Lee Jun Ki is Beautifully Tortured in tvN Drama Flower of Evil Delivering Yet Another Gripping Character

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• I love love love Flower of Evil. The reviews have been great from all platforms and I am most happy that he decided to come back after more than a year of absence with a high quality drama. Make it all worthy of his talent.

  I enjoy every new twist with each episode esp now that Ji Won not seeing her husband in the same light as before despite her love for him. Hoping they keep the momentum till the very end.

• I'm late to the LJK party. I've seen his name in other kdramas but never really paid close attention to him until I stumbled upon the fantastic storyline and prod value of FOE, and discovered his fab acting in FOE. I was initially watching it because of MCW. Also, I thought LJK was in his 20s, turns out he's 38! Officially glued to FOE, and, followed LJK in IG lol.

• Flower of Evil is soooo good. This is definitely one of my all time -if not the most - fave LJK drama ever. I hope it continues to deliver gripping story. Plus i love MCW, so thankful they reunite in a drama sooner.

• Oh, The Time Between Dog and Wolf is superb!

• No hate please but I'm being honest when I say that I don't always find LJK appealing. Not to say he isn't attractive just that he's not really my type, but then that changes everytime he does an intense role like this one. Then I'm just like," So what that he's a beanpole. The man is hot." I'm just loving how he is injecting subtle humanity into his character. And props to the younger version of him as well. That is probably one of the best casting I've ever seen.

• There is a reason that after 10 years of drama watching and 303 dramas, Lee Jun Ki is still my favorite Korean actor of all time. He is not the best. He is not always the sexiest (although he has his moments). But I always, always care about him and his characters in a way that even train wreck dramas still have me riveted (looking at you Scarlet Heart) by his performance. He just has IT (plus the ethereal beauty of a Final Fantasy character, lol). The fact that he is incredibly gifted in fight scenes and sageuks and even has worked hard to make his horseback riding better than most Korean actors just endears him to me that much more. I just love this ma; I really do.

• I can’t believe I only “get” him now. He never used to pique my interest although I see why others are attracted. But here I agree, his acting chops are very on point and he is so tortured!!! It’s a grey character and it’s a role to shine for. So tortured I root for him

• My first LJG drama was Arang and the Magistrate. It was early on in my k-drama viewing, and I only realized later how cohesive the story was after seeing so many failed fantasy dramas. However, it was Two Weeks, where I became a huge fan. It's not a perfect drama but the writing is solid, it was gutsy enough to not have romance be the main element and I loved the father/daughter story. LJG also played a loser and toned down his pretty boy looks as well. It's fun to see him in Flower of Evil with such an interesting father/daughter dynamic as well.

  I have seen most of his dramas. I will drop (Criminal Minds) and I can see that his acting improved especially post-military as he tended to overdo it a bit in earlier shows. I hope as he continues, some more solid scripts go his way and I hope the writer has a solid second half of this drama as well.

  • Are you sure you know what you are talking about? I watched Lee Joon Gi Time Between Dog and Wolf and I think it his first drama. The character was calm and quiet.

    Then I watched Iljimae who is totally opposite. When a character is extroverted and outgoing, isn’t it natural to be portrayed as auch.

    • I am taking part of this from what the actor said himself about some of his earlier performances...basically he wanted to show everything and learned over time, less is more. Again, that is a paraphrase. He had a lot of fame thrown at him pretty quickly. Love TBDAW and Iljimae and he is one of my favs.

    • When a person said that about oneself, it does not mean he is allowing anyone to undervalue him.

      He meant humbly that there’s always room for improvements and he improves and beats his last performance.

    • I am not undervaluing him. He is in my top three favorite Korean actors. I am allowed to think he isn't perfect. I really like him and wish him good scripts forever. There is absolutely nothing I've said that is offensive.

      I have been a fan of Korean entertainment for years now and the weird thing for me is people being offended by the littlest things. This happens in discussing dramas and k-pop.

• Love LJG, he's one of my favourite actors. Love all the dramas he's in and will definitely watch this new one.

• And ONLY Lee Joon Gi can play this role flawlessly! Bravo!