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But why rising actor? He’s been around for at least 10 years: i never watched Coffee Prince but heard a lot about it and if my memory is right it’s from 2007. What i understood from the little tidbits i read about him: he’s not famous because he chose to be picky about his roles and has enough money from his modeling career already to not be forced to work…

“Rising” as in growing in popularity, which I believe is accurate. He definitely did get more attention thanks to his role in Voice (as well as the release of his film Another Way, although to a lesser extent). I think he’s generally been respected for the roles he’s done, but from my experience just due to being his fan for so long, he hasn’t always had the kind of popularity like I’ve seen recently.

That being said, one of the interviews post-Voice asked him what he thinks of all the news articles talking about the “rediscovery of Kim Jae Wook” and he said he’s been hearing that for at least ten years, ever since Coffee Prince, so he’s not exactly putting any stock in the sentiment.

But his sudden burst of popularity does make me hope that he’ll be able to have more of a selection of roles to choose from in the near future, especially ones that he’ll feel is worth his while and won’t ultimately end up disappointing the fans. More importantly, perhaps it’ll mean that we won’t have to wait another three years to see him on our screen again.

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Adorable Kang Ho!

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I was all excited that I actually left work on time and got home at a decent hour, and yet here I am, hours later, still wide awake and losing precious sleep time.

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Idk what the opinion of him is in Korea, but all of the comments I see supporting him is coming from international fans.

Just based on the articles I was skimming, the Korean netizens seem to think his career is toast. Well, even toaster than it already was, so I guess it’s burnt toast? It’s sad that drunk driving is more scandalous than assaulting a woman, but it seems like for most netizens it’s the final nail in his celebrity coffin. If he continues to promote and seek success as an artist, it’ll probably have to be internationally elsewhere in Asia or settle for a much smaller fanbase in Korea. KeyEast has apparently decided not to cancel Mud’s fanmeeting at the end of the month, and Naver tells me that it’s sold out (the venue can hold a little over 2000 people), although supposedly they will be reviewing his other activities. Whatever, KeyEast. Like anyone can trust you now.

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I just found out about Mud’s recent drunk driving…

His fans are still supporting and defending the precious oppar. They still think he’s so innocent. Talk about delusional.

No kidding. I don’t understand it, really. He’s a second gen idol in his thirties, so you’d think a lot of the fans would be grown women with lives of their own who would be horrified by what he’s done. I’m just knee-jerk reacting with my assumption that delulus have to be young fans swayed by a pretty face and blindly believing that his lying agency is actually speaking truth and not just doing whatever they can to protect their asse(t)s.