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Gong Yoo in Portugal for Harper’s Bazaar
by | October 10, 2011 | 121 Comments

*swoon* Hi, pretty. Buh… what was I gonna say?

Oh, right. Here’s my boyfriend in Portugal for Harper’s Bazaar. You’re welcome.

Look, I know, some of the pants are of questionable tightness and length, but that seems to be a battle I will never win against Korean fashion. At least his hair’s lookin’ good. All the better to imagine an afternoon spent with your fingers running through it, eh?

You’re welcome. Again.

Via Xports News

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121 Comments from the Beanut Gallery
  1. Laica

    Oh, YUM. I love this hairstyle on him.

    I wish he would come back to dramas. Movies are great, but it means we see him so much less often, for less time… :(

    • 1.1 iZzie :)

      a. He doesn’t want the grueling kdrama work style that must have gotten worse from last time he’s been on one; or
      b. He’s playing “the more you miss me, the more I’m hot” game

      It works. Especially when we see him look hotter every time new photos of him are out. (Thank you for posting Girlfriday!) :)

      Here he looks like the better-looking, Korean half-brother of Benicio del Torro. (Esp. 2nd photo.) Hawt!

  2. Anna Wintour's Ghost of Fashion Week's past

    Where was this taken? I don’t have a problem with the tightness though but where’s the bulge? I’m sure it’s there somewhere…

    • 2.1 reeen

      The photos where taken in Porto. Charming city. Couldn’t Gong Yoo have gone there when I was there? :)

    • 2.2 Y

      Lol!! Was looking for the bulge too!!

      • 2.2.1 maricor102

        ROFL when girlfriday mentioned tightness..i immediately looked down there…hahaha!!

      • 2.2.2 mysterious

        I was looking too! ;) Guess they weren’t tight enough. Pity. But I must admit the smoking is a bit of a turnoff. Why did they have to tarnish my squeaky-clean-yet-sexy image of him. :’(

    • 2.3 Ingrid

      Ahahahaahahaha! Gong Yoo should read this one. Wahahaha.

    • 2.4 hehe

      oopssie, I was looking for that too! (blushes) haha

    • 2.5 zoompi

      asian guys are smaller remember

      • 2.5.1 Jessica

        Not the ones I’ve been with… er.. is that TMI? *blush*

  3. MsScorpion

    YUMMYYYYYYY………

    I love him in anything or nothing……..I just love him….

    *Whips drool*
    *Whips drool*
    *Whips drool*

  4. Free

    Girlfriday, did you say “….my boyfriend…”? Be careful of Dramabeans…….she might just wanna kill you…… :-)

  5. yuoi

    oh, Portugal, my loveee T.T miss you…

    oh and Gong Yoo too, of course.. (but I guess not as much as Portugal)

  6. odet

    He looks like a young Joaquim De Almeida here. He smokes.. whatever.. I.LOVE.HIM. Period.

    • 6.1 odet

      Coincidence? Joaquim de Almeida was born in Lisbon,Portugal. again.. whatever.. I.LOVE.HIM. Period.

    • 6.2 True Love Always Comes

      *Everyone* in Korea smokes. No joke.

      You go clubbing and everyone’s smoking *everywhere*. It’s an effort getting the smoke smell out of your clothes afterwards…

  7. come2noona

    Thanks for sharing GF! I have been watching Coffee Prince again, just for a GY fix. He needs to come back to dramaland for a while. See if you can talk him into it, ok?

  8. zanzibar

    is it just me or does he vaguely look like Michael Jackson in some pics

  9. kaye

    Dayum.

  10. 10 Anon

    Seriously, is he for real? Everything about him is perfection… Like in that picture w the trench, he looks like a manga-character come to life. Sigh, he really needs to play a role where he shows off his looks. I’m proud of him for tackling movies like Crucible, but c’mon, throw a girl a bone!

    • 10.1 Laica

      Ooh, now that you said that, I’m getting Spike Speigel vibes from that picture with the trench (an anime character, but whatever). He would be so cool in a live-action of CB.

      • 10.1.1 aravisalice

        I’ve been picturing him as a perfect Mugen from Samurai Champloo for a while now myself.. It’s so nice to see that other people mentally cosplay these real men as animated men as well!

        • 10.1.1.1 himonogirl

          Huge fan of both animes (well, Watanabe-san was behond both), and I didn’t notice the similarity at first, but now that you’re saying that, I’m seeing a crossover: The body of Mugen, but the attitude and carelessness of Spike!

