Original basketball star Woo Ji-won is starting a second life as an actor, and is drawing attention with his role as a basketball coach in the drama ‘The Evil Commenter of Coach Maeng’.
Woo Ji-won appeared as the director of Eight in MBC ‘Director Maeng’s Evil Commenter ‘(directed by Hyun Sol-ip / written by Kim Dam), which aired on the 23rd, and worked with Park Sung-woong.
‘ The Evil Commenter of Coach Maeng ‘is a two-man game comedy about professional basketball coach Maeng-gong(Park Sung-woong), who is in danger of being fired due to poor performance, joining hands with his evil commenter Hwa-jin to improve the team’s performance.It was produced based on the script that won the grand prize at the 2024 MBC Drama Contest.
The news that Woo Ji-won will be appearing as a basketball coach has become even more of a hot topic.Woo Ji-won, who plays the role of the basketball coach of Eight and shows his professional side, is said to have taken a step forward as an actor.
Woo Ji-won expressed her gratitude to actor Park Sung-woong, saying, “I’m close friends with Park Sung-woong, and it was nice that he gave me acting tips on set.” She continued, “The real basketball juniors came out and filmed in a good atmosphere.”
He added, “I will continue to work hard to show good acting as an actor.I hope you will keep watching over me.”
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