Yoo Ah In 유아인 ❀ Finished Movie 2020: Alive ❀

[Guest kaewca]

Dear tinysunbl

I don't know about Ah In's permission.I delete these pics now.

Thank you to tell me about it.

I'm so sorry !!

[Guest tinysunbl]

Dear tinysunbl

I don't know about Ah In's permission.I delete these pics now.

Thank you to tell me about it.

I'm so sorry !!

Kaewca thanks for being so responsive to me. I mentioned the permission issue here because I want to hear everyone's views regarding this matter. I don't know. I feel conflicted myself. On the one hand, I enjoy looking at all the behind-the-scene pics of celebrities. On some of my blog posts I helped spread them myself. So I'm definitely in no position to judge whether it's right or not to take and share pics of actors without their permission. This practice is really common and I'm sure the actors don't mind in most case.

But I think I'm fond of Ah In and look up to him so much that he's no longer a celebrity but a real person/a friend to me. Therefore I'd treat him as I treat someone I like in real life. I definitely don't want to see pics of my friends spread around for people to comment without his or her knowledge. But this is just me.

I think there must be more dimensions to this issue, beside my views. What do you all think? I really want to hear your opinions about this.

[Guest janjher]

[iNTERVIEW] Actor Yoo A-in - Part 3

10: What do you think you were like before you started acting? About ten years ago?

Yoo A-in: I think I was similar to who I am now. I was the ordinary loser who blended in well amongst the other 40 to 50 students in my class but when I delve into more detailed memories and proofs of who I was in my past, it makes me think that people's nature does not change easily. (laugh) I once came across something I wrote for evaluation during ethics class when I was around 14. I had written about how I would achieve my dream but it wasn't about 'what' I would become. "I think it is people's job to find true happiness," is what I wrote. I think it was because that's all I needed to think about back then. And school was a much smaller and stable form of society than society actually is. Not that I liked school that much either. (laugh)

10: What did you not like about it so much?

Yoo: Because a lot of things about it was unnatural. I had never opted for any of the things that happened to me but they just happened as if they were natural occurences. Of course, education is mandatory which is why my mother sent me to school and I would have been in big trouble if she hadn't. (laugh) But I don't think schools teach you how to think. It's a thought that comes to me when I'm writing as well. I write mainly for myself on my Cyworld account and to communicate with others through my Twitter account but it's not because I need answers. And even if I was seeking for an answer, I don't think you should expect to find it easily. I wish people would not say, "This is difficult. I don't know what this is about. Please explain in a simpler way," after taking a mere glance at what I write. What fun would there be in finding what the answer to something is as soon as you look at it? Words are easy to written down and be shared but not light. So if you are someone who visits my accounts because you are interested in me, I'm hoping you will figure out your answer to what I have said through me rather than find it easily and make conclusions about me. I am the most important person to everyone.

10: Then do you think you haven't strayed too far from what you wanted to be like in the future when you were 14?

Yoo: (laugh) Yes. Regardless of what I'm doing, I do think I've managed to maintain some of what I felt at the bottom of my heart back then so I'm extremely satisfied. And by satisfied, I'm not saying that I have more and am richer but that I'm not ashamed because I have managed to uphold the roots to what is at the bottom of my heart. I would be embarrassed if that was empty ten years later even if I may become rich throughout Asia and make millions. Of course, when I say this, the response is, "Bottom of your heart? Talk again, after you make millions!" (laugh)

10: Then how do you see yourself in ten years from now? Is there anything that at least vaguely pops into your mind?

Yoo: Hm, it might not exist. But if it did... I do think I'd be a pretty awesome person if I could look back on myself when I was 25 and not feel ashamed about who I am at 35. I'm hoping that the path I've been on so far will have paved a way for kids like me.

10: You said before that you feel like you're becoming ill when you do interviews that aren't really about communicating with the other person or go on television. Everyone ends up having to do things that they don't want to at one point in their life but there are people who are particular sensitive about such things and have a tough time with them. Do you think you've gotten more used to it with age?

Yoo: It's still difficult. But while in the past I rebelled against the logic that I should do whatever I'm told since I'm a newbie, I think now, I'm sometimes mistaken as having become arrogant because my name is better known. As if I have changed when I've actually always just been this way. (laugh) So I clashed with the agency the most in regards to this. I'm thankful that my current agency accepts me as who I am and we have found ways to compromise because I too want to work at an equal level with them. Of course, it's all possible only when you become famous. And I'm not saying that I've become popular. It's just that after working on this drama, it feels like my agency understands me much more. (laugh)

10: In that sense, I think one of the things that "SungKyunKwan Scandal" has given to you is more freedom from reality.

Yoo: Yes, it's very important to me. Freedom was the word I mentioned the most when I was around 21. And I looked very hard for it because until I turned 20, I was deprived of freedom for the three years after I arrived in Seoul and worked. I think freedom for people who are out in society is about how well they control what they feel inside. I think I can control about six things out of ten inside me after working on "SungKyunKwan Scandal," compared to having controlled five before. It means I have gained the freedom to be able to control one more thing that's important to me.

10: If having the freedom to be yourself is important, if that time and space is important to you, what sort of place is the home that you live in right now?

Yoo: The house itself is like any other house. What's important is not what sort of house it is but that I have my own space. But I easily get bored of living in one space so I move every year. It's very bothersome. (laugh) How I've changed from the past is that these days, my friends visit my place often and sometimes even stay for days. I've come to be able to do my own thing even when others are around me, not just when I'm alone and isolated. I think that's at least how comfortable I've become with people I'm close to.

10: You said that you clashed with your dad when you were young because he was very strict and he was also again you becoming an actor. Have you come to understand each other better over time?

Yoo: For most sons, dads are such uncomfortable people. It's particularly difficult when you're from the Gyeongsang Province and the men talk in short and concise sentences. (laugh) But we have become able to understand each other better. I've experienced the domestic troubles that every child goes through but I think I've come to accept and forgive my father better than I used to.

10: I remember you having written on your Cyworld account that you didn't willingly accept how kind the woman at your convenient store was and then regretted it the day the store shut down. It made me think that you're still awkward when it comes to people who are nice to you unconditionally or praise you as a celebrity.

