Dorky Uhm Tae-woong being (what else?) a dork
by girlfriday
Uhm Tae-woong felt left out of his buddy Lee Seon-kyun‘s budding bromance with another (gasp!) so he had to be the subject of the next post. I’m sorry, is that you being the world’s biggest dork? I thought it was. But the bigger question is, why can’t I get enough of it? The crazier Uhm Tae-woong gets, the more I love him. It’s like a guaranteed geek-to-love ratio that I can’t seem to turn off. When he was all badass and cool I really couldn’t care less (sure, he’s cute, but so are a lot of actors), but now that he’s become the poster boy for weird, I’m all about him.
The bizarre photo above featuring Uhm with Special Investigation Unit co-star Joo-won (Baker King Kim Takgu) was taken himself and uploaded onto his twitter account this week, from the set of the film. Below are stills of them in the movie, looking their usual selves, all intense and not so oddly shaped.
In a recent interview, 1 Night 2 Days PD Na Young-seok called Uhm Tae-woong an alien from another galaxy, and I thought, he’s not THAT odd… until I saw the picture above and discovered once again that Na PD knows all things. He said, “Uhm Tae-woong’s starting point was different from the other members. The existing members all had one foot in variety before the show, but you could say that Uhm Tae-woong was someone who flew in from outer space. We thought that this just had to become part of his character, and hoped that the audience would grow curious to see how that person would change. In that sense, the casting was a success.”
Yeah, I’d say. He totally wins for least talkative member to be so popular in a variety show, too. Though my hunch is that his popularity is a function of the vast difference between his career filled with aloof cool guys (all suits and arched brows), and his real world persona (teenage boy, lives with Mom, bad at math). So adorkable.
I hope he never grows up.
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1 Tanya
June 17, 2011 at 3:20 PM
First!!
Yes, he's a dork!!
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djinni
June 17, 2011 at 4:41 PM
he's aDORKable!!!!
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kangling
June 17, 2011 at 6:17 PM
I like him alot since Nine tailed Fox. aaaaaaa.....
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2 YerVang
June 17, 2011 at 3:20 PM
That does not look like him in the first picture, lol. :)
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3 YBisTOP
June 17, 2011 at 3:24 PM
haha, so cute.
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4 Ace
June 17, 2011 at 3:25 PM
hehehe...after the bromance of his bestie with DJ, why am I not surprised to see this? the uhm-force was sure quiet in part 1 of 1n2d's supporting actor's special.
just read yesterday about a post of idols from mars (SJ's Heechul is #1, & SS501's Kim Hyun Joong is in the #2 spot) and here we have another "alien" celebrity. ;)
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5 YoSoyHaru!!!!!!!!!!
June 17, 2011 at 3:26 PM
ahhh he's so damb cute :D :D
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6 Dmko01
June 17, 2011 at 3:27 PM
Wow, he looks so cool in the second picture, like a James Bond type guys! Yum!
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7 Arhazivory
June 17, 2011 at 3:27 PM
lol. He definitely has an alien look in hat first pic.
I too hope he never grows up. UTW <3 Loved him as an actor but now I'm crazy about his adorkableness. K a w a i i~!
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8 Kristal
June 17, 2011 at 3:35 PM
I ♥ dorks. Glad to see UTW is one of us as well.
Dorks of the world unite!
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Kristal
June 17, 2011 at 3:38 PM
I read in an interview that he didn't even have his first kiss/girlfriend/love until he was 21! How cute is that.
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samgetang
June 18, 2011 at 4:00 AM
LOL! Yay! Unity!
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9 sup super supper
June 17, 2011 at 4:05 PM
Uhm Tae-woong is quickly rising in my estimation. Amazing how shedding a little coolness factor in favor of embracing the dorkiness will do that for a man in my eyes.
Also, I'm taking advantage of this opportunity to thank you guys for cluing me in to 1N2D. It is amazing fun, and watching old episodes is possibly the only thing that managed to convince me to drag myself through a week of being sick.
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Arhazivory
June 17, 2011 at 5:48 PM
Ikr! I'm having so much fun watching the old episodes. I'm at ep 100 now. I don't want to go too fast because its my dose of comedy in an insane world so I'm content watching about 2 or 4 eps per week (excluding the current ones) so it'll take me a while to catch up. :D
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10 Kender
June 17, 2011 at 4:26 PM
I knew about this bromance already, being a bit of a twitter stalker when it comes to Joo Won (don't judge, he's adorable and I love him with the same part of my heart that squees over puppies), but this is so, so so cute. Oh UTW, what a magical man-child.
JW is looking so bamf in that still, I can't even handle it. ♥_♥ UTW too, but I'm used to that from him so it's not a big deal. :P
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11 red
June 17, 2011 at 4:33 PM
JW looks like seo do young!!!
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Bengbeng
June 18, 2011 at 9:30 AM
but i thought he looks like Kim Ji Hoon... specially the clenched jaw =), gaaah!!! i miss KJH =(
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12 annie
June 17, 2011 at 4:52 PM
he needs to marry me already
jung hwa and i would be the perfect sisters in law ^^
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Kristal
June 18, 2011 at 3:48 PM
You'll have to steal him away from me first!
