Channel A‘s new weekend drama ‘The Witch’ Park Jin-young personally shared the aftermath of his role and the drama.

‘The Witch’ (directed by Kim Tae-kyun, written by Jo Yoo-jin) is a mystery romance about ‘Dong-jin’, a man who tries to break the laws of misfortune surrounding women called witches, and ‘Mi-jeong’, a woman who became the seed of tragedy and cut herself off from the world, and who end up saving each other through a journey that they don’t give up on.

In ‘The Witch’, Park Jin-young plays the role of ‘Dong-jin’, a data miner who receives the highest treatment in the industry. This character begins a journey to find the law of misfortune based only on the big data of truth for ‘Mijung’ (played by Noh Jeong-eui), who was called a ‘witch’ in high school and left school, and was unable to confess her feelings to him.

Regarding this, Park Jin-young said, “The subject of protecting a loved one from afar was so fresh. I was also curious to see how director Kim Tae-gyun would express this”, explaining why he chose the project.

He then expressed his curiosity about “How will the character ‘Dong-jin’ reach out to viewers ahead of the first broadcast.


According to Park Jin-young, Dong-jin is a genius-like character who delves deep into one thing. So, he explained the part he focused on when acting, saying, “I wanted to express the feeling of ‘not hearing anything’ only when I‘m working or digging into the laws of bad luck that follow Mi-jeong, who is called a witch.” When concentrating on something, geniuses are characterized by not being able to see or hear anything around them. It seems that fans who are waiting for Park Jin-young’s acting will be very curious about what kind of character Dong-jin will be portrayed as.

Dong-jin has no hobbies and hardly any friends to have a drink with to find solace from a tiring day. That‘s why Park Jin-young paid attention to Dong-jin’s voice. Park Jin-young shared the process of creating the character, saying, “It was important to find a part that I could convince myself of first, thinking about what kind of sound a character who is only focused on himself would make.”

Park Jin-young also described ‘The Witch’ as a ‘work of the heart.’ Everyone on set worked hard to make it great, and that‘s why there was more conversation. He expressed his gratitude to Noh Jeong-eui, who plays ‘Mijung, saying, “She gave me a sense of stability when we were chemistry-matching, and she drew out my emotions comfortably. I was so grateful and she made me feel secure.”

Lastly, Park Jin-young said, “I hope you enjoy it,” and left a point to watch by saying, “If you follow along with Dong-jin as she figures out the ‘Witch’s Laws’ one by one and what emotions she comes to realize in the end, you will be able to enjoy the drama until the end.”

Channel A‘s new Saturday-Sunday drama ‘Witch’ is a dramatization of the webtoon of the same name ‘Witch’ by Kang Full, the popular webtoonist behind ‘Moving’, ‘Lighting Store’, and ‘Fool’. Director Kim Tae-gyun, who showed off his high-density directing skills through the movie ‘Dark Figure of Crime’, will be directing, and expectations are high that a well-made drama with a high degree of perfection will be born with his sensuous interpretation. It will be the follow-up to the popular ‘Check In Hanyang’, and will be first broadcast on Saturday, February 15th at 9:10 PM.

Jeon Hyo-jin, Donga.com Reporter jhj@donga.com

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