Yoo: Yes, it drives me crazy. (laugh) It's gotten worse because a lot of people watched our drama but I just can't stand it! Of course, as an actor and celebrity, it also feels good and I'm proud in a way. I'm so happy and thankful when ladies at restaurants come to me and ask for my autograph, saying that their daughters are my fans. But anything more than that is uncomfortable. I wish they wouldn't even say, "A-in, you're so good looking!" but keep it at around "I'm having fun watching your drama." I feel like dying when people tell me things like, "All the girls ever do when they get together is talk about you!" I just don't know how to respond to that and it doesn't seem right to say thank you. Or should I just be bold and say, "Yea, I was cool in it, wasn't I?" Anyway, it's hard for me to deal with more extreme forms of expressions. And it's not just me as an actor -- I think I don't feel quite comfortable with such things even when it comes to love or the person I'm dating.

10: You may increasingly feel more uncomfortable in the future.

Yoo: It's not that I want my privacy to be respected because I'll protect it whether others respect it or not. But I do think that it'll be more uncomfortable to go outside now since I'm actually the type that used to go walk about easily and go to Myungdong without my hat on. I wish it would be easier to do. But I guess I should be thankful about even being able to say this right now and I feel grateful and happy about it.

10: Last question. What is the furthest you think of when it comes to the future?

Yoo: I think it's tomorrow. I think it is possible that I cease to exist any moment and there was a time when I used to live every day of my life engulfed with that thought. I wasn't thinking that I want to die but there was a time when I thought I don't need to wake up the next day. That I wouldn't feel sad or bad in particular if I didn't get to see another day of my life. I was in despair. But I overcame those times and I'm alive. (laugh) I do think though I could get through today but not exist tomorrow. That's why today, this time right now and what I'm doing right now is much more important to me than what I'll be doing in ten years. I came to realize that after I spending such times.

source : 10asia

[Aylam]

*ooooooohhhhhh, Why? WHY???!!!! >_____<

My CS2 has gone crazy, I'm going crazy, and the world of computer s*cks TT________TT *

I come back in a while, but before I leave this:

And I made some walls ^____^ ~~

When I was making the last wall, I remembered Tinysunbl (mi guapa chingu!! ) and re-made other ^___________^ :

Do you remember where and when he wrote this?

(I hope you like it ^^)

Chingu, later I will send you a PM, with more pics (heheheheee), e-mail y somethings.

[Guest tinysunbl]

Thanks so much for the art-works, Ash and Aylam. I'll post them all to the fansite^^ Love you mis amigas guapisimas!

I want to share this:

Strongest Chil-woo MV by KatyaLee22@youtube

Strongest Chilwoo Hueksan NG

Gulo's Monologue with Engish sub by jjunja01

[Guest what_life]

Asha Summer, those Ah In posters :D Did you make them yourselves? They're great! Ah In in a Heath Ledger movie poster would be quite interesting too. Heath Ledger in the Dark Knight movie or how about Brokeback Mountain, starring Yoo Ah In and Song Joong Ki? :D

but anyways, I would love for Yoo Ah In to return in a DRAMA. And since he did say in one of the interviews that if they make a sequel to SKKS 2 years from now that he'll really consider it, I WANT TO SEE YAI IN SKKS 2!!!

hehehe... i'll tell u my not-so-secret-anymore wish, Ah In to star in a spin off drama as Jaeshin w/ Song Joong Ki as YongHa. YHee and LSJ can be side characters in the early episodes but it'll mainly be the duo's adventure as government officials by day and crime fighter ala batman & robin by night. Jaeshin can wear his usual black ninja getup, while I trust Yongha to make bright green & orange work as crime fighting costume. :D just kidding!! okay, half kidding... would love to see them come back in a spin off (one day but not so soon).

btw, thanks for those who respond to my question. love hearing ur thoughts. general consensus seems to be that everyone wants him to take on a more challenging role to further showcase his talent. great to hear that!

Aylam, that is from a poem he wrote during YSMM show. Beautiful artwork btw!

[Aylam]

*singing like crazy*

Lalalaaaa~~ I hate interneeeeet~~ Lalalaaaa~~ And internet hate meee~~

*stop the freaking moment*

xDDDDDDDD

I came toooooo late *sigh* (rainig boulder)

While the periode of Hate (PC/Net ----> Me__/__Me----->PC/Net), I drew this for a good laugh (better to cry xDD)

And now go super fast to send PM, Tinysunbl

(sorry chingu, technical problems Ó____Ò)

Edit:

@ what_life

Yes, is correct!! ^______^

I'm glad you like it Thank you!

[Guest zexzy]

I was wondering....does anyone know where I can find Moon Jaeshin or Yoo Ah In's fanfic???....I saw Lee Sunjun and Yoonhee fanfic but I'm not into that couple...after all it's happy ending for them in the drama...so I need someone's imagination through fanfic about Moon Jaeshin. ( i'm terrible at writing btw...thats why i'm not writing them...hehe)

So if there is.....please tell me....thank you

[Seoulmemories]

janjher - Thanks so much for the 10asia article. It really help me to understand Ah-in better.

Tinysunbl - I didnt think it was anything wrong taking pix of celebs in public places. I mean its not like its the pix of him being at home and someone is using a secret camera to capture his private movements. In public places, I think it is ok.  Most of us wont have the chance to see celebs up close and personal, so if we see pix of them in public places and we look at what they wear, what they use, it really help us fans understand them better. Of course it should not be a nasty pix of him say adjusting his clothes or while he was chewing his food. Its different if someone circulate a friend's photo who is not a celeb, than there is no reason to circulate it.

Ah-in is a really good actor and is a clearly someone who has a steady brain sitting on his neck. A deep thinker. He will do well in life.

[Aylam]

@ Zexzy

There are, don't worry! xDDD

But I'm surprised that almost fics you've found are SJ-YHee. Practically ALL the fics I've found are Moon Jae Shin - Yong Ha ^^

Here are many fics like this:

SungKyunKwan Scandal @ LJ

Almost all are MJS - GYH, but I just saw MJS - LSJ (xDDDDDDD)

Enjoy!

[Guest jaeshinah]

It has been way too long

I love all of the new fanart that's been posted! Ah In's fans are a seriously talented bunch!! Thank you especially for the new headers and wallpapers ^^

tinysunbl: I know what you mean about wanting to protect Ah In in a special way because he seems different from other celebrities who dress up in special clothes because they want to be photographed at the airport. Or something. =) It's a tough call, but I personally think it's on the okay side of fan-paparazzi pictures--much better than to be photographed while eating a meal, or hanging out with friends on what should be a private time, or through his apartment window (ew how creepy). But I would say *my* general rule of thumb would be... if he looks gorgeous, post it. If he doesn't, keep it to yourself and giggle at him on your own. Haha. I'm only half kidding.

Anyway, when in doubt... what would Heath or Johnny do?  

Well, Johnny might beat up the photographer. So maybe not. 

