Aw, thanks for reading my ramblings, and I guess we’ll agree to disagree.
I don’t know what I said was my dream role for Handsome Oppa (I, uh, say a lot of things, especially when those cheekbones are involved…), but I definitely don’t regret his decision to play the villain on Voice.
Not only was Voice the most successful original show OCN has ever produced (at least, ratings-wise, which is always the most important thing to the executives), but Handsome Oppa has managed to do an incredible job making the role his own. He’s both captivating and legitimately terrifying. He manages to hold his own with more seasoned actors, especially big names like Jang Hyuk. Also, a lot of his scenes are ones where he’s the only one in the room, which means he has to rely only on his acting skills, since there’s no one else for him to react to. I think this role has shown how he’s grown as an actor over the years, and he has every reason to be proud of it.
All in all, I’m very pleased with his role in this drama, and I’m hoping this gets him more exposure for other projects, since having to wait every three years for him to show up on my screen is more painful than a kettlebell to the skull. Or, ah, something like that… yeah…
I am hoping his next project is a little more light-hearted, though. I know he seems to like odd-duck roles, but really, I could use a decent rom-com – or at least something more comedic just in general. I feel like he gets type-cast as a brooding mystery guy a lot, but I know he’s capable of being adorkably hilarious and that’s a side I’d love to see more from him. Really, whatever role it is, it just needs to be as opposite from Tae-gu as possible, because he’s just a little too convincing as a murderous psychopath. *shiver*
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