable chemistry with their bromance-filled scenes, and fans have been amused by Lee’s interactions with Woo’s parallel characters.
It seems like the pair have also become bros off screen and on set, as Woo lightheartedly trolls the posts of his “king”. One of Woo’s comments on Lee’s post eating ice cream even received more than 30,000 likes. Woo asked Lee to put down the ice cream so he can taste it first and make sure it’s safe to eat (similar to how it’s done for Lee’s character in The King). Cute.
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Kim Hee-chul
When he’s not busy filming or exploring gorgeous natural sights, Lee loves playing video games. He even said that if he wasn’t an actor he’d be a pro gamer. He has achieved one of the highest ranks as a League of Legends e-sports player.
One of Lee’s virtual rivals is Super Junior’s Kim Hee-chul – another avid gamer. In an episode of the talk show Radio Star, Kim revealed that he fights a lot with Lee whenever they play.
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Lee Jung-jae
In the Korean drama world, it’s become a tradition among celebrity friends to send coffee trucks to each other’s filming sets as a show of support. While filming The King, Lee received one from veteran Korean film actor Lee Jung-jae.
The two Lees met through the movie, Gangnam Blues. Lee Min-ho starred in the action film with Kim Rae-won, while Lee Jung-jae was friends with the director.
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Jung Il-woo
Jung and Lee have been friends since their school days, and they’ve been close for years. They even escaped death together after getting into a traffic accident, which caused them injuries that required months of hospitalisation.
In one interview, Jung said they were opposites when it comes to personalities. Yet, they’ve learned to respect each other’s differences and have grown closer because of this understanding. Recently, Lee received a coffee truck visit from Jung, who’s also starring in a new show, Sweet Munchies.
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He jokes on set with Woo Do-hwan, loves playing League of Legends e-sports against Kim Hee-chul, was schoolmates with Jung Il-woo and received a coffee truck from veteran film actor Lee Jung-jae – but who is regal K-drama heartthrob Lee Min-ho’s BFF?