[Guest jaeshinah]

ARGH. UGLY FORMATTING DRIVING ME NUTS. pretty formatting makes chunks of interview disappear.

SOLUTION!!!!!! 

CLICK ME<---------------------------------------- for pretty formatting.  -jaeshinah

[101108] 10 Asia interview with Yoo Ah In 

PART I: 

Yoo Ah In | "Like Jaeshin broke out of his shell"

"Have I…ever said this? Thank you. For you, thank you." It was the simplest confession in the world. This is how Moon Jaeshin (Yoo Ah In) sent off Kim Yoonhee (Park Min Young) on KBS's <Sungkyunkwan Scandal>. Sungkyunkwan's outsider, a defiant fighter against the absurdities of the world--romanticist Jaeshin, who stood one step behind and watched over the one he loved, was the very symbol of the growing pains of youth. Jaeshin is a different world from the [other] roles of youth Yoo Ah In has played in the past, from his start in KBS's <Banolim> as the warmhearted 'Ah In oppa' to the wandering boy Jongdae in the movie <Boys of Tomorrow>, from the lonely warrior Heuksan in KBS's <Strongest Chilwoo> to the lively pâtissière apprentice Kibum in <Antique>, and 'typical modern boy' Hyunkyu in KBS's <Man Who Can't Get Married>. Suddenly he is twenty-five years old, and despite his dark tan and facial hair, whenever he smiles his face seems to return to the fair-skinned young boy [we knew in the past]. <10 Asia> met with Yoo Ah In. The stage name 'Ah In' that he chose himself references the German word 'ein' (one), meaning that he is a unique being in this world. Following this eye-opening young man into the numerous worlds within him is not an easy task. But Yoo Ah In is unmistakably worth the effort.

Q. You were filming for <Sungkyunkwan Scandal> until the day of its last broadcast. How have you spent these last few days? It seemed like you have been busy with schedules that have been put off until now. 

YAI: I've been drinking this whole time because I don't have to work at night. (Laughter) But even if I drink until the early morning, I've gotten into the habit of waking up early for filming so I end up waking up early anyway. It pisses me off. (Laughter) To be honest, it doesn't even take much; I get drunk from half a bottle [of soju] but in that state I keep drinking until I die [T/N: This is not meant literally…it doesn't even mean that he drinks until he passes out. It basically means he drinks until the very end of his tolerance]. But these days, I can't even last the whole night; when it gets to about 2 or 3 in the morning I pass out and then come home. But why am I suddenly talking about drinking…

"I was curious about Jaeshin's unique heart within Sungkyunwan; [he was the only one who was different]"

Q. Let's talk about your work. (Laughter) You once said that you were absolutely determined to land the part of Guh-roh in <Sungkyunkwan Scandal>. What about him drew you to this character?

YAI: I think I was drawn to who Jaeshin was within <Sungkyunkwan Scandal>. At Sungkyunkwan, he keeps apart from other students, he climbs his ginko tree to be alone, and he's the only one who wears different clothes from the others, but he doesn't do [those things] because he wants to stick out. At the same time, he doesn't want to cut cut himself off from the world or leave it behind; he is only an outsider within Sungkyunkwan, and this was refreshing. I was curious about a child who obviously took a test to win admission into this space where he then [insists on] living differently [from others], and I also felt that he was somewhat similar to me.

Q. But Sungkyunkwan is the kind of space you can call a 'school.'

YAI: Yes, but Sungkyunkwan was not the kind of school that everyone in the country could attend, like the schools we went to [as students]; it was a place in Joseon society where only the most elite could learn. As far as I understand it, it could only hold 500 students at a time, and as soon as you graduated you jumped straight into politics. If you think of it in today's terms, it's even more difficult than Seoul National University--maybe similar to one of its elite programs, like the law school? [T/N: SNU admissions rate is less than 1%, and its law program is one of its most competitive majors]. To be an outsider in that place is different from the kind of kid we went to school with who sits on the windowsill and gazes at a mountain far away. (Laughter) Normally, it isn't easy for students who are on that kind of elite track to be [an outsider]. They're too smart and they want to be part of the mainstream and they're clever enough to know where they are now and what they have to do in the future. Then, who is this Jaeshin, alone in being different in that kind of world? I wanted badly to know what was inside his mind. 

Q. Then as you played the part of Jaeshin, what did you discover or feel [about him]?

YAI: Toward the second half [of the drama], I felt that his heart was too young, that he was really a little boy. (Laughter) That's why it was difficult to control [the contradictions of] his personality, of not knowing how to express his emotions while at the same time speaking frankly and spitting out whatever is on his mind. I also wonder if I dug too deeply inward in the loveline with Yoonhee (Park Min Young) [T/N: that is, YAI wondered if his portrayal was too introverted or muted]. It's true that the main female character is usually slow [to realize that another character loves her], but it's also been such a long time since I [played a character with] a loveline. (Laughter) There was a scene in Episode 19 where [Jaeshin] takes Yoonhee to the jail where Sunjoon [is locked up] and tells her to go see him by herself, and I thought a lot about [how to shoot] that scene. Is this action [truly] a part of Jaeshin, or is it something [the drama] had to set up because [they had to find some way for] Jaeshin to withdraw from the loveline? I talked a great deal with the director about this.

Q. To be honest, I kept wondering what Jaeshin's [true] feelings were for Yoonhee.

YAI: Yoonhee is someone whom Jaeshin liked from when they first met, before he began to have feelings for her as a member of the opposite sex. [Jaeshin] always turned his back to the world and wrote off the Sungkyunkwan kids as being all the same, and just as they were prejudiced against Jaeshin, so he was prejudiced against them; but after meeting Yoonhee, who is spunky, and fun, and interesting, he begins to change. In the course of events, he begins to have feelings for her, and he finds out she's a woman, and I think that's why, later on, he wants to protect and cherish the expression in her eyes [T/N: that is, her spunk and determination] and her beautiful heart, and his own heart grows bigger as a result. And in the original book and the drama, Yoonhee's destiny is to be with Sunjoon, so to match that somewhat, I showed how [Jaeshin] wanted to protect Yoonhee as an older brother would.

"I'm both relieved and regretful that <Sungkyunkwan Scandal> is over."

Q. <SKKS> is a drama that isn't just about the romance--the development of each character is an important framework for the drama. An especially impressive moment for Jaeshin was when he said to his father, whom he had always resented after his older brother's death, "I acted like I was hurting more than you. I was wrong. I was sure I loved hyung more. I was wrong about that, too. It was a scene that moved one to tears.

