Which Answer Me Drama Alum Has the Most Successful Post-AM Acting Career or Potential for Such

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• I guess it's Bo Geom. He was a rising actor, even before R88. But I like Yu Yeon Seok the most.

• Right now, I think is YYS, but in the future is gonna be PBG.

• seo in guk and eunji are faring pretty well after r97. the only problem is no matter what they star in i always remember them as their characters from the drama.
  with r94 i was so sure jung woo would establish himself as a big name in the industry but i can't recall the movies he did after r94 (c'est si bon was meh and i personally haven't watched the Himalayas movie yet despite hearing it did really well). yoo yeon seok and go ara were my two personal faves from the drama but most of the projects they did after kind of flopped. the rest of them kind of faded away after the dramas conclusion (except for kim sung kyun)
  as for r88 only time will tell. i know bogum will do well no matter what but i'm really rooting for ryu jun yeol to make it big (or bigger i guess) after starring in lucky romance. i have high hopes for hyeri but i'll love her even if she doesn't manage to garner as much success as she did while r88 was still airing.

  • i hear its called the answer me curse, where all the actors/actresses are still pretty loved but everything they starred in kind of flopped or did meh. at least certainly their dramas haven't replicated the same success as their answer me season.

    i think everything that seo in guk was good but not high ratings like High School King Savvy and I Remember You. Jung Eun Ji was a small part of the That Winter the Wind Blows, but didn't do so well with Trot Lovers or Cheer Up Sassy. Go Ara just got more respect as an actress but flopped with You're All Surrounded. Yoo Yeon Seok had Warm and Cozy which was frustratingly dumb, and his movies like the Tailor and Mood of the Day didn't have a lot of buzz. Like you said Jung Woo has been doing movies which is harder to gauge in popularity when your an international fan, but he did have Youth Over Flowers which showed how adorkable he was. The side players of R94 have stayed as side characters with Soh Ho Joon maybe doing well in variety but Baro is back as a rapper and Do Hee is without her girl group.

    For the R88, we'll see by the end of the year as they move on to other projects. I do hope Entertainer is good mostly for Ji Sung because lately music industry dramas haven't been doing well. (Ugh My Lovely Girl). And omg i hope Bo Gum gets a good female lead, i almost cried to hear that Seolhyun was being considered. Ryu Jun Yeol has an ace with Hwang Jum Eom, who is the queen of rom coms, and they have a huge advantage coming from an established and hilarious webtoon. I'm not sure if the actors playing Sun Woo or Dong Ryong will advanced to lead status, they're more suited for funny side character roles.

    • More than curse, i think it just really hard for them to live up the hype

      Am series have their own flaw, however in overall production they have high quality productions at least in directing, characterization, and brand. Too bad, those are rare gem in dramaland which make it harder for those alumnus to find something that able to generate love as much as AM series.

      About rising star and potential, each series have their own talent rediscovery moment. But for me, I think the biggest alumnus probably will park bo gum. He's already a rising star before 88 and after his appearance in youth before flower... Korean really love their good manner celebrity.

• I think out of the 3 female leads Eunji was the best actress too bad all her acting projects failed after that :(

• Bo gum all the way.

  Ridiculously talented and convincing actor. Seems like a different person in each role; the adaptive ability is amazing. When I first saw 1988, I couldn't believe the same guy that played suave cello boy in cantabile and psycho little bro in IRY was awkward genius taek.

  • I agree! His Taek, completely threw me after watching IRY
    But it seems like Taek is close to his real personality, which makes me love him even more

• Go Ara. There are no outstanding actresses in her age group (post 90), at least not TV actresses. It's a lot easier to stand out now that the 85+ even 90+ guys are finding their foothold, and dramas will look to cast younger female leads. I mean, currently kdrama's big name actresses are all born in the late 70s or really early 80s and we're not going to see noona romances forever. Go Ara has the looks too, which helps.

  • I disagree about there being no other quality actresses in her age group. If we want to talk about popularity, relevancy, and likability when talking about the actresses in ara's age group - PBY, PSH, SSK, and KSR are probably at the top. With KSR and SSK being somewhat lower than the other two. I would add MGY to this list, even though she is a good five years older, because they all five have had similar career trajectories.

    Go Ara still has a long way to go, not only with her popularity and recognition, but her acting as well - I don't find her charismatic or likable on screen. Her movie and drama flopped, and she doesn't necessarily have the international success or popularity that PSH has, or the likability or popularity of PBY, especially after OMG.

    However, she is the prettiest imo, and her mature looks can definitely work in her favor in landing more mature, adult roles, unlike PBY or MGY, let's say, who might be hindered by being so young and petite looking.

    • Other than PBY (who's a film star more than a TV star) and arguably PSH, none of them are really BIG. I don't see any of the other two headlining their own drama (by that I mean female-centric dramas) anytime soon. If you look at the golden generation of actresses, a lot of them had top billing for their dramas already in their early to mid-twenties (Ha Ji-won, Son Ye-jin, Lee Yo-won, Jang Nara, etc.). Yes, MGY has that but she's made her debut and shot to fame so early that there's no point in making comparisons.

