By Lyn
Despite being a SuJu fan, and a Kpop fan in general, I’ve never been a K-drama addict. So far, there have been only two actors that really impress me. One is Ryeowook, with his fantastic performance in Attack on the pin-up boys; and the other is model-turned-into-actor Im Joohwan (also known as Lim Juhwan) Surprisingly, both of them were not trained to be actors in the first place.
Let me not talk about my ultimate bias Mr Kim today, as I plan to have another post for him, and focus on the less known Im Joohwan. He started his career as a model, which was understandable considering that face and that height of his. I don’t know much about this period because frankly, I could care less about models. I first learned about him in 2008 through the drama “Snow Queen”, with Hyunbin and Sung Yuri as the protagonists. Although these two were more famous and they did a good job, it was Im Joohwan that caught my attention. His character was decent, the oh-so-kind guy who was willing to sacrifice for his beloved, though his love was unrequited; the type that usually bores me to death after one or two episodes. But there was something appealing about this actor. Not really the look (he was as thin as a stick back then, not breathtaking handsome either; although I gotta admit his smile shone XD) but the aura he had. His body language was a bit awkward, but the facial expression and everything else was natural. I felt for his character, and in the end I fell for him.
