Lee Jun Ki’s 2017 Asia Fan Meeting Sells Out in Record Time After Success of K-Bu Bu Jing Xin

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• It is really he's "breakout" role, he's 4th prince role is so unforgettable !!

  • It should be "re" breakout role. His breakout role was 10 years ago as Gong Gil in "The King and The Clown". It's funny how Gong Gil was an effeminate clown while Wang So is all masculine. He owns both roles.

    • Oh yeah "re breakout role" is more appropriate, but after watching KBBJX I totally forgot about his other dramas and will forever be just my 4th Prince :-)

    • LOL. Gong Gil vs Wang So. And his 4th Prince role is iconic.

    • yeah, Gong Gil and Wang So are two iconic roles that show very different sides of him as an actor at two different ages. It's a great pair of roles to have on your filmography.

    • Both roles came along at the perfect time for him imo.

      He couldn't have played Gong Gil now, and he couldn't have played Wang So back then. Wang So was a rediscovery of Lee Jun Ki, he's always been respected for his sageuk ability but he took it to another level even in the face of the messy script and directing. That's greatness imo.

    • Let's not forget Iljimae. He and Iljimae are synonym.

    • He truly is the Prince of Sageuk <3333

    • He is Emperor of Sageuk now. Manse, manse, manmanse!

• He so deserve everything that he's getting right now , I hope his next project would take him to an even greater heights!!

  • Totally agree. His perf is my favorite this year. I'll rewatch the drama only for the 4th prince ! Hope to see him with an actress of his level and about same age if possible.

  • I really hope his next drama is actually a good one and that it does well. He was great in Moon Lovers but omg what a messy drama it was.

    @cahill I don't mind if he has a same age, older or younger costar as long as whoever it is can act. IU wasn't terrible in Moon Lovers, she actually has some ability to do emotional roles but she and Ji Soo both suffered from poor directing and messy editing.

    • IU is not terrible but lack credibility to take on such a challenging role, partially because she is still so green as an actress and partially KKT failed to guide her. Worsening is her being paired up with a veteran sageuk actor who has strong charisma like LJK. He needs real actress to compliment his performance.

    • @Hu - I agree with you that IU suffered both from her own greenness and KKT's terrible directing but she had good chemistry with Jun Ki, I thought they matched a lot better than him and Nam Sang Mi, or him and Han Hyo Joo.

      I realised they had chemistry when found myself actually rooting for the romance to succeed, if they didn't have any I would have been like 'meh why are these two onscreen together'.

• Agree wholeheartedly.LJK's performance was a tour de force of intensity and charisma. His 4th prince was a show of menace, dominance and a deep soft inner core of love and tenderness , all rolled into one ( a very complexed individual).

  LJK brought the role of 4th prince to life and I would rewatch the drama many many times just to see his performance. Of course he looked Fantastic in costume and his cheek bones (and profile!) is to die for!!!

• I chuckled when I read the mentioning of "a tad over the top..."
  IMO, it was Nicky Wu whom was a bit OTT with his rendition of 4th Prince, except that his slacking was overshadowed by the bigger picture that the original BBJX is a quality product with great directorial fluidity and good acting by all the cast members.
  LJK was phenomenal in Moon Lovers. Sure there's the writing that was male-centric in a way that Wang So was given all the ingredients for viewers to root and love him but LJK gave so much heart in that character that I could never see any other actor play Wang So ever again.
  Anyway, I am glad that he is experiencing a new career high. He greatly deserves it. The man has been extremely diligent and positive all the time and I am so looking forward to his next acting project, ofc hoping for a modern contemporary drama preferably with an actress who could actually match his acting charisma.
  On a side note, I hate that mushroom hair but LJK is still looking hawt.

  • .. What do you mean? Nicky over the top in BBJX? Did we watch the same drama lol? I assume you mean that he underacted his part, right?

    In that case..

    Yinzhen and Wang So had completely different characteristics and personalities. Yinzhen is a far less dramatized and romanticized character compared to Wang So and he was always meant to be cold, restrained and calm (his nickname was "Mr. Ice Cube Face"). They both did what was required. It's useless to expect Nicky to carry out the same Jun-ki styled theatrical acting with his character Yongzheng and of course vice versa. His subtle style of acting wouldn't have worked with Wang So either. I would say that our female heroine Hae-soo and Ruoxi are more similar to each other, than the 4th Princes are. Acting wise, they both did a good job with their respective characters. Character wise, I prefer Yinzhen over Wang So. Fangirl ingredients don't work for me lol.

  • Yes. We watched the same drama. And I am aware the character of Wang So and Yinzhen is totally different and my point of view is with regard to their acting out their respective character. The "ice cube face" by Nicky was a bit much but that does not mean that he was not great. Just a bit much.
    Cool off. It's not harmful for others to have different takes than yours as much as how Ms. Koala feels that LJK was a tad OTT. And my view on LJK is not because I am fangirling him.

    • @FlyMeToPolaris - I legitimately thought you meant underacting instead of overacting (was not trying to be disrespectful to you in the first place). Cause I have seen people commenting that Yiongzheng is a less interesting and/or charming character compared to Wang So or that Nicky was less exciting etc., but I don't think that I have ever heard someone complaining about Nicky overacting his part.. lol

      Anyways, I guess we just share different opinions then. His character was suppose to act cold and all pokerface to the point that he was being called Ice Cube Face by the other characters in the drama. It's suppose to be "obvious". So personally, I don't see a problem with Nicky acting cold and emotionless in the beginning. It's the same as I don't see a problem with LJK being "over-the-top" because his character and the overall vibe of the drama is suppose to be all dramatized and in-your-face angst.

