You know, we often see Korean actors and actresses getting heavily criticized for being unable
to act. However, in quite the surprising turn of events, even actors who performed spectacularly
may find themselves under the public’s ire. How did this happen, you’d ask? - well,
the reason is simple - the characters they played were so annoying, people can’t stand
looking at the actor’s face. And without further ado - here are the most
Hated Kdrama Characters That Got Their Actors Into Trouble.
Jo Cheol Kang - Crash Landing On You Let’s start with a heartless villain. Played
by actor Oh Man Seok, this character is a Lieutenant Commander of the North Korean Armed
Forces, and basically has no redeeming qualities through the entire run.
Really, just name any crime committed in Crash Landing On You, and you’d find Cheol Kang
guilty of it all. He’s the man who ordered the murder of Captain Ri’s brother, directly
get his hands dirty to harm our male and female lead, manipulated people to get what he want,
and even ran an entire criminal operation that stole ancient arrtifacts and harbors
fugitive, only to later betray them. It certainly didn’t help that actor Oh Man
Seok looked his part too. In Crash Landing On You - his character constantly wears a
scrutinizing expression, has the most evil smirks, and his slanted eyes and thick eyebrows
create the impression of a classic Disney villain.
All of these just creates such an annoying portrayal that greatly irked the Korean public,
and while Oh Man Seok was literally just doing his best for the job, the actor ended up being
the most hated face for a long while. From official posts on tvN’s fanpage to Korean
forums, you can find harsh comments that criticized Jo Cheol Kang, and by extension, the actor..
“If I meet the actor in real life, I’d hit him in the face”, “Can’t digest
his appearance”, some netizens had said. And while unreasonable, you can even find
comments mentioning that they “became allergic to OH Man Seok” after watching the series.
Yikes… Ko Yu Rim - Twenty Five, Twenty One
Next, we are heading to controversial land - since Ko Yu Rim of Twenty Five Twenty One
is a pretty complicated character that leaves people with complicated feelings.
For starters, Yu Rim is the idol of our female lead Na Hee Do, having won an Olympic gold
medal for women's fencing at a young age. Having stemmed from a poor background and
losing to Hee Do when she was a child, Yu Rim treated Hee Do coldly, basically dismissing
our female lead and being harsh to her at any time possible.
To be honest, there was already hateful comments directed at this character since episode 2,
but the pin dropped for real in episode 7, where Yu Rim refused to admit her defeat,
and made Hee Do the public’s no.1 enemy for “stealing” the gold medal. She later
realized her mistake, but didn’t apologize even once, and this irked Korean viewers so
much that there is even a topic on the Korean forum theqoo, claiming that Yu Rim “pisses
them off so bad they keep skipping”. Here, you can find comments that tear this
character to shreds, calling Yurim “childish” and “annoying”, saying that she has “bad
personality”, and expressing that this character need to know that “the world doesn’t revolve
around her”. And while most people recognize that it’s
the character that irk them, and that Bona is a great actress, that did not stop everyone
from leaving hateful comments on the idol actress’s social media.
Soon, Bona’s instagram posts were filled with people expressing their disdain for the
character, with some even dragging in the actress herself. Fortunately, her fans had
managed to overwhelm the hatred with supportive comments instead, so for now, we are mostly
seeing hearts and compliments. Personally though, I don’t hate Ko Yu Rim,
despite her being an absolute jerk at times. She was a highschooler under immense pressure,
and her life in poverty makes her envious of our female lead. I guess instead of hating
her, we should expect this character’s future development?
Oh Yoo Ri & Park Sung Joon - VIP Now, if Jo Cheol Kang at least has a tragic
past and Ko Yu Rim isn’t all that bad, I can’t find any excuse for this next cheating
couple. Starting off is VIP’s main character Park
Sung Joon - who has a successful career and a happy family, until he toppled it all over
by committing infidelity. Yes, he regrets it and yes, he tries to patch things up - but
this character is just a whimpering coward who feels inferior to his wife, and tries
to find someone fresh and new at the first crack in his marriage.
On the other hand, Oh Yoo Ri - aka the woman Park Sung Joon cheated with, is so annoying
we’d want to bash her face in. She sleeps with her benefactor’s husband without feeling
any remorse, all the while acting all naive and weak and looking like she needs a strong
man’s protection. Basically the enemy material to all married women.
So, it really came as no surprise when this couple was drowned in criticism. What came
unexpected though, was the intense public backlash towards the actor and actress that
played them. Actor Lee Sang Yoon, who was behind the male
lead, basically resigned himself to all the fire. In a live talk show, he had shared:
“This is the first time in my life that I received so many curses from people. I used
to wish for the audience’s reaction, but things went way beyond my expectations. Over
10,000 people had come here just to cuss me out. I’m really grateful, they must have
really been into the series to hate me like that.”
Meanwhile, actress Pyo Ye Jin did not have an enjoyable ride. In January 2020, she appeared
on the show ‘Night of Real Entertainment’ and expressed how the role basically uprooted
her life. “Even my mom was shocked”, the actress
said. “She keeps asking me, how can I be so evil. Even my neighbors cussed me to my
face. They said they don’t want to see my face ever again, and even threatened to fry
me!” Playing a great villain is a great sacrifice,
or so it seems…
Finally, we have the character of Min Yoo Ra of The Last Empress, which brought actress
Lee Elijah quite the pain..
The most interesting thing about this character though, is that she is not even the main villain,
yet received more hatred than the truly evil Empress Dowager.
In particular, Min Yoo Ra was the imperial head secretary, who was quick-witted, decisive,
but also extremely greedy. To change her life in poverty, she hid her past with child, earned
the trust of the Emperor, and became his secret lover and mistress.
Min Yoo Ra was quite the cunning one and knows how to manipulate people. She went head to
head with the Empress Dowager, and was a catalyst to the female lead’s suffering. She doesn’t
hesitate to get her hands dirty as well, all the while acting like a loyal, helpless, and
naive woman. The major reason why this character received
so much hatred though, lies in her treatment towards her adoptive family. To elaborate,
after having nowhere to go, Min Yoo Ra was taken in by the male lead Na Wang Sik and
his mother Baek Do Hee, who helped raise her child and treated her like a treasure. However,
she dropped them at the earliest possible occasion, and even turned her head when the
emperor accidentally killed her loving mother. She even used the death as a means to elevate
her position, hid the mother’s body, buried the case, and plotted to kill Wang Sik so
that no one will ever know of her past - all in search of power. Her smile as she watched
the man that loved her die is prime evidence to how cruel this character is.
So, with this list of non-redeemable qualities, the character Min Yoo Ra naturally got terribly
bashed by the public. Things soon got out of hand, however, as these hateful comments
turned towards Lee Elijah as well, and the actress eventually had to speak up for herself,
unable to bear the stream of hatred that was filling up her SNS account.
“Acting is acting, and a role is just a role, Could you please refrain from coming
here to get angry at a person who’s lacking but trying her best?”, the actress wrote
on her Instagram, in response to a comment that call her a “dirty, stinky b*tch”
and “a f*cking cheap sl*t”. The post is now deleted, but I’m glad Lee
Elijah called them out. ,
So, that’s some unfortunate occasions where a character is so hated, the actors that played
them get affected as well. Have you ever hated a Kdrama character that badly? And has your
hatred ever influenced your feelings towards the actor? Comment down below to let us know.
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