YAI: The part of Jaeshin I felt was most childlike was his clumsiness at expressing himself and his confusion about what to do about his feelings. He is too idealistic and trapped within himself, thinking, 'Nobody hurts more than I do. Nobody has a harder time than I do. My pain is the worst here is,' but ironically when people feel that kind of sadness or pain, they feel superior. [i know because] I went through that, as well. Of course, I don't think that Jaeshin has matured that much. But when others climb ten steps, it's hard for Jaeshin to even climb one, so that one step has great meaning. Jaeshin broke the walls he had built around himself, and he realized that he was not the only one hurting; and the fact that he can even cry, and laugh, are, I think, for Jaeshin very big steps. 

Q. Where there any emotions that were difficult to portray?

YAI: At the end of episode 7, the archery competition begins and Jaeshin arrives and says, "I came to fill the head count." It was extremely difficult to [know how to] smile in this scene. What's worse is that even when I've played sad or hurting characters, I smiled easily and tended to simply show their feelings, but this time I didn't know how I should smile. I received the script 1 or 2 weeks before filming, and I looked at the mirror and smiled this way and that way, trying whatever I could think of, but I couldn't figure it out. Of course, I know how to smile in a way that will make me look pretty. (Laughter) But I couldn't just smile at leave it at that; I wanted to find within the script the emotional link that would lead to a smile. In the end, we shot the scene twice, but I'm still not sure whether I fully found [that emotional link].

Q. You seem to be the kind of person who can't stand it if he can't immerse himself completely in each moment [of the scene].

YAI: When you're reading your lines or putting on certain facial expressions, there should be a reason for everything, but there are lots of times when you just do something for no reason. Knock off the script without thinking, smile without thinking, give a meaningful glance without thinking. (Laughter) Ah, that's not unconscious; it's very much consciously done. It's technical [acting], and of course there are people who want that, and if I do that it's easier for me, too. When I'm tired, there are some parts where I think, 'What reason [do I need to find], I'm sure they'll give me an OK anyway,' and in that aspect, I'm both relieved and regretful that <SKKS> is over. I wasn't able to embody the character of Jaeshin perfectly, and I think there are parts that were lacking.

Q. Now that I think of it, the movie <Boys of Tomorrow> ends when you're asked, "Are you going to become a decent/excellent boy?" and you flash a grin. Even though it wasn't a situation in which you could really smile. What do you think you were feeling when [you shot that scene]?

YAI: I'm not sure. The character of Jongdae in <Boys of Tomorrow> wasn't a character whom I had to come to accept, or whose situation I had to understand. I was Jongdae, and Jongdae was me. We don't remember what we say, what expressions we show, or how we reply [to others] and smile in our everyday lives. So I can't say anything except that [in that moment], I was the one laughing. The words and expressions I spit out like that without thinking were really--they were genuine emotions I could never have again [if I had to re-shoot that scene]. It's not that it's meaningless because it's thoughtless; that's the kind of [genuine] acting I ultimately want, but as an actor who is making things and gaining experience little by little, it makes me think that the genuineness I had at the time [is something I will] never have again.

"My prejudice against celebrities were broken through <SKKS>"

Q. But don't you think that you want to continue to find that 'genuineness'?

YAI: Of course. And I have always worked toward that end. But in a historical drama, it's undeniable that you have to make something. You have to speak in ways you that aren't yours, and you have to wear clothes you would never normally wear, and every situation is already established. I especially hit many obstacles when shooting KBS's <Strongest Chilwoo>. I had thoughts like, I am a really incompetent kid who doesn't fit in here; even when I am showing myself it's not enough and there's nothing I can do with it. Up until that point [of filming <Strongest Chilwoo>] I thought of 'technical [acting]' in a negative way, but I realized that by fully embracing it I can, on the contrary, show who I am in a more natural and genuine way.

Q. What did you experience or learn from <SKKS>?

YAI: In creating Jaeshin, the part I felt I was most lacking was in speaking/vocalization. Setting aside the experience I've amassed in showing emotions through acting, speaking is an extremely basic foundation, but even though I wanted to speak differently, I would come up against the limits of my throat and breathing, and so I would have to vocalize within only [those limits]. It's not just making sounds; it's an area in which I can expand the breadth of my character, and I'm disappointed I wasn't able to do that enough.

Q. I heard that you have been working on fixing your pronunciation and speaking for a long time. In your debut <Banolim>, Kang Seok Woo-ssi, who plays Okrim (Go Ara)'s father is unsatisfied with his daughter's boyfriend 'Ah In oppa' and picks on him, saying, "Is that kid's tongue short, or is it long?" That scene was a funny one.

YAI: At that time, I heard from many people that my tongue was short [T/N: that is, he had a lisp]. (Laughter) Actually, it's not so much that I've improved until now as it is that when I started [reading lines] naturally, people stopped pointing it out as much. My pronunciation isn't that good, even now. I mumble. But instead of unnaturally pronouncing each word perfectly, I lump my words together, which helps it sound natural. (Laughter)

Q. In this drama, the four main lead actors are all similar ages. What kind of experience was it to work on a project with actors your age?

YAI: I also had my own prejudices. [Like] normal people, [i also thought], 'Celebrities are like this,' so I can't get very close to celebrities. (Laughter) [As a celebrity,] you can't help but be a bit selfish, and you think that your feelings are the most important and that you should be receiving more attention [from people]--I, too, know how this feels. But through Yoochun, my prejudices about idols and Hallyu stars were broken; through Minyoung, my prejudices against women actors my age; and through Song Joong Ki, my prejudices against actors who I thought were only sly/cunning. Like Jaeshin, who broke out of his shell and came to accept Yoonhee, Sunjoon, and Yongha, I, too, was able to grow and see them in a good light. It was fun to shoot and now that it's over, my regret is that we didn't speak more often and honestly about acting. But I'm thankful to Joong Ki-hyung for comfortably giving me a lot of advice about various things. 'This person, he isn't only cunning; he is cunning so that he can do well'--I came to realize this.

PART II: 

Yoo Ah In | "I don't want live life just to live it; I want to be awake as a person"

Yoo Ah In once appeared on MBC's <Come To Play> and recited a poem he had written. He occasionally posts short essays on his mini-hompy, and through his Twitter account, which he started a few months ago, he speaks to the world in his unique voice. The boy who, when he was in high school, said, "I want the light to shine on me, and I want people to see me shining brightly" as he dreamed of becoming a 'celebrity,' became an actual star through KBS's <Banolim>. It was only after he [achieved this level] that he was able to take the time to find his 'true self' and began to mature into an adult. And though he is still acting, for Yoo Ah In, who once said "Work is easier than living as myself," writing is a way for him to not lose himself. 

