So those of you watching the romance sageuk The Forbidden Marriage will have to tell me how male lead Kim Young Dae is doing. I watched the first episode, didn’t like or dislike it, but didn’t feel the urge to continue. He wasn’t bad in the first episode but it’s just set up and everyone was more or less serviceable. But he’s still dogged by the general impression that he can’t act so to hear he’s getting another drama already makes me fervently hope he’s improved in this current drama. He’s in talks for streaming network ENA drama Midday Moon (The Moon that Rises in the Day) which is a fantasy time-traveling sageuk about a man whose time has stopped and a woman whose time keeps slipping away and their romance between the three kingdoms (Shilla, Baekjae, Gorguyeo) period and the present day. The drama will be adapted from the same name manwha.
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I think Kim Young-dae is going to play the teenage acquaintance of the female protagonist who became possessed by the soul of her former incarnation's husband who was a Silla nobleman, if I remember well. Is Kim Young-dae going to play the husband as well because he is a buff man, and I really don't see him in that role. I pictured Kim Jung-hyun because he looks like him and he pulls off the silent and morally-grey characters.
i dont even understand how hes been cast as a male lead..hes only good as a supporting actor..it look like his drama will never doing good coz he just dont have an aura as a leading man..definitely an actor going to Jung Il Woo and Kim Ji Hoon ways..mediocre!
I am not his fan but let's give credit where it is due. He was good in "The Forbidden Marriage". He shines the most during comedic scenes but he showed improvements during the sorrowful parts of the drama.
He is still bad, one of the worst acting tied with Cha Eun Woo (who at least improved in Island).
He is much better than can't-express-Cha Eun Woo. At least Kim Young Dae can emote and he showed it in this drama here
He was good for the comedic part but not the rest. He could pull the gravitas for a sakeuk, he wasn't charismatic as a King...
So he should choose modern dramas.
I thought his acting was fine in Forbidden marriage. He was comedic, showed heartfelt emotion. I really enjoyed the series. I watch a ton of kdramas and I certainly would not put him in the bottom of actors.
Tbh he was seriously good in Forbidden Marriage. Brought an unexpected gravitas to the role and his anguish was palpable. Sageuk seems to be a good fit for him so I'm not surprised he's been offered another
I thought he was really good I thought he pulled off the comedy as well as the emotional scene's I'm very surprised to see a lot of people saying he's a bad actor
He is really not good even in comedy.
Despite don't care for the chemistry of the leads, I did finished this drama letting it run in the background because I don't need to pay attention to such writing. His acting is not good for a King. The 2nd leading man was much better. Perhaps he should pick something that is more tailor to him. Cha Eun Woo seems to finally find his niche in "Island" w/ his fighting physique & his emotional delivery where he meets his dying brother was passable (something he failed to do many times in his prior dramas).
I feel like we should be harsher to male actors since the actresses get more backlash. For instance, someone like GYJ (from Alchemy of Souls) who has done an incredible job w/ praise from each of her recent roles (from articles and a majority of fans) but due to the backlash, she got some strong unreasonable hate for her acting. By no mean is she even bad & she does have more to improve just like any other actors.
Kim Young Dae, though, I can definitely say he is bad. I see potential in this actor, but I feel like he has had too many experiences and he shouldn't be this bad anymore. Let's look at LJW, who is a lot newer then KYD, he is just a natural born actor emoting and delivery his fighting sequences but continues to improve w/ every new dramas of his.
Kim Young Dae is doing very well in his acting. Being harsher to male actors is ridiculous and sexist.
I became a fan of KYD through his convincing performance in Forbidden Kingdom. GYJ did a significantly worse job of acting in Alchemy of Souls 2. She was just a incredibly pretty Dave and that was it. Missed the actress from Season 1.
Let's be honest. Who else among the rookie actors these days has strong acting skills and onscreen presence as male lead material? There are only Lee Do Hyun and Lee Jae Wook who received great acting responses both from k-netizens and viewers in general.
Most of them are bad and got free pass because of visuals.
Nah... Everyone to their own you know, I really like his acting and he is also cute to be honest. I love him not only as a supporting cast but as a main lead too.
I didn't finish either, His acting as a king wasn't good . he even disappeared under the royal outfit . No chemistry either . he is better in comedies . He continue to get lead roles perhaps because of his gentle looks . But he isn't the only one to lead dramas even with average acting so good for him .
Seeing many people covering him, the bar is indeed too low now. I dropped it because of his bad acting.