{"id":102878,"date":"2024-01-27T11:36:57","date_gmt":"2024-01-27T19:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=102878"},"modified":"2024-01-27T11:18:25","modified_gmt":"2024-01-27T19:18:25","slug":"rowoon-almost-didnt-make-it-for-his-role-in-the-kings-affection-because-of-his-height","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/rowoon-almost-didnt-make-it-for-his-role-in-the-kings-affection-because-of-his-height\/","title":{"rendered":"Rowoon almost didn\u2019t make it for his role in \u201cThe King\u2019s Affection\u201d because of his height"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The South Korean acting industry might not spell greatness without <strong>Rowoon<\/strong> in it. The idol\u2019s performing and acting skills have made him earn a spot among the greatest in the industry, and his latest role in <em>\u201cThe King\u2019s Affection\u201d<\/em> has already received critical acclaim. However, he almost didn\u2019t get the role, and the story could\u2019ve been different.<\/p>\n<p>The idol and actor is the <strong>tallest third-generation Kpop idol<\/strong>, this is one of the major and current topics when it comes to Rowoon. Even, this particular feat has become a serious issue when he is going to be cast in a new K-Drama, particularly in \u201cThe King\u2019s Affection.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-102902\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Rowoons-height-is-a-big-obstacle-for-some-directors-in-K-Dramas.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Rowoons-height-is-a-big-obstacle-for-some-directors-in-K-Dramas.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Rowoons-height-is-a-big-obstacle-for-some-directors-in-K-Dramas-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Rowoons-height-is-a-big-obstacle-for-some-directors-in-K-Dramas-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Rowoons-height-is-a-big-obstacle-for-some-directors-in-K-Dramas-750x469.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The director, Song Hyun Wook, was completely concerned about Rowoon\u2019s height in comparison to other male characters because of their dynamic as rivals. Before the show\u2019s premiere in South Korea, Song Hyun Wook explained he started <strong>casting other male characters<\/strong> but ultimately, Rowoon had the role.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote><p>\u201cThat was a bit troubling because I had to cast the other actors who were as tall as Rowoon. After all, if the<strong> height was too different<\/strong>, the rivalry wouldn\u2019t come to show. On our first meeting, we talked for about an hour-and-a-half and after that conversation, I wasn\u2019t worried anymore because he was very funny and confident.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p>Numerous South Korean critics strongly believe that Song Hyun Wook hit the nail on by casting Rowoon in \u201c<em>The King\u2019s Affection\u201d.<\/em> In addition, the fans attributed the series\u2019 <strong>success<\/strong> solely to the idol\u2019s great chemistry with other characters and his acting skills as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The South Korean acting industry might not spell greatness without Rowoon in it. The idol\u2019s performing and acting skills have made him earn a spot among the greatest in the industry, and his latest role in \u201cThe King\u2019s Affection\u201d has already received critical acclaim. However, he almost didn\u2019t get the role, and the story could\u2019ve [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3102,"featured_media":102892,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,1934,7],"tags":[],"tmauthors":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-102878","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-k-drama","9":"category-news"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102878\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102878"},{"taxonomy":"tmauthors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tmauthors?post=102878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}