Q. Jaeshin once said of the Hongbyeokseo, who criticizes the state of affairs in pieces of writing he scatters about, "If I don't do even this, I won't be able to stand it." Writing is an act which contains the will to express something inside of you that you feel you have to tell. After writing on your mini-hompy for a long time, you started Twitter a few months ago. How has it been?

YAI: When I'm in the country shooting [for a project], I become desperate for time and space to return to myself. But through Twitter, I was able to share the voice of Um Hong Shik as a person and Yoo Ah In as an actor, and it was a great comfort. In a way, it's a great blessing and honor that I can say just one thing and then collect and read the opinions of thousands of people through their replies. I have really learned a lot. Of course, there are lighthearted or routine comments, but there are a large number of "mentions" that have taught me and awakened me to new things, and that endlessly remind me of what a limited person I am [T/N: that is, how much he doesn't know and hasn't seen]. So, I have to keep using it. (Laughter)

"I would like the word 'youth' to take on a new meaning"

Q. Actually, I think it wouldn't be easy to keep [using Twitter] precisely because you have thousands or tens of thousand of people who are watching and listening.

YAI: There are many people who want me to keep using Twitter but at the same time, it also makes me speak up less. It's not easy fighting that. It's not like I was born as an independence fighter or with a defiant attitude. I like being comfortable and I wish my worries would disappear. But having said that, I know all too well that that would truly isolate me and make me into a miserable human being, and that's why I forcibly pull writings out of myself. It's not because I want so badly to write; it's because if I'm in a place where I don't, it will make me truly miserable--I constantly tell myself, 'I can do it, I can speak up, I will never stop speaking, even if you gag me I will speak until the end, I won't lose, I am not incompetent.' It's very difficult.

Q. Are you saying that even though it's hard to fully be yourself, you want to keep trying to check that [you are being true to yourself]?

YAI: Yes, and it's not just about writing, but also the act of just living in your twenties. In truth, I very much want to live a peaceful life. I want to be comfortable, and I obviously have thoughts like 'it would be nice if I could smile prettily and make money and live,' but I try to continually break away from those things and force myself to be a person in his twenties. I am a person who suffered from maturing early, and I learned the basic rules for skating by in life, but I have to throw those things away. I have fallen into the dilemma of being too realistic but not being able to stay in reality. Because what the world says is maturity is seeking the answers and stopping there, protecting what you have, and continuing to do things the same way; but to me, this is immaturity. I think that true maturity is endlessly looking for answers and pressing forward, and sometimes failing. So I wish the word 'youth' was used differently. When people sigh and say, "He's still in his youth," what they mean is "That's what an young [immature] kid is." I wish the word 'youth' would be used to describe not an immature and childish kid who is only full of passion and idealism, but instead a young person who is truly mature and living the right way.

Q. On your Twitter, you sometimes write about labor or human rights issues. These are thoughts that anyone who cares about social issues might have, but as soon as actors start talking bout it, they are burdened with the label of being 'political.' Don't you worry that you might be placed in that kind of very tiring situation?

YAI: I worry about it. It worries me, and it scares me to death. If I write just one thing about [social issues], I can't sleep at night. (Laughter) But the way I see it, someone who can't do that is either a dead person or at least partly so [T/N: He does not mean this literally]. It's just--I don't want to be a person who is alive only because he is breathing; I want to live as a human being and be awake to [what's around me]. I even think I should be allowed to talk about politics. All of us live under the complete domination of the system called politics, and to just say that politics are bad is, as Go Hyun Jung-ssi said on SBS's <Daemul>, being too irresponsible as a citizen! I'm not saying that I do it because it's the right thing to do or because I'm compelled to stand up and criticize every social problem I see, but I think I can at least play the role of introducing issues I think I can talk about and share with other people. Although it's the sad truth that even doing that much is very difficult in our society and in the system of the celebrity world.

"I show that I curse and drink and go to clubs on purpose"

Q. You wrote something after watching <MBC Special>. I inferred that you were writing about the allegations of degree forgery surrounding Tablo-ssi--even from the perspective of a person who isn't famous, it was a painful broadcast to watch because it [forced us to] face the serious illness afflicting Korean society. As you are in the same industry as Tablo-ssi and might also one day find yourself in a similar situation as he, I think it probably prompted even more thoughts in your mind.

YAI: I did think about that. Despite the fact that I might face something like that one day--that actually, because of that, I have to stay as silent as a stone even as I watch it happen--is that what celebrity is? It's not like I watched that one broadcast and said these are truths and these are lies. I am just a person inside that enormous system, and I am a person living in these times, and when I go home, I am a netizen. I was so frustrated that people could be so suspicious of one person but not be suspicious of that system at all. And from that perspective, I think I was also very lacking. That's all I wanted to say, but it was distorted and misinterpreted and people took sides and some people felt bad [because of what I said] and there were people who acted like I had said something unbelievably huge. There were articles written about it, and even though they're my own words, "a generation's wound"--ah, it makes your toes curl. (Laughter) Some people took it as "Who the hell does he think he is, calling it a generation's wound?" But that's really how I think of it, and what I was thinking [when I wrote the tweet] was about how it was a huge wound that people living in this generation were living their lives without realizing that. 

Q. I think it must be tiring to have to live by the rules of a system that don't mean much to you. And Korea tends to have extremely particular moral standards for celebrities in the public eye. 

YAI: The moment I package myself, it's not just about how other people are going to see me; I end up being trapped by that packaging. So I try from the start to make the size of that packaging large. I'm a kid who curses, a kid who drinks, and I go dancing at clubs. Even though it's not much, I need to do consciously do those kinds of things. Because right now, it's like you can't do those things [if you are a singer or actor].

Q. It's also true that if you get trapped in an image of being completely faultless and moral, all of a sudden that might be all that's left of you.

YAI: Right. It would be nice if the kinds of people [who are in the popular arts] expanded and became more diverse to match up with how much our eyes have opened and how much the standards of culture and art [have risen and] keep rising, but I am just a very small 25-year-old actor. That's why I wish there was a 30- or 40-year-old sunbae actor who could say this for me, so I won't be ripped apart by people thinking, 'Why is that bastard saying things like that.' Someone who could show that it is possible to do this work and still find happiness as a human being.

"Work is easy compared to living my real life"

Q. It does seem that we are gradually moving to a new generation of actors. Won't that help things change [for the better]?

