Fans found problematic intentions.
Recently, actor Park Bo Gum He is receiving love for his role in Netflix Series of KK drama. When life gives you mandarins where he reads alongside Iu.
However, director Kim won SeokThe recent revelation about the character of Park Bo Gum Yang Gwan Sik He triggered a repercussions.
According to the journalist Kim Min Hwa By Conrad Seoul, the director believes that Park Bo Gum’s beautiful face was the most difficult part of adapting to the role of the character. For this reason, he has done various things to change his appearance, including tanning the skin and gaining weight.
For this project, the makeup team applied Dark Foundation throughout my body, from my face to the fingers of the feet. They worked hard to darken any visible skin to create the appearance of someone who lived in Jeju for a long time and had been tanned by the sun. (…) I also gained a lot of weight for the role. When I saw the drama, I thought I looked more solid than I expected, even if my face still seemed thin. I earned about 4-5 kg.
– Park Bo Gum
Many Netizen Koreans have found its attempts to become “less attractive” useless since its visual elements have no equal.
- “But Gwan Sik is just a stubborn and flight boy from iron, not a bad character. Why make such a useless effort? Lol.”
- “Excuse me?”
- “It seems rustic is one thing, but making it seem unattractive? It is a mission for all impossible life. Lol.”
- “Take only roles in which you should be nice.”
- “… was it really an attack?”
- “The effort has completely betrayed him. Lol.”
- “Bo Gum also has something he cannot get … it’s nice to see a human side of him.”
- “Then, there AND Something that cannot do. “
In the meantime, international netizens have encountered problems with the director’s claims as it implied that having light brown skin and increasing weight makes someone less beautiful, perpetuating harmful beauty standards.
Korea really has the strangest beauty standard because the tanned and non -thin tanned skin = less attractive https://t.co/b3muifnccha pic.twitter.com/azimjbdran
– Ø® (@mys4ria) March 24, 2025
Equipable being tanned and “increasing weight” to be ugly is certainly an interesting choice … https://t.co/wjx2iix7mlt
– Hye in (@hyeslaynn) March 24, 2025
The entire situation started a debate on beauty standards in the sector – and Park Bo Gum remains a visual icon, despite the effort he made to change his appearance.
