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TenAsia reporter Ryu Ye-ji takes a proper look at the entertainment industry incidents and accidents that are attracting the most attention.
Once a top star, always a top star. Even if you have wrinkles or milia, you are always beautiful and hot.
On the 26th, magazine Elle Korea released Song Hye-kyo's pictorial and interview. Song Hye-kyo, who is currently enjoying her third peak with Netflix's 'The Glory', barely wears any makeup, and the lighting has gone in a direction that brings out that look. “Dong-eun has had a hard time throughout her life, so I think it makes no sense if she shows up looking perfectly taken care of,” he said.
He then said, “Some say Song Hye-kyo suddenly got older, but of course I also got older.”
Song Hye-kyo said, "I have always played roles similar to my actual age. Dong-eun is also in her late 30s. Although she calls Joo Yeo-jeong (Lee Do-hyun), who entered college late and has a higher grade than her, and who teaches her how to play baduk, 'senior'." I was asked, “I also remember the scene where I exposed my scars all over my body in front of the person who was supposed to be my wife.”
Song Hye-kyo said, "The scene where Yeo-jeong first shows her scars was faithful to the message, 'I want her to look like a woman who is thin and needs to be protected.'"
In fact, Dong-eun's appearance in 'The Glory' was quite different from Song Hye-kyo, the 'typical beauty' we usually know. The wrinkles on my nasolabial folds looked deep and my skin was dull. As he himself revealed, he lost a lot of weight and even looked gaunt. Song Hye-kyo has always been talked about with her beauty in all of her works, but she put it all down in 'The Glory'.
It was a side he had never shown since his debut. However, this challenge was also successful. Song Hye-kyo, who played the role of Moon Dong-eun, who suffered severe school violence during her school days and was brought to the brink of death, risking her life to plot revenge for a long time, completely melted her emotions without any dialogue. Sometimes it's scary, sometimes it's sad and calm.
There is another star who is dazzlingly beautiful even with her wrinkles. Lee Hyo-ri has been enjoying the heyday of being a ‘sexy star’ for over 20 years.
There has always been an issue with Lee Hyori's appearance. Even when there was an issue about milia under the eyes about 10 years ago, he responded coolly, saying, "Today, my milia kept appearing in search terms. These are the ones I inherited from my mom and have been with for 30 years."
Last year, when Hyori Lee got a wolf cut, the issue of “messy hair” seemed to arise, but online public opinion soon turned to “Hyori Lee has hair that she can pull off.” Because he spent so much time without makeup on Jeju Island, his wrinkles were visible on TV, but he did not cover them up with heavy makeup.
Hyori Lee put it down. He also laughed, saying, "I forced myself to laugh and then ended up laughing. How about the title 'Funny Face'? I don't have so many wrinkles for no reason. They came from making money."
Wrinkles, milia, and a bad hairstyle were all useless in front of Lee Hyori. No need for any modifiers, Lee Hyori was just Lee Hyori. Even if he is not flashy, he is a star among stars whose name can be explained in just three letters.
This is why the public is crazy about Song Hye-kyo and Lee Hyori. Although they had the most spectacular heyday as Korea's leading actress and singer, the two are now focusing more deeply on their work and enjoying a leisurely life at times. That's why the wrinkled Song Hye-kyo and Lee Hyori are still beautiful.
All the times Song Hye-kyo and Lee Hyori have lived so far become 'narratives' and 'works'. I look forward to the next 20 years from these two honest and confident stars.
Ryu Ye-ji, Ten Asia Reporter ryuperstar@tenasia.co.kr