Male Stars’ Successful Comeback After Military Service
A military service could be the biggest burden for male celebrities, because they would not be able to do any activity in 2 years. Song Joong Ki and Yoo Seung Ho were two out of the few stars who were successful with their comeback after enlisting in the military, but still, they needed a lot of time to return their popularity.
Song Joong Ki enlisted in the military in 2013 after gaining huge success through his drama ‘The Innocent Man’ and movie ‘A Werewolf Boy’. After completing his military term, he successfully returned to the drama scene with ‘Descendants of the Sun’. Unexpectedly, this drama got Joong Ki’s fame to rise even higher than he was before.
Yoo Seung Ho was one of the many child actors who enlisted in the military in quite a young age and successfully changed the image of child actor in him. Yoo Seung Ho quietly enlisted in military after starring in the drama ‘I Miss You’, and his decision surprised a lot of fans. After completing his military service period, Yoo Seung Ho did a comeback with ‘The Magician’ movie, but the movie failed to achieve success. However, his comeback drama ‘Remember’ scored high viewers rating. Due to this drama, Yoo Seung Ho received ‘Excellent Actors’ award in 2016 SBS Drama Awards.
Recently, male stars have become smarter in finding ways to keep their popularity intact while doing military service, for example, by filming CF, shootings, movies, or music before they enter the military, and releasing the completed works one by one during their service period.
Actor Song Joong Ki and Hyun Bin continued to meet public through advertisements during their enlistment, while singer Kim Jae Joong released his album at that time. By doing this, Kim Jae Joong successfully kept his popularity, which was proved by achieving Asian Popularity Award in ‘The 31st Golden Disc Awards’ last January.
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