Recently, Gong Yoo was in the news when he spoke about mental health and anxiety, stating that he couldn’t enjoy the success that came after delivering a blockbuster like Goblin, co-starring Kim Go-eun Lee Dong-wook.
The actor bared his heart during the Chuseok special episode of Pinggyego. Gong Yoo said, “I’m not sure how you’ll take this, but I think I experienced it once in my twenties and once in my thirties I don’t think I can explain clearly why I was anxious. For example, Guardian: The Lonely and Great God did very well, but I wasn’t happy. I was happy it did well, but apart from that, there was a time when I felt so empty and I couldn’t wake myself up. It’s not that the work was hard or that it went well, I wasn’t able to enjoy the spotlight when projects were a success.”
Gong Yoo further shared, “It’s hard to say this openly. It should be a time when other people would be so happy they feel like they’re floating in the clouds, but if I say that my heart felt strange, it feels like I’m not grateful. After going through a hard time like that, the way I look at people around me changed. I felt like I was more nosy in that I didn’t want them to go through the same hurt.”
Gong Yoo even received the Best Actor award at the 53rd Baeksang Arts Awards for his performance in Guardian. He will soon be seen in Kdrama ‘The Trunk’ as well as the movie Wonderland, co-starring Park Bo Gum and Bae Suzy.
