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FL displays the same facial expression basically the whole time, no matter whether her character is supposed to be worried or happy or afraid or surprised or whatever. She does not seem to be able to make those feelings/emotions visible, or her character is lacking any feelings/emotions. That's hard to tell.
It doesn't help either that I don't like her character but an underwhelming performance combined with an obnoxious role is too much for me. I hope FL improves her acting in the next episodes or that her character will hopefully become less annoying. Otherwise, I'll drop this.

Indeed, we also need actors who can disappear in a role like Song Ha-yoon. She didn't steal PMY's show, which is great because it was clear that PMY was supposed to be the star in this drama. Another "star" or "wanna-be star" would have ruined it. Yet she made an impact because of her great performance. I hope she'll get more complex roles in the future.

I "pick" her because I watched her dramas. I am not interested in BTS, I don't know BTS (apart from the name), so I don't talk about BTS. Also, I usually do not do research on actors unless they look, for example, extremely unhealthy like PMY. If PMY weighted 47 kg back then and 50 kg in the restaurant scene, I'm wondering if she just aged really badly (unlike me, who is her age and hasn't had any plastic surgery or botox or anything like that) or if that's just not her weight, and the official statements are lies like the "articles" from your favourite sources. Since PMY does not look like a smoker or drug addict, I don't think that she aged worse than I. She also has the money to get good plastic surgery. Her looking gaunter at 50 kg while looking healthy and pretty at 47 kg means that something is wrong with the numbers. And since you come up with random numbers just to correct yourself when somebody points out that your claims make no sense, tells me that I'm very likely right.

So, why do I care about PMY? Well, I like her as an actress and hope she'll be in more dramas in the future. I certainly won't watch all of them because I'm not that into romcoms, and PMY mainly acts in romcoms. However, I definitely will not watch any dramas with anorexic and otherwise unhealthy actors in it because I don't want to support that. If many people watch those dramas, producers might think that it's because of anorexia. The next actor must lose weight, too, to look as anorexic as the successful actor.

We judge all the time, that's right. Otherwise, we would not watch any dramas or listen to music because it's all about judging. Enjoying is judging, too.

You are also right about the choices. Most actors in this industry have two options: Lose weight and get the role, or be a "fatty" and don't get any role. Work overtime, or don't come back. If you do some research on actual news websites, not on gossip websites full of lies, you'll get to the interesting articles which tell you how less successful actors get treated. Having to lose weight is just one aspect. And since there are many, many beautiful Koreans, especially many, many younger beautiful Koreans, the actual choice for most is to either obey or to leave the industry.


"So why on earth would I judge a woman I don't know, even if she's a celebrity, because she made a decision?"

Says the guy who claimed he wrote her agency to get personal opinion about an actress who he totally does not judge. And he also messages her agency because of a decision she made. Sounds contradictory, doesn't it?

Unlike you, I don't contact actors, agencies, an actor's friends or family. I just discuss with strangers on a website. PMY very likely does not know about me because I don't message her or her agency demanding information.

Wow, this was one of the most annoying FLs I've ever seen in any drama. I hated her since she grabbed the sedative dart without asking the doc who was right next to her and throwing it towards that animal. Then she proceeded to mess with the vet's work. Was this supposed to make her look cool?

The FL was also very "intelligent" like "oh, he didn't run children over with his car, so he is clearly not mafia". Wow, what a brilliant conclusion.

It didn't help that the actress (Nana) with her two facial expressions was underwhelming. She could not make me like her character in any way.

ML isn't particularily intelligent either. Everybody can enter his secret hide out, and his friend shouts around that ML's an assassin every couple of minutes but nobody ever hears him through those paperthin walls.

While the drama began somewhat interesting, the second half felt rather draggy because all secrets were already revealed. The actors for the support roles did a good job, though, and I found their characters more interesting than the main characters.

An anti-fan would hope that PMY loses even more weight, so she ruins her health and won't get any roles anymore. I'm neither a fan nor an anti-fan. I am just concerned that this bad behaviour in this harsh industry gets enabled not just by producers and toxic anti-fans but also by well-meaning strangers on the internet who do everything if a pretty woman gets criticised. From your comment, I feel like you might be the latter.

