From Reel to Real KDrama Couple: Kwon Sang Woo and Son Tae Young

Kwon Sang Woo and Son Tae Young have been married for five years now. Both their marriage and careers are going strong. Son Tae Young plays Lee Hye Shin, Lee Shin Soon's older sister in "You're the Best Lee Soon Shin." Kwon recently played the devoted husband Ha Ryu in "Yawang," with his wife doing a cameo performance in that drama.

When they were recently photographed at a film event, they were holding hands and smiling at each other.

But their current marital and career success would have been hard to predict given the fuss fans caused when Kwon first announced he was marrying the former Miss Korea.

"After I got married, membership in my fan cafe dwindled from 240,000 to 135,000. It was like a stock market crash," said Kwon.

Although fans were not initially kind to Son, they seem to have come around to the relationship and both actors' careers are thriving.

Kwon began his career as a model and played his first lead role in the comedy, "Make It Big" with his real-life best friend Song Seung Hoon. He became very popular in China, starring in Chinese films and TV dramas.

Son Tae Young appeared in the dramas "One Million Roses" and "Two Wives," and hosted beauty and fashion programs, such as "Son Tae-young's Life Magazine" and "Son Tae-young's W Show!"

Kim Sung Soo, Kwon's co-star in the drama "Bad Love," introduced the couple at a dinner party. Kwon expressed an interest in meeting Son Tae Young after seeing her on MBC's "Come To Play."

"That's why I set up a meet and we drank together," said Kim. Another person, who also wanted to meet her, came too but he had to leave early. "Kwon Sang Woo stayed until the end and was able to win her heart."

The couple married in 2008. The next year, Son Tae Young gave birth to their son, Luke, who is nicknamed Rookie. For the first four years, she focused on raising Luke, but has since returned to work and Kwon supports her decision. He showed his support by sending her a celebratory cake during the shooting for her show, "Son Tae Young's W Show!" 

"Since both Kwon Sang Woo and Son Tae Young are very busy, they can't spend much time together these days," said Son's stylist. "But they are a close couple so they take care of each other a lot and are very affectionate."

The couple recently appeared on the KBS show "Happy Together 3," where they discussed their son.

"Luke likes his father more than me," said Son. "When he watches my drama, he looks bored. But when he watched Kwon Sang Woo's drama, where he showed off some fancy action scenes, Luke loves it."

Given his parents, Luke will probably grow up to film some action-or romantic-scenes of his own.

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