      I agree that Go Ara has a long way to go, but her competition is weak. She and SSK are likely to have a huge advantage in getting roles simply because they are just more versatile looks-wise.

    • kitai

      Yeah, I would agree with a majority of what you said. I probably shouldn't have added PBY, because she is more of a film star, as opposed to the other girls that have mainly focused on dramas, and MGY is older than the rest.

      However, I think it's a bit unfair comparing this generation to the actresses in their 30s. Sure, they may have headlined dramas slightly sooner in their careers, but it was a very different industry they were working and coming up in at the time. HJW, LYW, SYJ, etc. didn't have to compete with a million and one idol actresses for leads or supporting roles even, on top of rookie actresses trying to make their break, etc. It allowed them more opportunities and ability to create and maintain a reputation in the industry.

      Go Ara and SSK do have more versatile looks which may help them in movies, but dramas not so much. People very much still like the whole pure, girl next door for their drama heroines, at least in regard to the big three stations.

    • @glossy:

      I'd be the first to admit that it's unfair actually, since the landscape of kdrama has changed so much. However, I can only really acknowledge actresses when they actually get meaty roles (Hwang Jin-yi for HJW and Queen Seon-deok for LYW). The sad thing about the new generation of actresses is that you can literally see none of them in the same or similar roles. It's hard to root for actresses who only take up supporting roles to the male lead or are mainly there as a love interest only.

  • Go ara's movies and dramas didn't do well after the reply series though and in the past few years her popularity has gone down .it doesn't help that she has like zero screen presence no matter how pretty she is. there are already actresses like psh, pby, ksr, and, psh, even shin se kyung who is getting more recognition than her.

    • MTE. I'm surprised people are even bringing her up. She's only done two projects since reply, and both did poorly and is doing Hwarang, which has like a cast of what? Six other guys, or so, she's going to basically be a background prop for that drama. And she is never talked about in the media anymore, as opposed to her contemporaries who even on hiatuses get more media attention or side projects while they pick out their next acting projects, like cf deals, photoshoots, appearances, and fanmeets.

      In general the second season of reply seems to be the weakest in terms of cast successes and recognition tbh.

  • Go Ara is a very weak actress compared to many in her age group, especially rising 90ers like Baek Jin Hee, Kang Sora, and even a newly rising Shin Se Kyung and Park Shin Hye.

    she has the looks but all her subsequent projects more or less burst the Answer Me bubble impression of her being a goo actress. And she isn't getting those female-centric roles either.

  • PSH and PBY>>>>>>>>KSR,OYS,ect...>>>>>>>>>>>>> Go Ara

  • @kitai at your comment "I don’t see any of the other two headlining their own drama (by that I mean female-centric dramas) anytime soon" You must have missed out PSH's news for Doctors. The drama was originally female-centric and even now it's about a story of a girl even if KRW's role might be a lot bigger.

    And to say Go Ara is bigger than other actresses her age is just a joke.
    PBY and PSH are much bigger in Korea even one of the hasn't had worked for a while. KRS, SSK are doing extremely well... while I can't say the same with Go Ara after her movie and film flopping.
    This might change if her new film with LJH doing well... but for now she is no where close to the formal

    • You must have missed out the part where the other two refers to KSR and SSK. And I'm saying GAR has the potential, not that she's bigger than the other actresses. Of course she isn't. It's like saying that Andrew Wiggins has the potential to become like Lebron, he isn't there yet is he? And he may never make it too.

• Eun Ji is to date still my favorite female lead but unfortunately I think she is underrated and her projects haven't fared well. I also like Go Ara and I see her having the most success at least because of the fact that she has a big agency supporting her. I can't wait for her movie with Yoo Seung Ho. As for th guys I see Park Bo Gun and Yoo Yun Sook succeeding the most but I'm rooting the hardest for Ryu Jun Yeol and Jung woo. They both have aesthetics that not that of typical Korean drama lead But their talent is phenomenal.

  • YSH and Go Ara's movie came out last December and it didn't do well, commercially or critically.

• Park.Bo-gum.

  2CTE (Too Complicated To Explain). 2CTD (Too Complicated To Describe.

  • LOL your name :*
    Did he pass his driving test?

    • Still miles long.Hhehheheheh..

• Park Bogum works as supporting characters before already leave good impressions. In film and drama...even he appeared in Blind for a few minutes.. I already fall for him. When seeing him as Min in IRY...damn. It's so wrong of me to want a serial killer to walk away free from punishment. Min~~

• The Answer Series can validly take the credit for making break-out stars of most of its lead actors and actresses. Since these actors and actresses were either new or relatively known, the Answer Series catapulted them to fame enabling them to land in lead roles in dramas. This cycle happened to the leads of the three series. However, the staying power with regard to fame and popularity really has to do with the ability, the "nose" to smell and pick good, solid scripts that will churn out critically acclaimed dramas and movies. There could be a tendency for these these actors and actresses to "strike while the iron is still hot," and not be careful or discriminating with the projects they choose and just grab whatever comes along their way.