The scandal involving Kim Soo Hyun has shaken the кσяєαn entertainment industry these days. The heated discussions surrounding it show no signs of cooling down.
Although the superstar and the disputing parties have even brought law and authority into the scene, it seems that more complicated details are gradually being revealed.
Most recently, Kim Soo Hyun's past project with a series of top female idols - 'Real' was resurfaced after the late actress Sulli's brother spoke up about her role in the film. "Real" is a 2017 film directed by Lee Sa Rang, co-founder of Gold Medalist, and produced directly by Kim Soo Hyun.
At that time, the project had an investment budget of up to 11 million USD and featured many top idols as well as promising actresses such as Sulli, Suzy, IU, Sohee and Ha Ji Eun, so the public's expectations were high.
However, when it was released, Real was not highly appreciated by кσяєαn critics and au∂ιєnces. In terms of content, the work was considered to have no depth due to its cheap plot. Sulli's 19+ nude̸̸ scene or the explicit scenes of other actresses in a few seconds were considered offensive and had no artistic intention.
The discussion surrounding the film quickly subsided over time. However, until now, it has been brought up for review again when netizens found that Real seemed to reflect the real personality of the famous actor Kim.
This time, netizens pay close attention to the roles of female celebrities. While Sulli's role as a rehabilitation specialist was obvious, other famous actresses only appeared for a few seconds as guests but took on the role of servants or women who existed only to serve men.
Sulli - Kim Soohyun's rehabilitation therapist
Suzy - Tattoo artist (5 seconds)
Kyungri - Restaurant waitress (4 seconds)
Dasom - Rehabilitation therapist
Sohee - Worker cleaning dressed up in a maid costume (5 seconds)
IU - Award ceremony assistant (5 seconds)
On the other hand, more horror anecdotes coming out from Kim Soohyun's Real have also been shared by insiders or related people. Actress Ha Ji Eun went through PTSD after realizing that all her scenes except the nude̸̸ scenes were removed from the movie. Sulli even slit her wrists after seeing her nude̸̸ scene being mediaplayed. Suzy ever shared about her not consenting to play such a role in the movie, despite Kim Soohyun being the one who cast her directly.
The casting notice for the film that year was also turned over, revealing unusual signs of shadyness such as the casting location being a bar, the requirement to perform freely when the lights were off, and the waitress uniform... Candidates were selected from 19-33 years old, but the two female leads were required to be in their 20s and perform nu**ty, which were noted as being at a high level.
Many netizens believe that the film reflects a twisted perspective on female roles, reinforcing misogynistic ideals. This problematic depiction of women by the director and Kim Soo Hyun makes netizens unable to help but question the actor's disregard for women and abnormal mentality when developing the project.
Set against the backdrop of rumors surrounding Kim Soo Hyun's "underage love" and vulgar comments about women and underwear, the public image that Kim Soo Hyun has managed perfectly over the years has gradually been tarnished.
кσяєαn netizens cannot help but feel indignant when reviewing Real and the roles of female artists:
- This is beyond disgusting. It's repulsive.
- So these were the roles they played?
- They're all relatively powerless and only used as service workers catering to men or as disposable eye candy...? It's a noir film, but the way they deliberately set the female characters' occupations like that is just too telling. LOL.
- Even if they were cameos, the roles they played...
- You can see his ideology through this...
- He just made all the beautiful and successful actresses his servants basically.
- He made them appear only 3 to 5 seconds and used them to market his film.
- I heard this film was garbage, so I didn't watch it, but wow.
- Why did he ask them to appear as a cameo if he was going to have them play these roles that aren't even noticeable?
- There was a tabloid article when this film was first released that Kim Soo Hyun and the director convinced Sulli to film the bed scene, and it wasn't included in the script reading.
- This is making me throw up.
- So gross.
- His cousin and Kim Soo Hyun are just misogynists.
- So low.
- No one knew they were in the film.
- This is making me ¢υяѕє.