          *DROOOOOOOOOOOLS*

          thanks girls!!!!

          • 10.1.1.1.1 himonogirl

            *behInd*
            Grrrrr that damned keyboard (but I know, PIBCAK)

  11. 11 isabelle

    whts with the smoking in the pictures? Does Korea allow public smoking/pics ?

    Miss him, wish he comes back to television, would love to see him week after week rather than in one big movie.

    • 11.1 Jo

      Yes, they do.
      You should watch Korean movies.

    • 11.2 adette

      ugh, yes. people here smoke all over the damn place -___-

      • 11.2.1 Sherry VS

        At least the smoking kept out of most of the shows. Yes, he’s dreamy and all that- but after seeing the pics, all I can think is “like kissing an ashtray”…

        • 11.2.1.1 La Fea

          I agree with you. With all this perfection, he doesnt look good with this cigarette in his mouth. And I am corious if he smells smoke. Smokers don’t realize but it has a horrible smell. It is not good for his health either :(

      • 11.2.2 True Love Always Comes

        Clubs and bars especially…

        I know my lungs have deteriorated since coming here…

    • 11.3 polly

      That’s what i was thinking, how come Korea allow public smoking especially the celebs who have such a huge fan following? In my country, smoking in public as well as showing celebs smoking in movies, dramas and magazines is completely banned unless it is permitted by the govt.

      • 11.3.1 Houstontwin

        It makes me sad to think of the possible consequences of all that smoking!!!

  12. 12 3sha

    what was i gonna write again? oooh right!
    he’s HOT! as in, SMOKING HOT!
    I wonder if he’ll oblige to the tradition of several actors after army. *coughshowerscenecough* :P

  13. 13 Sere

    *stares dreamily* I think I need at least 24 hours to recover from this. Oh, my heart!

  14. 14 YY

    Gong Yoo, pls stop acting in movies, and come back to Kor Dramaland. I’ve got a script all ready for you. Guaranteed to be a smash hit all over the world. Tentatively titled :”Shower Prince”. Minimal dialogue, just lots of showering.

    • 14.1 Kitteh

      This drama sounds like all of my dreams come true! And think of the cameo opportunities!

    • 14.2 JoAnne

      Shower Prince. Oh, you made my day. Plus I’m laughing like a maniac.

    • 14.3 luv_KimRaeWon

      LOL!! good one

    • 14.4 Ingrid

      Wahahahaha, lingaw kaayo ko sa mga comments. This is may favourite part. The “comments”!

    • 14.5 sleeplessinwgtn

      I’m quietly laughing at work reading your ‘Shower Prince’.

    • 14.6 Jomo

      I like it!
      In a world where showers were meant to end, and people wear clothes and do things, comes a phenomenom not unlike the premise behind Groundhog Day, only this time, it’s Gong Yu, naked, trapped in a shower for 16 hours with nothing to do but brood….

      This winter, one of those cables stations with all the good shows brings you Shower Prince.

      • 14.6.1 JoAnne

        I AM GETTING CABLE.

    • 14.7 iZzie :)

      LOL! YY! You always manage to spin things wacky. :)

      Now I imagine Gong Yoo photos on bath & body products, esp. shower gels. :) a la Dokko Jin on vitamin water bottles, but draped only with a towel.

  15. 15 blergh

    Nice pics, but seriously, they (Kor mags, whoever) need to get over the idea that smoking is/looks cool. Yucky.

    • 15.1 Jomo

      The problem is that the “smoke” photographs well. It is the source of the smoke that is the issue.

  16. 16 Mevun

    The City is clearly Porto, or as English people say Oporto.

  17. 17 kpopfan

    Yes. Thank you girlfriday. Love the hair….and please Gong Yoo, I hope you are really not a smoker. Agreed with blergh, I don’t know why Koreans think smoking is so cool either.

    • 17.1 Ingrid

      I think he is. Look at his lips and teeth in Coffee Price. Really!

  18. 18 pohonphee

    Sigh Korea stop putting a smoking cigarette in photo shoot! Is it too hard to ask? You run out of idea or something? It is “Gong-yoo”, he is already HOT even without having that damn thing. Try to be more creative next time.

  19. 19 JoAnne

    Gong Yoooooooo….

    I just finished watching Coffee Prince, and I have to say: he completely brought to life a sweet, vulnerable, loving, strong but tender man. I went from Gong Who? to absolute love over 17 episodes.

    Of course Ji Sung is still my number one…but this guy is pretty high on my list too.

