Shin Sung Rok 신성록 aka Royal Hotness! ⏰

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@katakwasabi

 

That pic! It hurts for some odd reason. I know he is getting what he deserves but it still hurts. At least they didn't kill  our dearest Pyeha, crazy or not.  You are right, these dynamic villains are super entertaining. More entertaining than the goody two shoes main leads. Also, I always had a second lead syndrome since I started watching K-dramas. I never suffered from this ailment before.

 

SSR you are simply amazing! Kudos to you for such a fantastic acting.  You are the main lead in our eyes simply because of the range of emotions your character displayed and got the audience so involved either rooting for him or rallying for his very cruel end.

[katakwasabi]

19 hours ago, confusedheart7997 said:

@katakwasabi

 

That pic! It hurts for some odd reason. I know he is getting what he deserves but it still hurts. At least they didn't kill  our dearest Pyeha, crazy or not.  You are right, these dynamic villains are super entertaining. More entertaining than the goody two shoes main leads. Also, I always had a second lead syndrome since I started watching K-dramas. I never suffered from this ailment before.

 

SSR you are simply amazing! Kudos to you for such a fantastic acting.  You are the main lead in our eyes simply because of the range of emotions your character displayed and got the audience so involved either rooting for him or rallying for his very cruel end.

 

Hehe. The pic is from his movie with Kim Rae Won~

 

Enjoy some gifs from the latest TLE bts clip

 

[katakwasabi]

Kyaaaa~SSR IG update. It is Hyuk on TLE's 6th and maybe final OST cover.

 

 

His caption (trans by google translate):

 

<b>New ost ... Lee hyeok looks like .... It seems to be a while ago .... While listening to ... I am sad.

To the last appearance ... To be remembered for a long time ... We will remember each other with good memories .... We will do our best ... Leehyeok .... I really do not want to end it.

I loved the gel .... a dreary guy</b>

 

Not sure if the 'I loved the gel' is a correct translation though 

[katakwasabi]

Shin Sung Rok filming Vagabond at Incheon Airport

 

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SSR IG update!

 

 

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Latest pic from TLE official page 

 

 

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SSR IG update

 

His caption (google trans)

Elegance of the Empress is nearing the final broadcast. Thank you for your patience. I also took pictures with props that I have always been with!

 

 

His caption (google trans)

Set last shot 2

 

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I'm gonna miss him the most when TLE ends.

 

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SSR IG updates

 

 

[ChewyChocolate]

Omg I love you so much for creating this site. Ah, the pain I feel seeing his face is mixed with joy. Peyhaaaaaaa will I ever get over theee?????

[Crystal Kim]

Guys. Isn’t his new role also the villain-type?  I want him to be a cute, cinnamon roll character soon lol 

[katakwasabi]

1 hour ago, ChewyChocolate said:

Omg I love you so much for creating this site. Ah, the pain I feel seeing his face is mixed with joy. Peyhaaaaaaa will I ever get over theee?????

 

Welcome to the thread! I didn't create it, I'm just managing it now after it got deactivated . Feel free to post anything SSR related~

 

8 minutes ago, Crystal Kim said:

Guys. Isn’t his new role also the villain-type?  I want him to be a cute, cinnamon roll character soon lol 

 

I read he is not the villain, but his character wont be fluffy considering the premise. However the recent fanpic of him did make me wonder is he one of the good guys or the bad~ huhuhu

[katakwasabi]

I like SSR's IG. His emoji game is strong  and he actively promotes his projects. I think he did a good job promoting TLE previously.

 

Here are his latest IG updates, he is promoting Vagabond that will air sometime in May.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Oppa Gangnam Style! Hahaha

 

 

#ManWhoDiestoLive

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Awwww~

 

Geun Woo was fun to watch in Trot Lovers, he was a good CEO and in general a very nice person. His one-sided crush for Chun Hee was so endearing 

 

 

 

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SSR IG update!

 

 

 

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SSR IG update with Vagabond cast~

 

 

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Geun Woo : Trot Lovers 2014

 

 

 

 

 

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Shin Sung Rok interview from 2010 . 

Bolded some parts i like most.

 

Shin Sung Rok: ‘Middle Aged Women Fans Have Increased’

# Entertainment 2010.07.28 View : 339

The “syndrome of younger man” has become popular again, and this time it comes from actor Shin Sung Rok’s popularity (28).

Shin Sung Rok is gaining popularity in SBS TV’s weekend drama ”Definitely Neighbors” by playing an attractive and charismatic young chef named Gun Hee,who loves divorced older woman Ji Young (Yoo Ho Jung).

He has already become a star actor in musical performances, but he could not distinguish himself in TV dramas, but he finally attracted female viewers’ eyes and became the most attractive man by appearing in the drama “Definitely Neighbors.”

