‘I put myself down for acting’: Song Seung-heon

South Korean actor Song Seung-heon said he couldn’t have achieved dramatic transformation on his latest television series if he hadn’t changed. “I had to put myself down for that.”

The 36-year-old actor received favorable reviews for his performance on the television drama “When a Man Loves” -- which went off the air on June 6 -- playing a cold-hearted loan shark who morphs into a successful businessman for his love.

Making a debut in 1995 as a fashion model, Song gained fame with his handsome face coupled with a muscular body. He worked out hard and quit smoking to stay fit and healthy.

Song realized that the public focus on his looks became an obstacle to his acting career at some point as it stopped viewers from immersing in the story and character.

“I wanted to break away from the controversy over my acting skills. Some said they see Song Seung-heon before the character I played. I dropped the styles and tones I used to have and tried something new this time.”

The veteran actor said he wanted to play a completely different character from his previous obliging roles in melodramas to shed his “pretty boy” image. 

Charming and lovely in Ghost 2010...

 Gentle and brilliant in Summer Scent...

His iconic dramas such as “Autumn in My Heart” and “Summer Scent” fell into the same genre, allowing him to perform a limited range of emotions.

After a hiatus to fulfill his military service, Song intentionally chose masculine characters to broaden his acting spectrum.

“I was drawn to roles of tough guys who have ambition and loyalty to their friends, but they all seemed to be rough externally yet soft and kind inside. I want to play a character filled with desire,” Song said.

(khnews@heraldcorp.com)

Song Seung Heon - What would you talk to me?

The photo has been posted by a lucky fan who stopped by the Black Smith Sinsa Dong recently, and, how luck the fan was, Song Seung Heon was there!
He sit at the corner, in the familiar black shirt of Tae Sang, showing his arm and graceful head.
In that moment, he was concentrated to his cell phone, checking email? Facebook? Honey Side? or gazing on his look goods himself?
He was be there as for a resting point or for the Autograph Session which will be held on coming 16 Jun?

I had been there twice, sit at the same band, at the other corner, but he was not in at that times!
 
I imagine how he looks like if I had been there, till in deadly elegant charming look with the refined attitude as I always see on Media?

I imagine what I would do beside taking photo as the lucky fan?
Come to the table and say Hello with a wide smile? Or just standing in front of him and words flying away, waiting for his direct, straight look at me?

I image if i would be in front of him, then what would he response? What he would talk to me beside a polite, warm smile ( I guess he would smile with me for sure!) 

I image how warm and soft voice of him? I wonder what language he would communicate with me? I guess, again, English since I believe all my limit Korean will disappear at the moment he looks at me!

Wow, as usual, he inspires me, always.

Lee Jun-ki has announced his next drama project, and it’ll be a thriller for MBC called Two Weeks, which may sound familiar as it’s the drama from the 49 Days, Prosecutor Princess, and My Daughter Seo-young writer that takes place within a two-week time span.
Yay for Lee Jun-ki coming back to television… though I’m a little disappointed that this means he won’t be taking that other project he was considering, 1930s action noir Age of Feeling. Both projects have their merits so it’s not that he’s chosen badly; I just really dug the idea of a period noir set in Shanghai and thought he’d be a great fit for it. (As far as I can tell, Age of Feeling is still in the planning stages and hasn’t secured a broadcaster yet.)

No matter, since it’s Two Weeks he has confirmed, which on paper sounds vaguely like Mandate of Heaven mashed with 24: The hero gets slapped with a false murder charge and learns that he has a daughter with leukemia, and spends the next two weeks in a life-or-death struggle to save himself and the girl. On the upside, thanks to the time period I don’t actually think the contemporary Two Weeks will be just like Mandate (though there are the obvious similarities, of course). And while the time frame doesn’t equate to a real-time scenario like 24, I do think cramming an entire drama of roughly 20 episodes within 14 days makes for an interesting storytelling format. Plus, I just really like Lee Jun-ki and would be happy to watch him on my screen again; he was so great in Arang and the Magistrate and conveyed a sensitivity that I haven’t always felt from him (usually because he tends to push, emotionally, rather than letting moments breathe), and I want to see him keep up that growth.
Two Weeks will be a Wednesday-Thursday drama that’ll follow Queen of the Classroom (which follows gangster melo-romance When A Man Loves). It’ll premiere in Auguest.
Source dramabean