As a woman who is approx. PMY's height and who had weighted 48-50 kg for many years, I can assure you that I never looked as skinny as her. She has always been WAY thinner than I, even when I did a lot of sports and had less body fat. Now I'm less "ripped" and more on the skinny-fat side. I also have very dominant cheekbones, so I'm prone to look like a skull when I lose weight but I never looked as gaunt as her who has less prominent cheekbones. I can tell you getting fat was hard work and didn't happen overnight. I also know a female bodybuilder who is taller than PMY and who weighted 55 kg at her height. That bodybuilder had almost no body fat and never looked as skinny as PMY despite all those well-defined muscles. This makes me wonder if you are even aware how body, muscles and things work, and how healthy women look if they don't put on multiple layers of pretty makeup.

You are aware that PMY's answers to questions are well thought out to please her fans and other people, aren't you? She's been a professional actor for many, many years. Do you really believe that the production halted multiple weeks for her to gain 50kg - 37 kg = 13 kg? There is no way to gain this much weight in a couple of days unless you have congestion.

I know very well that the industry lies about the weight, plastic surgery, and so on to make the actors/idols look more relatable to normal people. "She weights as much as you but, unlike you, she's very skinny, which is the reason why she is a famous actress, and you are not." And many people believe that because their only source of information are gossip websites and statements by agencies whose job it is to sell their actors at all cost.

Regarding "Castle in the Time", it's very funny that you made it look as if she gained weight for it after "Love in Contract". Did you do that on purpose? Just for your information, "Castle in the Time" was filmed back in 2016. Back then, PMY looked healthy and happy.

I completely agree with you. With a bit of "bad makeup", she could have looked exhausted, sick and almost dead like a cancer patient. There really is no need to ruin one's health just for a drama people will forget in a couple of weeks, especially since nobody would have been able to tell the difference between her looking sick and her being sick anyway. In my opinion, an actor should be remembered for his performance, not for the single fact that he gained or lost weight for a role. PMY did a decend job in "Marry My Husband". It makes me a bit sad that she probably won't be remembered for her performance because everybody including her just talks about her "dedication".

Unfortunately, I doubt that she'll get the support she needs. This industry is very toxic, stressful, and encourages unhealthy behaviour. Let's hope she'll put on some weight and will look healthier and happier in her next project.

It's also interesting that the initial weight wasn't mentioned. PMY looked like a skeleton in her previous project, "Love in Contract", so we can assume that she already weighted around 40 kg. Surviving only on a few ion drinks is a fairly typical behaviour of anorexic people, and "being dedicated for this role" is a nice excuse, especially since the character was supposed to be healthy for most parts of the drama. If it was really about the role, PMY would have gained weight to portray her pre-cancer character accordingly but everything is focussed on the little cancer part only.

I do believe her that she felt she needed to show dedication for her role, especially after her latest "scandal". She knows that the toxic netizens at least wouldn't call losing an unhealthy amount of weight "not dedicated".

The "good examples" you listed were people with a healthy amount of weight. And even if not, you were able to tell that they lost weight for a role.

PMY was already a skeleton. She didn't look any different from "Love in Contract". Did you watch that drama? I did. That's why I do not believe the claim that she lost weight FOR THIS ROLE because she already looked this way. Also, it makes no sense to lose this amount of weight because there were only a couple of scenes where she was a cancer patient. The rest of the drama was before she got cancer. How on earth am I supposed to believe that PMY was oh-so-dedicated if she looked like a skeleton when her character was healthy? Wouldn't it have been more dedicated to put on weight to look as healthy as her pre-cancer character?

It's ... interesting that your sources of information are gossip websites, and that you link them as if they were an undisputable source of truth. Here is simple maths: Assuming PMY weighted 50 kg, we get 50 kg - 37 kg = 22 kg. If you really believe that PMY was able to act while weighting only 22 kg, I understand why you mention awards because it seems that you also believe that the more awards somebody gets, the truer the lies become.


PMY's face still looks pretty, and I'm sure it would still look pretty if she put on more weight. Na In-woo looks as if he were in his 30s, so it was not necessary to lose weight to look as young/old as he. Please stop claiming that PMY had to lose weight to look as if she were 10 years younger just to be able to the the love interest of a younger ML.

She lost a lot of weight even before this drama, so I assume that her losing weight just for this role is just a made up excuse to enable either her eating disorder or producers demanding actors to lose an unhealthy amount of weight or both. She already looked extremely skinny and unhealthy in "Love in Contract". It was very obvious in the scene where she practised gymnastics. She was basically a skeleton with a somewhat pretty face. I recently watched her older dramas, and the difference is striking.

