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<p>He knocked, and the fans let him in, welcoming him with arms wide open and overflowing <em>kilig</em>. Korean actor <strong>Lee Jun Hyuk</strong> just concluded his &quot;<strong>Let Me In</strong>&quot; fan meet in Manila on June 29, 2025 at the Newport Performing Arts Theater, and we haven&#x27;t yet moved on from how fun the event was.</p><p>Emerging from backstage in a black shirt and trouser ensemble with a textured, patterned blazer, Lee Jun Hyuk looked dapper as he&#x27;s always been onscreen; if you&#x27;ve followed his filmography, you&#x27;ll know he&#x27;s almost always in sleek suits—whether as Kim Young Joo in <em>City Hunter</em>, Seo Dong Jae in <em>Stranger</em>, Ji Young Hoon in <em>Are You Human Too</em>?, Oh Young Seok in <em>Designated Survivor: 60 Days</em>, or Yoo Eun Ho in <em>Love Scout</em>. </p><p>Later at the fan meet, the <em>Love Scout </em>lead star<em></em> would change into three more outfits and, exaggeration aside, he carried them all well—whether the denim on denim attire, the office-ready ensemble <em>a la</em> Yoo Eun Ho, or the powder blue suit he wore for the Hi-Bye session.</p><div><br/></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:700px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1751241440906474913105_18032828732530781_3639590610320586597_n (2).jpg" style="width:700px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner">Lee Jun Hyuk as Yoo Eun Ho in <em>Love Scout</em> (or <em>My Perfect Secretary</em>) | Photo from @leejunhyuk05</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align:center"><br/></div><p>The &quot;Let Me In&quot; fan meet, presented by <strong>Wilbros Live </strong>and hosted by <strong>Denise Laurel</strong>,<strong></strong><strong></strong> kicked off with Lee Jun Hyuk introducing himself in Tagalog, delighting his Filipino fans: &quot;<em>Kumusta po kayo</em>? <em>Ako po si </em>Lee Jun Hyuk.&quot; While this was his first fan meet in Manila, it was not his first time in the Philippine capital, as he had previously visited the country for the <strong>8th Asia Artist Awards </strong>held at the Philippine Arena in 2023.<strong></strong></p><p>To make him feel the distinctly warm Filipino welcome, Denise made him try a beloved Filipino food through the show&#x27;s first segment called &quot;<strong>Welcome to Manila</strong>.<strong></strong>&quot; Denise introduced him to <em><strong></strong>halo-halo</em>, and Lee Jun Hyuk&#x27;s first impression was that it looked &quot;really pretty.&quot; He liked it so much that he even stood up with the glass of <em>halo-halo </em><em></em>and joked about wanting to go somewhere else to finish it. He said it was &quot;<em>masarap</em>.&quot;</p><p>Denise asked if there are places he wants to check out in the Philippines. &quot;Actually, there are many places that I want to go to,&quot; he said, as translated. &quot;Of course, there are lots of famous places here in the Philippines that tourists love to visit. But when I arrived here last night, I was able to get the chance to walk around. I actually walked around. I actually checked the <strong></strong>cinema<strong></strong>, which is really, really beautiful. I even took a picture of it. If there&#x27;s a given chance, I would like to watch a movie in the cinema, and also in front of the cinema, I was able to see that they&#x27;re selling the <strong></strong>seasoned<strong> </strong>potato<strong></strong>, and I kind of felt like I wanted to try that as well.&quot;</p><div><br/></div><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-0" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cwo11TOP3KF/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=720&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A3941031.799999997%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="881" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-0" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div><br/></div><div><strong>Still reeling from how handsome and charming Lee Jun Hyuk is, here, we&#x27;re breaking down the things we discovered (and loved!) about him, thanks to the few but special moments we shared with him during the &quot;Let Me In&quot; fan meet:</strong> </div><div><br/></div><div><strong>He loves boxing. </strong></div><p><strong></strong>When he was learning boxing, Lee Jun Hyuk revealed that he actually looked at some YouTube videos of The People&#x27;s Champ Manny Pacquiao, the legendary boxer who brought pride to the Philippines. &quot;You know, during the <em>Crime City </em>movie, I actually got hit by Ma Dong Seok <em>sunbaenim</em>, but if there&#x27;s a chance to get hit by Manny Pacquiao, that&#x27;s an honor too,&quot; he said through the translator. </p><div><br/></div><div><em></em><strong></strong><strong>He&#x27;s an author.</strong></div><p><strong></strong>In 2022, Lee Jun Hyuk published a book inspired by his dog, Popcorn, that died years ago. <em>Hello, Popcorn </em>is a picture book about a dog looking for his family. The book is based on a mobile game of the same name. Some fans in the audience had copies of that book with them during the fan meet, and Lee Jun Hyuk was surprised to see them, knowing the book was not available in the Philippines. He asked, &quot;How are you able to get it? Is it actually being sold here in the Philippines?&quot; &quot;If there&#x27;s a will, there&#x27;s a way,&quot; Denise told him, &quot;And that&#x27;s how much they love you. They will find a way to support everything that you do.&quot; He then stood up to sincerely thank his fans.  </p><p><em></em>Lee Jun Hyuk donated the entire royalties of <em>Hello, Popcorn </em>to help with children&#x27;s hospital expenses. He said that after his pet, Popcorn, passed away, he turned to writing to &quot;fill the emptiness&quot; in his heart,&quot; but now, seeing his fans root for him, he said that he feels his heart is already filled and that Popcorn would surely be happy in heaven. During the event, he gave a lucky fan a signed copy of the book, and he was thrilled to see that the fan came dressed in a suit, channeling his character, Seo Dong Jae, in the K-drama <em>Stranger</em>; he and the fan even did a fist bump. <em></em></p><div><br/></div><div style="text-align:center"><em></em></div><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-2" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl03tT8pe0_/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=720&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A2%2C%22os%22%3A5012860.799999997%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="603" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-2" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>He&#x27;s very similar to his <em>Love Scout </em>character.</strong><em></em></div><p>In the next segment called &quot;<strong>Let Me Check [Love Scout]</strong>,&quot; Lee Jun Hyuk was shown a series of photos, and he shared stories about them. The first set of photos, &quot;The appearance of the unicorn male lead,&quot; showcased how perfect his character, Yoo Eun Ho, is in <em>Love Struck</em>. In the K-drama, he played the role of a single father who works as the secretary of a headhunting company&#x27;s CEO (Kang Ji Yoon, portrayed by Han Ji Min). </p><p>Denise asked him how similar he is to Yoo Eun Ho, and he said, &quot;I&#x27;m actually pretty similar.&quot; He added that among the skills of his character, the thing that they really share in common is their being organized: &quot;I find some fun in organizing, so I&#x27;m organizing quite a lot these days.&quot;<em></em></p><div> <em></em><br/></div><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-8" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/DFfc2Y4PoNo/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=720&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A8%2C%22os%22%3A6765034.399999991%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="880" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-8" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>The part of his body that he thinks is most attractive is...</strong></div><p><strong></strong>...his hands. &quot;A lot of my fans talk about my hands,&quot; Lee Jun Hyuk said.  </p><p>Denise then went down the stage to ask his fans about the body part they find the most attractive in Lee Jun Hyuk. One fan said his lips. Another said his neck. The last fan said his earlobes! Hearing those compliments, he smiled, saying that his mom should see that moment when he was being showered with compliments. </p><div><br/></div><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-6" src="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DGVPQFrv93x/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=720&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A6%2C%22os%22%3A6730862.199999988%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="881" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-6" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>He is such a great actor that he&#x27;s known for being amazing at doing one-takes in scenes. </strong></div><p>In another set of photos during the &quot;Let Me Check [Love Scout]&quot; segment, his character Yoo Eun Ho&#x27;s &quot;perfect timing&quot; was showcased. Denise asked him to choose the scene that made his heart flutter the most. Lee Jun Hyuk picked the <em>Love Scout </em>scene where Yoo Eun Ho is protecting Han Ji Min&#x27;s Kang Ji Yoon as they&#x27;re surrounded by reporters.</p><p>&quot;In the scene, there are a lot of other actors, right? So, I was really very nervous that I had to finish this in one take. That&#x27;s why I was very nervous about taking this scene,&quot; he said. </p><div><em></em></div><p><em></em><em></em><em></em><em></em><em></em><em></em>Denise shared that she learned that he can memorize lines easily, and a shy Lee Jun Hyuk admitted that, because such is the case, shooting that scene was pretty easy. </p><p>He also shared anecdotes about Yoo Eun Ho and Kang Ji Yoon&#x27;s kissing scene at the Gwanghwamun Square in the middle of Seoul. Since it&#x27;s a busy place, he said they only had limited time to nail that scene. &quot;We only had one chance because we had to control the area, and there were a lot of people, and we also had to control our emotions and harmony together,&quot; he recalled. &quot;So we actually did give everything on that one scene, but everything turned out very well, so I have a memory that we actually felt really happy after that scene.&quot; </p><div><br/></div><div style="text-align:center"><iframe width="925" height="525" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2AaVGQR8HZk?si=looY1pcfw1X6QZi5" title="YouTube video player" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><br/></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>He takes scenes <em>very </em>seriously.</strong></div><p>Still in the &quot;Let Me Check [Love Scout]&quot; segment, a clip of Lee Jun Hyuk&#x27;s &quot;b<strong></strong>ookshelf kiss scene&quot; with Han Ji Min was shown. Denise asked him what it was like to shoot that scene, and he said that emotions are truly important in pulling off those kinds of scenes. But he also pointed out that there are technical aspects behind them. To explain better, he even asked for the clip to be rolled back.  </p><p>Like giving a crash course on filming a kissing scene, he generously shared, &quot;First of all, if you&#x27;re going to have to lift in a scene and turn one around, you have to have strong core muscles, because you should not collide with the camera director, so you have to be very careful of the safety matters.&quot; </p><div><br/></div><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-9" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/C3J1IKpPQBn/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=720&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A9%2C%22os%22%3A2776379.299999997%2C%22ls%22%3A13115.20000000298%2C%22le%22%3A13324.29999999702%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="881" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-9" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>He said he&#x27;s been exercising a lot these days.</strong></div><div><strong></strong></div><p>In the segment &quot;<strong>My Perfect LJH</strong>,&quot; four lucky fans got to reenact <em>Love Scout </em>scenes with Lee Jun Hyuk. Four emojis were flashed onscreen—a briefcase, a basketball, a cup of coffee, and books—and the fans had to choose one that corresponded to a particular scene. All fans got to take home a kiddie pink umbrella, referencing an umbrella used in a <em>Love Scout </em>scene. </p><p>But the real winner in this segment, we must say, was the last fan who ended up with the books emoji. Lee Jun Hyuk recreated the bookshelf scene with her by carrying her! But before doing so, the gentleman Lee Jun Hyuk asked, &quot;I might be touching you. Would that be alright?&quot; The jaws of everyone in the audience dropped! </p><p>After doing that segment, he said in jest, &quot;You know, I kind of feel relieved that I started exercising again these days.&quot; </p><p>Fans couldn&#x27;t get enough of that surprising onstage moment, and they kept shouting &quot;More!&quot; Lee Jun Hyuk was so game that he himself even picked up a number from a box to choose the next lucky fan to recreate that last scene with. </p><div style="text-align:left"><em></em><em></em></div><div style="text-align:center"><br/></div><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-3" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cwo3oSTvPDh/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=720&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A3%2C%22os%22%3A2098214.299999997%2C%22ls%22%3A13115.20000000298%2C%22le%22%3A13324.29999999702%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="881" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-3" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>He&#x27;s pretty competitive and has a sense of humor.</strong></div><p><strong></strong>In the segment &quot;<strong>Let Me Game?</strong>,&quot; Lee Jun Hyuk played with two fans, as they were challenged to stack miniature chairs and keep them stacked for 30 seconds. Though he took the game seriously, he was obviously having fun with it, too. In the end, he declared all of them winners. He also gave away the tiny chairs to the audience. </p><p>In another game called &quot;Bounce the Ping Pong,&quot; two fans also got to share the stage with Lee Jun Hyuk. They were to bounce the ping pong balls and land 10 of them into an egg tray. Sounds easy, but it was pretty challenging. In the end, he declared all of them winners again. And the best part? He signed some ping pong balls and gave them away (more like, playfully threw the balls their way). </p><div><br/></div><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-7" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/C6qHN0XPQ1d/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=720&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A7%2C%22os%22%3A2716577.600000009%2C%22ls%22%3A13115.20000000298%2C%22le%22%3A13324.29999999702%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="881" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-7" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div><br/></div><p>Onstage, Lee Jun Hyuk then read the messages the fans wrote on post-its, and gladly took selfies with a few of them. One fan even flew from Thailand with her twin sister to attend this fan meet, and luckily, her handwritten message got picked, so she got a selfie with Lee Jun Hyuk. Later, in turn, he was surprised with a fan-made video in which his supporters expressed their admiration and love for the actor and the man he is. </p><p>&quot;Let Me In&quot; fan meet wrapped up with a lovely song number by Lee Jun Hyuk. But, just as fans thought that was the end of the show, he reemerged onstage, wearing an outfit that referenced his <em>Love Scout </em>character Yoo Eun Ho. As if that encore appearance wasn&#x27;t enough, he even went down the stage and went around the venue to shake the hands of his fans. </p><div><em></em></div><p>But wait, there was more! The fan meet experience concluded with a Hi-Bye session. But if you&#x27;re like us, clearly, that moment didn&#x27;t mean &quot;bye,&quot; but &quot;hello&quot; to more binge-watching sessions of Lee Jun Hyuk&#x27;s films and series. His next project is the webtoon-based drama <em>Lotto 1st Place Winner Goes to Work Too</em>, and we can&#x27;t wait to see him sparkle and shine onscreen again. <em></em></p><div><br/></div><p>Lead photo from <strong>@leejunhyuk05</strong></p>

<p>This has got to be one of the most fun fan meets we've ever attended. The handsome and charming "Love Scout" actor sure has a sense of humor that endeared him even more to his Filipino fans. </p>

This has got to be one of the most fun fan meets we've ever attended. The handsome and charming "Love Scout" actor sure has a sense of humor that endeared him even more to his Filipino fans.

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