Before enlistment: Playing an effeminate acrobat who unintentionally seduces the leader of Joseon-era Korea isn’t exactly the most conventional leap to stardom, but that’s precisely what happened to Joon Gi with his first major role in 2005’s The King and the Clown. The movie made him a leader of the “flower boy” trend, an image that followed him for years until popular action dramas like Time Between Dog and Wolf and Iljimae allowed him to break away.
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After enlistment: When Joon Gi ended his military service in 2012, it was clear that the “flower boy” image was long gone. In fact, he has only taken on action-packed roles ever since. While his post-army projects like Arang and the Magistrate and Gunman in Joseon were well-received, it was Scarlet Heart: Ryeo that really made him the (4th) prince of many a Wang So-loving heart throughout Asia.
Oh, and it was after the army that he scored his first role in a Hollywood film, Resident Evil. Although it wasn’t exactly the meatiest of parts, everyone’s got to start somewhere, right?
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Подозреваю, если бы не обнародование черного правительственного списка в конце прошлого года, Джуня так бы и не пережил "ренессанс" в Корее
