Park Bo Gum (CONTRIBUTED BY Ellaine B. Patalinghug).
THE FUN continued for Korean actor Park Bo Gum and the cast and crew of hit Koreanovela “Moonlight Drawn by Clouds” who went island hopping in Cebu yesterday. Two other cast members—Kim Yoo Jung and Jinyoung—arrived yesterday noon to join the group.
Hordes of eager fans welcomed Bo Gum when he arrived in Cebu on Friday noon to celebrate the success of their hit drama.
Fans waited for hours outside the international arrival area of the Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA) anticipating their idol’s arrival while displaying tarpaulins and banners welcoming the 23-year-old actor.
Bo Gum’s security group had to trick the fans to avoid being mobbed. Instead of passing through the arrival area, the actor was escorted out of the MCIA through the departure area.
Upon hearing about it, the fans immediately ran to the departure area where they finally saw a glimpse of the actor.
Photos shared in social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter showed Bo Gum being surrounded by police personnel and some Korean colleagues as the fans tried to greet him and get near him.
Some were lucky to get selfies with the actor who was beaming as he walked out of the airport. There were also photos that caught the actor looking surprised by the overwhelming welcome he received from
Cebuanos.
Myr Therese Estaño, 25, said she waited for two hours outside the airport but she learned from the other fans waiting that there were those who waited since 10 p.m. on Thursday night for the actor’s arrival.
“At around 11:40 a.m., the screen popped up saying that their plan has already arrived. So the fans flocked and waited excitedly since we saw a bus waiting outside the arrival area. Some of the cast and staff members came out with some guards,” she recalled.
They waited to see Bo Gum but he didn’t come out. Later on, they heard some fans shouting that the actor actually used the departure entrance to get out and they started running towards it.
By the time she and her friends got to the departure entrance, the actor already left in a private vehicle.
Korean media earlier reported that the entire cast and crew of “Moonlight Drawn by Clouds” chose to have their vacation in Cebu.
The drama, aired by KBS 2TV network, ended just last October 18 and received high ratings, prompting the
network to reward the entire cast and crew with a vacation.
The group is said to spend five days and four nights here in Cebu. They are set to fly back to South Korea on Tuesday night.
Photos of Bo Gum and other crew members swimming in the pool inside a resort in Lapu-Lapu City also circulated in social networking sites.
Jai Legaspi, 17, was among those who tried but failed to meet the actor.
She said they started waiting at around 11 p.m. on Thursday since they thought the cast and crew will arrive at midnight. They waited until 2 a.m. which was the last arrival of flights from Incheon, Korea.
Since she just lives near the airport, she decided to go home by 3 a.m. and went back to the airport at 7 a.m.
With only three hours of sleep and no breakfast, she waited again together with her friends until the arrival. She was among those waiting at the arrival area with her banners and gifts she would have wanted to give to the actor.
“I was really disappointed. I slept for three hours, stood and waited for more than ten hours for nothing. Although I saw the other cast members but I really wanted to meet Park Bo Gum, and all the four main cast.
Until now, I’m still sad,” she said.
She would have wanted to stalk the actor and the staff in their hotel but decided that it’s too much already. She said she wants them to still have their privacy and enjoy their vacation here in Cebu.