Most k-movie stars start out in dramas. For example, Kim Soo Hyun, acted in dramas for four years before landing a role in a full-length film. Some actors prefer the way films are shot and never return to the hectic schedule of drama filming. Others, such as Kim and Lee Min Ho, do both. After two films, Lee Min Ho is currently considering another small screen role.
Recently three other actors long absent from dramaland said they wanted to make a comeback.
It was beginning to seem that Kang Dong Won was a film actor that never thought about returning to dramas, but after a 12-year-absence, he's thinking he might like to try one again.
Kang's last drama was the 2004 "Magic." He made his first film a year after debuting in a drama and has made more than a dozen since then.
"I want to be in a drama," he said in a recent interview with the Korean media outlet Daily Sports.
It's not that he hasn't looked at drama scripts over the years, he says. It's just that none felt right to him. He also did not care for the continuous alterations to scripts that are made when dramas are filmed close to air date. Now that some dramas are being produced in advance, he is curious, what it might be like. It would be more like making a film.
"I heard the production environment has changed a lot," he said. "I also want to make a drama with my movie people. It would be fun to make a drama that is really a long film. It won't be just two hours but 10."
Actress Jeon Do Yeon already has plans to make a small screen comeback. She signed on for the k-drama remake of the American television show "The Good Wife." The seven-season American program focuses a housewife whose detective husband goes to jail so she becomes a detective herself. The k-drama version will run on tvN.
Jeon Do Yeon has not worked on a drama in 11 years. Her last role was in the 2005 SBS drama "Lovers In Prague."
Actress Im Soo Jung has also been away from dramaland for a long time. Although she acted in a film before appearing in the 2004 drama "Sorry, I Love You," she stuck to films after that. She can currently be seen in the film "Perfect Proposal."
But Im says she has not stopped reading drama scripts either. Many still come her way and she hopes that one will soon catch her eye.
What do you think about seeing these stars on the small screen? Are there any k-movie stars you would like to see make a small screen comeback? Let us know.