Shin Sung Rok was interviewed by a reporter recently in the musical hall of “Story of My Life,” in which he appears. He said, “The number of my middle aged women fans has increased; most of all, I am happy because more older audience members have come to watch the musical.” He smiled and continued, “Usually, female audience members in their twenties and thirties have come to see my performance so far, but, these days, they are taking their mothers with them, which is very unusual. Actually, some young women are just coming to the hall not because they are my fans, but because their mothers like me. In addition, more people recognize me on the street and, above all, middle aged women mostly recognized me on the street and sometimes some of them shyly came up to me like a little girl.”

Since he made debut in 2003, he has worked in musicals, dramas, and movies all at the same time, and these days, he is appearing in both the drama “Definitely Neighbors” and in the musical “Story of My Life,” and releasing his energy. The musical “Story of My Life” is a two-hander performance and it is about looking back to the meaning of friendship and our lives with the main actor and bestseller writer Thomas’s visit to his old friend in his hometown.

Shin said, “I have to join the army next year, so I want to perform in as many works as possible. But, after I reach my thirties, I will never play in two different works at the same time. I want to concentrate on only one role more deeply. But, it does not necessarily mean that I have done two works with less sincerity. What I mean is that I have gratified my desire to work in many 
performances in my twenties, but I want to work with more composure in my thirties.”

The drama “Definitely Neighbors” has been gaining huge popularity as it has exceeded 20 percent in viewer ratings. The drama is now at its climax with the love story between Gun Hee and Ji Young. The character Gun Hee, who loves a divorced older single mother, is taking the responsibility for the high viewer ratings. Shin said, “Maybe Gun Hee is younger than Ji young, as much as eight to nine years younger. In fact, I am thirteen years old younger than Yoo Ho Jung. But, I have not felt anything regarding the age gap until now. The character Gun Hee whom I play is a very attractive man, and he is actually not a ‘prince charming,’ but rather a very realistic person, so I wanted to play the character. In the first part of the drama, Gun Hee had been very mean to Ji Young, and they had argued. But, Gun Hee, who has high self-esteem and ceaseless desire to do his work, found out something that he could not have from Ji Young, so he has been interested in her and finally become attracted to her. While he was paying attention to Ji Young’s innate sense of taste and talent and trying to develop her ability, he ended up falling in love with her.”

But the story of Gun Hee that the most attractive husband candidate loves Ji Young is more like “Fantasy” than "Reality.” How does he play the character and with what kind of feelings?

Shin Sung Rok answered the question by saying, “Of course, I have to act with Gun Hee’s mind, otherwise, I cannot focus on his feelings in the drama. Yoo Ho Jung is a very good actress, so I am very comfortable about acting with her, and I have not been confused about the character while acting so far maybe because there has not been a love scene. If I had to act like a completely different character from me, I might have looked awkward, but many parts of Gun Hee are actually very similar to myself. My first girlfriend, whom I had gone out in high school, was five years older than me. My blood type is A, which usually means a timid person, but I do have a disposition of the blood type B, so sometimes I throw awful tantrums like Gun Hee.” He smiled.

He had wanted to become an actor since he was a high school student, but appearing in a drama or in movie was difficult. He said, “Directors were reluctant to cast a 187 centimeter-tall aspiring actor as a supporting or minor role, and finding a main actor role was even more difficult. I thought that I might be able to have a chance if I build up my acting ability, so I moved to theater acting. I started to act in the drama company Hakchon. When I acted in my third theater work “Dracula,” I had been cast in the drama “Hyena,” and I could finally advance to the TV drama.” 
 
After that, he acted in dramas such as “Thank You” and “My Life's Golden Years,” and movies such as “Lovers of 6 Years” and “The Age of Innocence,” but he could not have the “opportunity to become successful." He also had appeared on the MBC TV entertainment program “We got Married” as a couple with female comedian Kim Shin Young, but their harmony had not been enough to make them famous.

But he finally started to receive favorable responses from his musical performances. He appeared in musical works such as “Romeo and Juliet,””Finding Kim Jong Wook,”” Monte Cristo,” and “My Scary Girl,” and he has evolvedas a star actor on the musical stage. Then he took on his current role in the drama “Definitely Neighbors.”

He finally said, “Since my debut, I have consistently appeared in many works without taking a rest. I think that I have done well as I was neither too outstanding, nor did I go unnoticed. But, as an actor, I have a desire to become more successful in my performances. I think that I have shown some degree of potential so far and I could obtain good feelings from viewers, but the more important thing is that I have to make viewers develop their good feelings and their trust towards me and make them always stand by my side.”

 

source: http://kbsworld.kbs.co.kr/news/news_view.php?no=13121&sec=enter&lang=eng&page=150&search_tag=&writer=

 

I still can't find Definitely Neighbours. Be it subbed or raw . I want to watch it. Huhuhu

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Kyaaaa..SSR casting news~