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| Jiro Wang with his Cosmopolitan Award for being one of Taiwan's most beautiful in 2012 |
He wears a
smize (smile with your eyes) while he looks around his adoring fans. His lips finally curve and his pearly
whites register his signature grin. Jiro
Wang’s face lights up the room as the fans’ screaming reaches its deafening
level. He knows that he has to show his best for everyone who came just to see
him. Not only the Jiro Wang who is an idol, a singer and an actor, but also the
Jiro Wang who people from around the world came to love for his big heart. He always
makes it a point to personally connect to as much people as he could during his
events. He never complains when he’s tired from signing thousands of CDs and
posters. He continues to smile and wave even when he’s about to drop from
exhaustion. He helps people in Taiwan and China by making a microfilm for
children with mental disorder and donating tents, clothes, food, and other
necessities to hundreds of victims of the Sichuan earthquake recently just to
name a few.
He is Jiro Wang. He’s beautiful, inside and out.
Huang Tai Jing is the latest role Jiro’s portraying for the Taiwanese version of You’re Beautiful. He was handpicked to star as the lead role Hwang Tae Kyung, which was played by Jang Geun Suk in the original Korean idol drama. A lot of speculations came out even before it was announced that Jiro Wang will be the 3rd Tae Kyung after the Korean and Japanese adaptations. He did not deny nor confirm that he’ll be doing the drama series and even said on Weibo that he’s not beautiful, what he knows is he’s a handsome man. Park Shin Hye even went to Taiwan for a cameo, but even after pictures of her with the Taiwanese Go Min Nam came out, the actor to play Tae Kyung was not yet verified. Jiro was insanely busy during this time, shooting and promoting for different projects which include Absolute Boyfriend with Korean actress, Gu Hye Sun, who became famous as Geum Jan-di in Boys Over Flowers; Go Go Go (Jie Jie Li Zheng Xiang Qian Zou) with Chinese actress Ruby Lin, who is also the producer of this drama; Beautiful Kingdom, a movie with mainland China actors; Boy, Boy, Boy/My Boyfriends (movie); K.O. One Returns, a sequel to his Taiwanese drama series with the same title; and his first solo album, What Are You Waiting For?
He bounces
from one country to another, from Taiwan to China, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore,
and Malaysia for tapings, shootings, concerts, and promotions that it seems
like he cannot squeeze another drama in his tight schedule. However, everyone
was pleasantly surprised when the cast of You’re
Beautiful was finally confirmed and Jiro will play Tae Kyung. When asked
how different Tai Jing from Tae Kyung, he answered that he is more manly and
serious compared to Geun Suk’s sensitive and almost childish portrayal of A.N.Jell’s
lead singer. This comparison with the Korean Tae Kyung is putting a lot of
pressure on Jiro since the former was able to popularize the drama worldwide.
Ratings will be the number one factor. If he pulls this off, together with the
whole cast, he is totally made.
You’re
Beautiful stars Jiro Wang as Huang Tai Jing, Su Li Wen/Lele as Gao Mei Nan/Mei Nu, Huang Ren-de (黃仁德) as Jiang
Xin Yu, and Evan Yo as Jeremy. They are the Fabulous Boys of A.N. Jell. They
held a successful press conference and fans event last May 6 and 10, 2013
respectively. The reception for the cast and anticipation for the drama were
quite positive during the events that fans around the globe can’t wait to watch
the show. You’re Beautiful premiered last Sunday night at 10:00 PM through Taiwan’s Formosa
TV. GTV will have its first showing on May 18, 2013 at 9:00 PM coinciding with
Singapore’s Channel U, and Hong Kong’s TV Drama Channel 1, on the other hand,
will televise it at 7:30 PM.
Here’s a
sneak peek:
Click here for the 12 minute teaser.
The rest of
the world would have to wait when their country’s TV networks will buy the
series to be shown locally. It will be the same here in the Philippines where
we’re still waiting for Jiro’s Absolute
Boyfriend dubbed in Filipino to be televised at ABS-CBN’s channel 2.
Jiro Wang Update:
Jiro is
presently wrapping up K.O. One 3 and has just finished shooting for a horror
movie entitled, Horrible Dolls (Wraith or Blood Dolls) which was filmed in China and Japan. He also recently gave painting lessons to mentally disabled children.
