Actor’s and actresses’ image-management is very important in Korea.
In an interview in the past, veteran Korean actress Kim Hye-ja once said, “I don’t scold my juniors. I’m out of energy. I’d rather gather all of this energy to act on set.”
The title of a “great actor” cannot be obtained simply from acting in a country like Korea. Actor Oh Yeon-soo said in a program that he refrained from appearing on variety shows after learning it from a veteran senior. This is because when an actor becomes a cast of a variety show, the actor’s usual image is imprinted on the public, so it can interfere with the public’s immersion in his drama or movie where he transforms into a character. This shows that actors and actresses need to thoroughly self-manage to stay true to their main job, acting.
An actor is a very unique being to the public. They want to know everything about him, but does not want to break the fantasy he has created. In that sense, the “transit love controversyl is bound to be negative for all three stars, Han So-hee, Ryu Jun-yeol, and Hyeri. When they act in any drama or movie later on, there scandal will come to viewers’ mind first.
Director Han Jae-rim, whose new drama “Delusion” had Ryu Jun-yeol and Han So-hee on the list as the main cast, is inevitably burdensome to cast the two right now.
Han So-hee lost her brand deals after the controversy. Ryu Jun-yeol, who is serving as an ambassador for Greenpeace, an international environmental group, was criticized by netizens for his non-environment-friendly hobby of playing golf. Hyeri has been receiving malicious comments on Instagram. For a Korean actor, drinking, smoking and exercising are not everything when it comes to self-management. Social media is also an aspect of self-management.
