According to publicist Eric Blake, the young artist was reportedly somewhat self-conscious about his appearance.
He made special notice of the actor’s dislike for the contour of his jawline and his desire for a V-shaped face “like Asians.”
According to his publicist, Colucci was receiving a seven-figure salary to play BTS member Jimin in the K-drama Pretty Lies, which is scheduled to premiere in October.
Saint Von Colucci Career
An examination of Colucci’s path and career
The Canadian actor, who was raised in the Quebec province, relocated to South Korea almost two years ago to work as a trainee.
In 2015, he made his Canadian acting and commercial modeling debut.
As an aspiring musician, he reportedly penned and produced songs for other K-pop artists under various aliases after relocating to South Korea.
Saint Von Colucci 17 Fun Facts
1. Actor Saint Von Colucci was Portuguese-Canadian. He was a songwriter and singer who composed music for numerous South Korean musicians.
2. Due to difficulties during surgery to address the infection brought on by a prior jaw implant procedure, he passed away in April 2023.
3. Before deciding to pursue a music career, he worked as a commercial model and kid actor.
4. Having grown up listening to K-pop (Korean pop music), he relocated to Seoul, South Korea, in 2019 and began penning songs under several aliases for Korean singers.
5. In a 2022 interview, he referred to his choice to relocate to Seoul as terrible, but he stated he was forced to make the move since he was unpopular and lacked support from his parents.
6. His first EP, “Hug Me If I Cry,” which included the songs “Kill and Die,” “Heartless,” and “I Don’t Bleed,” was released in June 2022. The EP’s central theme was his post-breakup sadness.
7. In August 2022, he dropped three singles named Oppa, Pretty Lies, and Dangerously in Love in the USA and South Korea.
8. In June 2022, he began filming the Korean drama series “Pretty Lies,” which ran until December 2022. The streaming date was scheduled for December 2023.
9. When he passed away in April 2023, he was working on the EPs “T1KT0K H1GH SCH00L” and “I see demons at night.”
10. At the time of his passing, Saint Von Colucci was a trainee actor for a major South Korean entertainment firm.
11. The jaw implants were placed in November 2022, and on April 22, 2023, he had surgery to remove them. His condition deteriorated throughout the procedure, and he was placed in critical care; nevertheless, on April 23, 2023, at the age of 22, he passed dead.
12. Saint Con Colucci’s agent, Eric Blake, later disclosed that Colucci spent $220,000 (roughly Rs 1,80,00,000) on 12 surgeries, including lip reduction, eye lifts, nose jobs, facelifts, jaw surgeries, implants, and other minor procedures, to resemble K-pop singer Jimin.
13. He reportedly received a seven-figure offer to appear in a drama series as Jimin.
14. His youth was spent abroad and he was fluent in five languages: English, French, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish. His parents had to relocate owing to work-related relocations.
15. In an interview, he brought up the subject of racism, which was pervasive in South Korea, and claimed that the nation’s institutions made little effort to prevent it from occurring.
16. In March 2022, he signed a management contract with City Boys Management after first signing one with the IGB PLUS agency in 2021.
17. Since March 2022, Colucci’s agent Eric Blake has disclosed the insecurities he experienced following his passing. Blake claimed that similar to most Koreans, Colucci desired a broad V-shaped jawline.
