K-ent Insider Discusses Junho Vaulting to A-list Drama Leading Man After Critical Acclaim for His Performance in The Red Sleeve Cuff

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• Blah blah blah. Mediaplay. ?

  • Please be mature enough to not post hateful comments. And do not attempt to camouflage your hate as an opinion. I have been following TRS since day one on all Korean/ International social media outlets and have witnessed first hand his meteoric rise to become the current sensation that he is. This article is just stating the obvious.

    • Agree!Junho is a thespian! His acting is way better than other Hallyu stars. Just my opinion. He will make more memorable dramas and movies he is an epitome of a real multi talented person.

    • I am not Korean and I couldn't watch live to increase rating but all of Junho's dramas are hits for me. Before the Red sleeve cuff aired, I already fell in love with Just between lover and Wok of Love, even they are in my top favourites after watching hundreds of dramas during my years being K-drama viewers!

      Junho's tone and voice acting in The red sleeve is super outstanding (and maybe because of the fact that it is a historical drama, his excellent voice acting is even more to be seen (same as Seyoung). Though I don't know Korean, I really felt the charm and attractiveness anytime they speak!
      In modern dramas, you don't see quite clear on that maybe...but in Just between lovers, his voice is capturing your heart a lot, you feel all the emotions inside his acting! In Wok of love, he has a deep voice acting and very clear diction of the script...
      I meant, all his good performance were there but somehow only until the Red sleeve cuff a combination with other factors and context really helped showing off his talents!
      And totally agree with you. Some people just like to post hateful comments. Even before the Red sleeve, I already felt his rise soon after his military discharge. Unfortunately I did not know 2PM before a few years back so could not comment on his previous popularity but watching again his solo careers makes me feel Wow, such a talent, how and why didn't I know him before? He must have been really famous then with such beautiful and explosive performance on stage. But that is another story, as he is 2 different persons as an actor and singer. And he prove his quality work for both areas.
      I meant he is famous. So I don't think he needs to do some mediaplay for being more popular. He was just working hard to do his job well in all projects. And he succeeded so naturally he will earn even more attention than before!

  • Lmao cope. Cry harder ?

• Kang Ha neul and junho ,same aged, both were the cast of the movie twenty, and now both had a successful military comeback. But yeah in 2021 he got love both as an idol as an actor. A very rare feat.
  Seeing the post above, i can already see people going to swarm in here calling out the "alleged" mediaplay. But junho getting his bag so who cares.
  As for his A list status, i think it might take 1 or 2 more hits, but junho undoubtedly is the hottest topic rn. Anything related to him starts trending.

  • Yes. Not exactly a junho fan but one can't deny how his status has risen now. Those deniers like the obnoxious whatever above is coping with their predictable “mEdIaPlAy” comments lmao. But what can you expect when there are still posters on this blog that deny han so hee's popularity and her being in demand, when literally she's being cast left right and center. They're delulus, probably mad their faves are being overtaken by these rising stars lmao

  • Yes. Twenty!

  • I've been watching him ever since Cold Eyes/Twenty, was super impressed by him in Chief Kim (it takes talent to play such a slappable character while sharing the screen with Namgoong Min), his rise was slow and steady from supporting roles to lead but I'm VERY happy to see the success of The Red Sleeve.

    Same with TRS leading lady Lee Se Young actually.

    He and Kang Haneul were costars in Twenty and took a similar slow and steady approach by taking on different kinds of roles and supporting roles even when they could easily have scored lead roles much earlier. But it paid off for both of them because by the time they have a drama hit they're already recognised as talented actors.

• Oh , I am glad if Junho becomes a A list Star.
  He is a hardworking all rounded entertainer who doesn't take his natural talent for granted .
  He is brilliant as a young man.

  He is a natural but still works hard to be perfect and RS is the fruit of his efforts.

  Unlike some lucky famous actors , he gladly takes the challenges offered to him to improve more.

  All I hope is he will choose the next project wisely .

• DESERVED!!! I am not a 2pm fan and I hadn't watched anything for him before TRS. He OWNED the role with his Charisma. He's a force to be reckoned with in the acting world. I impatiently wait for his next work and wish him All The BEST.

• 2PM was one of THE biggest kpop groups in SK at one time so Junho was definitely an A list idol to begin with. The transition to A list actor was inevitable because all A list idols with this amount of talent are guaranteed to become A list actors just like DO did and potentially BTS V will in the future. There are idols who are good actors like Hyungshik and there are idols who are extremely popular like Eunwoo but Junho was always both. This status boost was always going to happen but its good to see it finally cemented. Both DO and Junho delivered in their respective sageuk dramas and proved their versatility and ratings power.

• Junho HSH combination when?

• This is my first time to be really excited for any actors. I had paid attention about Lee Junhobefore the The Red Sleeve and I was so surprised of how good he is the drama. He totally nailed and own Crown Prince Yisan and as the King.

  Out of curiosity as to why he is good and end up browsing anything about Lee Junho and found he is a Superstar in the making who excel in everything he does.