    And I’ll admit (but only here) that for out and out blush-worthy fantasy? Rain. Something about that baby face combined with that BODY, and I love the husky voice and the cheekiness. Watching A Love to Kill now.

    • 19.1 VanillaSalt

      I love Ji Sung!!! He’s so cute and boyish and not to mention, his smile is adorable! I just wish Protect the Boss had a shower scene or two.

      • 19.1.1 JoAnne

        Yes, because girlfriend…that man has a nice body to go with that sweet smile.

    • 19.2 My.Ning

      i love ji sung too! fell for him after watching PTB, the first drama i caught of him. i am oso head over heels in love with kang ji hwan and now i just can’t decide which is handsomer! hahaha…

      im now watching royal family becos of him. the drama is quite good and i am very intrigued by the lead actress character and the plot.

      gong yoo has his appeal. but ji sung and kang ji hwan… *swoonz*

  20. 20 CFLH

    DAMN.

    • 20.1 Sunmi

      My thoughts exactly.

  21. 21 birdscout

    The pic where he is getting his shoes done seems to have been taken in front of a McDonald’s. Random? Yes, but those golden arches caught my eye.lol.

    Gong Yoo looks very handsome:)

    • 21.1 Joana

      It is McDonalds, it’s in Aliados avenue, it’s one Mc that deserve a visit is situated in a old building and the interior is amazing with some old stained glass (pictorial art)… it doesn’t resemble the traditional mcdonals at all… :)

  22. 22 andreia

    What the whaaaaaat!! Gong Yoo in my country… what a missed opportunity… I would love to have seen a glimpse of him! Love the city Porto but honestly they chose some really dodgy places! Oh well, maybe that was the idea/concept? Still, Gong Yoo eclipses everything around him.
    The photos are nice but he must have been really hot in those winter clothes. The weather around Europe is weird right now, it’s like summer, incredibly hot.

    • 22.1 Ana Raquel

      I´m from Portugal, too! I didn´t know there were others here at dramabeans :)

      • 22.1.1 Joana

        I’m from Portugal either… i study in Porto university, so close… why didn’t i knew this earlier?… i mean i’m always in Porto, and even if i wasn’t i live 1hour away… ahhh…. i’m dying on frustration right now… T.T…. how could i missed him…??

        • 22.1.1.1 Ana Raquel

          Where do you live?
          I´m from Santa Maria da Feira. I would really like to talk to you about dramas and stuff. Do you have a profile on dramalist or something? My profile there is ancorreia.
          Hope we can communicate soon

          • 22.1.1.1.1 Joana

            I live in Póvoa de Varzim… :)

            I don’t have a profile there, but it would be great to talk about dramas with someone from Portugal and so close… i’ will make a profile and then contact you… how about it?… probably not today (i’m reading some articles for my master degree’s thesis)… but i’ll do it as soon as possible… (in a couple of days for sure…)…

            so, talk to you soon… :)

  23. 23 nikko

    love him to pieces

  24. 24 neliq

    OMG!!! Thanks Girlfriday for such a wonderful treat.

    I can’t wait to see him back on dramaland.

  25. 25 conan

    The hair. I mean, seriously? No, like, SERIOUSLY?! Is it just me or is greasy, middle-parted hair really a turn off? I love him, he’s hot and all, but that is unforgivable. Unless he’s channeling Snape or something, but that ain’t sexy in my book. The last pic reminds me of Hyun Bin in his movie Love Me, Love Me Not with all the hair touching, flipping, twirling (the last one I kid). Just. No.

    I love the clothes though. They’re really fab.

    • 25.1 Pat

      For some odd reason I love the haircut on him. greasy or not

  26. 26 risk4

    yes, love the pics…but, please not in smoking mode, it’s turn me down. not cool at all. Maybe the gov really need to consider no smoking campaign for public in Korea.

    I heard Korean people likes healthy food, doing helathy habit like sports, sauna etc, but, smoking is exception? *hiks*
    Oke, back to goong yoo, i love his manly looks, once again, without the smoking pose. Maybe hallyu star should say no to smoke pose next time.

  27. 27 sisa

    one word: SMOKIN’!!!

  28. 28 tulipfrills

    I wish I was a cigarette.

  29. 29 Noelle

    Is anyone else gettin a Benecio Del Toro vibe? I love it. Sorry I just watched excess baggage yesterday and I’m seeing him everywhere.

    • 29.1 123

      Oh my god you are right! I loved that movie haha! And yes I see what you mean =)… Love Gong Yoo! Especially the fact that he exudes so much masculinity here!

