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BTS Jungkook Had Sparkling Eyes, Halo-Like Glow Around Him, Reveals Casting Director: Offered Him Contract Instantly<\/p>\n
Before Jungkook became the global superstar we know today, his journey to stardom began with a moment that seemed straight out of a K-drama. A casting director, Nominmi, recently shared the story of the first time she saw the young Jungkook during the Superstar K preliminaries – and her words perfectly capture the magic that fans often see in him.<\/p>\n
Jungkook had something special right from the beginning<\/p>\n
\u201cDuring the Superstar K preliminaries, there was a kid with bright, sparkling eyes who seemed to have a halo glowing around them, so perfect!\u201d Nominmi recalled. \u201cI was enchanted and gave them my business card and got their contact info.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jungkook, even as a trainee hopeful, was already attracting immense attention. Nominmi revealed that the competition among casting directors was intense that day, with many wanting a chance to sign him. \u201cHe’s famous for receiving a ton of business cards, there were really so many casting directors that day. So, not wanting to miss out, I offered a contract right away,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Jungkook wanted to work with BigHit<\/p>\n
The story doesn\u2019t end there – his talent and charm had people chasing him across the city. \u201cI heard later that other companies were waiting in front of Seoul Station, saying they just wanted to meet him for 5 minutes, but Jungkook’s father said, \u2018No, he’s going to sign with BigHit,\u2019\u201d Nominmi shared.<\/p>\n
This moment, seemingly small at the time, became the first step in Jungkook\u2019s journey to becoming the Golden Maknae of BTS – the boy with sparkling eyes who would go on to mesmerize millions around the globe. For fans, it\u2019s another heartwarming reminder of how fate, talent, and the right opportunities shaped the star they love today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BTS Jungkook Had Sparkling Eyes, Halo-Like Glow Around Him, Reveals Casting Director: Offered Him Contract Instantly Before Jungkook…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19301,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[264],"tags":[16863,18,117,19,17,16859,16864,16861,337,16860,16862,2158],"class_list":{"0":"post-19300","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-bighit","9":"tag-eire","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-jungkook","14":"tag-korean","15":"tag-mastermind-arrestedjungkook","16":"tag-music","17":"tag-nominmi","18":"tag-superstar-k","19":"tag-times-now"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19300\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}