“Acting-dol” or idol who does acting is something common in the Kpop world. Lots of idols used the ‘idol’ title on them as a stepping stone to more opportunities in projects other than singing and dancing on stage. Acting in drama is one of them.
This also applies for idol group BEAST. The unique thing in this six-member group is they divide the group into two line, those who we seen often in TV dramas and those who are actively involved in drama musicals.
We have previously discussed about the musical line in the group that consists of member Yang Yoseob, Jang Hyunseung, and Son Dongwoon. This time, we will discuss about the remaining three members – Yoon Doojoon, Lee Gikwang, and Yong Junhyung – who are joining the drama line in the group.
Yoon Doojoon
The leader in the group can be named as the most productive member in terms of acting in TV drama. Sitcom “More Charming By The Day” and “All My Love” , drama “Iris 2″, and “Let’s Eat” are the projects that Doojoon had worked on.
Doojoon started out by starring in sitcom MBC’s daily sitcoms “More Charming By The Day” and “All My Love”. On December 29, 2010, Doojoon was awarded with the Rookie Comedy Award from the 2010 MBC Entertainment Awards for his roles in those sitcoms.
Doojoon then transformed into a smart agent on “Iris 2″ as Seo Hyunwoo in 2012. After playing several supporting roles, Doojoon earned his first leading role as a food blogger and insurance king, Goo Daeyoung in “Let’s Eat” with tvN in 2013. Thanks to his love line with noona (older sister), he was also named as the public’s favorite younger man.
Not only was he involved in TV drama, Doojoon also showed his comical acting skills in the movie “Marrying the Mafia 5 – Return of the Family ” in 2012. He played the character of the kid in the family, Jang Youngmin.
From a small role to big role, from a smart agent to insurance king and comical student, what kind of role can we expext from Doojoon’s next project?
Lee Gikwang
Gikwang is the first member in the group who was involved in an acting project with his role as Kang Saeho on drama “High Kick Through the Roof ” during his earlier debut time with BEAST on 2009.
People started to get to know him and the group, and led to Gikwang appearing in his second drama project, “My Princess”. He played the comical role as Geon Lee, that made him bring home The Rookie Award from MBC Drama Awards in 2011
For his next drama project, “I am flower” in the same year, Gikwang transformed into a cute police officer, Jo Maru. He also appeared as a cameo in Doojoon’s sitcom. Not only that, Gikwang also lent his voice to dub 2012′s animation movie, “Sammy The Adventure 2″, as a fish named Ricky.
Gikwang continued to be involved in another acting project through a special drama with KBS, “My Friend Is Still Alive”. His impressive acting in one crying scene in the special drama, propelled him into popular search term in Korean portals. Gikwang played as Kyeong-sook , a student with disease who wanted to have a girlfriend before he dies.
Gikwang then got another lead role for mobile drama project with CJ E&M, “20s”. He played himself, a member of popular idol group who has a secret love relationship with a commoners. Even though the drama only consisted of four episodes, this mobile drama received lots of love calls from various countries.
Gikwang actually received an offer to play in drama “God’s Gift” this year. But due to his packed schedule, he cancelled to join the casts.
Lets look forward to more projects for actor Lee Gikwang!
Yong Junhyung
Different to the other two members who started their acting journey with small roles, Junhyung took the lead role right away in his first acting project.
Drama musical with tvN “Monstar” in 2013 is where Junhyung gained one of his nicknames, “Yong-star”, which came from the Yoon Seolchan, the character he played is a high school student that dreamed to be a big star.
As a rising star, Junhyung also earned an award from 2013 Korea Drama Awards as the best new actor, thanks to his impressive acting.
Apart from busy being a rapper, producer, and composer, will Jonghyun add the word “actor’ again onto his job CV soon?
Which line in BEAST do you think has better acting talent? The musical line? Or the drama line?
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