I expect to see 2024 breakout K-actor Byun Woo Seok in the news a lot from now until year end as the year end polls and/or awards come out, he was just that big this year. The Joynews poll of 200 plus industry insiders across multiple topics has released the vote on top rising star in K-dramas in 2024. Byun Woo Seok was the top vote getter by a runaway amount at 90 votes for Lovely Runner. Second spot went to actress Jang Da Ah who was in Pyramid Game with 26 votes. And third place is idol turned actor Lee Seung Hyeob from Love Next Door and Lovely Runner who got 16 votes. The rest is just a few votes scattered here and there so it’s definitely a hard year to stand out with such a massive star making moment going to one actor.
Lee Seung Hyub got it because of Lovely Runner. He was In Hyuk, come on!
His character in love next door was so annoying right up there with the mom’s character. So it must be lovely runner that upped his popularity.
Lee should get a lead role soon. He is just so gorgeous. BWS also got the second place in the “most influential person” in entertainment business this year, just after Lim Young Woon the ballad singer? The stars have all aligned for him this year. Haven’t seen such a breakout for a long long time. He has now 17 CFs, the most among all actors and only second to Son Heung Min the football player. What a year.
Interested to see what kind of project he chooses next. He is not known for his acting skills but he is certainly better than many of those “rising” young actors in the late 20s and early 30s age group. There is a special appeal and charisma about him that does seem to capture women’s hearts. Something very sincere, boyish yet also masculine.
Just want to correct you, he is not ballad singer but trot singer. Trot is big thing in korea
I still don’t understand why KHY didn’t get the same popularity or hype like BWS. I mean why the gap is so big between these two when lovely runner is just another romance drama. BWS has 17 CFs now and did KHY even has 5 CFs? We can get example QOT lead when KSH had 14 CFs and KJW had almost 10 CFs now both also always in the same list survey didn’t have big gap. I also notice that KHY fandom is pretty big too for female actress bcs she is always winning the online fan polling but its weird she didn’t have the same hype as BWS or at least didn’t have a big gap
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She hardly carried this drama. The same goes to extraordinary you. But she hasnt gotten the same hype as her male leads.
So curious about BWS’ next projects. Can he really carry a drama by himself or stuck in this one hit drama.
Popularity and hype has a lot to do with star power as well. She is a good actress but in terms of star power other actresses like KJW have more.
I honestly think it has more to do with the characters she portrays as female lead. Most viewers prefer strong female, rebel boss babe type characters. Plus BWS’s character was a dream boat simp. Ppl were going crazy becoz he played the ultimate ‘green forest’ character as they put it and he played it well. Not many ppl like happy go lucky, smiley bright female characters. Western audiences r not used to asian sweet cute type characters. I’m sure Hyeyoon is done playing high school sweet hearts at this point. Plus she’s still young. It’s better to gain popularity slowly than to gain it all at once. Ppl really become hateful to those who gain popularity overnight and start hating on all their projects. I’ve seen it too many times.
I’m curious too, being a female shouldn’t be a reason. After all kjw got so many benefit from qot success. Even if it’s just a fraction of that, it would be good. I’m thinking if her agency has a problem or something
I’m thinking her agency isn’t really the type to sign CF deals left and right for their talents. Not even LJJ, JWS or even LJY who is still pretty much riding the high from The Glory and PSD have many endorsement contracts. They do get quality scripts and seems like Artist Company is more focused on that.
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Hmm that does sound like a good plan. If we compare it to c ent that takes cf left and right and then get into news for leaving the set too often for brand activities, it does seem to be not ideal for actors actively shooting to take so many cf
Did’t the director said shes ugly…that an obvious answer..lmao!
Taken out of context. I followed this issue because i find this insulting. But the director was talking about the styling. Her first style was terrible. That’s why they had to reshoot.
personally, i like both bws, khy, kjw, and ksh. all of them had an amazing year and i’m happy for them all.
i don’t understand why people comparing khy to bws or kjw. she had her breakout moment in 2019 with sky castle whereas they are having their moment right now. khy got her 10 cfs deals in 2019 and has new ones now. she signed with a competent agency this year, had several fanmeetings, won several awards, and is working on her new project.
not everything is a competition. everyone has their own timing and moment. my nana used to say “comparison is the thief of joy.” khy just wants to act and try different type of roles, which she is doing. her new agency just merged with a production company, which is crazy because kindustry is struggling with getting dramas made. she was on the cover of hashtag legend for chow tai fook’s jewelry. fans over all the world celebrated her birthday with ad, billboards, sent her gifts, etc. can we please celebrate her success.
Kjw had her breakout role in 2016 and had 17 cf’s but rarely had any few yrs ago when sukku had 19. It’s about whether agency rides or hype or can capitalise like han sohee who had like the most cf’s in 2020,she also wasnt main in her break out role. KHY seems super popular too judging by fanbase, so I think think it might be a agency issue.
I am really looking forward to the next drama. I think gumiho character will be full of charms, I liked the Teo Yoo and Kim Ok Bin romcom by this director and Lomon is the most good looking of all her acting partners. I think it will explode.
Given how much Sidus mismanaged her career, I just hope ACOM can get her steady stream of good projects. Kim Hye Yoon herself said she wasn’t getting any solid projects and she was stressed about it for the longest time. I am happy she has CFs now with a fanbase that purchases because of her. But I just hope ACOM can get her good projects like she wishes. CFs are great but good scripts are more important given how competitive everything has gotten. May she continue to get success. I don’t pay attention to the comparisons, I like most of the actors. Ji Won, Soo Hyun are her sunbaes anyway.
I found Ryu Da-In was the surprise of Pyramide Game. Jang Da-A wasn’t bad but people talked about her because she’s the sister of IVE’s Wonyoung. Shin Seul-Ki was pretty good too.
I’m surprised to see Lee Seung-Hyub, both of his roles were minor. I’m happy he got the first role of the next FNC drama.
Jang da ah was pretty good too, psycho character isn’t exactly easy for newcomer. She did get the most buzz for her acting, although that doesn’t mean she would be good in other roles.
What kind of script or project is Byun Woo Seok’s agency waiting for? It seems they’re delaying picking his next project as long as possible. Kind of reminded me of Deng Wei. I hope they actually have a solid plan for his future and not just squeezing every last drop of his popularity while it last.
It’s different with Deng Wei. He already filmed two dramas during the hype of LYF and will probably be release next year.
Probably good for hairline to take a break from costume dramas. He needs to do a modern drama to mix it up. Though most modern dramas scripts are rather lame.
As for BWS, with such fast popularity comes with consequences as well. People will look at his next drama more closely. If it does well then great but if it doesn’t then he will just lose steam.
I’m a bit tired of all the talks about his popularity. Just bring us a new drama! C’mon! LOL.
@keke thanks for the correction. my first show of hers was dots and i really liked her character, but then she kinda disappeared because i don’t remember seeing her. her role in qots was her breakout role (to me) because it was iconic.
anyway, i think everyone is doing amazing. i hope they all pick amazing projects and come back next year.
@Kim, be warned. There r some haters lurking around. The one u r replying to is one of them 😮💨