Popular Villain Actor Shares The Most Haunting Impact From Playing Intense Characters
Park Sung Woong shocked fans by revealing how playing villain roles seriously affected his mental health.
The actor opened up on the March 26, 2026 episode of Problem Child In House about the toll of playing a serial killer in the film The Deal over a decade ago.
“About 11 years ago, I played a serial killer in the film The Deal.
After filming a particularly intense scene, I suddenly found myself sitting in front of a blank TV screen… but I had no memory of how I got there.”
— Park Sung Woong
He also talked about going too deep into his dark role in the 2020 drama Rugal. The intense work, plus cutting carbs for shirtless scenes, led to terrifying symptoms.
“I went too intense with it—shooting people, stabbing them, screaming like I’d lost my mind. I also had shirtless scenes, so I cut out carbs, which made me extremely sensitive. It got to the point where I went to the hospital on my own.
I was worried I might hurt someone, so I put away all the knives in the house.
Then, one day, I was driving on the highway with my son, and I kept having the urge to jerk the steering wheel. I thought if I held it normally, I might actually turn it, so I drove gripping it with just my fingers.”
— Park Sung Woong
He said exercise helped him recover from these disturbing aftereffects.
Watch Park Sung Woong talk about this here:
Luckily, his next role is a comedic one. Check out the teaser for Cabbage Your Life — his new K-drama: