Noh Jeong-ui has become the ‘Webtoon Goddess’.

She is challenging the ‘Webtoon Girl’ through the currently airing Channel A weekend drama ‘The Witch’ and the new lead drama to be released in April.

‘The Witch’ is a mystery romance drama based on the webtoon of the same name by popular webtoon writer Kang Full, about a man who tries to save a woman called a witch and a woman who has isolated herself from the world. Its popularity is extraordinary, as evidenced by the highest viewership ratings among Channel A dramas of all time on its first broadcast.

In the drama, Noh Jung-eui plays Mi-jeong, who is branded a ‘witch’ and cut off from the world after all the men who like her get hurt or die.

As Noh Jung-eui created the character who feels extreme loneliness and lives without communicating with people through her speech and eye acting, the original work‘s fans and viewers praised her after the broadcast, saying, “She’s 200% in sync with the original character.”

Noh Jung-eui attended the production conference held earlier and said, “I kept drawing myself while looking at the original webtoon. I tried to create Mi-jeong‘s own atmosphere and speech as well as her appearance.”

She will show a 180-degree different side of herself through MBC’s new Friday-Saturday drama ‘Barney and Oppas’, which will be aired for the first time on April 4. If she played a dark and lonely character in ‘Witch’, this time she plays a role that stands out with her bright and fresh charm.

The drama depicts the refreshing romance of youth, and tells the story of the main character, Bani, who suddenly gets entangled with attractive men after her first love that becomes a dark history. It is based on the Kakao webtoon of the same name that has accumulated 170 million views.

In the drama, Noh Jung-eui plays Ban Hee-jin, nicknamed ‘Bani’. She is a top graduate of the Department of Sculpture at an art school with innate dexterity and aesthetic sense, and she is a character who becomes troubled when men with various charms suddenly appear.

Noh Jung-eui said through the production team, “I wanted to express the freshness and loveliness that I can do at my age”, and “Since it is my first time playing a bright and lovable character, I tried to show the loveliness that naturally comes out, so I tried to be energetic and cheerful in everyday life”.



Reporter Lee Jeong-yeon annjoy@donga.com

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