[Article] What If Kim Hyun joong Did Not Do Boys Over Flowers ?

Written by our very own Aprilstarr

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 BOF seems to be hugging the news again after three years. In spite of claims that another singer-actor could have had the chance to play Yoon Jihoo instead of Kim Hyun Joong if not for a haircut, the irreversible fact remains, Kim Hyun joong was and will always be Yoon Jihoo.

 Kim Hyun Joong breathed as Yoon Jihoo. No matter how he says the character is a far cry from his real self. Many of his fans can’t believe his transformation either, having not even cooled his heels from WGM. As Jihoo there he was drowning in his personal sorrows, gentle, loving yet able to sacrifice that feeling for a friend and remained loyal to the end -or so to the last episode. Yoon Jihoo was the perfect foil to the impetuous and mercurial tempered Go Jun Pyo. He was the ultimate soulmate, if there ever is one, to Jandi. Jandi can tell him everything, anything and not feel threatened instead felt loved and supported all the time.

So he received instructions and guidance from his acting coach and his director, but in the final scheme of things it is just between him, the camera, and us the viewers. It was his interpretation that swept us off our feet. It was his internalization of Yoon Jihoo, a character supposed born of complicated background, a makjang element of korean drama. He lived his life and loved like he would be if Jihoo was him. It was difficult to extricate himself from the character he even had to bid closure and goodbye to him inspite of what anti fans say the real reason for doing so.

Is it true then that roles are just roles,that actors must learn to get out of it as soon as possible ? However, we are humans and our emotions,feelings, dispositions are not turned on and off like a faucet. There is an actress who admitted she felt sad even after weeks her drama finished because of her role. Some actors feel fortunate to have assayed many roles as they have had the chance of playing diffrent characters and lived their lives. Some roles are pivotal roles. What one let go, another gains . But that view is only hindsight. No one regrets before, always after an incident. Besides,you’ll never know the full consequences of the Jihoo syndrome who became the national sunbae while the drama was airing for anyone other than Kim Hyun Joong.

 Some roles are threshold and watershed moments in some actors ‘ careers . Kim Hyun Joong is one of those -and he knows it. He knows BOF changed his life in the entertainment field. More doors opened for him, new fans met him through the drama (including your truly and my partner with her fanarts, Tita Lina ), fans of his former days saw him in a different light and most of all, the man himself saw what he was able to do and what else can be done after.

 It was the observation of some of his fans that he changed because of the drama which supposedly brought unhappiness to some of them over this. But Kim hyun Joong has done the inevitable and bound to happen with or without BOF, discovered himself, grew up along the way, embraced the possibilities and opportunities opened to him. What is wrong with that ? One can’t be a juvenile forever, one matures , like you and I ,normal human beings . One can’t be laughing and playing all the time. There is time to be serious , there is time to realize old dreams. But I understand what were in the hearts of fans, refusing to see him grow up, in a sense. It was like leaving an era, saying goodbye to former years of comfortable zone of togetherness . When he decided to go solo, there were some blogs that for a while lost their moorings and anchors until the acceptance sunk in.

 Kim Hyun Joong was/is an open book. He allowed us to read some chapters of his life.We can always go back to those past chapters of his book,his life. We have videos ,pictures, his dramas , articles written about him .Then we can say” we were with you in some parts of your life.” He was also with us in some parts of our lives .

So, what if he had not done BOF at all? Would he be the Kim Hyun Joong we now know him to have become ? I think BFF was there for him, and I couldn’t imagine that drama without him but there could be other opportunities waiting around the corner. Knowing Kim Hyun Joong, he knows, recognizes the chances,will take shots at them . That is what is his life is all about.