FT Island's Front Man in "Vampire"

Lee Hong Ki as Count Dracula

FT Island's front man, lead vocalist Lee Hong Ki, will be stretching his acting chops again. This time, he'll be tackling on the role of the most infamous and debonair monster of all time, Count Dracula.

Many people know of Count Dracula as the one time Romanian Prince Vlad "the Impaler", known for impaling unlucky victims on stakes, hence the nickname. As well as the lead character in Bram Stoker's, "Dracula". Pop culture has talked about him being suave, dashing but a horrifying blood sucker who quenched his thirst by entrancing lovely ladies to come to him so he could indulge in a little snack.

Super Junior's Sung Min, INFINITE's Sung Gyu and FT Island's Hong Ki will rotate in the role of "Count Dracula"

I am not familiar with the musical. The characters are all different from any version we've seen here in the U.S. Their version has characters named, "Adriana", "Pierre", "Lorraine". I have no idea who those are, unless they're supposed to correspond to the English counterparts, "Mina", "Van Helsing" and "Lucy". It's all a mystery to me. But it will be interesting to see how much will differ from the book and movies that have come out so far.

I'm especially interested to see how Hong Ki will bring his off-beat, endearing and sometimes comedic style into such a serious role. I had a taste of that in his last TV series, "Bride of the Century", where he played a plutocratic heir to a big named shopping mall. I felt he really pulled off the high brow brattiness in that role. However, I must say that sometimes I felt the depth of hurt and despair he experienced didn't reach down far enough to be really believable. And when he tried to be sexy, I didn't get the feeling that there was enough for the scene. I mean the girl didn't even look tempted! I actually didn't care for her, but anyways. (Sorry Hong Ki, I love you, I really do! Mianhae!)

If you take a look at the teaser, he looks very promising as the Count. I think even more so that the other two idols that will be rotating the role with him: Sung Min's Super Junior, Sung Gyu's INFINITE. Of the three, I think Hong Ki really gives off more charisma. Will be looking forward to the reviews!

Opens August 10, 2014.

Source: 24-7 K-Pop

Song Seung Hyun In New Musical

Song Seung Hyun in Jack the Ripper

For fans in Asia, this will come as no big news since promotions have already begun. But for the rest of the world, FT Island's bassist and rapper, Song Seung Hyun, has been cast in another musical called "Summer Snow". He will be playing a lovable character named "Jin Ha". Bright, easy going, funny and quick witted. This will be the Korean re-enactment of the 2000 Japanese drama of the same name which had starred one of my favorite Japanese actors, Oguri Shun. =)

Oguri Shun

If you keep up with FT Island or Korean entertainment, you'll remember that Seung Hyun had just wrapped up performances and promotions for his first musical, Jack the Ripper, earlier this year. With performances for FT Island's Asia concert tour currently underway, Seung Hyun starting the musical in April and lead vocalist Lee Hong Ki participating in the international version of "We Got Married" also starting in April, it looks like plans for another FT Island comeback won't happen until late 2013. For now, fans like myself, will have to keep checking their Twitter accounts for any new updates!

Source: Yahoo!