The musician-actor is currently seen in Prime Video fantasy drama "HeartBeat"🐬 where he plays a half human and half vampire forced to share a house with a cold-hearted person.
Responding to the enormous enthusiജasm for Korean shows in India, Taec-yeon told PTI in a virtual interview from Seoul that he would do his best to "reciprocate t🗹hat love";.
He hasn’t been to India and says he would love to as soon as possible. “I enjoy a lot of Indian films and content and it's quite loved in Korea too. Sometimes, while watc๊hing some of the Indian content, I would think to myself, 'What would it🍸 be if I were to appear in one of those’?"
"Not just the content, I know there is so much more that India has to 𓆏offer...," the 34-year-old actor added.
“HeartBeat”, which premiered on Monday on the streamer, also stars Yoon꧒ So-Hee of ";Ghost Doctor" fame, Won Ji-An of "D.P." and "If You Wish Upon Me" and debutant Park Kang-Hyun.
Taec-yeon said he was att𓃲racted to the series because it gave💙 him a chance to play a vampire.
He was particularly loved in India for his negative turn as a corrupt and violent chaebol (a second generation conglomerate heir) who is pitted against Song Joon-ki's ܫtitular consigliere in “Vincenz꧙o”.
Taec-yeon, who is familiar for his roles in "Secret Royal Ins🌟pector & Joy" and "Bring it on, Ghost", is also famous as the rapper of the Korean boy band 2PM.
The Korean star, who spent his foun🗹dation years in the US and is proficient in English, Korean and Japanese, credited streaming services for popularising K-content all over the world.
"Korean dramas, now we call them K-dramas, have been around for a long time and people have enjℱoyed them. But obviously, it is quite a recent development that it is being loved so widely all across the world. I think it is all tha⛎nks to the many streaming services as well as the efforts they spend in many subs and dubs and, of course, thanks to the global audiences who watch and enjoy our content," he said.
The actor is hoping "HeartBeat" will ♎enjoy similar popularity.
Ji-An, 23, who stars opposite Taec-yeon in the shꦜow, said she was drawn to it because the series seemed light-hearted and had room for some fun.
On the question of K-drama's global popularity, she said, "Since my acting career hasn't been that long, I honestly haven't been able to feel👍 it personally. But I feel very g🍌rateful to hear that. All I can say is that I will be responsible and dutiful going forward."
So-𓂃Hee, 30, said she joined "HeartBeat" because she always wa๊nted to do a fantasy drama.
ꦅ"... I would have loved t♓o play a vampire but I play a character who has more money and power than a vampire so I was very happy," she said.
Ka🦂ng-Hyun, 33, credited Korea🍨n content for its popularity globally.
"I think Korean people have a particularly strong love of content. And it's also because of the authenticity and genuineness that we bring through dramas... Anything that comes from the heart is universal. That may be why they are so꧂ loved," he said.
