Acting Career
In July 2002 Hong Kyung Min made his film debut, starring as himself in the lead role of the satirical comedy Emergency Measure No. 19 (긴급조치 19호). While the film featured many Korean entertainers as guests, the film received largely negative reviews. During an appearance on New X-Man, Kyung Min mentioned the film as something that he was embarrassed about, but remarked that it was hard not to watch it simply because it was so bad.
Hong eventually moved onto dramas, as he starred opposite actress Lee Young Ah on the MBC romantic comedy series Love Can't Wait (사랑은 아무도 못말려) which aired from January 2, 2006 to June 30, 2006. He then starred in Fugitive, Lee Doo Young (도망자 이두용), a KBS2 mini-series which ran from September 27, 2006 to October 5, 2006.
In 2007, he had a supporting role in the SBS Drama The Person I Love (사랑하는 사람아). Starring opposite Kim Dong Wan and Han Eun Jung, the series aired from January 5, 2007 to March 27, 2007. In the same year, Hong debuted in Japan with the film I Won't Forget You (あなたを忘れない). The film was released simultaneously in both Japan and Korea. He also performed a song on the movie's soundtrack in both Korean and Japanese languages. The Korean version being penned by Hong himself.
Read more about this topic: Hong Kyung-min
Famous quotes containing the words acting and/or career:
“More than in any other performing arts the lack of respect for acting seems to spring from the fact that every layman considers himself a valid critic.”
—Uta Hagen (b. 1919)
“Each of the professions means a prejudice. The necessity for a career forces every one to take sides. We live in the age of the overworked, and the under-educated; the age in which people are so industrious that they become absolutely stupid.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)