Won Bin's New Ad Sparks Calls for Acting Comeback

Jan 09, 2025

Won Bin's New Ad Sparks Calls for Acting Comeback



Actor Won Bin appeared in an advertisement, and voices hoping to return are rising again.

A cosmetics brand modeled after Won Bin recently released a new advertisement with Won Bin. In the commercial, Won Bin wore a white suit and narrated in his unique low voice. Won Bin, who has been on a hiatus for 15 years, boasted a consistent visual even if he had been active steadily.

Won Bin, who disappeared after the coffee brand advertising contract ended last year, revealed his good news through a new advertisement. As a result, voices calling for Won Bin's return are once again rising.




Won Bin made his debut in the KBS drama `Propose' in 1997, and has been working steadily across movies and dramas such as 'Tap', 'Autumn Fairy Tale', 'Taegeukgi', and 'Mother'.

However, Won Bin has stopped working on the movie since the 2010 film 'Mister'. Won Bin, who had a hiatus of 15 years, married actress Lee Na-young in 2015 and appeared only in advertisements even after her birth in December of the same year.

Won Bin's New Ad Sparks Calls for Acting Comeback
For fans waiting for Won-bin, Won-bin's agency and wife Lee Na-young stepped up instead. An official from Won-bin's agency said, "(Won-bin) is very enthusiastic about his comeback work. As there has been a long absence, I have a great desire to return to a good work. His wife Lee Na-young also said, `Wonbin wants to tell a story like humanism, so he is looking for a scenario of that genre, but I don't think there are many.'




Then, in 2019, rumors of Won Bin's retirement emerged. With the distribution of Won Bin's pictorial press release, we are very sorry to ask you to refrain from mentioning 'actor' in the articlebecause the phrase " is included. At the time, the photo promotion company said it was a request from Won-bin, but Won-bin refuted this and denied the retirement rumor once again.

Won Bin said "I have never made a request to the public relations agency. Commentary is the discretion of advertisers. "From a brand's point of view, it seems that it was because a model rather than an actor has a better brand promotion effect. be currently looking at a work" he said.

However, Won Bin's recent status has not been disclosed since then. Last year, when one of Won Bin's representative films, 'Taegeukgi, flew, held events such as re-release to mark the 20th anniversary of its release, Won Bin did not appear, making fans even more anxious.




Among them, Won Bin's recent status, which can be expected to return, was revealed once again. In November last year, in KBS2 'CEO's Ear Is Donkey Ear', designer Ji Chun-hee said of Won Bin's recent situation, `I think he is more burdened than not doing (activities). I don't know, but I think I'm constantly looking at my work" he said.



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