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Jung Kyung Ho Rockets Up the Buzz Charts Again as the Perfect Beta Male Lead Thanks to Impeccable Performance in Crash Course on Romance

If I haven’t watched Jung Kyung Ho stretch his acting (and genre) chops so much in his nearly two decade long career I would absolutely believe that he is always acting as himself, the perfect beta male lead. It started with Smile, You as his breakout drama and has continued off and on until now it’s back in the spotlight again with his role in Crash Course on Romance. The drama plays up his finicky fastidiousness stemming from school age emotional hang ups but he’s now so successful that it’s great seeing the two blend into a fully formed 4D complex and interesting character with still so much growth potential. I’ve seen so much discussion on the web about him these past two weeks, he’s definitely getting the lion’s share of the buzz from Crash Course and also bringing back all the nostalgia good feels from his past great performances.

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  • Loved him in Hospital Playlist. Waiting till all episodes are out for Crash Course so I can binge!

    • Love him in anything . From "Time between dog and wolf " to Life on Mars ( great ) His character was my fav one in Hospital Playlist . I even finished Missing 9 for him .

    • I also loved him as Kim Jun Wan! And after HP, I searched for all his dramas. I love Smile, You , Heartless City and Life On Mars... But I can't wait for all the eps of Crash Course until I binge...so I binge on all eps for a week...

  • Loved him from Smile You, through Heartless City all the way to Crash Course on Romance. Unpopular opinion but his character in Crash Course is great but he had many other great dramas. It's a little sad how long he had to wait for all the buzz.

  • He is really great in this kind of roles, and so glad he is rise up again with the unexpected hits crash course on romance. He always know how to create chemistry with his leading lady, I remember I was so giddy watching him with Lee Min Jung in Smile you. I actually surprise he still can create buzz in romantic comedy.

    But still my fav performances of him will always be heartless city. If only his hits drama is heartless city, he will be typecast as paksa adel once again, hehe

  • He is comedy GOLD!! I LOL so hard when he was holding the belt at the end of episode 5 😂 This role reminded me of his role in Falling for Innocence/ Beating Heat. Same comedic timing and off the wall character, but somehow it’s different so endearing. I wished they would have picked a younger actress, closer to his age. But Jeon Do Yeon looks young for her age, so it’s no biggie. Maybe the ahjumma hairstyle doesn’t look good on her haha😜

    • Choose a younger one may not lead to a strong rating like this, you can see the rating previously how dismal romcoms are with younger actresses

      • Are you saying that there are no good upcoming actresses? They absolutely could have found an age appropriate leading lady for JKH or an age appropriate leading man for JDY. The age gap is very visually obvious here.

    • The actress is good ... but they could have found a younger female lead. That would flutter the hearts of the audience even more. Loved him in this role

  • Jung Kyung Ho has been one of my all-time favorite actors since Time Between Dog and Wolf, and Cruel City cemented it. He is absolutely one of the best actors in Korea. I just think he doesn't get the recognition he deserves and I'm so happy he is getting more love. He deserves it all. I just hope he does an action role again or a sageuk because he really is at his best as a brooding action hero.

  • I have no idea he has been around for so long. I started noticing him in Prison Playlist.
    I love Prison Playlist so much, it introduced me to many established actors, unknown in Kdrama because they are from the movie, musical/stage circles.

  • Could you share please what kind of discussion you have seen about him online? Curious to know. :)
    And I also like his Character so much here. But i think part of the reason is also his chemistry with the female actress. She is effortlessly funny and charming haha

  • Love Crash Course In Romance - have gone back to watching again from Episode One while awaiting more.

  • I'm a big big fan of Jung kyung ho and loved her all the dramas especially another happy ending.just couldn't eyes off from her character.he deserves more then he get from the past.waiting crash course in romance upcoming episode impatiently.😍

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