Youn Yuh Jung, Kim Min Ha, Lee Min Ho, and Jung Eun Chae Attend the US Premiere of Apple TV+ Prestige Series Pachinko

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• Lee Min Ho is really not aging well. Swollen face and apI don’t know if he smokes but the color of his lips are getting darker and bluer...

  • He had to put on some weight for the role, maybe that’s taken a toll on him. Plus stress and jetlag and we know how the k stars react to american food aswell. Wouldn’t judge him based on these pics, he‘s been looking really good in his recent yt videos

    • X me è perfetto!!

• Is Kim Min-ha a complete newbie? Pachinko's reviews are calling her the star of the show, but I can't find much background on her.

  If she is a newbie, then this is an incredible first acting gig and by the looks of it, performance.

  • Yes, she's a complete newbie.

    • Wow, that's impressive. I can't imagine helming such a big prestige drama as your first acting job. The pressure!

      These OTT platforms are really giving newbies amazing acting opportunities.

• Um, I've never been wowed by Lee Min-ho's looks but WTF is wrong with his face? Is it just extra weight or did he have work done? It looks weird

• You should have included a picture of Jin Ha! He was wearing a pink hanbok!

• LMH looking like a hot mess. He was looking good in his recent magazine shoots but obviously very airbrushed. Yikes.

• What happened to Lee Minhos face?

  • Lee Minho's entire outfit - hair and clothes- seemed like he rolled out of bed. I saw the video for this, and there was a lot of wind, so the tousled hair that would look okay in a photoshoot just looks greasy here. When you compare him with the rest of the cast in their group pic, he has the most dull outfit.

    Also he's 35. He will look old sometimes, especially on days with little sleep.

    Anyways, maybe it's time for him to take on more ahjusshi-ish type roles. Change it up!

• Apple TV doesn't have the reach of Netflix so this might get good reviews and awards but it won't probably have the reach. And all the comments on LMH's looks are weird. The focus on visuals in K-entertainment has always been off the charts, both in acting and k-pop, but geesh let it go.

• There's an excellent article in Time about the making of Pachinko. Apple TV is taking a big risk with this big-budget period piece that doesn't have superheroes, sex, or dramatic action sequences. Exec producer Therea Kang-Lowe approached several streamers but most balked at the price tag. The team was asking for a budget on par with that of The Crown. Apple and Netflix eventually came through and they picked Apple, thanks to the support of their director of domestic programming Michelle Lee.

  Soo Hugh wrote it for 4 seasons but they are still waiting for Apple TV to greenlight S2. It seems like the drama abruptly ends with the fate of the characters still hanging in the air. It's a shame if Apple TV drops it. Hopefully S1 will attract and keep enough new subscribers to satisfy the bean counters.

• Lee Min-ho has such a full face. He is a bit of a fatty... never understood his appeal. His low cheekbones makes him look South-East Asian, so I never understood why Koreans always belittle South-East Asian faces but admire Lee Min-ho

  • He’s got million of young followers on his IG from Iran to India. When I was new with K-drama I found him handsome in those old dramas but not impressed with his acting skills. Yes I agree that his charm is not showing on these photos. Puffy face and no glow.

    • Nothing wrong with having a full face. I do not find it weird that he is popular outside Korea, because beauty standards are more diverse outside Korea. But I never understood why Koreans call South-East Asians ugly, whilst they find guys such as Won Bin and Lee Min-ho hot, who are tanned and actually look more Filipino than Korean.

    • @adyjunjihyun, Bc Koreans (and Asians in general) are colorist.

• I like Lee Minho but what’s wrong with his face ??? He looks very different… could it be the hairstyle