      Also, everyone is entitled to their own opinion. If I was unable to accept yours, I would not have given mine in the first place. So if you prefer Wang So over Yongzheng, feel free to think so :)! Also, I did not assume that you like LJK because you are his fangirl, I was just talking about myself not buying the fangirl service lol.

    • Tbh, I prefer the character of Yinzhen over Wang So. I always prefer level headed man that the emotional one and for that, I prefer the "pre-in love" Wang So, not that he was that level-headed before except he was less dramatic and impulsive.
      Nicky is great otherwise I would not bother to watch half-bald men for 40 episodes, though and the overall casts of the original BBJX were better than the K-version and I am saying this despite myself being a big fan of Moon Lovers. A fact is a fact, no one should deny that.
      Only that I do feel Nicky overdid the poker face with that clenched jaws (again, this is my opinion). Stringent face was done the finest by Kim Myung Min in "White Tower" and again, in no way I mean that Nicky is not good.
      I apologized if my comment implying that you are not receptive of others comment. We can all have different opinion since different things resonated differently to each one of us. Cheers.

• LJK is love love love.
  It has never been easy to come out of a hot mess and still smelling like roses but if there is anything about LJK, it was his commitment and passion towards his craft that is so admirable.
  I hope after this, he would finally stop being loaded with the burden of having to carry the entire show all on his own. He had done that enough with Scholar and Moon Lovers and for that, he deserves to work with great team.
  Hoping for his continuous success with a drama that will do justice to his talent and commitment - a solid writer, good PD and an actress of equal charisma.

• Lee Jun Ki is the saving grace of Moon Lovers and I should also credit Kang Ha Neul (he was great too).
  Guess he will be occupied with fan meetings these couple of months. Though I wish to have him back on my tv screen real soon, I am truly happy that he takes some times to extend his gratitude to his fans and enjoying his second round of career high.

• He totally deserves to have his hallyu success Part 2. I enjoyed Moon Lovers, especially the first 16 episodes. I don't think he was OTT until the last few episodes where there was no continuity in the story and I suspect a chunk of the scenes ended up on the cutting room floor due to lack of time. If out of this addictive hot mess Lee Joon Gi achieves a second round of fame...good. I'm still amazed at how many comments I saw from k-drama viewers who had never heard of him, but I have to remember a lot of viewers don't watch historicals though I love them. It is nice that he won't just be remembered for Gong Gil and maybe Iljimae; he can add Wang So as well and who knows what the future will bring.

  • @Kat - yeah the drama was so messily edited, I have no doubt that scenes that could have established the characters' state of mind and motivation, probably ended up on the cutting room floor :/

• I'm so happy for him!! and he so much deserves all the love and fame he's receiving now and I hope he'll keep receiving more in the future as well!! congratulations Lee Jun Ki-ssi!! :D

• He was amazing as Wang So, he deserves every bit of the love he gets for this role. It's unfortunate that the drama didn't live up to the passion he put into that performance, but LJK is love.

• I am beyond happy for him. Lee Jun Ki as Wang So is phenomenal. I hope with this new re-found recognition, he will finally be able to land himself really good materials and good team to work with for his future project. I am wishing for his continuous success and as a fan with his best interest at heart, please get rid of your current stylist Jun Ki-sshi. That hairstyles is a horror.

  • That's what I'm hoping for too, that he gets offered better dramas with solid writers after this. I mean, how they've seen what he can do with even a messy drama like this.... imagine what you'd get out of him with a good script/director.

    • LJK is the kind of go for broke actor. He is not afraid to challenge himself and that's why some of his roles selection may not be popular but contributing to his own growth as an actor.
      We have discussed K-dramaland (or in fact everywhere) practice of elitism where popular actors get to work with the best teams, star writers choose to work with the same actors who have brought success to their previous works etc and leaving the others with less impressive rating track record with leftovers despite the talent. Though ML bombed badly in SK, people still taken notice of him so that's a good sign.
      I really pray that he will choose his next acting project carefully. Please don't confirm when the leading lady yet to be secured (cue to LJS in the upcoming While You Were Sleeping). Really hope to see him in a drama which could be appreciated by so many not only for his performance but for the drama quality itself.

    • Yes, I think @OMG is right. He seems to specifically look at roles that will allow him to show more as an actor and I think because of this doesn't end up picking a lot of the more romance heavy roles. I think he finds them boring as an actor though he knows they would be popular.

      I think post military Arang and Two Weeks have been his best dramas in terms of writing. (Arang writer adapted Misaeng and the gal who wrote Two Weeks is a powerhouse.) I think he has said he'll do a contemporary drama next but it wouldn't surprise me if it was a depressing melo.

    • @Kat oh my goodness imagine him in a melo..... it has to be by a really good writer though, someone in the league of Noh Hee Kyung (after UF, Lee Kyung Hee has shown she cannot be trusted, especially if she casts a weak female lead). Agreed that Arang and Two Weeks were his best post-military dramas, I would love for him to reunite with either writer.

      I think he avoided romance-heavy/romcom roles because he wanted to escape his flower boy image. But he's established that he brings much more to the table than his beauty, it would be nice if he got a good romcom to play.