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Lee Jae Wook is the Breakout Star of Hyun Bin’s Vast Entertainment


The last few episodes of Extraordinary You have been extraordinarily dull, slow moving on narrative and a lot of the same old same old interactions. It gives me time to focus on second male lead Lee Jae Wook purely from a clinical observation – he is really far and away the best actor in the entire ensemble and it shows when the writing slips and falters as it has here. Kinda like how Kim Woo Bin turned crappy Heirs into something worth watching for him alone. I was surprised this week to chance upon Lee Jae Wook’s High Cut pictorial, that’s a big land for a rookie, but also learning that he’s signed to Vast Entertainment which is Hyun Bin‘s agency. He’s basically Binnie’s protege which explains his presence in Memories of Alhambra and also how he got so many roles so quickly. K-ent is writing that Lee Jae Wook is the breakout star of Vast and a super savvy find by Binnie. Amen to that!

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  • He has great talents. Hope to see him more in different characters. He is so versatile, charismatic and looking more handsome everytime I watch his face. And I like tall guys :-)

  • Ah! Also read somewhere during the show that Hyun Bin , PSH and him all went to the same university, Chung Ang...that’s probably one of their connections as well.

  • Yea, the writer recycles the plot, repeating same things over and over, lacking creativity, making the EY lose its momentum. But nonetheless, I do enjoy watching those tall, handsome guys, esp. Rowoon.

  • Eventhough I only watched him as Marco, but I've watched some of his other drama clips and heard high praise for him. Wishing all the best to the young talent!

    I think he looks like a younger version of Shin Sung Rok. And Baek Kyung in EY reminds me of Lee Hyuk in The Last Empress.

    • if u look closely. his face more like ryu jun yeol.
      and baek kyung 1sided love stori like jungppal love stori too. haha

      • For me he resembles Yoon Hyun Min. The one from Witches court with Jung Ryeo Won. Last year it was Jang Ki Yong this year it’s Lee Jae Wook and Jang Dong Yoon. The K up n coming male acting talent is just phenomenal. True find.

  • The show was like a car wreck. It was a smooth ride until ep 7 or 8 and then it sputter and never recovered.

    What drove me crazy on top of the repetitive drama tropes they used was that they didn’t even put any effort to explain anything. Nothing about how the world functions, they left us hanging. The ending was so vanilla, it barely attempt to close any loose ends. They have left too many unanswered questions and majority of the characters lacked development. To this day, I still know almost nothing about Haru except for that he likes Danoh.

    Lee Jae Wook and Rowoon are the standouts!

  • Every single actor of the drama seem precious to me including Sae Mi and So Chul and Y3 and all the others. I hope they all find their footing in the industry. The wrap party was a blast and I enjoyed watching them interact. Judging by the crowd, the screaming welcome bandwagon there was outside the party hall, I think it is safe to say all 3 leads and Extras have had a massive surge in popularity and I hope they can all do many more successful projects. I loved the show till the end and would love to see the young actors reunited in future projects.

      • @ candycane I’m on the fence with her acting because MOA is the only drama I stayed around for long enough and even then she was second in command to Binnie and I didn’t get to see much range although that was more with the way her character was written. I hope she does well in her drama The myth alongside Jo Seung Woo. Fingers crossed.

      • Yes her range is limited. I enjoy her the most in You are Beautiful with JGS, after that her acting has been same and very blah... after acting for 10+ years, there’s been no improvement. Lots of newer & younger actresses have surpassed her.

      • PSH is a great actress, in my opinion
        I just think her agency is limiting her cause she takes on similar roles but if you watch doctors,you will see that she can be versatile if given the chance.

      • @Jem - I think PSH agency is small so it’s mostly her decision to choose projects based on offers presented to her. So either she only receives offers with similar roles or she prefers those similar roles. Nonetheless her performance in MOA has been underwhelming. Hope her next project can show more versatility as you said. But I am not sure how many sponsors she can gather now with her dwindling popularity. Once over 30, she may be easily overtaken if she has no more buzz.

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