At the time, Ilwoo couldn't handle his popularity. 
- It's understandable. / - I am sure. 
- He was so popular. / - How popular was he? 
It was my debut work. 
People really loved it. 
Thinking about it, 
I think I got 400 to 500 calls a day at the time. 
- To your phone? / - Yes. 
- To my phone. / - What? 
I was getting too many calls, 
so I went to the phone shop 
- to get my number changed. / - Right. 
After changing the number, I received a message 
as I was walking out. 
- What did it say? / - "Congratulations on" 
"changing your phone number." 
- That's creepy. / - What can you do? 
I had a lot of extreme fans at the time. 
- I had extreme fans. / - How do they know? 
One time, a fan called my grandmother. 
She thanked my grandmother 
for raising her grandson well. 
They found your grandmother's number? 
My personal information 
had been leaked. 
It felt like I became a star overnight. 
For the shoot, 
we shot day and night for 10 straight months. 
- Right. / - Right. 
- I couldn't enjoy the popularity. / - Right. 
I received too much love at a young age. 
Ilwoo couldn't realize his popularity at the time. 
But he's still very popular now. 
He's still very popular. 
One of the photos he posted on social media 
became a massive hit. 
- What is that? / - That's 
- Bangkok, Thailand. / - And? 
How is that Bangkok? 
You wrote, "Guess where I am." 
Yes. After shooting "Moon Embracing the Sun", 
I went on a trip with my middle school friend. 
It was my first time in Bangkok. 
We kept swimming, and we got bored. 
So I posted the photo 
and asked them to guess where I am. 
- You provoked them. / - After that, I forgot about it. 
After the shower, we decided to go for dinner. 
When I went down, 
the lobby was filled with fans. 
- What? / - They figured it out with that? 
- How can they guess with that? / - They went through 
all the hotels in Asia 
that have a rooftop swimming pool. 
- How did they find that? / - Since then 
the Thai fans followed us. 
Making things worse, I left my phone in the taxi. 
- No way. / - I lost my phone. 
I couldn't reach my manager. So I just gave up. 
The fans followed me to the restaurant. 
So I paid for their food too. 
The fans took me to all the tourist destinations. 
So we took a motorcycle and went to places with them. 
It was a group tour. 
They told me how to dress for certain places 
and what to do. 
- They told you things. / - Like tour guides. 
They must've told him all the good places to go. 
- Right. / - Local restaurants are the best. 
It was towards the end of the trip. 
I was going to go to the airport. 
I had to take a night flight. 
I was about to take a taxi. 
"Ilwoo! It's dangerous there. There are a lot of fans." 
I thought, "How many can there be?" 
I went there, and the airport was filled with fans. 
What can you do? 
It was my first time in Southeast Asia, 
so I got really flustered. 
So the airport staff made me get inside without going 
- through immigration. / - There was no other way. 
- It was dangerous. / - It was dangerous. 
I was so flustered. 
- That's amazing. / - Actually, there are many 
