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Lee Min Ho's Finishing Thoughts/Impression for Legend of the Blue Sea

“Legend of the Blue Sea” Lee Min Ho “For the past 5 months, I was happy and heartbroken” - Finishing Thoughts/Impression.

[SPORTS Chosun: Reporter Jo Yoon Seon] South Korean Actor Lee Min Ho has finished filming SBS Wednesday-Thursday Drama “Legend of the Blue Sea” as the male lead, con-artist Heo Jun Jae, and revealed his thoughts on finishing the hit drama.

The Wednesday-Thursday SBS Drama “Legend of the Blue Sea” (Written by Park Ji Eun / Directed by Jin Hyuk / Culture Depot of South Korea / Production House Studio Dragon) has been the subject of viewer’s attention from the 1st airing date, since it is the grand comeback of the Korean actor Lee Min Ho who returns to the small screen after 3 years. He has then back to take his throne, reign the 1st place since the 1st day of the drama’s broadcast.

Lee Min Ho who took the role of the male lead Heo Jun Jae, a con-artist, has attract viewer’s attention for his colorful transformation and deep acting ability. Lee Min Ho successfully pull of “Mellow-Comedy-Romance” genre delicately and intensely. He drew wide sense of emotion, and his characters keep upgrading. His absence from the small screen for 3 years before the Wednesday-Thursday SBS Drama “Legend of the Blue Sea” has not been in vain, it actually proof how much he has grow and how much of a potential Lee Min Ho got.

Viewers reaction to Lee Min Ho and his drama was hot in both South Korea as well as overseas. Various news portal such as “HanCinema”, “Soompi”, “iFlicks.” and so on has named him as one of the best. In the drama, Lee Min Ho’s every move on the SNS has also took over the popularity in China, including Asia, Europe, North and South America. Hot reactions poured everywhere for him, and Lee Min Ho has become a global brand beyond Hallyu Wave.

Lee Min Ho then dropped his thoughts on finishing the drama. “When i first met and know the character named Heo Jun Jae, i had a lot of expectations and excitement. In my thoughts and memory, Heo Jun Jae seems to be a warm and charming friend from the drama ‘Legend of the Blue Sea’ and i hope the character itself can be remembered as a pleasant memory for the viewers” and “I actually feel sad and sorry when the filming finished, since i’ve been happy and heartbroken for the past 5 months I’ve become and be with Heo Jun Jae”.

Lee Min Ho then stated “I would like to thank all of my fans and viewers, writer Park Ji Eun, Director/PD Jin Hyuk, senior actor and actresses who made all of the scene cheerful and pleasant. Fellow actors, staffs, crew, and especially loving viewers. I can’t forget it that i have a lot of fans who stayed with me with a lot of expectations and support. I won’t forget how they make me feel, deep inside my heart and always hope for me to be better~” and “I will become an actor who is known to always learn and showing progress and upgrades~”, Lee Min Ho concluded.

On the other hand, Lee Min Ho will meet his fans for his fan meeting “THE ORIGINALITY OF LEE MIN HO” held at Kyung Hee University Peace Hall in Seoul between 18th and 19th February 2017. It’s expected that a lot his fans around the world will attend the fan meeting, which around 6,000 seats has been sold out as soon as the ticketing open.

 

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“Unique Position” Lee Min Ho’s Overwhelming Brand Power in the World

South Korean Actor Lee Min Ho is showing of is overwhelming brand power both domestically and globally.

SBS Wednesday-Thursday Drama “Legend of the Blue Sea” has keep the top rank for Wednesday-Thursday Time slot from the they of the 1st broadcast. Meanwhile, the 19th episode viewers rating has surpassed 21% Nationwide (AGB Nielsen). The drama has renewed their own highest rating, and Lee Min Ho’s popularity again has been proven. Overseas, Lee Min Ho and SBS “Legend of the Blue Sea” has attracted domestic and foreign fans with hot interest.

Of course, Lee Min Ho’s status is well reflected in the results of several polls and surveys. For example, “Hancinema” as one of the international news site portal, a database for Korean Movies and Drama named him as one of the best actor. This year, they select “Legend of the Blue Sea” as one of the “Drama of the Year”. Meanwhile, “Soompi” as one of the largest community forum and news site in English has held a poll and survey for the best actor win which Lee Min Ho won. The Philippines video streaming platform “iFlix” also named Lee Min Ho as one of the Best Actor of 2016, reaching number 1 with 41.74% vote.

SNS response about the actor again confirming the power behind the name. In China, “Legend of the Blue Sea” is one of the hottest drama. The largest SNS platform in China, “Weibo”, the hashtag “Legend of the Blue Sea” has reach total of 4.8 Billion, confirming the power of Lee Min Ho. Only 12 hours of the 1st broadcast of “Legend of the Blue Sea” drama, the hashtag won 1st place, both in Weibo and Overseas drama popularity chart.

Lee Min Ho’s popularity is what drives this kind of reaction. Lee Min Ho’s follower has reach 2.9 Million as of January 2017. It’s indeed overwhelming as one of the top Korean Star. It can be said that at least half of the population in the Republic of Korea is following Lee Min Ho. Lee Min Ho scene of “Jealousy” has broke search engines after the broadcast. Not to mention that his Green Knit Sweater has also reach 2nd place is several search engines. Lee Min Ho in Public Bath, Over Protective Tsundere Lee Min Ho, so many of his character’s action an fashion are getting attention, made SNS trending topic.

