A soldier’s role in the recent “Descendants of the Sun” catapulted 30-year-old South Korean actor Song Joong-ki as the hottest actor in his country and China today. For his next movie, Song Joong-ki plays another soldier role, so expect his popularity to further rise.
AllKpop reported that the actor, in a recent fan meet, revealed that for his next film “Battleship Island,” he plans to go bald. The film begins shooting in June.
But it seems that Song Joong-ki went ahead and already shaved his head. His latest photo, shared on the actor’s official fan page, shows Song Joong-ki smile while wearing a black hat. Fans believe he has already gone bald.
The Facebook fan page also revealed that the actor just made another endorsement for Hite Beer. Owned by Hite Brewery, the company was established in 1933 and sells beer, rice wine and mineral water.
Its headquarters is in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul. Hite is the number 1 beer brand in South Korea since 1996. Its factory in Hongcheon manufactures 500,000KL of beer yearly. Previous endorsers of the brand were actors Won Bin and Jinro Soju.
Meanwhile, as the actor’s popularity soars, his management, Blossom Entertainment, had to boost its security manpower for Song Joong-ki. For his recent trip to Hong Kong to model in the Dior Homme 2016 winter collection fashion show, the actor was snapped at the airport surrounded by a phalanx of security personnel.
The men in white assigned to guard the actor, who would once more portray a soldier, number 15. They are seen in the photo shared across social media sites in China linking hands to make an outer ring of protection. Within the outer ring are about five men in black also following Song Joong-ki.
But fans of the actor understood Song Joong-ki’s need for more security personnel. Many netizens commented that he was probably “more embarrassed than anything else” about the situation.
