Rain’s variety of expressions in his current KBS drama ,”The Fugitive Plan B“, is garnering attention.
On the drama’s fansite, “Do Pul B”, netizens created a set of 66 different expressions made by Rain in the drama, with captions such as “the Mona Lisa Smile“, “the slapped face“, and “the mad face“. Each expression showed a different side of the singer-actor.
Rain transformed into the character Ji Woo for “The Fugitive”, an individual known for his extravagant action and crazy personality. He has been praised for his improved acting recently, and netizens who saw the set of 66 expressions responded, “Just looking at it makes me laugh“, “He’s so cute” and “I can’t climb out of his charm“.
Rain’s carefully calculated comic acting becomes more stable with each episode, and his martial arts battle with martial arts director Jung Du Hong was especially impressive, as he showed off his experience from acting in Hollywood. Viewers were impressed by his realistic action and expressive acting.
Meanwhile, Rain was voted #1 in a survey from an internet movie site as “the male star most likely to maintain his sexiness”. (Source=Nate Movie Poll) He charged into Hollywood with “Ninja Assassin”, and gained the love of women all over the world with his perfectly sculpted body. Rain even beat out Go Soo, So Ji Sub, and Kang Dong Won to win the position of this generation’s best sexy icon.
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The “Fugitive” director has recently revealed that seven Asian countries will broadcast the show, “Taiwan, Philippines, Thailand, China (Including Hong Kong), Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia showed interest in the broadcast since the stage production. The contract for the seven countries and eight channels has been signed.”
There are other countries hoping to broadcast “Fugitive”, and as a result of this deal, the estimated profit of the show is expected to be 150-200% of previous Korean dramas.
Rain clearly played a pivotal role in this unprecedented deal, and the director also thanked other stars, be they Koreans, Chinese, or Japanese, that starred in “Fugitive”.
The show has been hyped due to Rain’s “Hollywood” action qualities, and the quirky humor created by the previous “Chuno (Slave Hunter)” cast. However, the lack of characterization has been a point of criticism among fans.
Source: Allkpop