YAI: I do feel that we are undergoing a change in generations. But the problem is that these young actors or singers have been matching themselves to the system ever since they started working in it. As if there was no other choice. I saw it happen after <Banolim> ended. 'Celebrities have to act like this. They have to smile like this and act like this, and and when there are lots of people around, celebrities have to hide their faces with hats that look like this…' These fresh kids have to think about things like this. I think it's a very bad idea for [these young actors] to jump into this business before they're able to develop who they are as individuals. I wish young kids wouldn't get involved [in this business]. If I were to go back to that age, I wouldn't do it again. It's too much to hope for to do this work and [simultaneously] be able to establish one's sense of self. This whole time I've been working, I've been told that I'm a crazy bastard or stupid, and I thought about whether I should quit. I'm sure there are people who would say, "He thinks too lightly of work." They're right. It's light. Compared to me; compared to living as a human in my real life, work is light. I wish people who want to enter this business would do so with the thought that it is more important to be a happy person than a happy actor. I want them to be able to make themselves happy. [T/N: That is, they have to know how to be happy from the inside, rather than finding happiness through outside things, like fame or praise].

Q. If it's been difficult enough for you to say that if you were to go back, you wouldn't do this work again, then what has been motivating you this entire time?

YAI: I think it was my brutal honesty. (Laughter) I was secure in my beliefs and the path I had to go down, and the reason I was able to endure it was because I was not impatient. In other words, people say that they will be able to sacrifice ten years of their lives if those ten years will lead to the realization of their biggest dreams. Going to school is similar in some ways. Even though you could spend that time more happily, there are parts you have to sacrifice for the future. But even within that situation, I think I was able to protect my beliefs and live a satisfying life even as I became closer to my goals. It's okay if all my dreams don't come true by the time I'm twenty-five; thirty-five is fine, and forty-five is, too. And I thought that it was much better to protect myself and proceed slowly than to lose myself in the effort to shorten that time. To be honest, even though right now i'm saying that doing such-and-such will lead to this-and-that, I'm not sure how I might change in the future. But I don't think that when celebrities say "I will always hold onto my original mindset," it means the same thing as "I will always stay this humble." An original mindset is the absolute bottom foundation of what you have when you're working for something or searching for something or trying to figure out what happiness means to you. That always has to come first, but the moment it comes second or third, you begin to not be yourself. So no matter how unbelievably hard it may get, let's always keep it number one! (Laughter) Even if everything else realistically ends up a bit mixed up.

PART III: 

Yoo Ah In | "Today is more precious to me than whatever I might be doing in 10 years"

"It doesn't matter what my ending, as a person, ends up being. It won't be so much an ending as it will just one moment, I think. If I can't turn back time anyway, I would like to have had a fun life." It takes more energy to live in the present moment than it does to live for the future. But Yoo Ah In lives in the moment. He laughs often, and he also speaks passionately and at great length. In every moment, he is thinking and asking questions, and before he blames others he questions himself. It's obvious to hope that this vivid and fierce firework will not fade away for a long time. Because for Yoo Ah In, who calls himself 'the most normal being,' this is not an impossible existence. As an actor, of course; but also certainly as a human being.

Q. What kind of person were you about 10 years ago, before you started acting?

YAI: I think I was similar to who I am now. I was normal and didn't have much to offer and didn't stick out among the 40 or 50 other kids in class, but when I dig into my memories and look at my past, I can't help but think that people have an innate nature that doesn't change easily. (Laughter) I happened to see an essay I wrote for an ethics class when I was about 14. The topic was 'This is how I'm going to make my dream come true,' but I had written not 'This is what I'm going to be,' but 'I think it is our duty, as people, to find true happiness.' At the time, that's the only thing I could think about, and compared to the outside world, school was a very stable and small society. Of course, I didn't actually like school that much. (Laughter)

"I can protect the roots of my heart, so I am not ashamed"

Q. What did you dislike so much [about school]?

YAI: Because it is full of things that [shouldn't be] so certain. Even though I hadn't had any choice in any of the things that happened to me, everything happened as if it was so obvious [that it should be that way]. Of course, it's mandatory to get an education so my mother sent me to school, and if she hadn't that would have been a whole other thing. (Laughter) But I don't think schools teach their students how to think or reason at all. [T/N: Keep in mind YAI is only talking about the Korean school system, which may be very different from that of your own country]. I also think about this when I write. If the writings on my mini-hompy are first and foremost for myself, then my Twitter is first and foremost for mutual communication. But I don't write [on my mini-hompy and Twitter] in order to search for the right answer. Even if I was searching for the 'right answer,' I don't think it's something that people should wish was easy to find [or understand]. I wish people wouldn't glance at a piece of writing that is about somebody's life and, without even five minutes of thought, write "It's hard. I don't get it. Please explain it simply." Would it be interesting if you could see the answer immediately? Words may be easy to write down and share with others, but that doesn't mean they are trivial. So if you are somebody who has come to take an interest in me and has taken the trouble to find [my mini-hompy or Twitter,] I would like it if, rather than easily finding the answer and arriving at a conclusion, you were able to find your own [personal] answer through my writings. Because the most important individual to every person is him or herself. 

Q. So in any case, do you think you haven't strayed too far from the person you hoped you would be when you dreamt of your future at age 14?

YAI: Haha, yes. It doesn't matter what kind of work I'm doing; I am very satisfied because the most fundamental foundation I had in my heart back then has stayed with me until now. I don't mean that I have something better than others, or that I'm richer than they are; what I mean is that I am satisfied because I'm able to protect the deepest roots of my heart, and because of that I'm not ashamed. In ten years, even if I am earning millions and am a famous actor in all of Asia, if that first fundamental layer is empty, I will be ashamed. Of course, when I say things like this, people respond with, "Hey, first make those millions, and then you can talk. The 'first layer,' what the--!" (Laughter)

Q. Then what kind of person would you like to be in ten years? Is there anything that vaguely comes to mind?

YAI: Hmm, I might not exist then. But if I do still exist……if I could just be a person who would not be ashamed in turning back and facing my 25-year-old self, I think I would be a truly impressive person. I would like to be a 35-year-old adult I so desperately need now; somebody who could show one [possible] path to younger actors who will take roads similar to my own.

"It is important for me to have my own space"

Q. You once said that an interview without mutual understanding or appearing on a TV show and being forced to do things you don't want to do makes you feel ill. Everyone has to do things they don't want to at some point in life, but I think that there are certain people who are uniquely sensitive and are hurt and have an especially difficult time when they are confronted with this problem. Have you become more immune to this as you've gotten older, or is it the same as ever?

