Musical The Phantom of the Opera was my entry into the world of stage where it’s been a lifelong love affair. The score and songs remain excellent to this day but once I got older I realized how sus the entire story was haha. Everyone loved the Phantom over lame Raoul but honestly the former was basically groomer/kidnapper. Anyhoo, the South Korean stage is doing a revival in 2023 starring actor Jo Seung Woo, who is as famous as stage as he is in dramas/film. The promos are out and I both swooned at his uber handsome Phantom but also LOL’d at how his Phantom is not massively disfigured. Like, he just looks like a bad boy dude living under the opera house rather than a grotesque figure of pain and pride. I guess the whole he’s so ugly he can’t see the light of day part will just be imagined heh.
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If he can't stand to act the role as it should be, he should not act it. The vanity is insane.
Jo Seung-woo is a familiar face in the musical circuit. He's pretty much considered royalty by musical fans. It's just that the *promos* of South Korean productions of "The Phantom of the Opera" don't show the actors who play The Phantom with a mask. Maybe it's because they fear that the actors might not be instantly recognizable to prospective viewers, especially to non-regular spectators of musicals.
I mean, if the Phantom looked like this, he definitely wouldn’t be living in the catacombs of an opera house.
SWOON. He looks fab. I'm guessing someone thought it would be a shame to disfigure/cover up that face for promos...and I would tend to agree. LOL. Everyone probably knows this story by now. The production itself will probably still keep him behind a mask - true to the story.
I for one love the poster because I'm a huge fan of him since Stranger. Masked up/not masked up...dont care. Wish I was in Korea so I could attend!
not people thinking it was the ACTOR choice to look "good" (he is actually pretty laidback in real life lol)
korea lookism is huge, I bet they want a "handsome" phantom to atract people, they don't need, because they have freaking jo seung woo but it's south korea and they need the character/actors to look handsome/pretty.
He is the face of the Phantom of The Opera in SK
Idk why there is comment saying how he can't act
I have loved his work since Marathon. He is such a talent, wonderful to watch. I wish i could be in SK to attend. With or without a mask it would be a pleasure to watch and listen to him sing. Does anyone know if they will do a soundtrack to it?