Is IU getting good scripts because of her success as a singer? Is the singer image helping her that much?

 

There are some negative remarks saying that if IU hadn't succeeded as a singer, she would have just done mediocre dramas as an actress. Do you think there's some truth to that?

💬 Comments :

1. That’s not it, but I started seeing those kinds of comments after Baeksang Awards.

2. I can’t even imagine her not succeeding as a singer, so I don’t know how to answer.

3. Why even make that assumption in the first place? Feels like a setup to bring her down.

4. Such a pointless assumption.

5. I don’t know about the original post, but yes — her success as a singer probably helped a lot. She's working with top-level productions because she's such a Hallyu star.

6. What are you doing lol this is hilarious.

7. Just because you're successful as a singer doesn’t automatically mean you get cast in great dramas.

8. So all idol-turned-actors are top casting choices now? What nonsense.

9. People love tearing IU down for anything.

10. I remember when other top singers tried acting and got roasted so hard they never came back to it.

11. Yeah, so many top singers tried acting and gave up — be realistic.

12. No matter what she did, IU would’ve ended up on top. She has star quality, talent, and puts in the effort.

13. It’s not like IU is the only singer out there. But she's the first choice for scripts.

14. What about the disadvantages of being known as a singer? Look at other singer-turned-actors — some even pause their singing careers to focus on acting.

15. One thing for sure — being a famous singer definitely helps get public attention. Especially for IU, who’s a top-tier artist.

16. She was already a hot topic from the beginning.

17. Maybe she started that way, but her current status is mostly because of her acting in My Mister. If she wasn’t a singer, she might’ve gotten even better acting reviews.

18. For real. She would've been rated higher if she hadn’t been a singer.

19. She's too successful as a singer now, and that probably leads to her being underrated as an actress.

20. You can’t say there’s no gain, but there’s also loss. She might've been rated higher if she weren’t already so famous. Still, IU is one of the rare cases where someone succeeded both as a singer and actor.

21. People judge IU so harshly — the standards are much higher for her.

22. Personally, I think being super well-known and exposed in the media hurts her acting image. If she were less famous as a singer when she started acting, the reviews might not have been so split. Every time she acts, opinions divide between "she’s amazing" and "stable but not natural." That happens because she’s so overexposed. Even top-tier actors get told “they're always doing the same role” after a while. For IU, people say “IU is acting like IU,” and it’s hard to avoid that.

23. IU would’ve done well at anything.

24. When casting leads, name recognition matters a lot. Of course it helps. But in exchange, the evaluations get harsher.