Sung Joon needs to move on to a better agency tbh as much as i dont want to put all the blame on the agency but looking at his past works before he sign with his new company the choices were pretty good and versatile. Now is just all pretty much the same going downhill except that i knew that it was his choice to be on HJM which his company totally disagree on

I haven’t really paid attention to if he actually changed agencies, but I do feel like someone keeps pushing him to play the romantic lead when I think he’s much more interesting when he’s not the lead, and preferably in some darker role. Most of the idol-actors I prefer to be supporting characters, actually, because I’m not all that convinced they can handle the weight of a leading role. Which is not to denigrate them because the majority of the time I watch dramas (or stick with a drama) for the supporting characters, generally caring little about what happens to the leads so long as their world lets the supporting characters be awesome.

I had no idea that it was his choice to do Hyde, Jekyll, Me, and even though that was a terrible drama, I actually really enjoyed his scenery chewing! It was a fun role for him to play with, and even though I’ve said it a million times already, I’d love him to keep pursuing roles like that.

I feel like his trajectory is the opposite of Soo Hyuk, who seems content to stick with odd side/supporting characters, going for roles that challenge him but also aren’t completely out of his wheelhouse. Not that all his dramas are necessarily good (pretty sure I’m never gonna watch Scholar That Walks In The Night), but he usually ends up being a scene stealer and making the drama that much better. I feel like Soo Hyuk is learning as he goes, even when it comes to lack-luster dramas, but with Sung Joon… sigh… his characters often feel like the same flat character as before, especially when he’s the lead. Yet I still really love him? That’s the power of the first impression, I guess.