[Translation] Interview with Production company's CEO Yoon Se-hyun regarding Inspiring Generation

Q: Inspiring Generation have gathered many star-studded actors including Kim Hyun Joong and Im Soo Hyang. What are your thoughts about this?

• A: There was a big question before the broadcast, ‘Why it’s Kim Hyun Joong?’ ‘Why it’s Im Soo Hyang?’. We were also thinking given the large sum of production fees they have received, why did they invite singer-turned-actors instead of using top stars actors. Taking 'Bridal Mask' for example, there isn’t a lot of actors who are willingly to try out this kind of dramas, very minimal. It’s probably they are afraid to be rejected to enter Japan and also exclusion from the Japanese market (due to the drama's genre). It’s a tough decision walking down the ‘Hallyu Star’ path if they were to give up on the Japanese market. It’s never easy to make such decision.

There was a also a hot discussion regarding the ‘acting skills’ because as a singer who’s trying out the acting career, they have to show a lot of up-to-par acting elements (as compared to original actors themselves). But Hyun Joong have put a lot of effort to overcome this.

Before the broadcast, there were many anti topics about this, almost 99% of it. Right after the first episode was aired, many articles surfaced and praised ‘Hyun Joong have finally found the right drama for him’. And the same goes to Im Soo Hyang. It was a very good start to turn antis into fans.

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Source: ilyojournal.co.kr

Translated by @5StarsAs1

[Article] ‘Generation Of Youth’ Kim Hyun Joong Obliterates His Flower Boy Image

'Generation Of Youth' Kim Hyun Joong perfectly transformed to his role in the drama, Shin Jung Tae. When we watch Kim Hyung Joon play character, Shin Jung Tae, there is no resemblance of his previous characters as a flower boy. On the sixth episode of the KBS 2 TV Wednesday Thursday TV drama "Generation Of Youth" which aired on January 30, 2014, actor Kim Hyung Joon played Shin Jung Tae, a naïve, idealistic, yet sometimes aggressive man.


Previously, Shin Jung Tae met his first love in three years. On today's episode, Shin Jung Tae had a heated discussion with Mo Il Hwa, played by Song Jae Rim, which resulted in a fight between the two. Although he could be aggressive when needed to be, Shin Jung Tae was also a warm man to people around him. When it was Kim Oh Ryun's birthday, he said "Happy birthday" in the sweetest smiles and voice, attracting a lot of the female audiences.

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source: kdramastars.com