I read hundreds of thrillers and prefer to watch dramas where people die, and I agree with you. While the first episodes were quite thrilling and interesting, I found the latter ones relatively boring. I don't like it when characters appear to be intelligent just because the other characters are so stupid.

Jamie disappointed me most. In the first episodes, they claimed she were oh-so-intelligent. I had high expectations. Then they basically discarded her after she had served her purpose, and she was just some stupid NPC for the rest of the drama.

You mean the bromance where Ji Sung sat half naked next to Jin-young who, for whatever reason, was lying in Ji Sung's bed? XD

- "The Good Detective" (season 1), "Beyond Evil", "Stranger" (season 1 and 2) could be interesting.
- "Memorist", "Train", "Tunnel" and "Signal" were also entertaining but they contain fantasy.
- "Awaken" is nice if you don't mind that the writers made every character very stupid so the main lead appears to be very intelligent while being average, especially in the second half. If you feel "uncomfortable" while watching that drama: You have been warned. ;)

She was so great as Soo-min. Not just some pretty villain but an actual character. She acted with her eyes. One could see that Soo-min was crazy and dangerous long before she showed her true self.

If you read carefully, you would have noticed that I defined normal as "you don't see one's sexuality/political opinion/religion". The majority of people don't display their sexuality. I know, it's trendy now to claim that one's personal fantasy was reality and to demand that we have to cater to illusions now. If you call statistics homophobic, look up the definition of homophobic, especially the meaning of -phobic. Also look up the meaning of normal. Hint: Normal does not equal good.

The behaviour by people such as Andrew Tate ("look, I'm so not-gay, I have to mention it like every 2 seconds") is NOT normal. Talking about being "not gay" and being straight 24/7 is not normal. Only a tiny minority does that, and it's suspicious. Neither is "I have to speak with a gay lisp and very loudly, so the people back in the bus definitely learn not just about my existence but also about my sexual desires" normal.

Normal people keep their sexuality to themselves. Or is that only true for straight people while so-called queer people displaying their sexuality are normal by definition? Is it true that being gay is a personality?

Acting "feminine gay" is normal within the gay community but definitely not normal within the society as a whole. This is a fact all feminine gay men know. Being feminine gay is not inherently bad, though. However, it's a choice where and when to play the role of a "feminine gay" or a "oh-so-hetero man". Context matters.

Nevertheless, I agree with you. It IS hurtful to be called "not normal", especially if one is a special snowflake who needs to feel that the world revolves around them.

Funnily, "being normal" was not desireable a couple of years ago, and nobody wanted to be called normal. It was basically an insult. So many people tried hard to be "not normal". The same people who cry now if they are called "not normal".

As a person who is not normal, I enjoy seeing normal people on screen and reading about normal people. Would you have written the same if I had written that I don't like to see MAGA hats and religions in dramas? Or is personal taste invalid only if it excludes your personal favourites? If you read carefully, you would have noticed that I did not write that "feminine gay guys should never be in any drama".

There was't botox and fillers back then. She would look even more awkward in a historical setting.

Whenever I see Mr. Lee, I cannot unsee that obnoxious teacher from "Penthouse". He is so nice, it's suspicious. I always expect an unpleasant plot twist.

(The actor was fantastic in "Penthouse".)

He looks and acts like the Korean Bud Spencer. When Bud Spencer hit the baddies, they flew off, too.

Yeah, season 2 seems to have dropped characters to replace them with new characters which didn't get explored either. Fairly disappointing because this drama started really well. Bringing the amnesia trope twice was really unnecessary. Instead, they could have shown more about the other characters's fate.

It's an okay watch. If you just focus on the action, this movie delivers. If you expect a thrilling story with plot twists, you'll very likely get disappointed. The cover image summarises basically 95% of this movie.

I think you are right. She must have known about his job because, otherwise, the ending would not make much sense. She didn't ask why her friend never came back from the toilet, and she wasn't much surprised that her husband visited her with the girl (but without the stepmother).

Regarding the scene with the hand, I don't know if his wife was the girl on the roof. I think that girl is dead because he said in a scene that he would never get an answer to his question, which implies that he cannot do that anymore because the girl is dead. The hand scene was probably supposed to show that this reminded him of the girl and that he will do everything to protect his wife.