YAI: It's as difficult as ever. But when I was a [rookie actor] kid with no power and I rebelled against the logic of "What is this arrogance, you should do as you're told," now there are people who see me [react as I always have] and take it as, "You think you're pretty famous now, huh?" As if I have lost my 'original mindset.'  I was like this from the start. (Laughter) It's inevitable that this would be the point I clashed with my management the most. My current company thankfully accepts me as I am, and I think we have found many areas of common ground where we want to continue working as equal partners. To be honest, I think that's another thing that you can only get once you've become 'famous.' I'm not saying I'm famous--it's just that in the process of working on this one drama, I felt that my company came to a deeper and broader understanding of me than they ever had before. (Laughter)

Q. On that point, of the things that <Sungkyunkwan Scandal> has given the actor Yoo Ah In, one might be a great deal of freedom from reality.

YAI: Yes, having that is very important to me. When I was around 21-years-old, the word I spoke of most often was not 'youth' but 'freedom.' Before I was 20, in the three years during which I came up to Seoul and worked and lived, I had such a complete lack of freedom that afterward, I did everything I could to find it. I think that for people who are out working in society, freedom originates from how much they are able to exercise control over what's inside them. If I could only control five out of ten things inside me before <SKKS>, now I think I can control six. That is the freedom of having control over one more thing that is important to me.

Q. If the freedom to be yourself--that time and space--is important to you, then what does the house you're living in right now mean to you?

YAI: The house itself is a normal house. What's important is not what kind of house it is, but just the fact that I have my own space. I get bored of the same space so I move once per year. It's really a nuisance. (Laughter) Something that's different from the past is that now, my friends come by often and sometimes they stay for a few days. Whereas in the past, I had to be completely alone to do my own thing, now I can do my own thing even when I'm with other people. It's small, but I think I've become at least that comfortable around people I'm close with.

Q. You once said that you had conflicts with your dad when you were young because he was strict, and that he opposed your acting. As time has passed, have you been able to understand one another a bit more, by any chance?

YAI: For most sons, a father is an uncomfortable presence. What's worse is that in a Kyungsando family, [we use short and blunt sentences in dialect like] "You eat? Let's sleep;" (laughter) and in a relationship where you have to use formal speech [T/N: the son uses formal speech to his father; the father speaks informally to his son], it's [even more] difficult. But we have been able to show each other more of ourselves and understand one another better. I am a kid who has experienced all the family troubles anyone else has, and now [that I have come to this point], I think I am able to forgive and accept my father.

"Expressions of extreme love…I feel like going crazy"

Q. Among the writings you left on your mini-hompy, a story about an ajumma who ran the neighborhood convenience store remained in my memory. You wrote that you couldn't happily receive her kindness and good wishes, and that you regretted this the day that store closed down. It made me think that you are a person who is still awkward when regarding people who are unconditionally nice to you or praise you as a celebrity.

YAI: Yes, it drives me crazy. (Laughter) There's more of that now because many people have been watching our drama these days, and I don't think I can stand it! Of course, as an actor and celebrity there is a part of me that is happy and proud. When the ajummas who run restaurants come over and say, "Please sign this for me. My daughter is a fan," I am really happy and thankful. But anything more than that makes me uncomfortable. (Sigh) I wish people wouldn't say, "Ah In-ssi, you're so cool/good-looking," but just kept it at "I enjoyed [your drama/movie]." When I hear things like, "When the girls get together, you're all they talk about," I feel like dying! I don't know how to reply, and saying "thank you" is also weird--am I supposed to be more brazen and say, "Yes, wasn't I great?" Anyway…I don't know how to cope with more extreme expressions very well. For me, it's not just as an actor; in love, too, I'm the kind of kid who feels a bit uneasy with those kinds of expressions, even with a girlfriend, which is why I think…I feel a bit awkward.

Q. It's possible that such discomfort will only increase in the future.

YAI: I'm not saying I want my private life to be respected, because I'm the kind of kid who will protect my private life even if [those boundaries] aren't respected. It's my private life, so whether or not others respect that… (Laughter) Actually, I move around in public quite easily, and I go around Myungdong without wearing a hat [to hide my face], but these days I've been wondering if acting that way might not actually make things more uncomfortable. I wish it was easier. But the fact that I even had the opportunity to say this is in itself something I'm thankful and happy for.

Q. This is the last question. In the movie <Boys of Tomorrow>, Jongdae asks Ki Soo (played by Kim Byung Seok), "What do you think of when you imagine the furthest future?" What is the furthest future that Ah In-ssi can think of?

YAI: As [my character's] hyung said, I really think it's 'tomorrow.' I always think it's possible I will cease existing at any moment. At one point in my life, I was completely consumed by those kinds of thoughts every single day. It wasn't, 'I want to die;' it was just--It's okay if I fall asleep like this and don't wake up tomorrow. There was a time I lived thinking, 'Even if I don't make it until tomorrow and never see this world again, it won't be a particularly awful or sad thing.' I was in despair. In any case, I safely made it through that time and I'm still alive. (Laughter) Once I made it past that, I opened my eyes and realized that even though the world is still here today, there is no guarantee I will exist tomorrow. That's why today--this very moment--is the most precious; and the fact that I am here, doing this now, is more important to me than whatever I might be doing 10 years from now. It was only after  enduring those times…that I came to realize that. 

Writer: Choi Ji Eun

Photographer: Chae Ki Won

Editor: Lee Ji Hye

Stylist: Ji Sang Eun

Cat model: Doong-doong-ee 

Source: Part I, Part II, Part III

[Guest Leiarn]

OMO ! OMO ! OMO !

Did you see what's in withs2's possible future projects ?!?

It's written : "Sidekick [짝패] *tentative title* (2011 – Historical project; Yoo Ah In)"

Have you heard anything about it ?!?

[Guest jaeshinah]

@Leiarn:

Yup!

I translated a little article excerpt about this a couple weeks ago... the original post is here CLICK ME

there's no new news on this drama as far as I can tell... i just did a quick search on Naver and came up with nothing.

except all the articles about YAI right now are about those pictures that got Tweeted from Thailand and apparently his new nickname is "쩍벌남" which *sort of* translates into... "legs wide open man"

LOL omg 

[Guest Leiarn]

@jaeshinah

Ok, thanks, I hadn't read this ^^

I was looking for some news, but came up with nothing too...(But there's still hope =)

"legs wide open man" Hmmmm xD

[Guest Rxgoodleaf]

I was "disconnected" for a week and surprised to find the thread moving along nicely...

Without me, I might add... LOL

It's a good thing... a VERY good thing!

Anyhow, I was catching up on Ah In news and found this to be interesting...

배우 주아성이 KBS 2TV ‘성균관 스캔들’에서 호흡을 맞춘 박유천, 유아인에게 연기자로서 자극을 받았다고 털어놨다.

