Randall Park changed its life after his father’s death: “an alarm clock” (exclusively)

Randall Park Have met some of their biggest personal challenges in recent months.

“The past year has been many heights and many lowness,” Residence The actor tells people exclusively. Witnessing his father’s death from cancer in May 2024 – and turned 50 a few months before – led Park to rethink its own health.

“Seeing my dad, his health sick and his body break down was very awakening for me,” Park says. “I have a daughter, Ruby. She is 12 and on the autism spectrum. Just want to be healthy for as long as possible, to be there for as long as possible, really struck me.”

So he came to work. Park started training and ran his first marathon in New York City in November – something he says never crossed his mind until he approached the 50s.

“That is part of the reason why I decided to register for marathon, to give myself a goal and also prove to myself that even at this age I can do difficult things,” explains Park, now 51,. “It was the spark for me.”

He trained for the big race by examining and running with friends. Although he had fear of beating the dreaded “wall” he never did.

“I was very aware of running during driving and making sure I stayed hydrated all the time and was very careful about these things,” he remembers. “When I drove it was my goal to just finish it first. Somehow, just finish it. My second goal was not to stop or go. I just wanted to run continuously (and) I could do it.”

Although his days may be “unpredictable” because of his busy schedule, Park – which plays in Netflix’s new murder mystery Residence and CBS’s WatsonWhere he plays the iconic Sherlock Holmes villain Moriarty – is strict when it comes to fit into a workout, although it has to be divided into several parts during the day. He holds a fitness journal, where he notes all the injuries he has suffered and the progress he has noticed.

The Fresh of the boat Alum admits that he is still “pretty bad at the nutritional aspect”, but he is always naturally leaned against “protein -heavy meals” with “many green and vegetables.”

“I don’t eat very sugar -containing things,” he adds. “I was just never too big of a dessert person.”

But admits sincerely: “Last night I had pizza. I’m more conscious than strict.”

Park’s new training routine has also given him a mental health swing.

“I have more energy to be physically active and fit, but it is for my mind as much as for my body. It keeps me optimistic and optimistic,” he says. “It has also been really fun. I probably wouldn’t stick to it if it wasn’t.”

Another thing he has fun to do right now is playing in Shondaland Whodunit as Special FBI agent Edwin Park, along with the page The way for natural As a detective Cordelia Cupp, which starts an investigation after a dead body appears in the White House during a state dinner.

“It’s just a really fun show,” he says Residence. In addition to “delightful” working with Aduba, he rushes about the “stacked” role, which also includes Giancarlo EspositoThe Susan Kelechi WatsonThe Jason LeeThe And what one and Bronson Pinchot to name a few.

“It’s a rare thing, but everyone on the show is just so lovely. We just got very close,” he says. “Until today we are all friends, we keep in touch, we have a text chain. When we are in each other’s cities, (we will) take lunch. It was such a wonderful experience with so many amazing people.”

As Park approaches the first anniversary of his father’s death, he hopes for the “continued good health” as it inspired as well as opportunities to do “more things that I have not done before,” he says.

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“New opportunities, colleagues and friends. It’s one of the amazing things about what I do is that I get to meet new people all the time,” he continues. “It’s just a pretty incredible thing to be in the 50s and to make new friends.”

He will also take more of the simple things in life, like spending time at home with his daughter and wife Jae Suh Park. “For just being happy,” he says. “Be as happy as possible.”

Residence Now flows on Netflix. Watson Air Sundays at CBS at 21 et/PT.