Song Seung Heon - All level of emotions of Han Tae San

When A Man Loves - a drama of Song Seung Heon with many conflict ideas.
Many fans share their emotional comments on forums, more negative than positive for Han Tae San's love and the flow of story. Fans complains about Seo Mi Do character, about Shin Se Kyung' act, even complain why Seung Heon attending to this drama.

For me and a lot of others, When A Man Loves is really a must-see drama with a lot of unexpected happens, with Seung Heon's excellent performance.

Heon shows his talent acting as the best so far, since Tae Sang is a very special character with full of conflicts. His insight is very complicated, love and hate, open and quiet, extreme intelligent, thoughtful and yet new and kiddy as a teenager in love.


All level of human emotion has been shown bold, impressed by Heon's face, smile, walk, by any his gesture or moving. Heon's acting is really mature through Tae Sang, so that, sometime we thought we are watching, knowing a real Song Seung Heon in real life, not a Tae Sang of a drama!

The happiness and brilliance of a tired and lonely man, now loves and being love...  

 shock of knowing betrayed...

indignation...

 

  body painful

 

 heart- broken

 

  The crystal tears coming out from deep sadness melt hearts. 

The drama is near to end... we really can not guess what is coming, happy, sad or open ending?
We can't wait for that and yet wish the drama till long and longer.

For who not watching this drama yet, let watch, let Heon leads you go to the love of Tae Sang, to his kiddy and indignation of this sophisticated man.
I know you may have a lot of disagreement with what he did, but  I am sure you will love the man. 

Song Seung Heon - My Inspiration

Song Seung Heon always inspires me.
Tracing Heon for many years, I have learned how he loves his fans. His activities for fans is diversificated, from big events like Fan meetings in Japan or new drama introductions in Singapore, Vietnam, to common actions like posting pictures with short notes on Twitter, Facebook ... and specially, recently he launched Honey Side on Apple Aps.

This activity allows fans tracing where he is, listen to his whispers, leave message to him and even, if you are enough luck, you can have his own massage, he - himself - whispering to you!
I do not feel any jealous when one day knowing that 4 of fans did have his messages, but a strong feeling raising in me, how lovely this guy!

How can he manage to do all kind of things? He has his team! YES! Maybe someone posting pictures on Twitter and Facebook, not him. Maybe someone reads or listens to Fans messages as winners first-round selecting, not him. But by the end of the day, the projects are his, HE DOES THINK OF US, and he is the one who makes messages recorded, with his warm and lovely voice!
 ...

Below is pictures he latest posted on his facebook, I love to see his in this way, in normal life, seeing a real angle of my idol, seeing how his laugh, how his naughty, and how his hard work!

How do you feel when seeing this post of today? A not-young-at all man shows his cute, mischievous in front of camera... Yeap, old, but deadly charming!!!

and these 2 pictures cutting from a TV show. He gives me warmness and close feelings so that I thought I was be there, and he made me laugh with his naughty actions...

 

I like very much his arm... manly and lively... 

This, on the filming monitor... He shares us these moments, one of his filming process's.

and here, working but yet somehow looked dreaming, wasn't he?

 

Who is so elegant and fresh in white and light blue shirt calling for summer ? In a photo shooting...

 Seung Heon shares his activities, tries to make close with his fans by any means... and yet he has a tight schedule of a Star! I wonder how he could make all of the works! Thanks for all of that, Seung Heon!

I wish I can do somethings for him as a pay-back to what he delicate to us. Doing things for him is not only my hobby, it is my need.
Anyway, he, himself, in CF, films or real life, always inspires me.