If you measure an actor's worthiness based on their looks and not their acting abilities, perhaps you should be…
This is a belated response, but based on my experiences in online fandom spaces, a lot of people don't find Kyohwan attractive—and yet he's been offered a leading role alongside a beautiful and extremely popular actress. He is immensely talented and fully deserves this, and the fact that he got this offer is proof that the casting directors weren't just looking for eye candy. (For the record, I find him plenty attractive—but I'm aware that many people don't.)
I never said that visuals aren't considered to be hugely important in K-pop and K-dramas; I'm fully aware that they are. Many casting directors *do* prioritize looks. But just because it's the norm doesn't mean it's healthy for the entertainers or their audiences—look at the prevalence of eating disorders and other mental illnesses among celebrities, as well as how commonplace it is for them to undergo excessive plastic surgery just to confine to unrealistic beauty standards. It's a fundamental flaw in the industry, and I hope that one day there will be a shift toward prioritizing talent over looks, though I know it will likely take a long, long time. This is true of the entertainment industry all over the world.
But the state of the industry doesn't change the fact that someone complaining about an actor's casting simply because they don't personally find them attractive is rude and shallow, and fans with attitudes like OP’s contribute to a toxic culture that has a profound and often devastating impact on celebrities. They deserve better. And while maybe some people watch dramas purely for the visuals, there are tons that don't, and I'm one of them. I think actors and idols should be appreciated more for their myriad talents than for their looks, and I wish more people felt the same.
I did see that Yasuda Ken has had supporting roles in at least two queer series, so I'm hopeful that he'd be open to the homoerotic angle! I'm definitely a bit worried about the possibility that a romance between Juwon's and Jaeyi's equivalents could be inserted, but it's been mentioned that they plan to follow the original plot very closely, so I hope that means they won't significantly change the nature of any characters' relationships.
just for once - can we get a ML that is in her league visual wise?
If you measure an actor's worthiness based on their looks and not their acting abilities, perhaps you should be watching fashion shows and modeling photo shoots instead of dramas. An actor's job is to *act,* not to be eye candy, and Kyohwan is an extraordinary actor with more than two dozen award wins/nominations to his name, including a Baeksang nomination this year. Does his face not appealing to your personal tastes matter more to you than that?
You will never understand the meaning of that achievement,since you don't belong to SK ( I guess). You Only concerned…
For one, I find it hugely amusing that someone who thinks literature is unimportant can't even spell "literature" correctly.
Secondly, even if The Vegetarian WASN'T a valuable piece of literature (and it is—it's a haunting work of art that won multiple prestigious awards), the Nobel Prize isn't based solely on one work. The Vegetarian was published in 2007. Kang has published six other novels since then and won more than seven literary prizes. I was involved in the production editorial process for the yet-to-be-published English translation of We Do Not Part, and it's a chilling, riveting masterpiece.
Maybe you think literature doesn't matter, but you're an outlier who should not be counted. I'm glad Han Kang is receiving some much-deserved recognition.
I never said that visuals aren't considered to be hugely important in K-pop and K-dramas; I'm fully aware that they are. Many casting directors *do* prioritize looks. But just because it's the norm doesn't mean it's healthy for the entertainers or their audiences—look at the prevalence of eating disorders and other mental illnesses among celebrities, as well as how commonplace it is for them to undergo excessive plastic surgery just to confine to unrealistic beauty standards. It's a fundamental flaw in the industry, and I hope that one day there will be a shift toward prioritizing talent over looks, though I know it will likely take a long, long time. This is true of the entertainment industry all over the world.
But the state of the industry doesn't change the fact that someone complaining about an actor's casting simply because they don't personally find them attractive is rude and shallow, and fans with attitudes like OP’s contribute to a toxic culture that has a profound and often devastating impact on celebrities. They deserve better. And while maybe some people watch dramas purely for the visuals, there are tons that don't, and I'm one of them. I think actors and idols should be appreciated more for their myriad talents than for their looks, and I wish more people felt the same.
Secondly, even if The Vegetarian WASN'T a valuable piece of literature (and it is—it's a haunting work of art that won multiple prestigious awards), the Nobel Prize isn't based solely on one work. The Vegetarian was published in 2007. Kang has published six other novels since then and won more than seven literary prizes. I was involved in the production editorial process for the yet-to-be-published English translation of We Do Not Part, and it's a chilling, riveting masterpiece.
Maybe you think literature doesn't matter, but you're an outlier who should not be counted. I'm glad Han Kang is receiving some much-deserved recognition.