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13 gingganggolli
June 17, 2011 at 5:15 PM
....wew so glad I open DB, he was so adorable.
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14 Kim
June 17, 2011 at 5:17 PM
I heard KBSWorld airs the 1N2D with subs now. Does anyone know how to watch the show online on KBSWorld?
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Arhazivory
June 17, 2011 at 5:51 PM
KBS world has been airing the subs since 2008. If its not shown where you live, download it from h t t p : // 1n2dfansubs.wordpress.com
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15 Atsirk
June 17, 2011 at 5:39 PM
He's my dork. Next to Lee Seung-gi, of course :D
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girlfriday
June 17, 2011 at 6:02 PM
Hey lady, back off my puppy.
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Rubysing
June 17, 2011 at 8:18 PM
Hahaha... two Woong-ahs.
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16 queencircles
June 17, 2011 at 5:44 PM
He is really just so cute. I love it when guys are silly or dorky like that. Just too cute.
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17 ShwetaS
June 17, 2011 at 5:54 PM
hello dramabeans,
will write review about K drama baby faced beauty 13, 14???
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18 Noelle
June 17, 2011 at 7:04 PM
Makes me wonder how much of a dork LSK is. I want to picture them playing WOW together and HALO online. Totally calling each other noob and pawning other players and getting all excited for pinging. Discussing who would win in a fight: Chuck Norris or Jesus. I want in on those dork conversations.
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19 Annie
June 17, 2011 at 7:35 PM
he is SO cute! lol
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20 Cynthia
June 17, 2011 at 8:50 PM
GF - you are TOTALLY attracted to DORKalicious hotties!
:)
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21 tomboy26
June 17, 2011 at 8:52 PM
Like I needed another reason to love him.
He's so weird that it's actually kinda sexy .. me likes :D
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22 fdsao
June 17, 2011 at 8:52 PM
he is SO cute! lol
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23 maricel
June 17, 2011 at 9:49 PM
love him...and he gets better when he's dork. so cute!!!
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24 Kes
June 17, 2011 at 11:31 PM
The juxtaposition of actor-Uhm and real-Uhm is definitely striking.
I love it! He is a grown-ass man and yet, at the same time, so childlike. I loved, in the episode where KHD and LSG were allowed to go home early, how everyone else was teasing and prodding and clinging to their pride, and he was just so sweetly saying, "Please come back. We can't do it without you." The embodiment of adorkable; I just want to wrap him up and keep him in my pocket and carry him around with me everywhere to make off-kilter comments.
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conan
June 18, 2011 at 12:26 AM
Or the initial comment when he said, "If I was told to go home, I'd really go straight home." Aw... you. He's like an elementary school kid not knowing anything about this bad world. But then you turn around and you see him being a badass on the big screens. My head hurts.
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25 conan
June 18, 2011 at 12:23 AM
The strong image of him in Delightful Girl Chunhyang will be forever shattered. He's like a 30-something year old boy! Oh, Uhm Tae-woong, don't change ever please.
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26 maria
June 18, 2011 at 2:35 AM
thanks for writing something about him. i love ,love him. i hope people give him time to blossom in 1N2D and not expect too much way too soon. Tae wong ah....don't push yourself too hard...remain sweet and cute and at times as weird as you are now. love,love,love you.
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27 samgetang
June 18, 2011 at 4:05 AM
Love this guy! I know, I'm a DORK, too ;-)
By the way, how different is a dork from a nerd from a geek in terms of level of intelligence? Anyone? Any native english speakers here?
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sup super supper
June 18, 2011 at 11:01 AM
For me, frequently "dork" is used in a more general sense, about someone who acts a little goofy. A "nerd" is used to refer to an academically smart person (and of the three words probably has the possibility of the meanest connotations). A "geek" could refer to someone really knowledgeable in a particular area, usually technology or science related, or someone who has an intense interest in a subject that is considered outside the norm. ("He's a sci-fi geek." "She's a real geek about anime.") When used in an insulting way, "geek" can insinuate that someone doesn't really fit in and possibly has a hard time getting along with other people. Actually, all three of those words could carry that implication, but "geek," I think, is heaviest with it.
...I may have gotten carried away trying to answer that, sorry.
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samgetang
June 19, 2011 at 6:05 AM
No, that was really great, sup super supper (by the way, your handle is such a tongue twister, haha!)!
Thank you for making such a clear differentiation!
I all like them...dork, nerd, geek ;-) also throw in silly and goofy to complete the family, hehe.
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28 Cam
June 18, 2011 at 8:26 AM
Hahahaha! =D =D (I LOOVE this dorky picture) ^__^
I love that 2 guys are reallllly DORKY and goofy around!!!
JOO WON!!! (that guy from "King Baker Tak Goo") Hehe!
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29 Brook
June 18, 2011 at 1:54 PM
He reminds me of Kevin Jumba in that picture. /shot
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30 Twitiepie
June 19, 2011 at 11:42 AM
I loved him to death (since delightful girl...) and still love him to pieces, Marry me!!
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