Which 3rd gen idols will be taken seriously in acting? Which idol will win the first Oscar?

Yeonwoo of Momoland

Yook Sung-Jae of BTOB

None honestly I noticed that 3rd gen idols aren't pushed that much into acting but rather pushed to have solo careers as singers and even idols seems to prefer music over acting

Taehyung maybe

or Jin of BTS . bcs this dude has a degree in acting and he's been called for roles but denies them (well company does). hopefully we can see actor Jin debut after being released from military

but idk

none

Kim Sejeong literally had The Uncanny Counter and Business Proposal, both were hits, especially Business Proposal. She won Top Excellence Award at SBS Drama Awards last year.

There are a lot more idol-actors/actresses than the ones you've mentioned, but it seems like OP only wanted to name idols from BIG 3/4 groups.

From boy groups there is BTOB's Sungjae who's starred in many popular dramas now such as School 2015, Goblin, Mystic Pop Up Bar, and The Golden Spoon for which he's won MBC's Top Excellence Award.

From girl groups, there's IOI's Sejeong who starred in School 2017, The Uncanny Counter and Business Proposal, similarly also won SBS's Top Excellence Award.

There's also others like WJSN's Bona who starred in 25/21 alongside Kim Taeri and got praises for her performance. She has a drama coming out where she will be the main lead for the first time.

But in terms of global smash hit, I doubt it will involve any idol-actors. Everyone just want their faves to be casted for the bragging rights like how everyone's begging PD's to cast their idols in Squid Game season 2. Real talk, even for the most respected and "accomplished" idol actress like IU, there's a huge difference between her and the likes of Lee Jung-jae and Song Kang-ho.

A kpop idol winning an Oscar? If any of them were really that good at acting, why would they even take the idol route? Why would they train singing and dancing for years when they could've directly auditioned for small drama roles?

Wow I didn’t know Jin acted in anything apart from BTS contents.

I wanted to see V in more scenes. I found him the most interesting.

I can’t make any comments on Jennie with those flimsy snippets. Will need a longer scene with her.

Jisoo felt meh. It is very obvious acting is not her forte

I don’t think anyone in this list can win an Oscar with their skill level. They will need to practise and act more since most of them don’t have any professional training

D.O. is already taken seriously by the GP as an actor

None of them seem to be aiming for full acting. But I think Cha Eunwoo is good candite. I didn't find his acting flat as they exaggerate, he shows average acting according to the standard of korean dramas. Plus he has on screen charisma and charm. I think Eunwoo will be more popular in this acting in the future. Kyungsoo also very good actor. he has natural facial expressions. Although I'm a Joy fan, I don't find her very talented at this. Unfortunately, her acting was unnatural, except for the last drama. I also don't like classic most korean actresses anymore. I find them exaggerated. My favorite korean actresses are Han hyo joo. She's the only one theatrical exaggerated gestures are very convincing. Not everyone is performing theatrical acting naturally.

I highly doubt

Idols go for "pretty" roles

Pretty roles are not recognized much in academy, not even for western actors.

Win an Oscar? None. Oscars are a whole other ball game, which require luck, timing, knowing the right people in the industry, or being in a "lightning in a bottle" movie - such as Parasite.

Taken seriously in acting - not sure, but I feel like probably the ones who have been named in this thread? At least within the domestic market.

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However, none has really had a smash hit drama nor is taken seriously yet

Kyungsoo definitely had smash hit dramas and movies lol

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Yea, I was like, what in the world? Got right to the top and shoot straight for the stars why not? Kpop stans know no chill, LMAO.

Why? It's nice goal to aim for if any idols listed here (or in general) have it.

has any kpop idol turn actor ever been nominated for an oscar or such...

Interesting

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has any kpop idol turn actor ever been nominated for an oscar or such...

For the Oscar, I believed none so far. IU did nominated at the Cannes Film Festival.