Lee Jun Ki Hangs Out by the Sea for The Star and Compliments Leading Lady IU

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• Lee Jun Ki is out-of-this world gorgeous. As much as I love him, I can't say that I love this pictorial. How is that possible LJK started off looking like a handsome boy straight out of anime/manga and then turning into a smouldering masculine guy after MS and now back to looking all boyish again? I love and much prefer the masculine Jun Ki and therefore, I couldn't say that I like his new slim down look that very much.

  • +1 Agree
    Love him to pieces but he is too thin now and look too boyish. The angular look definitely suits him when playing Wang So because of the costume n styling but I hope he regain back to his normal form. But no doubt, he is stunningly handsome.

• This drama will be fine as long as it doesn't end up like UF. Pre produced does not always = quality!

• LJK's acting is a guarantee. I look forward to this drama. IU is quite pleasant. Hope the ratings will be good.

• This guy, is an alien where people transform manly hot guy from boyish charming in a second right, he is truly gorgeous. But enough sageuks, I need to see him in modern times in his next drama, palli, palli........a gritty OCN drama like My beautiful Bride or Heartless City next for him please. He can rock his gorgeousness with bad-ass attitude.

  • I hear you. This is his third period drama in a row, though he does look good in those costumes.

  • I would like to see him in a rom com with an actress of same age and strong charisma to balance his beauty. I have nothing against iu ( i've seen all his dramas) but she's young and lee yu bi too. Perhaps someone like Moon geun Young or Yoon Eun hye ...

    • Agree. Maybe he can do a melo-drama too. My ideal would be him and Han Hyo Joo again (they were not great in Iljimae but they are better actors now) or Ha Ji Won or Moon Chae Won. He is yet to have a leading actress equally commanding on-screen as he is and one that really have great chemistry with him.

    • I thought he and Shin Min Ah had great chemistry, the best he has ever had with any leading lady till date.

      But yes, it would be nice to see him work with experienced actresses closer in age to him.

  • He wanted to do a movie for his next project...its been a while.

    qoute from his recent interview:

    A: I will have to look for other things while I shoot Scarlet Heart: Ryeo. I want to be more aggressive this year. I have focused on dramas so far. So I want to do movie work for a change. But first of all I will live as the 4th son of Gwang-gun. A king! What a leap in my social status after a long time!

    • Movie or drama...........well, as long as its not historical flick that dates back beyond 20th century, I'll be happy. Enough Sageuks from him for next 5 years for me.

• I hope he's right about IU because in the C-drama version, the female character is in about 97% of the drama. People seemed happy with her in The Producers so crossing fingers.

  I have a lot of respect for the PD because even when I have issues with the drama (That Winter, The Wind Blows), the production is beautifully filmed and he seems to do well with his actors. But no one should have asked LJK to lose weight; he was super thin even before this drama.

• I used to like him in Iljimae, I hope he could made me in love again like before

• Joon looks HOT and isn't too thin, not when he looks the same size and age as the other guys in ML:SHR. His over 30 fans should stop trying to make him fit their fantasies.

  • I agree. I actually think he looks better now (when he's thin and in his 30s).

    • I agree..all these comments stated they wanted him to go back to what he weighed before he lost the 33 lbs I think he looks so much more beautiful now..When I first watched him in "Scholar Who walks The Night"I thought he was a little chubby. The man is absolutely gorgeous beautiful he's got about 10 years on most of his co-stars & he looks the same age as most of them... let's let him look his best for as long as he can..he looks wonderful for his age

• I like the first picture very, very much. It almost has a surreal touch (although, the wind and Lee Jun Ki's pose make such an effect...).

• @Sganarel Have you see the IG post with him and his surfboard? OMG he is all that AND a bag of chips. (DROOL)

  • Now that you said it I went to search for it... Yes, he looks absolutely great...
    I'll definitely watch Scarlet Heart: Ryeo thanks to him. I like his new looks.

• Lol kinda funny that he didn't exactly comment on her acting, but her choices in knowing which acting projects to pick. Although that credit also belongs to whichever management team she has.

  • He praised her acting many times, in recent Cosmo interview and in his Geek interview.

  • He found her "...to have quite a quick grasp of....understanding her character." Wasn't that kinda compliment on her acting? Or am I interpreting Koala's English in a wrong way? LOL

    • You know, I feel like a lot can be gleaned from reading between the lines on costars complimenting each other. It's interesting to look at cast interviews in light of that.

      The ones who can't act usually get compliments on their looks or hard work or how they brighten up the on-set atmosphere....nothing about their understanding of their character or the actual acting itself. Lee Jun Ki openly complimenting IU's acting, says a lot.

  • In this article soompi transcribed part of his interview in the magazine THE STAR
    http://www.soompi.com/2016/07/22/lee-joon-gi-compliments-ius-foresight-actress/

    During the interview, Lee Joon Gi talks about his “Scarlet Heart: Goryeo” co-star IU, complimenting her ability to see the big picture as an actress, “Because idol-actors were acting [in this drama], I went into it thinking that I will have to help them, but Ji Eun (IU’s birth name) has the ability to foresee the first half of a drama.”

    Lee Joon Gi continues, “Thanks to her, the overall content [of the drama] improved, and in these respects I want to compliment Ji Eun.”