‘Good Competition’ Kang Hye-won showed off her improved acting skills.

STUDIO X+U drama ‘Good Competition’ (Planned by STUDIO X+U/Produced by YLAB FLEX, STUDIO X+U/Directed by Kim Tae-hee/Script by Kim Tae-hee, Min Ye-ji) is a mystery girl thriller about ‘Seul-gi’, a transfer student to Chaehwa Girls‘ High School, one of the top 1% in Korea where fierce college entrance exam competition takes place, her friends who reveal their own desires, and the suspicious death of her father, who was a member of the CSAT committee.

Since its recent premiere, it has not only ranked first in terms of number of views among U+ mobile tv and U+ tv original dramas, but it has also been receiving a hot response, dominating not only major box office indicators but also topics of conversation.

Among them, Kang Hye-won’s acting transformation as Joo Ye-ri, the so-called gossip queen of Chaehwa Girls‘ High School where only the top 1% gather, is attracting attention.

Kang Hye-won, who rose to stardom as the nation’s first love in the previous drama ‘Boys‘ Generation’, playing the role of Sophie Marceau Seon-hwa of Buyeo who stole the hearts of all the male students, is now properly catching the eyes of viewers with her complete opposite charm.

Kang Hye-won perfectly absorbed the role of Joo Ye-ri with her more relaxed expression, sharp eyes that seem to see through the other person’s intentions, and delicate emotional variations that do not miss even the smallest details, adding depth to the character and increasing immersion.

Among them, Joo Ye-ri, who begins to reveal her true colors little by little as the episodes go on, was enough to stimulate interest. Joo Ye-ri, who rode to school in her boyfriend‘s sports car from the first day of the new semester and proudly replied, “I’ll see you later” when he said he would pick her up after school.

However, she showed a calculating side as she perfectly changed her stance depending on the other person, such as saving her seat in advance for Yoo Je-i (played by Hye-ri), the real power at Chaehwa Girls‘ High School.

Unlike the other friends who are obsessed with grades, the scene where she gets on the scale as soon as she gets home to check her weight and intentionally causes herself to vomit and throw up what she ate was a scene that confirmed Joo Ye-ri’s obsession with thinking of her looks as her weapon.

In addition, the scene where she watches the subtle relationship between Yoo Je-i, Choi Kyung (played by Oh Woo-ri), and transfer student Woo Seul-gi (played by Jung Soo-bin) as if observing them heightened curiosity about Joo Ye-ri‘s true feelings. When a friend who was supposed to run for class president with Choi Kyung is absent, Joo Ye-ri senses something is wrong and shows off her gossip queen aura by sneaking peeks at her other friends, and tells Woo Seul-gi, who has suddenly become close with Yoo Je-i, “Think about it. [#142] ...

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