you were able to meet ijima naoko and fukada kyoko.....
!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:shocked:
:say_cool:
get fukada kyoko's number for us!!!!
:nut:
**j/k**
anyway,good luck in your future acting career!
and you can bet that i will watch this drama you just acted in.
i mean....ijima naoko and fukada kyoko.....together in a same drama....
:drooling:
Hi everyone..
I haven't seen this jdrama but i guess Kyoko is always the same school naiv girl :)
anyway good to know that it was a gaijin with in too. :D
Mark it must have been amazing beeing in Japan and playin in a drama ...a pity that there aren't japanese channels down here. :(
i juz started watchin Hakoiri Musume, and i already got hooked on it.........men!!!!!! i have to rend the 3rd episode... hey yah guyz i can't wait.... if Yoshizawa Yuu goin to die (fukada's fiance) since he got ran over by a motorcycle? ????????dat's ssssssaaaaaaaddddd....... i want him to be fukada's ending mate...hehehe.....so is he??? i can't wait to see the 3rd episode...the sad part is, he juz cae out of a ring shop for fukada.. then he got hit by the freakin motorcyclist!!!!..uuuuurrrrrghhhhhh.is he gonna die???????plzzzzz...... let me know!
Ouch.....I dunno if I even plan on watching this, but could you warn us about the spoilers first? I couldn't tell by the title of the post, then I come in and.... :beaten:
just saw the 1st (and only, for now) ep of this series, and it's actually pretty good. i just wish there are more fan-subs coming down range. And as far as eranbeard, the guy who says he's Mark Condon, i hate to disbelieve, but the internet makes most/all people that. Good one tho, you even had some of us fooled.
Ceoltori wrote:So does anyone know if FOB (or anyone else) is going to release more episodes via BitTorrent?
Or where can later episodes be found? The first one was interesting, but I'd like to see a few more before making any firm decisions on the series.
i've heard conflicting stories about going either way. i guess we'll just have to wait and see, but yeah, i'm with you. after watching the 1st one, it looks promising.
Hi there, it's Mark Condon here again. I just logged onto the site and was really surprised to see so many posts in reply to my original post! - thank you all so much, especially mono_jojo - you wrote some really kind things. I hope I can meet you one day too.
As for niko2x, I did actually think that most people wouldn't believe me, as you're right, what's to stop someone just creating a name and posting that they're Kimura Takuya or whoever, you're right.
However, I am Mark Condon, the guy who played Keith, I'm not quite sure how I'm going to prove it, maybe I could post some photos from behind the scenes or something.
To answer your questions, I am currently in an agency but as there are absolutely no other Japanese tv dramas which use foreign actors regularly (Hako Iri Musume! was a first), my prospects aren't looking good in the tv industry. All I have in the pipeline for the moment is the odd CM, but I'd really like to have a go at a movie.
eranbeard wrote:Hi there, it's Mark Condon here again. I just logged onto the site and was really surprised to see so many posts in reply to my original post! - thank you all so much, especially mono_jojo - you wrote some really kind things. I hope I can meet you one day too.
As for niko2x, I did actually think that most people wouldn't believe me, as you're right, what's to stop someone just creating a name and posting that they're Kimura Takuya or whoever, you're right.
However, I am Mark Condon, the guy who played Keith, I'm not quite sure how I'm going to prove it, maybe I could post some photos from behind the scenes or something.
To answer your questions, I am currently in an agency but as there are absolutely no other Japanese tv dramas which use foreign actors regularly (Hako Iri Musume! was a first), my prospects aren't looking good in the tv industry. All I have in the pipeline for the moment is the odd CM, but I'd really like to have a go at a movie.
Thank you again for all your support.
Mark
altho the possibility exists that you could be "keith", i'm (among others) may or may not be ready to believe that you are the real deal. but if you are mark, we do wish you the best of luck and hoping you continue your work.
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(sorry, that came from my sarcasitic/non-believing side. :P )
eranbeard wrote:As for niko2x, I did actually think that most people wouldn't believe me, as you're right, what's to stop someone just creating a name and posting that they're Kimura Takuya or whoever, you're right.
Just finished watchin the first ep. What can I say? Looks very promising, indeed!
Naoko, again, we see her character being a career woman's role as always, fits to her perfectly.
This gaijin guy is pretty cool. Naoko's love interest, perhaps? Adds more interest to the drama. This guy seems like a silly person as he speaks broken Japanese (can't take him serious) and when he speaks English he's like serious person as seen the in the western soaps. How to say this? The comparison is like a day and night, two totally different persons. Or maybe I haven't got used to seeing a foreigner in jdramas. We rarely see non-japanese havin a big role in jdramas. Actually I've never seen any.
WAAH! What's takin #FOB so long to release the 2nd ep?!? It's been at least 9 months since they released 1st ep...The endin credit is quite amusin.
Mark
Thank you for your effort at makin this drama and introducin yourself to us. I really can't say anything about your performance after seeing the first ep. I'm sure your performance improves as the story is advancin.
Sorry to hear about the current situation in the tv industry. I thought the japanese entertainment industry would be a piece of cake for the non-japanese who speak their native language, more prosperity. Must have been due to the oversupply. Japanese tend to like the foreigners. I must have been pretty outdated.
I wish you the best of luck in the future! Hopefully we get to see you in the movies and in the forum too! I have so many things to ask of you, dunno where to start, hehe. GAMBATTE! :applaud:
The gaijin is played by a relative newcomer by the name of Mark Condon. I think this is his first acting job, and he is portrayed as the usual gaijin from the Japanese view -- speaks Japanese with a horrendous accent, doesn't know proper Japanese customs etc. but is very sweet to Japanese women.
Being a foreigner in Japan, I just detest other foreign actors being typecast. It's like back in the pre-WW2 days when Americans typecasted Japanese as miniature Asians with buck teeth and thick glasses, or every Chinese as people who know kung fu.
Typecast?????? It's like back in the pre-WW2 days????? :angry:
How else was Mark Condon supposed to play this role? With a Yamagata accent wearing Tabi? Judging from his English, Condon was not even an American--probably Aussie, New Zealander or Brit. The character Condon played, Keith, did not have buck teeth, huge nose, shabby attire, or a hillbilly accent, nor was he one of many illegal alien Gaijins in Japan today. He was a tall, handsome, successful investment banker. Very pre-WWII.
