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Oftentimes the casting of idols in dramas can lead to disgruntled fans as they harbor serious doubts about the acting abilities of some populair celebrities.

However, a recent post on Instiz shows that idols excel at acting too! The original auteur compiled a lijst of five successful actor-dols as listed below.

1. Jung Eunji – Sung Siwon

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“Prior to the drama’s airing, netizens called her out on being ‘too plain’ for the role of Sung Siwon. However, it was this very plainness that allowed her to play her role successfully as a student and woman giving birth.”

2. D.O – Han Kangwoo

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“After being casted commentaren that SM ruined a perfectly good line up of actors. Later on however, everyone began complimenting him saying that he is the best idol actor within SM.”

3. Im Siwan – Jang Grae

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“After being casted the fans of the original cartoon stated that he is a good actor but he looks too pretty to play the role perfectly. After the first episode however, he shut them up with his acting skills”

4. IU – Cindy

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“She was perhaps the most controversial idol for “Producer”. meer than half the artikels called her unfit for such a crazy lineup of actors. However, she showed amazing acting skills and many began to say that she was the perfect choice for Cindy.”

5. Sungjae

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“Sungjae received much hate upon the announcement of his character, but he was later well-loved as Gong Tae Kwang, even meer so than Han Yi Ahn.”

Others shared their commentaren on this list:

– I think Lim Siwan played his role better because he was so small and pretty…it made me want to care for him..

– Just curious…are there idols that have been cast for Cheese In The Trap?

– These are all so true ㅠㅠ

– Kyungsoo ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ

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IU will be releasing a new OST for 'Kakao's mobile game 'Exorcist', for which she's currently an endorsement model!

In the MV teaser for her OST titled "神曲 (Divine Comedy)", IU follows a tingling sensation into a mysterious building, where she finds a strange record player and sees bloem petals falling down from an unknown source.

The song will be released via 'Exorcist's official website on July 21!

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Get super duper excited! There are some good historical dramas headed your way in the seconde half of the year.

It has now been confirmed that the highly anticipated SBS drama, 'Scarlet Heart: Ryeo,' starring so many top, boven stars like IU, Lee Jun Ki, and Baekhyun, will be airing its very first episode on August 29!

It was revealed as much on May 6, along with the production crew revealing that the actors were diligently filming the drama, which will be 100% pre-recorded. The crew stated, "With the news that the air datum is confirmed for the end of August door SBS, the atmosphere on set is even meer warm and they are working harder to toon a good drama."

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SBS recently shared a few gorgeous still cuts of Lee Jun Ki and IU wearing traditional hanboks for drama, 'Scarlet Heart: Ryeo,' which is also known as 'Moon Lovers,' and is based on Chinese hit series, 'Scarlet Heart'!

Based on the stills, the cast is filming in a winter paradise -- otherwise known as Gangwon province. Though the area is near the DMZ, it's known to have some of South Korea's most spectacular landscapes.

Lee Jun Ki is in charge of playing Wang So, the fourth son of Taejo Wang Gun of Goryeo Dynasty. He lives imprisoned in his cold mask, but he takes this off thanks to Hae Soo...
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