Once actors go off to fulfill their two years of military service, it’s not often that we get to see them in the public eye until their discharge. So it’s nice to see a few of the currently enlisted entertainers together onstage for the 2009 Army Concert, which took place in Seoul on the evening of October 31.

Some of the celebrities who participated were actors Jae Hee (Three Dads One Mom), Jo In-sung (Frozen Flower), Lee Dong-wook (Partner), Kim Jae-won (Hwang Jini), and Ohn Joo-wan (Chosun Police). On the kpop side, there were singer-actors Yang Dong-geun (I Am Sam), Lee Jung (Hometown of Legends), and Kim Jung-hoon (Goong), as well as singers Sung Shi-kyung, Tony An.

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What do you think? Does this guy look like Lee Dong-wook?

This is Jung Seok-won, a 24-year-old new actor who has been cast in Eugene’s new weekend drama Creating Destiny. He takes on the role of a freelance cameraman and Ki Tae-young’s friend. At the October 6 press conference for the drama, Jung explained that before turning to acting, he had been a stuntman and was hired to stand in for Lee Dong-wook. It was on that set that he first saw Eugene and took a photo with her, and now he’s excited to be working with her as an actor. (This must have been fairly recently with their 2008 movie Heartbreak Library.)

Jung also recalled his younger days when SES (Eugene’s old pop group) was a huge hit, when everyone carried around fan photos and paraphernalia. Of the group, he used to carry around Eugene’s photo: “I’m thrilled to be acting with her.”

Jung Seok-won has had small parts in drama productions like Brilliant Legacy, The World They Live In, and Working Mom, but already he senses the difference with this role: “In the past I would read the script and search through it, thinking, ‘When am I coming out?’ This time I don’t do that, and although I feel a bit of a burden, I feel very good.”

Via My Daily

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Lee Dong-wook headed off to fulfill his two-year military service requirement on the afternoon of August 24, sent off with love and chocopies. (Is there a better way to go?) He arrived at the training center in Nonsan, Chuncheong province, to undergo the usual five weeks of basic training there before being assigned to active duty. A crowd of approximately 100 fans showed up to wish him well.

In order to complete work on his latest film, Bean Paste, Lee arranged to film through his last day, wrapping his part in the movie on the 23rd.

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Next up: actor Lee Dong-wook is beginning his military service next week. He enlists on August 24.

He had looked at postponing his enlistment date, as he is currently filming Bean Paste, a movie with Lee Yo-won. However, that did not go as hoped, and he will be reporting to the army training facility in Nonsan next week.

As a result, Lee is planning on filming through his very last day, August 23. A source with the film said, “Lee Dong-wook has a tremendous amount of devotion to this movie. The whole staff is touched to see him putting in his all through the very last.”

Via Mk.co.kr

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Actress Lee Yo-won’s schedule has just kicked into double-time as she adds a project to her schedule, even though she is currently busy acting in the hit MBC sageuk Queen Seon-deok as its title character.

Filming on the movie Bean Paste [된장] began this week (August 11), which comes after a delay to accommodate Lee Yo-won’s filming for Seon-deok. Not that she was the only busy one; her co-star Lee Dong-wook also just wrapped up his drama series Partner.

The film is described as a mysterious melodrama about a condemned criminal who wishes to eat bean paste stew (doenjang jjigae) one last time before he dies. A reporter, played by Ryu Seung-ryong (Level 7 Civil Servant), grows suspicious about the man’s case and delves deeper to find some surprising truths. Lee Yo-won plays a woman who makes an especially delicious deonjang jjigae, which is so good it evokes an emotional response in all who eat it. Lee Dong-wook plays her love interest.

Bean Paste is filming in the southern province of Jeollanam-do, which means that the film production had to work out an agreement with the drama production of Seon-deok to share their lead actress. Lee Yo-won will continue to shoot the drama on weekends while she films the movie.

Via Star News

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