It is the birth of a new sexy icon in the filming industry.
Actor Lee Jun-ho heated up the small screen with an unconventional abdominal exposure shower scene in MBC’s Friday-Saturday drama “Red Sleeve.”
In the sixth episode of “Red Sleeve,” which aired on November 27th, Lee San (Lee Jun-ho)’s rose petal bath scene was shown. In this episode, the scene where the actor undresses his clothes, showing chocolate abs, and his eye-contact scene with Lee Se-young were aired one after another, drawing attention from the viewers.
Lee Jun-ho is known to have been on a diet for a long time to prepare for this 3-minute shower scene. He said in an entertainment program, “I have to shoot a bath scene in this drama, so I have been on a diet for a long time. It was so hard.”
After the sixth episode was aired, a behind-the-scenes video of the shower scene was released online. The video showed Lee Jun-ho exercising to grow his thoracic muscles just before filming the bath scene, while preparing for the top-undressing scene by doing push-ups.
Lee Jun-ho‘s “best bath scene ever”, which was created after harsh management and preparation, became the “best 1 minute” in episode 6. In addition, this episode’s ending clip video recorded more than 200,000 views in a day as well as more than 1,000 comments in an instant.
Viewers are giving favorable reviews to Lee Jun-ho, who completed the character “deadly sexy Jeongjo Lee San” by his solid luxury six-pack body, deep acting skills, low-pitched voice and accurate diction.
Netizens left comments such as “Here is the washboard that Deok-im has been looking for”, “We are recruiting people to go to Jun-ho’s palace”, “I thought the bath scene would be a hit”, “The sexiest bath scene in Korean historical dramas’ history”, “My heart skipped a beat”…
Meanwhile, MBC’s “Red Sleeve” has been on the rise without hesitation as it broke its own highest ratings every episode and ranked first among Friday-Saturday dramas.
