A U.S. leisure news web site has sparked anger and drawn ridicule after an obvious Okay-pop blunder, posting a photograph of BTS megastar Jimin as an alternative of a Korean actress with the identical identify.
In a submit on social media platform X considered greater than 100,000 instances, Deadline Hollywood hyperlinks to its protection of France’s Cesar Academy’s annual Revelations listing, which flags up-and-coming appearing abilities.
This yr, the listing contains Korean-born, France-based actress Park Ji-min, who has gained recognition for her highly effective efficiency in “Return to Seoul,” a 2022 adoption drama directed by French-Cambodian filmmaker Davy Chou.
The article and the submit on X, nevertheless, function {a photograph} of BTS star Jimin, whose authorized identify is Park Ji-min, prompting a torrent of criticism on the platform, together with from BTS followers.
“It took me a second to google the cast of ‘Return to Seoul’ – you should make a habit of visiting google especially when you’re not acquainted with the artists you’re writing about,” X person @zetoaye replied to the Deadline tweet.
Another person, @613tangerine_, wrote: “This is not only unprofessional but disrespectful to the actress as well”.
“Correct the information and image,” the person added.
One BTS fan identified that whereas the Deadline article accurately described the actress as a lady, they nonetheless posted a photograph of BTS’s Jimin, who’s male.
“You guys even wrote ‘her’ in the article and still used a picture of the wrong person,” wrote the fan, whose X deal with is @sugassshadowal.
Since their debut in 2013, BTS have been credited with producing billions of {dollars} for the South Korean financial system, in addition to boosting the nation’s picture and smooth energy abroad.
On the opposite hand, “Return to Seoul”, whereas critically acclaimed with a premiere within the esteemed Un Certain Regard part of the Cannes Film Festival, has loved solely restricted field workplace success in South Korea.
The movie was chosen because the Cambodian entry for the Best International Feature Film class on the ninety fifth Academy Awards. But solely about 4,500 folks have watched it in South Korea, in accordance with official cinema knowledge.
It barely grossed $2 million worldwide, business figures recommend. By comparability, summer season blockbuster “Barbie” grossed round $1.4 billion.
In Chou’s movie, actress Park performs Freddie, a mercurial and ruthlessly unapologetic Korean-born French adoptee who, on the age of 25, embarks on a quest to search out her beginning dad and mom.
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