Gong Yoo doesn’t mind doing nude scenes if the script is right

Gong Yoo's popularity has surged in the region after the double successes of Train To Busan (pic) and Goblin. Photo: GSC Movies

Gong Yoo, South Korea’s hottest actor at the moment after starring in the top-grossing movie Train To Busan (2016) and the No. 1-rated TV series Goblin (2016-2017), could not seem to stop raving about Hong Kong’s movies and actors while he was in the territory for a fan meet.

“Growing up I watched a lot of Hong Kong movies, I watched big stars like Chow Yun-fat, Andy Lau and Tony Leung on the big screens. Hong Kong movies were really popular in my generation,” he said through a translator at a press conference at Hong Kong’s Kerry Hotel recently.