극중 주아성은 성균관의 하색장이자 소론의 동재 색장인 샌님 스타일의 기회주의자 남명식 역을 맡아 ‘잘금 4인방’ 이선준 역의 박유천, 문재신 역의 유아인과 연기 호흡을 맞췄다.

‘걸오’ 유아인에 대한 평가 역시 안 들어볼 수 없는 대목. “유아인과는 첫 씬을 같이 했는데, 천상 배우구나 하는 생각이 들었어요. 그냥 걸오 같아요. 촬영장에서도 걸오의 느낌을 계속 갖고 있고, 집중력이 대단하고... 보면서 어린 친구들이지만 잘하는구나, 나는 좀 더 분발해야겠구나 하는 생각이 들었습니다.”

Startoday interview of Joo Ah Sung aka Nam Myung Sik (So Ron leader) in SKKS, his comment about working with YAI:

"During the first scene with Yoo Ah In, I thought to myself he was born to be an actor (also mean celestial star or the highest/best actor). He was really Gurl Oh. At the location, he was in Gurl Oh character always, really focused... watching them (refering to PYC & YAI), even though they were still young, they were so good I thought to myself I should make greater effort."

High praises from fellow actor... Yoo Ah In, the consummate actor...

I wouldn't have expected anything else...

[Guest tinysunbl]

Hahaha Gulo and yong-ha in a Brokeback poster would be indeed fitting!

Alym thanks for thinking of me while making your wallpaper. Is it the reason why it looks fantastico?^^

Rxgoodleaf unnie, thanks for the new bits. Of course our boy ought to be inspirational, right? I hope you just had a great time off soompi. Now back to the business won't ya?

Tinysunbl - I didnt think it was anything wrong taking pix of celebs in public places. I mean its not like its the pix of him being at home and someone is using a secret camera to capture his private movements. In public places, I think it is ok. Most of us wont have the chance to see celebs up close and personal, so if we see pix of them in public places and we look at what they wear, what they use, it really help us fans understand them better. Of course it should not be a nasty pix of him say adjusting his clothes or while he was chewing his food. Its different if someone circulate a friend's photo who is not a celeb, than there is no reason to circulate it.

tinysunbl: I know what you mean about wanting to protect Ah In in a special way because he seems different from other celebrities who dress up in special clothes because they want to be photographed at the airport. Or something. =) It's a tough call, but I personally think it's on the okay side of fan-paparazzi pictures--much better than to be photographed while eating a meal, or hanging out with friends on what should be a private time, or through his apartment window (ew how creepy). But I would say *my* general rule of thumb would be... if he looks gorgeous, post it. If he doesn't, keep it to yourself and giggle at him on your own. Haha. I'm only half kidding.

The argumentative side of me wonders if taking pics of a person without consent when the person is eating fundamentally different from doing so when the person is walking on the street. If yes, in what way because I can't articulate that. Yet the fangirl side of me is screaming "look at the short and cute socks in his airport spread!!!" This is really a tough call.

There are a lot of paparazzi stalking celebrities professionally out there, so stopping one or two fans is only the tip of the iceberg. Indeed, I trust the fans' good intentions more than those malign paparazzi. I guess I'd stick to my "conservative" views for now, trying my best not to delve too hard into his personal affairs even if I'm dying to know.

Ain said in his interview that he doesn't care if people respect his privacy or not, as long as he himself does. I feel like this boy has already been a leetle bit too skeptical about the world, so I'd like to promote the idea that beside him, there're other fans who care too. Personally I'd try my best (but really, did you see his socks at the airport? lol)

[Guest what_life]

i'd like to jump into ur convo abt taking paparazzi style pictures of celebs. moreover, posting them online. tinysunbl, i agree that it's a tough call for us being fans. i mean who wouldn't like to get to know more about an actor they like n share the info w/ other fans, but i'm leaning more toward ur opinion. when in doubt, i always stick to the Golden Rule. would i want ppl to take pics of me paparazzi style while i'm walking, at the airport or sitting w/ my friends at a cafe? no. so should i take pics of actors i like paparazzi style then? i shouldn't. they are humans after all and they might feel the same way as i do regarding my privacy. ppl might argue that i'm not a celeb and being a celeb, it comes w/ the territory. celebs should get used to be in public eye n scrutiny. but who says it comes w/ the territory? why does it have to come to be that way? some ppl out there might even justify that "well, we brought them fame and success so we are entitled to expose them through our pics as they go about their personal lives. it's what makes & keeps them famous after all!" really? i think that argument is just not right. they should be famous for their body of work and achievements not the drama in their lives. it might be slightly different for idols who achieve fame partly by building a persona and increasing their public exposure outside the stage/screen. but it should not apply for most celebs. if an actor (we like) choose to share a bit about himself off stage/screen through twitter, cyworld, interviews and variety show, then that's great and i'd like to thank them for being generous. however, i think outside of that, we should leave them be to live their lives w/o intrusion. Ah In goes through his days by holding on to the principle that as long as he himself respect his privacy, then it'll be okay. wouldn't it be better if we make his life easier by respecting his privacy as well?

at the end of the day, i do wonder what i would do if i were faced w/ a situation where i bumped into an actor i really like and had an opportunity to take an unobstructed pic of him standing or sitting somewhere in public. what would i do? would it be my logical or fangirly side taking over?

Rxgoodleaf, welcome back! we miss you here.

the "legs wide open" nickname, omo.. the images that that conjure in my head.

[Guest chloefargo]

@Leiarn:

Yup!

I translated a little article excerpt about this a couple weeks ago... the original post is here CLICK ME

there's no new news on this drama as far as I can tell... i just did a quick search on Naver and came up with nothing.

except all the articles about YAI right now are about those pictures that got Tweeted from Thailand and apparently his new nickname is "쩍벌남" which *sort of* translates into... "legs wide open man"

LOL omg 

Can someone tell me what these articles are saying? [i can't read Korean well enough to translate properly.]  I hope these articles are not rude/derogatory etc.,   Media (professionals and nonprofessionals) can be so harsh sometimes without reason and thought.  I feel protective...

[Guest jaeshinah]

@chloefargo, 

No need to be worried. Celebrity twitter posts make news every day in Korea. They're just reporting on the picture and the reactions of fans, not judging him for lying down or anything like that.

Some fan reactions as reported by the news: "That position isn't good for your pelvis" (lol! Anyway it doesn't come off this way in English, but this fan was worrying about his health); "you are a true fashionista" (again, this comes off as sarcastic in English but it's not in Korean); "is this the current trend in thailand?" etc.

=)