[News] Malaysia Cri Show Report

(Kuala Lumpur, 6 June) After the perfect ending of Korean pretty boy Jang Keun Suk’s Cri Show, JKS admitted that after a night of wild partying, he forgot to remove his make-up before sleeping and therefore he was busy with attending to his facial care and as a result, the media waited for one hour before they could meet JKS.

Once at the press conference, JKS apologized to the media and explained that as it was his first performance in Malaysia, he got increasingly excited during the show and after that went to a nightclub to party. It was in the wee hours when he went back to the hotel and he was so tired that he slept when he hit the pillow. As a result, the press conference originally scheduled to start at 3 pm started at 4.10 pm.

About his performance, he said, “I thought not many people would come, but there were many people there. I feel very happy and satisfied!” He said that if fans wait for him, he will come again to Malaysia to perform. “Yesterday’s stage and audience reminded me of my debut in Japan 5 years ago.”

When asked how he balanced his acting and singing identity, JKS said that no matter what he does, he has confidence in himself, belief in himself and has the courage to try new things.

Besides singing Japanese songs, will JKS consider acting in Japanese drama? He answered, “Still in the midst of negotiations, but nothing is confirmed yet. If I take on a Japanese drama, it will be a very big challenge.”

JKS mentioned that he is going to prepare another Japanese music album and hopes to have another performance in Malaysia next year.

Dressed in a sleeveless leopard-print shirt, JKS put on a “cool” countenance throughout the press conference, until the champagne ceremony where he suddenly relaxed and forced his senior management (Jason Jang) to down two glasses of champagne. When a staff was clearing the champagne glasses and accidentally knocked over a glass, JKS bent down and helped the staff to pick up the glass.

As JKS needed to catch his return flight, the press conference ended in a brief 15 minutes. Before the presscon, the media needed to submit all their questions and only 3 questions were selected.

JKS demonstrated his script-writing skill in Korean drama “Marry me Mary”. Last year, 2 days before the ending would be aired, JKS was struck by inspiration and during a break, he made major revisions to the script. The director was very impressed by his script-writing skill. Not only was the director satisfied, he even praised JKS for being multi-talented.

JKS’ character in M3, Kang Mu-gyul, was to be abandoned by female lead Mary and Mu-gyul and his rival Jung-in would bear hatred towards each other. Upon receiving the script, JKS thought, “Isn’t M3 meant to be a romantic comedy?”

Facing this plot development, JKS continuously considered, “How do I act this? Can I do it?” As a result, he decided to revise the script. So he added a comic element into Mu-gyul and Jung-in’s relationship and let them have better interaction. He also came up with a happy ending for the lead characters. The revised script received favourable reviews, not only from the director but also from the actors. The drama team adopted JKS’ script and hence an exciting ending was born.

Source: Guang-hua Daily News光华日报
Date: 6 June 2011

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（吉隆坡6日讯）韩国美男子张根硕的音乐会完美结束后，自爆到夜店狂欢一番，回到酒店后却忘了卸妆就直接入睡，导致今日记者会前匆忙梳洗，媒体们苦等1小时后才见到张根硕。

他到现场后立刻向媒体道歉并解释，由于首次来马进行音乐会，越唱越兴奋，结束后便到夜店玩。他回到酒店后已凌晨，所以太累而倒头就睡，以致原本定于下午3点举行的记者会，延迟至下午4点10分才开始。

对于音乐会上的表演，他说：“我以为没有很多人来，但来到现场却很多人，觉得很开心，很满意！”他还表示，如果有歌迷等他，他必定会再来大马表演，他还说：“昨晚的舞台和观众，让我想起5年前在日本刚出道的时候。”

张根硕是演员又是歌手身份，询及要如何兼顾两方面，他表示无论做什么，对自己要有信心，同时相信自己就好，并勇于多做尝试。

除了演唱日语歌曲，会否考虑演出日剧？他答说：“还在接洽当中，但还没确定这个计划，如果有接日剧的话，也是一项很大的挑战。”

蹲下拾酒杯

他提到，接下来即将筹备新的日语专辑，希望明年能到大马开演唱会。另外，身穿无袖豹纹衣的张根硕在记者会上一直处于“扮酷”状态，在香槟仪式上却突然“放开了”，连续拿了两杯酒灌身旁的高层人员。工作人员收拾酒杯时，不慎把酒杯跌在地毯上，他很大方蹲下，帮服务人员拾起酒杯。

基于要赶飞机回国的关系，记者会在进行短短15分钟后便结束。在记者会开始前，媒体更须先交上所要发问的问题，但在许多问题当中，最后只有三个问题被抽中回答。

改《玛莉》剧本获赞赏

张根硕在韩剧《玛莉外宿中》展现编剧才华，去年，该剧在韩播出结局前两天，他突然灵机一动，趁着在演员休息室空档，巧手一挥将剧本做了大幅变动，导演对于他的编剧能力惊为天人，不仅直呼满意，还夸他：“真是多才多艺！”

张根硕剧中演的姜无缺，在原来剧本设定中，确定会被女主角玛莉抛弃，且他与情敌郑仁之间，也将彼此怀有恨意，但是，张根硕拿到原始剧本，内心思考：“‘玛莉外宿中’不应该是个浪漫喜剧吗？”

对于这样的剧情走向，他不断盘算：“这个我要怎么演？我做得到吗？”因此，他决定动笔修改剧本，于是，将姜无缺与郑仁之间的隔阂，加入部分喜剧元素，让两人有良好互动，除此，他还让男女主角有一个快乐结局。而改过后的剧本，各方好评不断，不仅导演对他的“创作”大表赞同，演员也叫好，于是，剧组全跟着“张编剧”的剧本拍摄，因此，催生了精采结局。

来源：光华日报
二零一一年六月六日 下午三时四十三分

报道：萧雪锦
摄影：温华达