Lee Won Jung: Almost became BTS's younger brother, rejected HYBE 8 times, now acts in "trash movies"

Lee Won Jung is currently a name that is getting a lot of attention thanks to his role in the hit movie Hierarchy. Although this movie is not highly rated, it is still famous in many countries and the name Lee Won Jung is currently receiving more attention from the audience even though he is just a supporting actor.

The movie Hierarchy is currently listed as school "trash" in 2024 because of its disappointing content. The film climbed to the top 2 on the global most-watched non-English film chart on the Netflix platform, ranked top 1 in many Asian countries such as Thailand, Vietnam... mainly thanks to the cast. top visual.

But it is not the three main actors, but the supporting actor Lee Won Jung who attracts great attention from the public.

In the film, Lee Won Jung plays Woo Jin, the heir to a big man in the political world. He is currently studying at Jooshin High School, where there is an extremely fierce class division. Woo Jin also belongs to the tycoon class at school, and is one of the students who controls and sets all the rules at this school. Unlike the rest of the male characters in the film, Woo Jin stands out because of his mischievous and mischievous appearance, and his appearance is also typical of a rich, playboy young man who is not afraid of anyone in the world. This sassy look of Lee Won Jung made the audience extremely impressed, many viewers also praised both her beauty and acting as being more outstanding than Lee Won Jung's co-stars.

After carefully studying his profile, the audience discovered a lot of surprising information about this handsome man born in 2001. Even though he is a rookie, Lee Won Jung still shows a bold and straightforward personality that is rare in the Korean entertainment industry and has such great potential that he is sought after by "entertainment giant" HYBE.

Rejected "big guy" HYBE 8 times for an admirable reason

Lee Won Jung was born in 2001, born and raised in San Francisco, California. Although he does not have the same handsome appearance that is popular in Korea like the two male leads of Hierarchy, Lee Chae Min (playing Kang Ha) and Kim Jae Won (playing Kim Ri An), Won Jung is Have an attractive and radiant appearance like a Kpop idol. This is one of the factors that helped him get noticed by HYBE Group.

Before this controversial school film, Lee Won Jung debuted as an actor in the film Class of Lies (2019) and appeared in a series of hit works such as Live On, Brain Works... But the performance This actor currently surprises the audience the most in the global storm "Extraordinary Attorney Woo". Even though he only played a "super supporting" role in 1 episode of the movie, he attracted the audience's attention thanks to his bright appearance and natural acting. After only 4 years of debut, Won Jung won the Best New Actor award at the 2023 KBS Drama Awards thanks to his role in the movie My Perfect Stranger.

Before deciding to debut as an actor, Lee Won Jung made a shocking decision, which was to refuse "big man" HYBE 8 times - the entertainment group that manages a series of Asia's top music groups such as BTS, SEVENTEEN, TXT, LE SSERAFIM, NewJeans, ILLIT... Appearing on the show Knowing Bros, Lee Won Jung said he was sought after by entertainment companies for many years and persuaded to become an idol, including HYBE with 7-8 offers.

But instead of accepting the offer of the most powerful entertainment empire in Korean showbiz, this handsome man confidently declared that only when HYBE decides to train actors will he accept the offer to join the company. Lee Won Jung resolutely pursued his only passion, acting, saying no to singing. His determination and strength in pursuing his own goals makes the audience feel admiration.

Be bold in even dating

Taking on the role of the heir in Hierarchy, Lee Won Jung initially attracted viewers' attention with his shocking love story with his corrupt teacher. But at the end of the movie, his character revealed his secret love for female companion He Ra (played by Chi Hae Won). Worth mentioning, this couple is "pushed" by the public as strongly as the love triangle of the 3 main actors.

According to Koreaboo, Lee Won Jung continuously has notable interactions with her 3-year-older sister Chi Hae Won on social networks. Every time actress Hae Won posts a photo, Lee Won Jung continuously leaves compliments. Not only stopping at the colleague relationship, Won Jung also announced the beginning of what is considered a "real fake love movie" relationship with Hae Won in a recent post. When fans suggested, "You should take her out on a date", this actor boldly declared: "Of course, why not?" The reaction of this pair of actors couldn't help but make the audience crazy, even the effect was no less than the trio Roh Jeong Eui - Lee Chae Min - Kim Jae Won.

Audience comments:

- The movie is very bad, the cast is also young, someone playing the role of Woo Jin is better, portraying the rude, extravagant character.

- Lee Won Jong is so handsome in this movie, just like a rich tycoon.

- Watching movies just for the male supporting character, their body and face are all attractive, they just look mean or something.

- Compared to the main couple, Lee Won Jong acts much better, he looks like a real dude.

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