‘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.
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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.

When A Man Loves - Ost Part 1 with English and Viet sub

Let listen to Baek Ah Yeon in Introduction to Love, the first OST - Introduction to Love with Baek Ah Yeon sweet voice with English and Vietnamese lyric.
 
The Link at dailymotion below:

When A Man Loves Ost Part 1 Viet sub  

When A Man Loves Ost Part 1 English sub

The must see - drama with sweet scenes...
This weekend is good time for my dreaming land, for my love with Han Tae Sang and his love.

Song Seung Heon - When A Man Loves

For a long time not writing on this page... Busy and yet many things want to do, so...
Anyhow my love to Song Seung Heon does not change, seems growing day by day by the way he treats fans, and treats me.
I have a strong feeling that he knows who i am, knows what I have done for him. I think that is enough for me as a recompense to my love.

Return in a new drama, he shows his charming, strong, drastic with a weak and loving heart inside a strong built body. Many articles talking about the drama, so I will not say more about it. I do wish to share the feeling of my expecting and some photos I love.

Song Seung Heon maintains his youth so well, time seems not leaving hard prints on him. To be frank, I know that he spends a lot of effort to keep his fresh and strong to please his fans, who trace him on each activity, each centimeter square.

This year, he is thinner, a bit. His graceful face looks smaller with this hair style. But I love this style.

...till the graceful, till my heart stops beating when seeing again...

Sexy as ever... even I feel painful with Tae-san's sorrow. The drama producer seems over-uses his body beauty. Anyhow, it serves fans' benefit.

Hope the drama success! Fighting!

Song Seung Heon - Lost 5kg for He Was Cool

Read an old chitchat of fans here and there, a story about Song Seung Heon during the HeWas Cool filming touching me. I think not many fans know the story...

The story was nice and told me more about my idol. The one I admire and love. I wish to share to Fans, who do love him, let they have chance to know more about him.

Originally Posted by seungheoney

In He Was Cool, he is also very handsome but a little too skinny. Did anyone know if he lost weight on purpose to look young or what for He Was Cool?
 

He lost more than 5Kg during He Was Cool. It's partly on purpose and partly due to harsh filming condition. First the director wanted him to shed some weight to suit better for a teenager role, so he went on a diet. The weather was also cruel. They filmed He Was Cool during fierce winter but the story supposed to be during fall. So the casts had to wear fall clothes during winter weather. 

At every break times, the casts rushed for blankets and hot water pillows. But Seung Heon did not want to use these warmers. He said the filming condition for Ice Rain was even worse and he wanted to train his body more. There was also a scene where he had to jump into the winter sea, and that day, there was weather report of unusual cold water current. 

Unfortunately, the shooting at the beach took a long time as there were many NGs. The result was Seung Heon had to jump repeatedly into the winter sea for the shooting of that scene. He also had to practice really hard for the fighting scenes, because Song Heon wanted to carry out those fighting scenes by himself instead of using a substitute. He did a great job at it. 

After He Was Cool, many viewed Seong Heon with a different eye. He is no longer just a perfect gentle lover, he is also a great fighter and a very COOL guy.  

I like He Was Cool, lovely story and Song Seung Heon's act well in the movie. But I did never know the story behind, how did they make the movie in fierce winter. I did not imagine how hard actors and actresses have to work.

How do you feel now, he was so cool, wasn't he? Yes, he always is great!
HE IS always COOL!

I met Song Seung Heon

This has been written from my close friend's story. Her joy and happiness, her excitement and sincere love inspired me. The story with its feelings must be memorized...

Not she only, I myself do not want the emotions, feelings bold with love will be fade away from years to years. Love an idol, it is truly difficult to understand for those who have never been in this kind of love...  The love, I know, is not simply an idol love. It is much more than that, since he devotes to us more than what an idol can do for his fans.

I met Song Seung Heon
...
There was a crowd when I walked into the lobby of the hotel. It did not take long time to realize I was in a photo signings for his fans, my idol. I looked at  the stage and saw Jin, my friend was standing near the table he was sitting. I looked at the crowd in front of me knowing for sure that there was no way to come closer to him. A disappointment raised in me for not being able to obtain his signature, my heart also blamed Jin for not telling me about his event.

Feeling very tired and desperated since could not come over the crowded barrier to meet him, I stepped to the next room where was an exhibition or charitable program  ...
...
I saw two men standing in the corner of the room. The man wearing gray jacket turned his back to me so I could not see his face. And the other, surprisingly, I did not believe what I saw! The man with perfect body and bright face who could be recognised easily, is my idol, my beloved, whom I always grateful for helping me get rid of my grief by East Of Eden drama with his role as Lee Dong Chul. Shocked and could not believe in my eyes, my whole body was shaking and I could not breath well, feelings overwhelmed me. Stammed in a while, I asked in English if he could give me his signature. He said that was his pleasure with a smile. I was struggling to find a paper in my bag, self-blaming for not having a notebook and also wondering if I would have another chance to meet him. Finnally he signed the paper that I gave.

