Who is the actress in the new Subway commercial?

  • Kang Tae-oh, who plays the main love interest in the K-drama “Extraordinary Attorney Woo,” has gone viral for his role in a Subway commercial.
  • In “Extraordinary Attorney Woo,” the signature line of Kang’s character, paralegal Lee Jun-ho, is “How disappointing."
  • “How disappointing” in Korean is “Sub-sub han daeyo,” with “Sub-sub” meaning "disappointing."
  • Subway uploaded a commercial on Wednesday to their YouTube channel of Kang playing five characters, including Lee Jun Ho, who says his signature line.
  • The actor will start his mandatory military enlistment on Sept. 20.

Actor Kang Tae-oh from the K-drama “Extraordinary Attorney Woo” has gone viral for a Subway commercial in which he utters his iconic line from the show. 

Kang plays the paralegal Lee Jun-ho and serves as the love interest opposite the show’s protagonist, Woo Young-woo. In one scene between the pair, Woo asks Lee if she can touch him to confirm her feelings about him. 

Lee replies, “Do you have to touch me to be sure? Then does that mean your heart doesn’t beat faster when we aren’t touching? Even when we are together? How disappointing.” 

“How disappointing” has become a staple line of the drama. In Korean, the line is “Sub-sub han daeyo,” with “Sub-sub” translating to disappointing.

After the scene, many fans wanted to see Kang collaborate with the sandwich franchise Subway. On Aug. 31, Subway uploaded a short commercial on their YouTube channel starring Kang as multiple characters, including Lee Jun Ho, who says his iconic “How disappointing” line. 

In less than a day, the video hit 200,000 views.

“This is high-quality acting in a commercial. Kang tae oh needs to be in more films, he looks like a different person every time!” the most-liked comment reads.

Another viewer commented: ‘This Subway commercial is really amazing. The storyline is entertaining and Tae Oh’s looks and face is just as great. I can watch this again and again. Where does Kang Tae Oh’s charm end … wow… There is nothing he can’t do. Now that he has to go to the army, the fans are sad, but be safe and we’ll be waiting for you to come back.”

As the latter comment pointed out, Kang’s fans will have to wait at least two years for Kang’s return to acting as he recently announced his mandatory military enlistment day as Sept. 20.

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Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, chances are you know who Kang Tae Oh is.

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The once little-known actor has since become a household name among K-Drama fans, thanks to ENA‘s Extraordinary Attorney Woo. The drama’s success has catapulted Kang Tae Oh into one of Korea’s hottest actors at the moment.

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Kang Tae Oh, who played paralegal Lee Jun Ho in the drama, had many memorable scenes in the drama. If you were to ask fans, however, many will say the most enduring scene is the one in which he and Woo Young Woo are in the office late.

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In the scene, Woo Young Woo asks Kang Tae Oh’s character, Lee Jun Ho, if she could touch him so that she can be sure about her feelings for him. Lee Jun Ho responds to Woo Young Woo’s request in a manner that had fans blushing.

Do you have to touch me to be sure? Then does that mean your heart doesn’t beat faster when we aren’t touching? Even when we are together? How disappointing.

— Lee Jun Ho

Now here is some important context. The last line, “How disappointing,” has since gone viral and has become the hallmark line for the drama. Now, for some even more important context, “How disappointing” in Korean is pronounced “Sub-sub han daeyo?” With “Sub-sub” meaning disappointing.

The actor’s fans saw an opportunity with Subway that had substantial potential for going viral. Fans implored the sandwich franchise to use the actor in a commercial, and it worked!

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On September 1, Subway revealed an almost two-minute-long commercial on their YouTube channel. The commercial shows Kang Tae Oh playing several characters, including Lee Jun Ho, who says the famous line in the commercial.

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The video has since gone viral, racking up over 200K views in less than a day. Fans wrote their approval of the commercial in the comments section.

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