[News] City Hunter’s Lee Min Ho: “My rival is Pororo!”

enews24 reporter Lee In Kyeong] Lee Min Ho has become the rival of Pororo for the title of ‘Cho Tong Ryeong’. [Note: Cho tong ryeong is a play on words. Cho - means chodeng hakseng or elementary school student, while 'tong ryeong' originates from the word Dae Tong Ryeong meaning president.]
SBS Wed-Thurs drama ‘City Hunter’s protagonist Lee Min Ho is recently actively known as ‘action Min Ho’ and is now stealing the hearts of male viewers. In particular, his popularity has soared and surpassed pororo amongst elementary school students. In fact, he is competing against pororo for the nickname ‘Cho Tong Ryeong’.

In fact, elementary students who are LMH’s fans have daily flooded the viewer message board and LMH’s fanpage leaving messages like “LMH oppa is our president!” and “Long live to Cho Tong Ryeong LMH”, showing their warm support for LMH.
LMH’s management company Starhaus Entertainment commented saying “If we say he has a lot of nuna-fans previously, now he is gaining ground amongst male fans. It seems like the spectacular action scenes he’s showing in ‘City Hunter’ is not only well received by middle aged and older men, but also by elementary school students.”
LMH has been performing the majority of the action scenes himself without a stand-in. Due to that reason, he was involved in a car wreckage when filming a car pursuit scene. However, he’s able to show various action scenes since he’s been constantly attending the action school to perfect the drama.
He has fully assimilated his role 100% and won praise for the various action scenes that uses judo, fencing techniques and wall/rock climbing.

Owing to that reason, the viewership ratings are soaring. AGB Nielsen media research revealed on the 30th that episode 11 of City Hunter broadcasted on the 29th received a viewership rating of 18.4%, clinching the first place amongst the Wed-Thurs dramas. Since it’s competitor MBC’s ‘Best Love’ finished its run last week, the ratings of ‘City Hunter’ has soared. Other dramas shown during the same time slot including ‘Best Love’s replacement ‘Heartstrings’ received a ratings of 7.6% while KBS2 ‘Romance Town’ received a rating of 11.1%.
Meanwhile, ‘City Hunter’s development on the 29th included Nana (park min young) who interferes and saves Lee Yoon Sung who she realizes is City Hunter, igniting the romance and suspense between the two.
Source: Enews24
Translated by webby @ soompi

[Photo] Lee Min Ho – City Hunter Stills (01/07/2011)

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[Photo] Lee Min Ho – City Hunter BTS Pics (01/07/2011 & MCM)

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The audience ratings of City Hunter keep running up at a high speed

The audience ratings of City Hunter, a SBS Wednesday and Tuesday drama series, have shown a rapid upward curve.

AGB Nielsen’s TV audience ratings showed that the June 30 episode of City Hunter achieved 18.8% of the viewing audience, a 0.4 percentage point rise from 18.4% of the June 29 episode, while MBC’s You’ve Fallen For Me got 6.8%, and KBS 2TV’s Romance Town rated 11.9%.

The MBC sensational drama series The Best Love has dominated the time slot, keeping City Hunter second in audience ratings. Now without the tiger in the cave, City Hunter is now a matchless dominator, achieving almost as high as 20% in audience ratings.

On the 12th episode, Yun Seong, played by Lee Min Ho, convinces himself to dive in the direct confrontation with his step father Jin Pyo, played by Kim Sang Jung.

By Lee Jeong-a (happy@osen.co.kr)

Source: Osen (Original article in Korean)
Photo from Osen
Translated by Geum Jae / Korea.com

Lee Min Ho falls asleep while doing an action scene

In SBS’s drama series City Hunter, Lee Min Ho plays Lee Yoon Seong, the agent of Nation Roadmap Information Network. Therefore, spectacular action scenes are absolutely necessary for his character.

On July 1, actor Lee Min Ho featured a scene where he gets hit and falling on the ground. The director announced “okay” for the scene, but Lee Min Ho did not get up: He fell asleep on the ground.

The staffs say, “Action scene is the most important scene and we shoot it for the last because it requires a lot of energy. So the scene is often shot at dawn. Also, the actors are getting only two hours of sleep recently due to a busy schedule. We were scared when Lee did not get up, but when we discovered that he was asleep, we all burst into a laughter.”

Lee Min Ho’s agency Starhaus says, “The staff of the series, including the actors, directors, and scrip writers all get along well with each other and work in perfect harmony. As Lee Min Ho shows a particular affection for this series, he is happily acting out the scenes although he is very tired by his schedule.

The series City Hunter is ranking the first in viewers ratings with the closure of MBC’s The Best Love.

Source Nate by Hanna

City Hunter’s Lee Min Ho shines again just like in the days of Boys over Flower

Through SBS’s drama series City Hunter, Lee Min Ho has come into his own just like in the days of Boys over Flower.

Before its closing, MBC’s The Best Love ranked no. 1 on viewer ratings. However, City Hunter replaced the ranking and now, aims to mark over 20% of viewer ratings.

Lee Min Ho, the center of attention in the series, is playing a big role in making such a progress.

Lee debuted in KBS’s drama series Boys over Flower in 2009. It was a big hit, but Lee hasn’t come up to expectations in MBC’s Personal Taste last year. However, he regained his reputation through City Hunter.

After being casted for City Hunter, Lee has been going to the action school for the series. His perfect action scenes and his ways of acting caught viewers’ hearts regardless of their sex.

Lee’s agency Starhaus says on June 30, “Lee is showing a particular affection for this series. He’s trying his best to live up to his title as an actor.”

Source Nate by Hanna

[Photo] Lee Min Ho – City Hunter Stills (30/06/2011)

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