Jeremy Irons was born in Cowes, Isle of Wight, the largest island in England, on Sept. 19, 1948. Exactly 37 years later, Song Joong Ki was born in Daejeon, South Korea.
Aside from having the same birthday, Irons and Song are both famous for their handsome faces and popular TV and film roles. A classically trained actor, the former is one of the few actors who have won the Academy Award, Emmy Award and Tony Away, which is collectively known as Triple Crown of Acting.
The most recent actor to win the Triple Crown of Acting is Viola Davis, who recently sold her former Los Angeles home for $1.15 million, Mansion Global reported. Both Davis and Irons would agree that it takes years of acting experience that comes along with a series of failures and rejections before to achieve such an acting accomplishment.
In an interview with Canton Rep in 2013, Irons was asked to give a piece of advice for young actors. He said the ones who succeed are the ones who do not give up and went on to share an experience when he was a young actor working very long hours offstage and not getting any roles onstage.
"I remember calling the principal and moaning, saying I'm not sure I can deal with this," Irons said. "And on the other end of the line, he said, 'Soldier on, Jeremy, soldier on.'"
This is something Song should keep in mind. While he appears to be at the peak of his career after playing a soldier in the South Korean drama series "Descendants of the Sun," he still has a long way to go and may even decide to eventually conquer Hollywood in the future.
On the big screen, Song is set to star opposite Hwang Jung Min and So Ji Sub in the film "Battleship Island," which will be released later in 2017. The "DOTS" star will play an independent fighter with a mission to rescue a key figure in the independence movement held captive in an island.
Irons also has an upcoming film in 2017. He is set to reprise his role as Alfred Pennyworth, the trusted confidant of Bruce Wayne/Batman (Ben Affleck), in "Justice League."
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