Jae Wook "Dream to reach a star" lost his career due to scandal, illness

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, in addition to Bae Yong Joon, Song Seung Hun... Ahn Jae Wook was also considered a "love song prince".

His name is associated with cult series such as Dream of reaching a star, Sunflower, Goodbye my love... Song, Ahn Jae Wook is a star that soon shines and also fades away. Illnesses and private life scandals made the once famous actor lose his aura.

Ahn Jae Wook was born in 1971 in a family with a business tradition, but he himself has a tendency to want to pursue art. Despite the prohibition of his parents, the actor decided to enroll in Theater major, Seoul Institute of the Arts, and then embarked on showbiz as a student. His early acting path was quite erratic, with months of only acting in public roles, receiving a meager salary.

In 1994, Ahn Jae Wook won a memorable performance in the movie The Song of Blind Bird. This work officially brought the star born in 1971 to a professional acting path. He continued to take on supporting roles in many other television projects in the following years. By participating in the movie Dream of reaching a star (1997), Ahn Jae Wook's life and career turned to a new page, more sublimated and successful.

The role of Ahn Jae Wook's romantic, liberal and singing-loving Min Hee in Dream of reaching a star is considered a classic. The film itself is also a respectable achievement, with a viewership rating of over 40%. Hairstyles and clothes of the characters become trends for young Asians. Thanks to the film's effects, Ahn Jae Wook rose to the position of a Hallyu star, owning a large fan base in Korea, Japan, China, Vietnam...

Not only creating a boost for Ahn Jae Wook's career, the dream of reaching a star is also a launching pad for the actor to encroach on singing. The soundtrack song "Forever" performed by him was warmly received. In the field of music, the actor also achieved achievements not inferior to the acting field.

However, the aura that comes quickly also fades quickly. After the dream of reaching a star, Ahn Jae Wook tried his hand at cinema through projects such as Rub Love, First Kiss, but did not leave an impression, although at that time he was still an A-list star and had the opportunity to collaborate. with many stars like Kim Hye Soo, Choi Ji Woo...

In the television segment, the actor continued to make an impression with a number of works such as Sunflowers, Goodbye to my love... However, the shadow of the Dream reaching for a star was too big, making the public they always remember the young man Min Hee instead of Ahn Jae Wook's new roles. The actor struggled, trying to get rid of that shadow, but seemed stuck.

In more than 10 years since the resounding success of "Dream to a Star", Ahn Jae Wook has been working hard in acting and singing even though he hasn't had another really impressive explosion. In 2009, tragedy suddenly fell on the actor's life, causing his health and career to plummet.

Spring 11 years ago, while recording a new album to prepare for release in the Korean and Japanese markets, Ahn Jae Wook felt a problem in his throat. During a meeting with the doctor, the 49-year-old star received news that he had a cyst. The actor had to abandon the recording plan to conduct surgery as soon as possible. After a stressful surgery, the actor finally overcame the biggest challenge of his life.

However, the tragedy did not stop there. Four years after the cyst surgery, Ahn Jae Wook once again had to fight for his life from a serious illness. During a party held in the US, the actor suddenly had a headache and severe nausea. Doctors diagnosed him with a subarachnoid hemorrhage - a disease with a high risk of death. Once again, the 5-hour surgery saved Ahn Jae Wook from the hands of death.

The constant illness partly caused the star born in 1971 to have a mental breakdown, and his career slowed down. The entertainment industry has more and more new faces appearing and shining, and Ahn Jae Wook is increasingly exhausted. His name is no longer hot on screen and stage. The "love song prince" once gradually gave way to his juniors, retreated behind the scenes to take care of himself and his small family.

In 2015, Ahn Jae Wook fell in love with actress Choi Hyun Joo when collaborating in the musical Rudolf. A year later, the star couple welcomed their first daughter. Actor Dream of reaching a star enjoys peaceful days, before events once again turn his life upside down.

In February 2019, Ahn Jae Wook faced a drunk driving scandal, violated traffic laws and was suspended by the police. His name covered all the newspapers with negative information. The actor suffered from public opinion, because he is a famous person who has influence on young people. The incident made the image of the actor more or less tarnished in the public eye, his career plummeted even more.

Realizing the seriousness of the incident and wishing to appease fans' outrage, Ahn Jae Wook had to bow his head in apology. He admitted it was an unforgivable scandal and felt ashamed of his mistake. But it took many months for things to subside, and the actor's life returned to normal. After the scandal, Ahn Jae Wook chose to live a quiet, private life, away from the glitz of the entertainment world. He no longer often acts, sings, but only occasionally accepts invitations to guest on a few film projects and reality shows.

In March of this year, Ahn Jae Wook returned to the screen with the movie project "Mouse" starring with Lee Seung Gi. Originally attached to the image of a "male god" on the screen, now, the actor transforms into the role of a cold-blooded killer that makes the audience excited.

This is a 19th-rated film that exploits the subject of horror detectives with a series of barbaric murders. Mouse is set in a mysterious world where people can identify multiple personality perverts through DNA testing since they were just a fetus in the womb. The work follows the two main characters, including male police officers Jung Bae Reum (Lee Seung Gi) and Go Moo Chi (Lee Hee Joon) in pursuit of a "human hunter".

The film directed by director Choi Joon Bae is inspired by a true story that happened at Incheon elementary school (Korea). An 8-year-old girl was brutally murdered. The killer is a 17-year-old female student suffering from depression and multiple personality disorder. From that case, the screenwriter of Mouse built a plot around the formation and psychological transformation of the villain carrying the aforementioned disease.

Ahn Jae Wook plays Han Seo Joon - a famous neurosurgeon and, at the same time, a cold-blooded killer. Thanks to the acting of the 50-year-old actor, the character Han Seo Joon exists in contrast between a gentle and kind appearance, but inside is a sick way of thinking, a hobby of killing people without fear. This is a role different from the image that Ahn Jae Wook has attached to for a long time. He usually specializes in the type of character who is kind, elegant or has an unhappy fate. The appearance of Ahn Jae Wook in the new image surprised the audience. Besides acting, the actor also received many compliments thanks to his youthful appearance compared to his real age.

At the age of 50, Ahn Jae Wook no longer has a brilliant career as in the past, but his peaceful and perfect home still makes many colleagues admire. Married and fathered late, but Ahn Jae Wook has a happy married life with his wife who is 9 years younger than Choi Hyun Joo. On social networks, the Korean star often shares peaceful and happy moments of his family: when the whole family attends a Christmas party; when he took his wife for an ultrasound and was informed by the doctor that the mother was fine, the baby was fine; when the whole family went on a beach trip in Busan... Although his name is not as hot as before, Ahn Jae Wook is full of joy and excitement with the current life. While his wife was mainly at home doing housework and taking care of children, Ahn Jae Wook worked hard at filming, singing in musicals... to take care of the family's economy.

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