The popularity of “Legend of the Blue Sea” in several countries are even more striking. Since the launch of “Legend of the Blue Sea”, drama and movies streaming platform “iFlix: has doubled the amount of subscribers, 20% of them due to the drama "Legend of the Blue Sea”. In Pay TV service “ONE TV” which serve Asia including Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Cambodia, and Laos, their 1st broadcast took first place. Almost 92% Singaporean and 82% Korean subscribers watch the drama. In “Viki”, another video streaming platform which service North and South America also Europe, “Legend of the Blue Sea” led to over 64,000 followers during the 3 weeks of broadcasting. Drama"Legend of the Blue Sea" which currently airing is till at the of their weekly popular drama ranking, and “Heirs” also ranked number one in the overall popularity of Korean dramas.

“ONE TV” spokesperson stated “Heo Jun Jae of ‘Legend of he Blue Sea’ is the result of Lee Min Ho’s charm. Lee Min Ho’s acting ability and character differences are making the character Heo Jun Jae attractive. The energy of Lee Min Ho’s fans who have waited for Lee Min Ho’s comeback in 3 years is showing explosive power.”

On the other hand, Lee Min Ho who currently shooting the last episode of “Legend of the Blue Sea” also showed his powerful name by selling 6,000 seats for his fan meeting ahead in February 2017. Fans from around the world are very excited to meet Lee Min Ho during the fan meeting that would be held 2 days, 18th and 19th of February 2017.

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The Last 3 Episodes Watching Points of Legend of the Blue Sea

 

SBS Wednesday-Thursday Drama “Legend of the Blue Sea” will air its last episode soon this Wednesday, and viewer’s attention is focused on what kind of ending will Lee Min Ho and Jeon Ji Hyun had, whether they are able to change their fate, without repeating their sad love story in the past. Heo Jun Jae (Lee Min Ho) who left the decision to Sim Chung (Jeon Ji Hyun) whether she wanted to erase his memory, make the viewers curious about the ending. Viewers are wondering whether the couple can walk the “Pink Pearl Road’ with happy ending.

The Wednesday-Thursday SBS Drama "Legend of the Blue Sea” (Written by Park Ji Eun / Directed by Jin Hyuk / Culture Depot of South Korea / Production House Studio Dragon) revealed the 3 important points for the viewers before entering the final episode broadcast this week.

◆ Past - Present life connection and changed fate 

Sim Chung (Jeon Ji Hyun) and Heo Jun Jae (Lee Min Ho) learnt that there was a link between their present life to the past, especially between Se Hwa (Jeon Ji Hyun) and Kim Dam Ryeong (Lee Min Ho). Meanwhile, it was known that the one who threw the spear to kill the mermaid Se Hwa is indeed Yang’s Son, which is Heo Chi Hyeon in the present (Lee Ji Hoon). As the viewers perhaps have already know, Dam Ryeong then later took the spear instead for Se Hwa, but Se Hwa deepen the spear to kill herself as well, both of them died at the end. The incident was somehow connected and repeated to the present Heo Jun Jae and Sim Chung. Heo Chi Hyun (Lee Jin Hoon) point his gun towards Heo Jun Jae due to his mother, Kang Seo Hee/Kang Ji Hyeon’s arrest (Hwang Shin Hye), since his mother was led to the arrest by Heo Jun Jae. When Heo Chi Hyeon wanted to pull the trigger, Sim Chung jumped to take the bulled. Heo Chi Hyeon later was known to take his own life to change his fate. 

◆ If Sim Chung was to return to the sea forever, will she delete Heo Jun Jae’s memories? 

Their crisis seems not to end soon, and another crisis came out for “Heo Jun Jae-Sim Chung” couple. Although Sim Chung seems to gain consciousness and recover fast from the surgery, she still feel pain on her heart. Her heart hardens even when she tried to cover it from Heo Jun Jae. However, Heo Jun Jae knew that Sim Chung was hiding something from himself. Eventually, He give Sim Chung her bracelet back, the one that has “Kim Dam Ryeong” name written, which he received from Sim Chung before. He later said to Sim Chung “Will you get better, if you return to the sea?”

Heo Jun Jae, knowing Sim Chung’s abilities, also ask her to not delete his memories. He said “You also did not erase my memories of my father when i ask you to. You said that it’s better to still remember how you love someone, even when it’s painful to live with the memory.”,confirming his love for Sim Chung. He prefer to live on with painful memories of Sim Chung and said “Because my love for you seems to be longer than my lifetime..chose, whether you wanted to erase it or not” and Sim Chung replied “I’ve made the choice” and kiss Heo Jun Jae.

◆ Would they be able to meet again? 

In the last episode supposed to be broadcasted on the 25th of January, all of the answer will be revealed whether Heo Jun Jae and Sim Chung able to the walk the “Pink Pearl” road. It’s still ot possible to know what kind of choice that Sim Chung made before she kissed Heo Jun Jae with her sad eyes. Up to the point where Heo Jun Jae said “My love for you seems be longer than my life time..in the end, i believe that we’ll meet again~”.Viewers are speculating Heo Jun Jae’s meaningful words are meant for his hope towards a happy ending.

The crew of “Legend of he Blue Sea” stated, “The couple wanted to keep happy memories of each other while living in different places. Chung wanted to delete Heo Jun Jae’s memories so that Heo Jun Jae won’t suffer in sadness. Please confirm the end, and keep supporting and loving the last broadcast of the drama.”

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