A shooting star, indeed.
Basketball is entertaining to watch, sure. But what if the player on court looked like this?
Player #3 Park Mu Bin for the Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus team has gone mega-viral online for his acting debut-ready visuals. A theqoo post highlighting Park Mu Bin saw hundreds of comments, all pointing out how easily he could be mistaken for a rookie actor.
— . (@shootvid) September 21, 2023
Born in 2001, the 24-year-old point guard started playing basketball when he was just 7 years old. His father, who played amateur basketball, first got him interested.
When Park Mu Bin moved on to high school, he played varsity, making his name known with multiple MVP awards. By 2023, he began playing professionally. Korean basketball fans who were already familiar with Park Mu Bin celebrated him finally getting some spotlight.
- “Wowza.”
- “So handsome.”
- “Wow, it’s my first time seeing him, and he’s seriously good-looking.”
- “Whoa.”
- “Park Mu Bin made it to theqoo’s trending page?!”
- “Omg, Park Mu Bin on theqoo?! He’s the only basketball player I ever called handsome.”
- “Saving…”
- “He looks like he could be an actor.”
- “Who is this? He’s so good-looking, I’d believe it if someone said he was an actor!”
In addition to being dapper and athletic, Park Mu Bin is said to be super intelligent, too. As a student of Korea University, one of South Korea’s most prestigious universities, he managed to pull a 4.43 GPA—all the while playing on the university’s basketball team all four years!
Intrigued? Watch his Marie Claire Korea interview here: