Popular Actor Rejected Top K-Pop Agency Eight Times

He was set on acting.

Actor Lee Won Jung recently garnered attention for his appearance in the teaser for the upcoming episode of JTBC’s Knowing Bros.

He revealed the story of being scouted multiple times by one agency.

I denied scouting offers about seven or eight times. I kept receiving offers from HYBE, but I kept telling them, ‘Do you have an actor team?’ But they said they didn’t.

— Lee Won Jung

So I told them I don’t plan on joining unless it’s for acting and told them to stop contacting me.

— Lee Won Jung

Netizens felt that he had the visuals that HYBE usually goes for.

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• “Looking at it now, he does have the HYBE visual.”
• “He kind of looks like Kwak Yoon Gi.”
• “He has the looks that HYBE likes. Especially the short chin and lips. He’s a free pass into HYBE.”
• “Not sure about HYBE visuals, but he has the idol look.”
• “He’s handsome! And he is a good actor.”
• “Lee Won Jung is good-looking.”
• “Oh, I can totally see it.”

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