Shin Min Ah
Known as the "queen of romantic comedy", however, Shin Min Ah's recent works have not been as successful as expected.
For example, in the movie "Our Blues" (Blues on the Green Island, 2022), her character Min Sun Ah received a lot of controversy when she wanted to turn herself into a bad girl, ruining her life by proposing to have sex with someone she didn't love to change her alcoholic father.
With a traumatic past, Sun Ah also encountered many difficulties when getting married and having children. Being tormented by depression made it impossible for Sun Ah to be close to her children.
Despite her efforts in portraying the inner scenes, Shin Min Ah's acting was only average. When acting alongside her senior Lee Byung Hun (as Dong Seok), she was criticized for being bland and having awkward interactions.
In 2023, Kim Woo Bin's girlfriend will return with the movie "Our Season" (3-day vacation) with veteran actress Kim Hae Sook. Although it has a healing plot, the story of a daughter giving up a well-paid job to return to her hometown to fulfill her deceased mother's dream is not new.
The emotional performances of Shin Min Ah and Kim Hae Sook were not enough to attract audiences to the theaters. As a result, the film only sold 514,539 tickets, earning about 3.7 million USD (90.8 billion VND).
After two less-than-stellar works, Shin Min Ah returns as Hae Young, an office worker who is afraid of losing out in the film "No Gain No Love". The work is criticized for following the usual romantic comedy motif with plot elements such as fake marriage, office romance, enemies in a narrow alley...
Along with that, the character image that Shin Min Ah plays is quite similar to her role as Yoon Hye Jin in the movie "Cha-cha-cha Village" (2021). Because the content has no breakthrough and her co-star (Kim Young Dae)'s stiff acting, the movie becomes increasingly bland.
The majority believe that, although Shin Min Ah plays her role well, she still needs to try out more interesting, thorny characters.
Han So Hee
With her outstanding appearance, similar to her senior Song Hye Kyo, Han So Hee was a keyword that received attention as soon as she appeared in SHINee's MV "Tell Me What To Do".
After the MV, she was invited to act in a movie and quickly rose to stardom thanks to her role as the mistress in the movie "The World of Marriage". Continuously playing the main role in big projects such as "My Name", "Soundtrack #1", "Even though I Know"... helped the actress born in 1994 strengthen her name, despite the controversial controversy related to her acting.
However, at the time when her name became a trend, Han So Hee got caught up in a private scandal, dating and quickly breaking up with Ryu Jun Yeol - Hyeri's ex-boyfriend, causing her image to be severely affected.
Along with that, the horror film "Gyeongseong Creature" in which the actress starred with Park Seo Joon also received a series of negative responses. Besides the plot holes and the unattractive character development, the acting of Han So Hee and Park Seo Joon was also a factor that caused the work to fail.
In part 2 of the new drama that aired on September 27, although there were many scenes for Han So Hee to show off her action scenes, her acting did not have a breakthrough.
After a period of hiatus in her career, Han So Hee will return with a strong image - an ambitious girl who, along with her best friend, steals 8 billion won (149.7 billion VND) worth of gold bars and disappears without a trace.
Starring in a film directed by Lee Hwan - famous for his bold themed films as well as pairing with the same-age beauty Jeon Jong Seo, Han So Hee is expected to soon revive her reputation.
In addition, the movie "Heavy Snow" she co-stars with Han Hae In is also expected to be released in October.