I saw him and the gray jacket man were talking to each other in Korean, I guess that was his assistant. The assistant then said to me in English.

- Do you know who speaks English to help him on a couple of things he is concerning?

Very quickly I thought of Jin. I said immediately.
- My friend is good in English and also learning Korean, she will be happy to help you.

Then I said additionally.

- She does love you, too.

While we were talking, I could not take my eyes off him. Perfect delicate face towards me, looked at me with his deep black eyes and mythic long eyelashes.

Just then, Jin appeared suddenly, her face looked radiant with joy, her hands waving his picture.

- I have his photo! Have his signature, too! Have you got any?

I smiled at her, pointing at him.

- Let look at this person! He needs an English interpreter. Do you help him, don’t you?

My eyes soaked with tears of  happiness when telling to Jin. Did anyone else have the same feeling with me? It really was the happiness that I had never tasted.

Much joy with the photograph and his signature, Jin did only see me, not realize the two persons who were standing next to me. Then Jin's face changed immediately, I did not sure what her face was expressing, surprise, excitement, happiness or something else, or all of these feelings. I only know surely that Jin was shocked to see him standing there, next to me, comfortable and close as friends. And on top of it there was no one bothering us. Only him, and us.

Of course, Jin was very glad to help him. We talked during walking along the room. He and Jin spoke in English together, Jin talked to him comfortably.  I stepped back a bit, let them walked in front of me and the assistant. I tried to keep close to them, just a step distance.
He wore a white shirt and dark blue jeans. Do not understand why Jin and I really like him in white shirts, although he looks good in any kind of outfit. On the day Jin wore a black shirt and blue jeans. I told myself how coincidental it was, Jin and he wore jeans, similar dark blue jeans.

I gazed at his smooth and fair complexion, gazed at the wet light curly hairs sticking on his nape. The hotel temperature is still higher than Seoul’s in this season.

Could not control my emotions, I told up front with Jin in Vietnamese.
- Jin, look at his complexion, it is so beautiful, isn’t it?

He and Jin stopped, slightly turned back looking at me. His eyes, his smile looked at me then at Jin, as expecting for the end of the dialogue or wanting to know what we were talking about ... I quickly apologized him since I worried he may think we were saying some things bad about him. I asked Jin.

- Jin, let tell him that I was talking about his charming look.

Again, he gave us his infatuated smile when J explained. Now that smile was not on TV and movies. On that moment that smile was reserved for us. For Jin and for me, no one else.

I walked behind Jin and him, watched all things belong to him, his clothes, his body, his gestures as he was communicating with Jin. He gave her very gentle glances, very friendly and close. There was a bit generosity in his expressiveness, I guessed he usually receive the same love from fans. Jin, with the rediant face when looked at him, her hands gestures, her eyes and smiles, her aura show the happiness which was too large and sudden to be true. Looking at her, as mirroring myself, I know surely I had the same outlook, the same happiness.

Shocked with the unexpected joy, my heart danced its own rhymth, I only gazed at him and felt emotions flooding my heart ... Enjoy the fun of being with him I almost could not understand or remember what he and Jin were saying, knowing only that I was extremely happy.
Time flied too fast, then the time for saying goodbye came. Before his leaving Jin still managed to ask him.
- Do you know my Avatar is the green rose?
He  smiled as a reply. His smile, his expresssion shown that, he did know, yes, he did know that the green rose was Jin’s. For Jin the answer was worth more than any gift.
...

Meeting him, seeing him in real life is our dream. Now what we have is more than a dream. He existed near to us, close enough for a hand reach. Speaking to him, working with him was inexpressive joy.
Not only that, we also existed in his world, he knows who we are. We, the two fans of millions of his fans around the world, then we are the persons he has ever met, not only Avatars or nicknames in virtual worlds of the internet.

Thanks him for giving my sweet emotions. The moments being with him is beautiful memory that will be kept forever in my heart.

Song Seung Heon - Ghost 2010

Busy and Facebook is more convenience for dropping some words... so, this blog is very quiet nowadays.
Loving this guy creates more works for me, Facebook, making music videos, slideshow, learning Korean, wow... How greedy I am! But the happiness he devotes to me balances all hard works.

Meanwhite waiting for The Messenger movie, recall Song Seung Heon in Ghost 2010.
2010 was a busy year of Seung Heon but Fans were fed many nice poses of him. This is a nice loving movie.

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