♌️ Five or six centuries ago when I started this blog . . . ok, so maybe I am exaggerating a bit but it does seem like it was that long ago when the young and very proficient Yoo Seung Ho (born August 17) swooped in and captured my attention. He was one of the very first Korean artists I ever wrote about. Back in those days I was watching more drama and hardly listening to K-pop. Seems like things have reversed but nevertheless I looked forward to August so I could revisit my love for Yoo Seung Ho as Star of the Month.
When I set out to write about Yoo Seung Ho those many moons ago, I was so diligent in wanting to watch everything he appeared in. Even then, his filmography was incredibly robust as he started his career as a child actor. I always felt he had (and continues to have) amazing screen presence. I mean, even clad in a long black & silver wig as the Great Jade Emperor in Arang and The Magistrate I found him particularly charming and witty along side Park Jun Gyu’s grumpy King of the Underworld.
Then. Warrior Baek Dong Soo Operation Proposal found their way onto my watchlist and Yoo Seung Ho sealed his rightful position as one of my top favorite Korean actors. I love him so much that I even suffered through the abysmal I Miss You . Don’t ask.
Since completing his military service in December 2014 (so smart as his class (’93) are all ripe to go by the end of this year or early next), Seung Ho has continued to work steadily; but . . . I have not kept up. Bad fan! Lately tho I have been starting to watch drama again more diligently and his many are on my ‘must see’ list.
Come to think of it, August seems a fitting month to have a Yoo Seung Ho film/drama festival in honor of his birth! Not a bad idea at all.
August 29, 2016 at 15:28
And if that doesn’t make your heart flutter…. *sigh*
August 29, 2016 at 20:19
That gif is downright lethal!!!