Who is Lee Jae-wook, the Alchemy of Souls star who shines in Netflix's Dear Hongrang?
Unlike many of his peers, Seoul native Lee did not dream of seeing himself on the screen from a young age. He was in his second year of high school when he caught the acting bug, but it came on fast and hard, and before long he knew exactly what he wanted to do with his life.
Lee practised and studied hard and was accepted to a number of universities, eventually choosing Chung-Ang University in central Seoul, where he enrolled in theatre and film.
From there he was drawn to the entertainment industry, auditioning for a major K-drama series in his first year. The rest, as they say, is history.
Lee Jae-wook as Sim Hongrang/Soul Reaper in a still from Dear Hongrang. Photo: Eunjung Kim/Netflix
The part he auditioned for was the charismatic hacker Marco Han, a supporting character in Memories of the Alhambra, a series headlined by
Hyun Bin and
Park Shin-hye
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