So I was tracking my favorite/popular actors/actreses for their 2017 drama plans, and I couldn't help but notice SO many of them are moving to Chinese dramas. The ones I can remember off the top of my head were Lee Goon Ji, Park Hae Jin (well, he's already in a C-drama), Ji Chang Wook, Lee Jong Suk and Park Min Young, not to mention the "idol" actors (Yoona, Chanyeol, etc). There are even some C-dramas/films where both the male and female lead are Korean too.
What do you guys think about this? It was really suprising to me, especially because they are all (imho) A-list people who would never have to fight for a lead role in any K-drama.
And I'm a bit weary about the dubbing too. I think vocal tone and whatnot plays a huge role in an actor's performance (ex. Falling for Innocence--I felt like the way the male lead said or shouted things was essential to the the comedy). Doesn't having your voice dubbed take away, like, 1/2 your role?
In the end, it's good for any actor/tress to gain international exposure, but like I said, I'm just suprised by the volume of actors doing it.
Any opinions?
And on a completely unrelated tangent, it's interesting how (or the way it seems) actors/tresses go to China for C-dramas, and Kpop groups/singers to go Japan and sing in Japanese.