Ha Jung-woo (The Chaser) ups the sophistication factor in his new shoot for the latest ad campaign for clothing brand Basso Wicus.
He shot the ads earlier this month; a rep of the clothing company said they’d chosen Ha to represent them because when conducting surveys for Basso Wicus among their target market, “Ha Jung-woo was the actor that young twenty- and thirty-something men most preferred.”
Ha Jung-woo most recently acted (without pay) in the film You Don’t Even Know [잘 알지도 못하면서], which releases in April and co-stars Kim Tae-woo, Eom Ji-won, Go Hyun-jung, and Jung Yumi. That will be followed by the May premiere of the Korean-Japanese joint production Boat, which co-stars Japanese actor Tsumabuki Satoshi.
The new Basso Wicus ads start running in March.
And here’s the full view of the top image —
Via MJK News
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he’s hot
He’s handsome, especially in acting, maybe the best Korean actor right now.
I heart him. Even though he played a psychotic serial killer in The Chaser (one of the best movies, ever…period) I still thought he was unbelievably charming and adorable.
Absolutely yummy. Oh, and I agree with all the adjectives in #1-3 above. ^^ Best actor, hands down.
So attractive and so talented. I loved him in Time, The Chaser and Never Forever. I need get the dvd of My Dear Enemy….I love the trailer. Strangely, I haven’t see any of his dramas
Very suave and sophisticated indeed.
Sadly, I’ve never seen him act. But since I generally don’t watch Korean movies, H.I.T. will hopefully be good enough.
He probably is not the most handsome Korean actor, but he definitely has charisma.
I like him on HIT, and look forward to see the Chaser.
The clothes look great on him!
He looks great in this set of pictures. =)
He’s an extremely talented actor.
My Dear Enemy’s a lovely film, I absolutely love it.
My hero^^
Like this add. Love that he actually looks manly
his skin doesn’t look as bad as before. I wonder what sort of facial or acne treatment he got.
I’m going to miss Eric doing Basso.
^ i agree. i quite like eric in the basso ads.
ha jung woo looks very suave in that third pic.
I wonder where that last photo was taken!
Oh, so he’s the new representative of Basso. A new actor makes sense, since Eric’s in the military… The pictures were almost the same as Eric’s picture for Basso before. xD
“Ha Jung-woo was the actor that young twenty- and thirty-something men most preferred.”
Yup. He’s got the Joker/Tyler Durden cred down cold.
@fizzle,
“Sadly, I’ve never seen him act. But since I generally don’t watch Korean movies, H.I.T. will hopefully be good enough.”
Actually you might have seen his dad in a few shows — he’s always playing evil dudes.
In fact, I thought I saw him in Gardena or Orange a few years ago, and I was really tempted to go up to him and say hello.
Before Chaser, he was very well regarded as a left-field character actor in film (a little bit like Val Kilmer.) I remember watching the promotion interviews before Chaser came out and thinking “huh, that’s an interesting idea for an action movie. It looks like they had a blast making it.”
“That will be followed by the May premiere of the Korean-Japanese joint production Boat, which co-stars Japanese actor Tsumabuki Satoshi.”
Satoshi’s one of the very best 20-something idol-actors around. And he’s gorgeous, like a Japanese Won Bin. Having said that, shouldn’t he be busy filming Tenchijin?!?
Ha Jung Woo is very talented and quite simply yummy!! He looks much less tired in these photos than he has been in other photos. I really like his work!!
i first noticed him in “firebird” as a bodyguard; his lines and appearances were obviously very few and overshadowed by the main leads. but at that time i thought, this guy is not bad at all, he should get a lead role soon.
anyway, i think he’s a very talented actor. i enjoyed his performances. and what i like also is the fact that he’s not the pretty-boy type. lol.
He’s definitely not a pretty boy type but he’s extremely telented. I started noticed him in HIT and the The Chaser were he pull of the character really good.