Park Jin-joo while presenting an award with Lee Kwang Soo at the Blue Dragon Series Awards on July 19, 2024, compared their height difference to that of Byeon Woo-seok and Kim Hye-yoon from Lovely Runner. The Lovely Runner couple shot to fame as the drama rose through the ranks to become one of the most loved and most popular dramas of the year.
While presenting an award, Lee Kwang-soo asked whether they had a good angle since their heights were quite different. To this, Park Jin-joo responded that the height difference was trendy owing to the popular drama, Lovely Runner.
How are Park Jin-joo and Lee Kwang-soo's heights similar to that of Byeon Woo-seok and Kim Hye-yoon?
Park Jin-joo has a height of 160 cm or 5 feet 3 inches whereas Lee Kwang-soo boasts a height of 192 cm or 6 feet 3 inches. With almost the difference of a foot between their height, Kwang-soo was worried they did not come in the correct frame.
"Yes, but it is a trendy height difference nowadays, just like in Lovely Runner" Jin-joo said
She later jokingly asked him if he was not feeling too good about the comment.
On the other hand, Byeon Woo-seok stands at 189 cm or 6 feet 2 inches while Kim Hye-yoon's height measures 160 cm or 5 feet 3 inches and has a similar height difference to Kwang-soo and Jin-joo.
The two actors were much loved for their portrayal of Ryu Sun-jae and Im-sol respectively in the famous romantic time-travel drama, Lovely Runner. The two won the hearts of fans with their heartwarming chemistry in the drama. Fans even hoped for them to date after the release of the drama.
Who won what at the Blue Dragon Series Awards
In June 2024, Blue Dragon Series authorities revealed the esteemed candidates across over 10 prize categories. A month later, at Paradise City in Incheon, South Korea, a star-studded cast of well-known actors and other creatives walked the red carpet.
At 6:30 p.m. KST, the prelim event opened the doors for celebrities including Song Hye-kyo, Jo Bo-ah, Park Bo-young, Park Ji-hoon, Choi Hyun-wook, Im Si-wan, and others. The main ceremony of the Blue Dragon Series Awards took place two hours later.
The OST Popularity Award was bagged by ZEROBASEONE's Zhang Hao, I Wanna Know for the hit variety show EXchange 3. The Best New Actor award went to Lee Jung-ha for Moving while Go Youn-jung grabbed the Best New Actress award for Moving as well. Best Supporting Actor was given to Ahn Jae-hong for Mask Girl and Best Supporting Actress to Geum Hae Na for A Shop for Killers.
The Best Entertainment Program award was won by The Thought Verification Zone: The Community. Additionally, Im Si-wan bagged the award for Best Actor: for his performance in Boyhood, and Park Bo-young the Best Actress award for Daily Dose of Sunshine. Daily Dose of Sunshine was also awarded the best drama at the Blue Dragon Series awards. Whereas, Moving won the grand prize of the night which is also known as Daesang.
The third Blue Dragon Award was broadcast through KBS2. Fans voted for their favorite actors and dramas based on their performances.