Korean people have always maintained a high degree of rejection and even resistance to artists with bad records. However, among the many artists who have been unable to turn around, there is such an exception.
Recently, TVN’s 15th anniversary special TV series “Jirisan” finally premiered! As soon as
was released, the drama exploded on the Korean drama list. Its first viewing alone directly exceeded 9%. The real-time viewing since then has crushed the simultaneous screenings of "Black Sun" and "One the Woman" , you know, these two Korean dramas have always been among the top rated Korean dramas in the same period.
After only one episode was screened, Douban gave it a good score of 7.4 points. It can be seen that this time "Jirisan" has an excellent trend in both ratings and word-of-mouth.
The drama has received a good response, which will undoubtedly be a great joy for the participating actors, especially for Zhu Jihoon as the protagonist. Not surprisingly, this drama will be his second drama after the previous Korean drama "Kingdom" series. Another screen masterpiece.
01, Ju Ji-hoon, an idol actor whose dark history is indelible
Speaking of Ju Ji-hoon, I believe that everyone’s first impression of him is probably the eldest son Lee Shin in the 2006 hit Korean drama "Palace".
At that time, he was young and handsome, and he was a model. He became famous with the typical idol role of "Prince Xin", and instantly became an idol in the hearts of thousands of drama fans in reality. The fame reaped by "Palace" won the MBC Year-end Grand Award - Best Male Newcomer Award.
It can be said that Zhu Zhixun, who has just debuted, had a good hand for stardom at the beginning, but he never thought that shortly afterwards, he would personally smash this good hand to pieces.
In 2009, Zhu Zhixun was criminally detained for taking drugs and was eventually sentenced to 6 months in prison, suspended for for one year. In addition, he was required to perform a 120-hour social service order according to law.
The half-year punishment may not be serious for Zhu Zhixun himself, but it is an extremely fatal blow to his stardom.
He had taken drugs and been in jail. Any one of them would be an indelible stain on an artist who was still starting out. Therefore, at that time, Zhu Zhixun was not surprisingly banned by major Korean media.
From being admired by thousands of people to being boycotted by the media, many people thought that Ju Ji-hoon's stardom was over. After all, how can an artist who has fallen over the bus maintain his idol persona?
But in fact, after Zhu Zhixun was released from prison, his star career not only did not end as the public expected, but instead became more and more prosperous and famous as time went by.
02, both drug addicts, Zhu Zhixun became a hit in the future, but his ex-girlfriend’s current situation is bleak
Due to the impact of the drug abuse and imprisonment incident, Zhu Zhixun wisely chose to use military service to cope with the low period of his career.
In 2010, Zhu Zhixun enlisted in the army and was escorted there with great fanfare by a large number of his die-hard fans.
Seeing that fans still support him so much, Zhu Zhixun himself was very moved and directly waved his hands in a military gesture to express the highest degree of gratitude to the fans.
After serving in the military, Zhu Zhixun has become more mature and masculine, both in appearance and mentality.
So after he chose to come back, he used this advantageous condition to dive into the hard journey of polishing his acting skills.
In the early stage of his comeback, Zhu Zhixun struggled in the entertainment industry as expected. Fortunately, Keyeast, the ace contract company behind him, valued him enough and tried their best to find him acting resources that could turn him around.
Just like this, whether it is the previous movie "Along with the Gods" series or the recent TV series "Kingdom" series, Zhu Jihoon has a large number of excellent film and television resources, and he has once again become a first-line actor.
In contrast, Sun Ga-in, a member of the Korean girl group BrownEyedGirls, who once revealed that Zhu Zhixun lured her to take drugs, was also arrested and imprisoned for drug abuse as Zhu Zhixun's ex-girlfriend.
Obviously, Sun Jiaren is not as lucky as her ex-boyfriend, because she has not only been involved in scandals due to drug addiction, but also suffered from depression . Her stardom is currently bleak and she has few activities in the entertainment industry.
03. He squeezed out Park Seo-joon and partnered with a popular goddess. The unabashed Joo Ji-hoon is really strong.
This time, as Joo Ji-hoon’s new drama "Jiri Mountain", due to the top actress Jun Ji-hyun Five years later The premiere of the comeback and the joint stunt between the director of the top Korean drama " ghost " and the screenwriter of "Kingdom" can be said to have earned enough traffic and popularity before it was broadcast.
However, it was exactly like this that the drama was able to serve as a piece of cake when the male lead was chosen. The then popular actor Park Joon Seo and Ju Ji Hoon, who had successfully come back to fame, competed fiercely for it.
It is worth mentioning that when the news of Park Joon Seo being the male protagonist of "Jiri Mountain" was on the hot search, many netizens thought that this would be a definite thing.
But I didn’t expect that when the final release was announced, the official poster would be a collaboration between Joo Ji-hoon and Jun Ji-hyun. This sudden change shocked many netizens.
It is enough to show that Zhu Zhixun's strength is really durable.
After all, Park Joon Seo is indeed an idol actor with strong acting skills. But now, Ju Ji Hoon can snatch the male lead resources from him, which only shows that Ju Ji Hoon's performance during this period is even better.
Nowadays, Joo Ji-hoon, who has both good looks and acting skills, has successfully partnered with the top goddess Jun Ji-hyun as he wished. His new drama has received a great response, and his acting career will naturally become more popular.
We should not condone or cater to an artist who has a history of drug involvement. Zhu Zhixun should feel lucky. If it were in China, he would eventually be banned in minutes because of his dark history and would never recover.
The irony is that now such a Korean star has an infinitely bright future. Who dares to believe that ten years ago he was actually a bad actor who took drugs?
