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Lee Na Young has answered whether her husband, the famous Won Bin (The Man from Nowhere), will ever return to acting.
Recently, Lee Na Young had an interview with local media for her recently concluded courtroom drama Honour.
Honour is a law drama that follows three female lawyers — Yun Ra Yeong (Lee Na Young), Kang Sin Jae (Jung Eun Chae), and Hwang Hyeon Jin (Lee Chung Ah) — working at law firm L&J as they confront the past head-on after it returns as a huge scandal.
"I'm just relieved that we were able to wrap it up safely. Since it's a thriller, it could have felt heavy, but I was grateful that it received more responses than I had expected. Our drama wasn't really the kind of work that leaves viewers with one clear-cut answer. Rather than confronting pain head-on, there was also this element of waiting and listening, so I think it may have ended with an atmosphere that left room for interpretation instead of neatly tying everything up," she said, sharing about the show.
In the drama, Lee Na Young played Yoon Ra Young, a lawyer at L&J (Listen & Join). From the pain of defending her clients' wounds while being unable to confront her own, to finding the courage to stand up to the perpetrator and defend herself, and ultimately to her resolve to prevent the same tragedy from happening again, she delicately portrayed the character's turbulent and extreme emotional shifts.
Talking about whether her family watched the drama, she said, "Won Bin watched the drama too. While he was watching, I kept refusing to tell him anything about what would happen later, so he kept fishing for clues, saying things like, 'It's this, right?' and 'I know.' All the while, he was trying to read my reaction and guess [what would happen next], but I didn't tell him anything until the very end. I didn't end up watching the whole drama through with my family. Isn’t it a bit embarrassing to watch it all together? (laughs)"
Despite being a "celebrity couple", they do not really discuss the productions in detail while watching them. "It's more like, 'You pulled that off well this time,' or 'That was pretty good, wasn't it?' Honestly, realistically, people don't really talk like that, do they? I think he was basically just teasing me the whole time."
As for Won Bin's return to the screen, given that he has not been active for quite a long time — his last project being the 2010 movie The Man from Nowhere (which also starred the late Kim Sae Ron) — she paused for a moment and said, "As for acting…" before continuing, "He is considering it. It's hard for me to say how things are going, but he still has thoughts about acting and a strong desire for it. When we watch a good film together, we even talk among ourselves about how nice it would be to do something like that. He longs for a project."
"Still, the fact that people have not forgotten him and keep showing interest is something I'm grateful for as the person beside him, and he himself is grateful for it too," she said.
Won Bin is a South Korean actor widely regarded as one of the most charismatic figures in Korean cinema. Born Kim Do Jin on November 10, 1977, he rose to fame in the late 1990s and early 2000s through television dramas before becoming a major film star. His quiet intensity and striking screen presence quickly made him one of the most sought-after actors of his generation.
He later shifted his focus to film, delivering memorable performances in projects such as Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War (2004) and The Man from Nowhere (2010) — his most iconic role, where he played a mysterious shop owner with a violent past.
Despite the success of The Man from Nowhere, Won Bin has not appeared in a film or drama since 2010. His long hiatus has become one of the most talked-about topics in Korean entertainment, with fans continuously speculating about his possible return to the screen.
During this time, he has largely stayed out of the public spotlight, appearing in advertisements but rarely giving interviews or participating in entertainment activities.
Won Bin married actress Lee Na Young in 2015, reportedly after several years of dating. The couple is known for maintaining a very private life, rarely making public appearances together.
