It’s easy to make comparisons but only those with the same fact patterns really provide insight. K-actress Seo Ye Ji has disappeared from public view since scandal broke last month that she was the instigator as the then girlfriend of Kim Jung Hyun‘s cold and awkward behavior on the set of his drama Time. She was further revealed to have also mistreated staff, lied about her study abroad credentials in Spain, and overall was revealed to be a rather shitty person with huge controlling tendencies. She skipped the press conference for her movie Recalled with Kim Kang Woo and from all accounts appear to be laying low to let this scandal pass. Recalled opened number 1 at the box office though not big ticket sales just the top movie for that week, and her acting and the movie both got good reviews. A reporter wondered if she can survive the scandal like same way veteran top actor Lee Byung Hun did a few years ago during his Lee Santa controversy (cheating on wife Lee Min Jung with a wannabe actress and then getting blackmailed by her and her friend). He came back of course but the difference with Seo Ye Ji is: (1) he’s got 20 more years under his belt then her, (2) his reputation within the industry is good, he behaves respectfully at work and has never been bandied about as someone with a bad attitude professionally, (3) his scandal was cheating on wife but did not impact others or caused problems to a movie/drama, and (4) he’s a guy and she’s a girl. I mention the last issue because male actors or stars get way more leeway to comeback from scandals than women and that’s a fact, though Seo Ye Ji’s biggest sin in the mind of netizens and industry peers is that her own selfish emotional needs led to negative impact on the cast and crew of Time and that may be an unforgiveable transgression.
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I hope she survives, she has potential as an actress. If people stopped looking at their personal lives, you will see they are both similar in trying to pursue the same goals in acting. This is ultimately what should be judged if looking from a professional perspective.
Yet the whole point is that her very personal life had large ramifications on the professional lives of others.
If its true, I will never like her personality. However, I will not connect her personal life esp if its not a “crime” to her professional work. I hope she’ll just for the meantime as a movie actress. She can widen her resume in the big screen where she could be respected as an actress. She might get big there then netizens will never question again [or might just forget the issue like LBH] if she’ll come back in doing tv dramas in the future. She’s too good and KJH as well so I believe they could still make it.
She can survives and comeback to dramaland as long she open her mouth and say apologize before to late like yoon eun hye lol.If cheating man,drug,toilet chun,rapist etc still survive and still have fans why she can't?
She can, but might be a bit more difficult especially if she doesn't have a strong backer (i.e. agency, sponsor, etc). LBH, aside from being man, has also become a strong force in the industry. Hence, it is much more difficult to blackball him. Her current agency has Kim Soo Hyun as its "bargaining chip", but if they're smart enough they will not tarnish KSH just to try to negotiate for SYJ. So, she might need a bigger force behind her. But then again, she has some support from her movie director in Recalled, hence she might go the Park Hye Soo route, who is shooting a low-budget film from a Director she has worked before. She will still be given work, but she might follow in footsteps of YEH and PYC.... low profile and maybe low-budget projects as re-starter.
Her fans were amazing though they really pooled in money to buy tickets for her movie. Even though they couldnt physically watch it.
Both are trash but not all trash stink equally. Seo Ye Ji is more a stinking trash than LBH.
Geez, people really believe anything they are told.
Imagine that. It started with a dating scandal. SYJ was not even a party of such relationship but just so happened an ex of one of the parties, who at one point had shown unprofessionalism toward his colleague then accused her as the reason of such bad behaviour.
Miraculously, dating scandal forgotten. KJH became a pitiful victim and SYJ became a witch bitch and everyone is hunting her. So weird.
I second you here. It's kinda weird because KJH should have been a pefectional actor from the start if he accepted the drama. Just plain weird.
KJH already apologized and got cancelled by Knetz that's why there's no mention of him anymore.
SYJ on the other hand has a whole list of controversies with evidence from various reporters. Defamation laws in Korea are much more severe, so if there were false they could get sued. Her staying silent says a lot about her previous actions.
Maybe you could enlighten me this so called evidence. Who said? What was said? Links
I have read articles and the way I am seeing it she’s the real victim here.
Btw, I am not a fan of anyone. I say in favor of someone whom I feel is wronged.
Ps We should not tolerate injustices and at the same time do not develop a vengeful culture. Don’t judge.
She may not be able to reach the superstardom that she was on track for, but I think she'll be able to survive and make a good living. I hear she can be very charismatic and magnetic - and that can also get you pretty far. And she's got thick enough skin to power through the controversy. And with all eyes on her, she'll have to suck it up and treat her staff like human beings.
I think she may be able to come back to the big screen as a supporting character. Small screen is a bit tricky - perhaps only through smaller channels like TV Chosun or MBN or a web drama.
Marrying her current boyfriend in the next few years may also help - locks her out of the dating pool and not have to worry about her dating one of the actors in the drama you're working on.
Do realise that box office numbers in this day and age are very easy to manipulate, because of covid. According to KOFIC, the box office number for Recalled is around $2 million USD. That is not a lot of money. Especially if you have Kim Kang-woo's fans also chipping in.
Lee Byung-hun is someone who is well-connected. He has the backing of Daewoo: https://www.hancinema.net/hancinema-s-news-lee-byung-hun-s-adoptive-father-dies-136631.html
Whenever an actor or an actress have a scandal, they will always mention LBH's comeback, but that is not fair as he is seriously connected... As far as I know, his scandal came to light because he went to the police instead of shutting it down. In other words, he is so confident that he did not even attempt to hide it. No actor or actress deal with a scandal in such an aggressive way.
I seriously believe if he was in SYJ's case, he would make KJH, the directors, the whole drama production crew and Seohyun write him an apology letter and they would do it as well... I think he is that powerful
I remember watching Lee Byung Hun's film "Inside Man" (2015) theatrical cut and his role was minimized which was the consequence of his scandal. But the film and actor still won awards. There was even a director's cut, 3 hours long that included more LBH scenes.
There's a big difference between SYJ and LBH. LBH is A-lister and has worked with distinguished directors and good films. SYJ is a good actress, but was just a rising star. Her attitude/personality will probably be the biggest thing associated with her more than her works. It will depend on how much the entertainment industry sees her value.