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Over the past years, many Korean actors have advanced their acting
career by taking up roles in foreign dramas, such as by acting in
Chinese and Taiwanese dramas. By doing so, not only do they get paid
almost triple of their standard fees in Korea, the actors are also able
to get more fame by expending their fan base in other countries.
With a successful acting in ‘Inspiring Generation’, Kim Hyun Joong was
asked during interview if he would like to advance his career by acting
in foreign dramas.
To this, Kim Hyun Joong rejected the idea and said that these kind of
dramas always have voice dubbing and it will be problematic when he
doesn’t even know the language what he is speaking.
“Although more popularity will be gained but I don’t want to do things just for the money”, says Kim Hyun Joong.
He also revealed that he does have plans to learn another language, “It
will not be Chinese or Japanese, I will learn English as it is needed
more often. However, I really don’t have a good brain for languages”.
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"I want to give my support to Kim Jae Wook-ssi. Kim Jae Wook's character
'Kim Soo Ok' was set-up to be an independence fighter, but due to the
issue with the drama's export to Japan, they had to remove the sensitive
parts so he had to get off unexpectedly.
As an actor who acted together with him, I felt really sad and regretful
that a person who came to work hard had to lost his role."
"I also felt really bad for Se Yeon. After the (shooting overlap)
controversy, she seemed really self-conscious / insecure on the shooting
set. She also couldn't talk well.
I told her, 'No. You're only 22 years old, now is the time to do more.
Don't be too concerned and you just need to act your role.'
Her drama appearances don't overlap and I don't think it was a big
problem. Also, Se Yeon was committed to her role in the drama but seems
like there are many misunderstandings from people."
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Kim Hyun-Joong (27) who said he was ‘relieved’ after ‘Inspiring
Generation’ ended, indicated he will be holding a concert in the
upcoming end of June as well as in the midst of preparing his next
album.
Kim Hyun-joong was asked what’s his next plan after ‘Inspiring
Generation’ ended, he said, ‘I want to challenge a triathlon’. It was a
surprising answer since he had just finished an approximate 6 months
(including broadcasting period) of filming for ‘Inspiring Generation’,
which was not really an easy task.
‘When people are worked up, their adrenaline level spikes up.’ He, who
is 29 this year, described that his soon-to-be-over 20s was a bright
one.
‘It was really exciting. I started out as a member of idol group
(SS501), but I haven’t really got into any serious relationships.
Although there were some cases of privacy intrusion, I have no regrets.
Because this was my choice. There are many people who wanted to become a
singer or actor. It’s amazing that I could be a celebrity among the
many. I feel happy about this.’
Kim Hyun-joong had held his activities as a member of idol group SS501
in 2005. He expressed his views on how the world outside see him as an
idol.
‘In Korea, it seems like idols aren’t generally categorised as an artist
but in overseas, they are regarded as artists. Although I’m still
young, I hope I can spread the culture to the world. I debuted as an
idol, but there’s (always) an conception on what an idol should only do.
I don’t know why it’s so. But it would be great if the public change
that point of view.
Kim Hyun Joong said he is not worry about his 2-years of hiatus as an celebrity after he is enlisted into the army next year.
‘If I said the army’s life is not difficult, I’ll probably be blamed by
the army if I said that. However, it’s a fact that I (as a male citizen
of ROK) must enter the army to accomplish my duty. The life of a
celebrity whenever she/he is not engaged in any activities are insecure.
However in the army, I get to eat 3 meals a day and I get to sleep at
night.’
Instead of fearing about the army enlistment, Kim Hyun-joong said that
he sees the army enlistment as an opportunity to learn something new
about the society which he couldn’t experience as a celebrity.
‘I get to learn about people in the army, and it’s an opportunity to
learn about the social classes of people in the society. It’s a time
opportunity for Kim Hyun-joong to become more mature, and I could
possibly learn better acting skills and opportunities from there’.
Kim Hyun-joong revealed his thoughts about the recent rumours about ‘celebrity army’.
‘I have no plans to be enlisted as a celebrity soldier. (this
implementation was officially removed on August 1st, 2013). But I do
think there is a need for that system as I think even army needs some
entertainment sometimes too. I did enough of singing and acting so I
don’t think I have plans to become a celebrity army. Since it’s not easy
to lead a life as a celebrity, I want to learn something I couldn’t
learn as a celebrity inside the army.
After developing a love line in the drama ‘Inspiring Generation’ with
Jin Se-yeon and Im Soo-hyang, Kim Hyun-joong changed his viewpoint
towards the opposite gender.
‘Previously I have to meet the woman whom I liked. In the drama, Kim
Ok-ryeon (played by Jin Se-yeon) was devoted and nice to me. And I liked
that since there’s no reason for me to dislike that. Hahaha.’
Kim Hyun-joong revealed his future plans as an actor, ‘I want to be a
psycho’. He said his aim for acting skills is not to indulge himself
into the character, but to become the character itself.
‘I feel I couldn’t express freely through Inspiring Generation since
it’s a period drama. What I’m thinking is that, I want to express myself
freely and appropriately through acting. In order to bring out the
character as a pyscho, I have to drop my usual daily lifestyles &
truly become that person. I want to try something like ‘Ruler of Your
Own World’ by Yang Dong-geun.'
