[Analysis is] GANG DONG WON Bought his Ticket to the Global Market by Joining YG, and YG has a VIP on Board
[일간스포츠=박현택 기자] GANG DONG WON bought his ticket to the global market by joining YG.
The news that GANG DONG WON signed an exclusive contract with YG Entertainment on January 18 became quite an issue. The combination of GANG DONG WON’s huge popularity and YG’s knowhow in managing top actors and actresses such as CHA SEUNG WON and CHOI JI WOO makes this a win-win for both sides.
It is said that GANG DONG WON and YANG HYUN SUK, the CEO of YG, met in person several times and discovered that both their goals are “the global market”. If YG’s insight and business knowhow gained by making inroads into overseas markets for YG musicians such as PSY, BIGBANG, 2NE1, iKON, and WINNER gets applied to GANG DONG WON, he might be able to become a worldwide top star just as he is in Korea. YG will also benefit from including the charming top star GANG DONG WON into the YG Family.
GANG DONG WON and YANG HYUN SUK already have deep trust in each other. YG announced, “YG will make a special GANG DONG WON team to support his acting career both in and out of the country.” They explained the reason why GANG DONG WON chose YG and said, “GANG DONG WON always thought of YANG HYUN SUK as the no.1 creative director in Korea’s entertainment industry. He chose YG to represent him because he thinks that YANG HYUN SUK has insight and the drive and that YG has already built a strong global network, especially in Asia.”
186 centimeters tall, GANG DONG WON looks like a character in a romantic comic. With his “surreal handsome looks and body proportion”, GANG DONG WON has captured the hearts of many female fans. After debuting as a model, GANG DONG WON’s first role as an actor was in MBC’s “Country Princess” in 2003.
Afterwards, he played diverse characters in movies such as “A Wolf’s Temptation”(2004), “Maundy Thursday”(2006), “Jeon Woo-chi: The Taoist Wizard”(2009), “Secret Reunion”(2010), and “Kundo: Age of the Rampant”(2014), and “The Priests”(2015). He is loved by many as an actor whose movies are guaranteed to be a box office hit and of high artistic quality. .
“A Violent Prosecutor”, in which GANG DONG WON plays the leading role with Hwang Jung-min, premiers on the 3rd of next month. In addition, he’s finished shooting “Hidden Time”, a fantasy melodrama, and “Master”, in which he stars with Lee Byung-hyun and Kim Wu-bin. Since his debut, he has continuously appeared in movies and will keep on doing so in the future.
YG, who also represents actors and actresses such as CHA SEUNG WON, CHOI JI WOO, KU HYE SUN, JUNG HYE YOUNG, YOO IN NA, JANG HYUN SUNG, IM YE JIN, LEE SUNG KYUNG, and NAM JOO HYUK and is recognized for its excellent trend-reading skills and big influence, has GANG DONG WON on board now and is expected tol take firm root as a talent management agency that manages not only singers but also actors and actresses.
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