  30. 30 estel

    I agree, he’s hot, and these pictures are pretty. I love the second one.

    But WHY do people persist in propagating the idea that smoking is cool? Smoking is NOT cool. Beyond the obvious health concerns, smoking is just nasty and stinky. Let us please stop using smoking in photoshoots as a shortcut to portraying”coolness”. How about let’s have our celebrities, I don’t know, helping people.

  31. 31 Cam

    Y.U.M.M.Y…….(O_O) He’s reaaally something………@_@

    • 31.1 JuJu

      Oh yea! He’s really good-looking & he’s amazing when he pose like that, keke…..

      Ah, I am waiting to hear any news for Goo Yoo will be able to back to K-dramaland as sooon as possible…..hopefully so!

  32. 32 Hypatia

    this is so unfair… no one has the right to look this gorgeous! I mean he could have even been in rags for all I care!

  33. 33 bakedshrimp

    He looks good in those pants. My, how gorgeous are these travel spreads?

  34. 34 Nheony

    I’m looking at this post over and over while eating my Italian Sub… it’s a perfect combination.

  35. 35 Cynthia

    Seriously – when a man has a face and body like that, can pants EVER be too tight?!

    I think not.
    :)

  36. 36 cingdoc

    *AHEM* I don’t really give a flying fig right now if the IT guy at work is going to “jail’me….I’d give my life for GY…

    Monday has NOT been THIS good (Thank you,@girlFriday)

    Gong Yoo, I love you, honey, but you REALLY do NOT need that cancer stick to be sexy to me…PLEASE lose that yucky thing….

    BTW, the pants are just ‘right” for me,too (^.^)

    • 36.1 xiaoSxin

      *swoons* Jie jie can I keep him? Even for a day? ,, I don’t even want to ask GF…….

  37. 37 martha

    Oh He is so beautiful! These pics made my day! Well these and that one of Noh Min Woo :D

  38. 38 MJP

    Girlfriday… Tsk, tsk, tsk…

    YOUR BOYFRIEND????? *Tough Girl Stance, Arms Akimbo, Ready For Battle*

    GIVE ME GONG YOO FROM YOUR SECRET COMPOUND AND NO BODY GETS HURT!!!!!

    *Holds Samsooki, Kaedejun, and Javabeans as hostages until the switch of prisoners is made.*

  39. 39 Ana Raquel

    He was in my country! SOOO close!!! Porto <3

  40. 40 Misheru

    Gah!!!! He’s so beautiful!!!!!!!!

  41. 41 rasu

    HOW CAN SOMEONE BE SO DAMN HOT/CUTE/beautiful AT THE SAME TIME….just love him :D

  42. 42 Lisa/Raine

    There is just something about this man that I love. He’s not particularly handsome in my book. But he’s just so…masculine. I think that’s it. He exudes masculinity. And I’m all for that! As for the photos, I like the wardrobe and the actor, but the photographer really chose some strange shots.

  43. 43 Daniela

    Thank you girlfriday! In this rainy day, the sun comes out again

  44. 44 Birthday Girl

    WOWMOM

  45. 45 Marie

    OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!! A KOREAN ACTOR HERE IN PORTUGAL?!!!! IT’S THE FIRST TIME I THINK!!!!

    I’m so excited! *-*

    The photos are so damn sexy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :3

    • 45.1 Ana Raquel

      I´m from Portugal too! Do you have a profile in mydramalist? I would really like to talk to you about dramas… Add me, ancorreia :)

  46. 46 ed

    Very impressed his latest success is something he believed in and got started himself. Hard to resist a man with substance & style xD

  47. 47 natus

    Marry me!

  48. 48 carpetfibers

    Okay, so, I do not smoke. I dislike smoke. It makes me cough and choke and turn red and generally look awful/awkward/like I’m dying.

    However.

    I get the aesthetic in these photos. There’s a real nice throw-back feel to them, to those Euro-art films from the 60s where cool guys sat around without talking, staring into the distance and smoking a cigarette. I get it.

    And I kinda dig it.

    But yeah. IRL, the cloud of smoke is zilcho attractive-o. Yeah-o.

    • 48.1 shel

      Hear, hear. I’m with you on that one. But, the boy is fine…. I’ll buy him a patch.

  49. 49 nabithoj

    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . sighs

  50. 50 RAWR

    DAMNNNNN How can he look so hot and handsome, he is totally MR. PERFECT

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