Won Bin - your anaconda scarf is strangulating you, and I miss even your poofy AIMH hair. JDG - beanies do not look good on anyone unless you have no hair and is pretending that is your hair. My beloved SSH - hellooooooo there, looking good, oppa.

Hey, SSH's looking good. JDG's not bad with the beanie, actually, I think he looks decent (and hot) enough for an ahjusshi. And Won Bin, what's wrong with you? I wanted to say how pretty you are but I can't seem to see your lovely face with your hair and scarf. Well. Whatever. You are all hot ahjusshis to me. (in my case, they're all ahjusshis so pardon the usage).

JDG is too big a star for IRIS sequel.
I love Won Bin. Korean Stars love to dress up, don't they? Somehow I feel these guys are so gorgeous they would actually look better a little more casual. Too many trendy accessories. A little too teen idolish.
SSH's pants are too tight and the belt ...it's a bit too much. Makes him look like a gigolo.

wonbin and ssh <3
i prefer them with shorter hair though

:DDD!!!

Look at you JB, with the early Christmas presents! Thank you!!

My eyes don't know where to go first, they're rolling around in my head like marbles! ;-)

No complaints. None. They look GREAT. :-D

@ samsooki

HA! I swear I was thinking the same thing!

I think it's more a case of one more putting us right over the edge, though. I appreciate the thoughtfulness of the gesture, as I'm sure he's thinking only of our welfare. We ajummas can be so delicate. ;-)

I just noticed the three of the four hallyu stars for this event (Song Seung-heon, Won-Bin and Lee Byung-Hun) have worked with Song Hye-Gyo. I wonder if Song Hye-Gyo carries as much Hallyu heavyweight power in Japan as these guys because I know she has huge weight in Chinese-speaking countries.

it's true that beanies do not look good on anyone but JDG is an exception. He always looks great in anything. Anything!!

Wonbin, where is your face???

Yes, finally 4 men who can act and can carry this wave to higher heights! They look amazing even after all of these years.

Yes, interesting point. SHK is the only actress I can think of who has been in a project with 3/4 men!

@12...

of course hallyu is only for women. do men even have time for all these??? men are very practical. Dreaming of someone unattainable like these hallyu stars is just a waste of time for them. I'm a woman but i admit that women 'dream' more than men.

@12: I see that Samsooki is still young.

@1 ha! anaconda scarf... so true.

geez..Won Bin looked like a girl . Can he be more feminine? what happened to his manliness?

OH! I vouch for Wonbin in the next Iris 2!! That would be awesome.

@ 11 - besides SHK, Choi Ji Woo has worked with three out of four (JDG, SSH, and LBH).

@12 Not just Hallyu -- isn't fandom usually women-generated and sustained? I think there are sociological studies of how men and women respond and react to stars (can't remember the uni. that did the study). When boys have crushes, they print out scantily-clad pics of the star and paste them over their bed; when girls have crushes, they find out about the stars' favorite music, color, belief in romance, past relationships, write fan-fic, fantasize about having a relationship (sexual, maybe, but a relationship nonetheless) etc.

So the much more involved component of fandom -- going to an airport to spot your fav artists -- is most definitely a female phenomenon.

I would be curious to see what the composition of crowds are for female Hallyu stars like Choi Ji Woo. I bet overwhelmingly women show up for those, too.

"Now, if they wanted to go for next-gen Hallyu, by all means cast a Gong Yoo or a Kang Ji-hwan — both great options! — but that would skew the production into a different direction, in my opinion.)"

They would be wonderful in support/rival parts.

"I wonder if Song Hye-Gyo carries as much Hallyu heavyweight power in Japan as these guys because I know she has huge weight in Chinese-speaking countries."

Among the Hallyu actresses, her drawing power is enormous. Probably 3rd behind Choi Ji Woo and Yoon Eun Hye. Song Hye Kyo is sort of the Iris wild card to me. Presumably Iris 2 would draw in a top Hallyu male star. But if you bring in Song Hye Kyo (who is obviously on good terms with the director), then you have a true Hallyu Supercouple due to prior association. In other words, if Won Bin or Song Seung Heon or Rain do Iris with Song Hye Kyo, Hallyu would leave a massive crater of swing around the Pacific Rim. :D

Wonbin looks soooooo young compared to the other participants!! lol.

Wow it's like the Rat Pack :)

What's up with Won Bin's hair?

samsooki, you sound kinda ghey

ooooh......these are what i call real korean hotties!! those younger actors just have nothing like these men have!! i've always been a fan of Jang Dong Gun and Won bin. Jang Dong Gun has pretty smile in that second picture. Now i'm having great mood to start my day, thanx to this thread!