Gong Hyo-jin and Ryu Seung-beom take on their first couple ad
by javabeans
I love when real-life couples act as couples in acting projects; that meta awareness adds just a little something extra to the cute. Such is the case with this couple, who are not only adorable together but talented to boot — Gong Hyo-jin (Pasta) and Ryu Seung-beom (No Mercy) — and who have teamed up to endorse a cell phone.
The product is a Motorola brand smart phone, Motorola Defy. I guess that is meant to sound cool, but to me it just sounds like an imperative, and I’m already wary of smart phones being, well, too smart. I don’t need you to add defiance to my phone’s list of capabilities. Just sayin’.
In any case, Ryu and Gong traveled to a Gangwon-do ski resort to shoot the above ad, which demonstrates the concept of being able to engage in active sports while carrying the smart phone on your person. The tagline reads, “It’s okay, because it’s Defy!” I suppose the other ads in the campaign have other concepts, though they’re unexplained. Unless you count cooking as an extreme sport. Which, based on your skill level, I suppose it could be.
This isn’t Gong and Ryu’s first time appearing onscreen together — he did make a cameo on Pasta earlier this year — but it is their first CF together. Love them.
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1 red
December 3, 2010 at 5:24 AM
cute
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2 Isabella
December 3, 2010 at 5:39 AM
adorable! Love this couple...both very talented. Hope marriage is on the cards.
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3 Christy
December 3, 2010 at 5:47 AM
They're a great match--talented and adorable in every way!
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4 melusine
December 3, 2010 at 6:12 AM
I think they did ZippyZiggy couple ads back in '02. (yes yes I'm a fangirl lol)
Oh, TOTALLY loved the meta when they played exes in the fantastic film Family Ties while being exes in real life (they still hadn't gotten back together in 2006). Apparently the relationship has been very on-and-off, though to the delight of my li'l fangirly heart, it's been consistently ON for the last couple of years.
It's great how they don't shy away from acting together--they've done Wonderful Days, Conduct Zero, Dachimawa Lee, and the cameos in Family Ties and Pasta. Plus CFs? Yay!
My absolute favorite K-celeb couple. <3
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5 ares
December 3, 2010 at 6:34 AM
I think the concept to all of them is that it is what couples do. Cooking, eating out, going on a vacation together... it's just a cute couple and their phones.
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6 Lovepark
December 3, 2010 at 6:37 AM
I feel like I've been living under a rock... I probably heard this before but forgot (stupid me). I love Ryu Seung-beom, and he looks totally ADORABLE with Gong Hyo-jin. Now I have to bump them up to my second favorite celeb couple. Happy couples make me happy, but CUTE, happy couples just make me happier!
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7 annie
December 3, 2010 at 6:42 AM
Love these two.
"Unless you count cooking as an extreme sport. Which, based on your skill level, I suppose it could be."
LOL!
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8 Beng
December 3, 2010 at 7:07 AM
This couple really suits each other. I hope they will end up married with children in the near future =)
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9 conan
December 3, 2010 at 7:22 AM
They are SO. ADORABLE.
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10 Brenda
December 3, 2010 at 8:58 AM
I watched Pasta and can't recall which episode he came on. They look great together.
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Lenita
December 9, 2010 at 4:01 PM
it's an episode where a guy comes to the restaurant with his friends, and just order one item. which was not on the menu. and wreaked havoc in the kitchen, leading to the sheps having to go to the hospital. :D
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11 clover
December 3, 2010 at 8:58 AM
"The product is a Motorola brand smart phone, Motorola Defy. I guess that is meant to sound cool, but to me it just sounds like an imperative, and I’m already wary of smart phones being, well, too smart. I don’t need you to add defiance to my phone’s list of capabilities. Just sayin’."
Soooo...what you're saying is that I should start preparing for the Cell Phone Robot Zombie Apocalypse? Man, I haven't finished my laundry yet.
*sigh* Stupid cell phone robot zombie apocalypse, ruined my weekend.
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12 oh! tht! chick!
December 3, 2010 at 9:17 AM
they are sooo cute!!
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13 Dara
December 3, 2010 at 9:26 AM
Humm...'Motorola Defy' O_O!!
Sometime the ad makes you think 'what do you meannnnnnn?' But then you would keep quiet and let it go thinking well, it's the creative things, it doesn't have to make sense, lol.
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14 lovin it
December 3, 2010 at 9:57 AM
cute...
they maych so well
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15 Jenju
December 3, 2010 at 11:17 AM
*sigh* Oh Ryu Seung-beom, how I love thee...
I love though, who he is with and he's happy... So I'm happy
Yeah.
*sniff*
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16 Haj
December 3, 2010 at 12:20 PM
I dont know why but i read defy as "Def-fee" and I was like wth is that...
haha.
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17 hjkomo
December 3, 2010 at 1:07 PM
Interesting (read: strange) name for a phone, but I guess Defy beats The Pie, just sayin' ;)
Lovely couple! :D
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18 lessaofpern
December 3, 2010 at 1:08 PM
It's so nice to see a couple in love :D
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19 indigowine
December 3, 2010 at 3:53 PM
Hmm, RSB looks very much gorgeous in the third picture, with all the bangs and delicious face line
*dreamy*
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20 poyi
December 3, 2010 at 4:53 PM
they look so happy!
and GHJ is radiantly beautiful
i love her smile
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21 yumi-chan
December 3, 2010 at 5:14 PM
Finally I know his name! he's the guy from the LeeSsang videos :]
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22 aprodithe
December 3, 2010 at 6:19 PM
soooo adorable couple...
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23 pinkjar
December 4, 2010 at 10:53 AM
I love real life couples acting as couples, too! <3
But I'd rather see them together on small projects together rather than a whole drama or something.
Wow Defy. Reminds me of Defying Gravity. o_o
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24 GfM
December 4, 2010 at 3:09 PM
omg, so. adorable. they are really a match made in heaven. I totally loved that cameo of Ryu Seung-beom during Pasta (:
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25 Lenita
December 4, 2010 at 8:56 PM
GHJ is soo photogenic, i don't think I've seen a bad pic of here. Beautiful lady!
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26 Ani
December 4, 2010 at 10:57 PM
Holy Cow! They're effing cute together. I never new they dated. Holy Cracker Jacks! AWESOME!
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27 Lady Seoul
December 5, 2010 at 2:39 AM
They are too adorable!
Man, I repeated his MV "Only You" like so many times it was just that Beautiful. <3
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28 Cam
December 6, 2010 at 4:42 PM
ADORABLE! ^_____^
I like these pictures of both of them, heh!
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29 Alfani
June 17, 2011 at 3:57 PM
hmm... after watching Best Love... with DokkoJin & Seri's act.. should I start wonder about these two too.... hmm...... ;P
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