Shin Won Ho Turns 21 and Koala Celebrates!
LOL, is this even news? Around here them parts it sure is. Especially since coming of legal age means said actor gets to graduate from the object of ICOMYM affection. Shin Won Ho turned 21 last month and I’ve simply been too busy to devote a post about it. When I say he turned 21, I mean 21 in Western age and not those fake 21 Korean age thingies where they give a newborn infant the age of 1 by adding the time in the womb into the age count. When I saw Yoo Seung Ho‘s entrance as adult Kang Hyung Joon in Missing You, aside from swooning over his baby boy smolder, it also totally totally reminded me of Shin’s famous entrance in episode 1 of Big as Kang Kyung Joon. By the way, I also realize the character names for both guys are ridiculously similar. I promise I don’t have this thing for guys with the last name Kang and the last character Joon. Looking back, I know I loved Big as much as I did because Shin set the stage for Kyung Joon in episode 1 using a short 40 minutes to really lay the foundation of this just returning to Korea teenage boy without real family and armed with only his smarts, backbone, and sharp tongue. I don’t think any male lead character in any 2012 drama made as strong of an impression on me. I’m still sad Shin wasn’t able to come back and finish up his role in Big in the final episode. Since wrapping up Big during the Summer, Shin has been busy with his idol group Cross Gene doing promotions and releasing new singles. As much as I love him, Cross Gene will never be my thing. I hope he comes back with a fantastic drama next year (I wish he was one of the flower boys in Flower Boy Next Door) and maybe sticks with acting full time when he gets tired of this idol thingie. Whatever he lacks in acting training and nuance he more than makes up for it with onscreen charisma and great co-start chemistry. Check out the bus scene from episode 1 of Big below as a walk down memory lane with me.
Big episode 1 bus cut scene:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUhqdl8oSI8
Happy Birthday Shin Won Ho! Thanks Ms. Koala for bringing me back to such fond memories. Brings back all my love for Big and especially that scene. His charisma is amazing and he definitely left a lasting impression even with the small amount of screen time he got (quality over quantity)
I also look forward to seeing again in a drama soon.
I know that scene really was wonderful, and LMJ reacted the way many of us would to Shin’s stare. She absorbed it for as long as she could before finally stutterig at him.
*throws confetti*
Now it’s all by the book! Congrats Mrs K, happy BDay SWH.
he has same birthdate with me. and oh yes he’s cute for 21.
not those fake 21 Korean age thingies where Koala gets arrested and keeps trying to defend herself, saying “But Officer he SAID he was 21!!”
He is TWO years older than YESH! How can that even be possible?
Aw! He’s so cute… and then I see him on screen and I forget my age. Happy Bday SWH.
Happy bday shin!
Really love young and handsome boy..like shin!
Gosh, noona here going to be crazy!
Omo, pretty sure I’ve watched this scene about 12 times but it still gets me EVERY TIME.
Where is he? What are they doing with him?? There hasn’t really been any CROSS GENE activity that I know of (in Korea anyway). I miss him. T__T
I was actually hoping they’d give him a role in School but that didn’t happen either.
You would celebrate with him! 🙂 Haha! So cute!
BEST SCENE from BIG:D LOL without acting training he sure handled that scene and drama perfectly:D The phrase is a must among our gags with dramalover friends:D “ohoh igeon anijiiii” :DDDDD LOL
(he is like a mixture of all pretty boys in k-industry, SJK,YSH….) *sighes*