JTBC’s drama “18 Again” made Lee Do-hyun a rising star with audiences at home.

The actor, who debuted in tvN’s drama “Prison Playbook” in 2017, got a chance to play his first lead role in the drama that just ended, alongside veteran actors like Kim Ha-neul and Yoon Sang-hyun. He and Yoon were playing the same character at a different time in the character’s life.

“I’m doing my best to live a little better tomorrow than yesterday,” said Lee in an interview with Ilgan Sports, an affiliate of the Korea JoongAng Daily. “I think I have really been fortunate meeting good people and have them around me as they led me to the direction I should head to.”

BY HWANG SO-YOUNG [summerlee@joongang.co.kr]