  Set popularity aside, just look at pure talent.

  As an actor— his acting skill has been noticed and critically acclaimed by PDs and colleagues in the industry ever since his acting debut in the movie Cold Eyes in 2013. After seeing him in that movie, Joen Do-yeon personally recommended him to be cast in the movie Memories of the Sword. Since then he’s been cast on major or lead roles both in movies and dramas and his acting skill has always been noticed and praised by people within the industry and viewers, Korean viewers in particular. And recent, he showed truly remarkable performance in The Red Sleeve and all the attentions he is getting is absolutely well-deserved.

  As an idol (Singer/dancer/performer) - he owns the stage as a performer and has a stable, great voice control and wide vocal range. I’ll definitely watch him live and so his group 2pm. They are a powerhouse vocal group and amazing entertainers. They sing LIVE. Yah they do.

  As a singer/songwriter - he plays the guitar/piano/drums and few other instruments and has 110 copyrighted songs as of Jan 2022.

  On top of that he values his work and has great work ethics, very humble and values hardwork in everything he does.

  Thanks to the internet. I got informed in a short amount of time.

  I am so happy for Lee Jun-ho and super-duper excited on what he’s going to do next. ?

  • ***correction*** I meant I had not paid attention of him before The Red Sleeve. This is my first time gushing about Lee Jun-ho purely for his outstanding talent.

  • Well said! Not only Junho is an all-round entertainer you can't help but love/admire, he's also a cat lovers. Man is just perfect! He deserves every bit of his success. Haters back off!

• Not his biggest fans but gives credit where its due, he deserved all the praise from TRS successful. He is amazing in it, full of charisma not many actor can pulled that. Looking forwards for his next project

• he deserves it . I 'am watching him since some dramas and he always delivers a good performance . His role in Chief Kim and his chemeistry with NGM was so good . Becoming an A lister is hard but it takes only a few bad choices to fall . Good luck to him as i wish to see him in another good role .

  • Bad choices make A listers fall? Since when? LMH, SHK, JJH, SYJ can't relate. True A listers are like Chaebol families, they never fall. Even JDY can keep churning of dramas that flop in ratings won't stop her from being the Queen of Cannes her whole life.

    • If you are an established A list star, a bad project or two can't make you fallen.
      But a bad scandal can.
      As a rising A list actor ( I wont say Star cause he is already an established idol ), he better avoid scandal that will make him look bad.

      Young male A list star equals to that amt of stress.
      It's so suffocating to see those celebrities.( I feel pity for KSH ).

      He needs to stay with only his cats for a while though.

    • @MMM Okay but what explains LMH then? He sky rocketed to fame overnight with BOF (just like Junho) then he did PT which tanked then he did CH which was a hit then Faith which tanked then Heirs which was a hit and then LOTBS which was panned by everyone despite the ratings then TKEM which tanked big time. Basically in his almost 20 year career he has exactly 3 hit dramas many years apart from each other. So at what point did he cross the rising A list to established A list because by the time he did Heirs he was already the King of new Hallyu. You don't need multiple successes to enter the A list you're in it the minute the industry says you are and you never leave it no matter how badly your drama fails or how typecast you become.

  • *chemistry . 2PM was really popular in 2010's . Taecyeon was in Dream High ( most of the cast made it big since) , he played with Moon Geun Young in Cinderella's sister, The Kpop group made 2 memorable cf Cass Beer with Yoon eun Hye and another one with Girl'sGeneration . Lee Jun Ho was in the movie Twenty along side Kang ha neul, He wasn't overshadowed by Jang Hyuk in Wok of love wich is not easy as Jang Hyuk is a great actor , In Confession he had the chance to work with amazing veteran actors . Now i'd like to see him working with Ji Sung . I think that i may have a heart attack if it happens .

• His performance in TRS hardcarried the show when the script became laggy and repetitive trapping the female lead in non challenging and less interesting scenes (she got back on track in the last 3 episodes), so I can definitely see how he came out of this drama super strong. I've liked him in past shows as well, a rare case of an idol-actor who can act. In fact the first time I watched him in a kdrama, I thought he was just a young new actor lol I might watch the only drama of his I haven't, which is Confession, while I wait for his next steps.

  Maybe I should check his kpop group but his image as an actor is so strong in me that I fear whiplash hahaha

  • You can check his but breaking chopsticks, he was famous for that ?. After that it was hard for him to build his name but he succeeded!

  • If you want to go to that rabbit hole, just a little bit warning... 2PM is wild, like really wild. The wild level of 2nd generation idol is on different level ?

    • Hi, oldreader! I'm curious what does 2pm being wild means? Ha! I've watched many Junho's videos on youtube since his drama Just Between Lovers and I've got nothing wild except his sexy but* kkkk

    • @dandelionplusme Oldreader meant that 2PM is one of those "no filter" groups. They don't really hide their words and actions, leading to hilarious situations.

  • His real personality is close to Seo Yul in Chief Kim. Fiery, grumpy and cute. You can see that whenever he's interacting with his bandmates, so be prepare?