[Y이슈][Y초점] Hyun Bin ♥ Son Ye-jin Wedding D-1… Blood Sweat and Tears Behind the Modifiers ‘Korean Wave Representative Couple’

The wedding of actors Hyun Bin and Son Ye-jin is just one day away. The reason why fans at home and abroad is pouring hot interest is because it is the marriage of two Hallyu stars who have maintained their position as top stars by building strong filmography since their debut.

Hyun Bin and Son Ye-jin, a couple of the same age who were born in 1982, have built up excellent filmography with a box office and creative vision since their debut. Even before the accompanying appearance in the hit drama ‘Crash Landing on You’, which was a successful worldwide box office hit, he produced numerous masterpieces and established himself as a representative star of Korea early on.

In particular, Hyun Bin is one of the stars with global name value enough to rank 2nd as the most preferred Korean actor by Hallyu consumers in the ‘2021 Overseas Hallyu Survey’ announced by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism together with the Korea International Cultural Exchange Agency. Hyun Bin, who made his debut in the drama ‘Bodyguard’ in 2003, made his appearance as a handsome actor by continuously appearing in youth dramas such as ‘Nonstop 4’, ‘Turn around’ and ‘Island’ the following year. After that, in 2005, he met the drama ‘My Name is Kim Sam-soon’ and caused a ‘samsik craze’ in the country, reaching its heyday two years after his debut.

Hyun Bin, who rose to prominence as a Hallyu star through ‘My Name is Sam-soon’, showed stable acting skills through the 2008 drama ‘They Live In’ and was reborn as an actor with star and acting skills. After that, in 2010, he succeeded once again with the drama ‘Secret Garden’, and expanded his influence by causing ‘Joo-won’s sickness’ and ‘Hyun-bin’s sickness’ throughout Asia.

Since then, the movie ‘Late Autumn’ (2011) ‘Strike’ (2014) ‘Cooperation’ (2017) ‘The Swindler’ (2017) ‘Negotiation’ (2018) ‘Rampage’ (2018), the drama ‘Hyde, Jekyll, Me’ (2015) ‘ Memories of the Alhambra (2018), such as screens and small screens, has accumulated various filmography. In 2019, she appeared in the drama ‘Crash Landing on You’ where she reached her unprecedented heyday, until she met the love of her life and got married.

The fact that Son Ye-jin, who is envy of female Hallyu fans by ending her marriage through ‘Crash Landing on You’ with Hyun Bin, is also an actress who has been responsible for the Korean Wave since the early 2000s is painful to say. Appearing like a comet in the new millennium, he has been reborn as a top actress of innocence through works such as the movies ‘Love Novel’ (2002), ‘Classic’ (2003), ‘Eraser in My Head’ (2004), and the drama ‘Scent of Summer’ (2003).

In 2005, he appeared in the movie ‘Going Out’, which surpassed 3 million viewers in Japan alone, as the opposite of Bae Yong-jun, making his name widely known abroad. Then, in 2006, when she hit a turning point in the drama ‘The Age of Love’, where she performed passionately, the modifier of being an acting actor followed.

Her career peaked when she won the Best Actress award at the Blue Dragon Film Awards in 2008 for the movie ‘My Wife Got Married’, followed by the movies ‘Chilling Romance’ (2011), ‘Tower’ (2012) and ‘Pirates: The Bandit Who Went to the Sea’ (2014). He has appeared in works such as ‘There is no secret’ (2016), ‘Princess Deokhye’ (2016), ‘I’m going to meet you’ (2018) and ‘Negotiation’ (2018), mainly active in Chungmuro, broadening the acting spectrum.

In addition, he has also appeared in romantic comedies such as dramas ‘Personal Taste’ (2010) and ‘Pretty Noona Who Buys Me Food’ (2018).

‘Crash Landing on You’, which aired on tvN, recorded the highest viewership rating of 21.683% in the country, setting an unprecedented record of being the first tvN drama viewership rating ever. In addition, after being released to the world through Netflix, it was ranked in the top 10 in viewer ratings across Asia, and was selected as ‘must see international series’ and ‘best Korean drama of 2019’ by the Washington Post and Forbes, respectively. made me realize

In particular, it contributed to the 3rd Korean wave boom by gaining popularity like ‘Winter Sonata’, ranking first on Netflix in Japan for 3 weeks in a row. Even in North Korea, the setting for the drama, it was so popular that it was reported in the North Korean media.

Meanwhile, ‘Couple of the Century’ Hyun Bin and Son Ye-jin’s wedding will be held at 11 am on Thursday, the 31st, at the Walkerhill Hotel Aston House.

[사진=오센, tvN]

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