At this point I’m girding myself for one bombshell news a week from K-ent from here on out until 2014 finally ends. I suppose SM Entertainment can breathe a sigh of relief that this news nugget doesn’t involve the agency. Idol-actor Lee Joon is stripping the idol from his career effective immediately as he’s officially left the K-pop group MBLAQ. He made it a two-fer by also not re-signing his recently expired contract with current agency J-Tune Camp. I don’t even know any of the other members of MBLAQ other than Lee Joon, and obviously he popped on my radar for his well-received budding acting career.

His two biggest acting roles to date are in the ensemble drama IRIS 2 followed by playing a creepy serial killer in this year’s cable drama Gap Dong. This week he made acting news by joining the upcoming reversing aging drama Mr. Baek as the son of the main lead played by Shin Ha Kyun. One doesn’t need to officially leave a solo singing career to focus on acting, some famous idol-actors juggling both include Lee Joon Ki and Rain. But it is hard to be a dedicated actor and still be a part of an idol group when scheduling plays a huge balancing role. I say let the man act to his heart’s content if that’s what he wants! Continue reading →