Actor Park Jin-young is capturing viewers ‘attention with his unique character digestion ability.

Park Jin-young plays the role of Lee Ho-soo, a lawyer at a large law firm, in tvN weekend drama’ Unknown Seoul ‘(written by Lee Kang, directed by Park Shin-woo), and is capturing the public’s attention with each episode as he presents a character with deep emotions.

Last week’s broadcast showed the past of Ho-su, who climbed to the top alone while everyone else was going down during a sports day hike in high school.The moment he endured the pain in his legs and climbed to the top, and saw Mi-ji’s(Park Bo-young)face sitting there waiting for him, was deeply engraved in Ho-su’s memory.

Then, when the drunk Miji suddenly confessed, Ho-su also tried to express his feelings, but ended up swallowing his words.The moment he stopped talking, saying, “Me too…” , was the point where his emotional line was cut off and his inner feelings were mixed.Park Jin-young persuasively pointed out Ho-su’s shaking with just a short silence and subtle changes in expression, and composed his entangled emotions with space rather than words.

In particular, the line, “I know.I know.It’s Yumiji,” reveals that Ho-su already knows the truth, adding to the tension of the play.Park Jin-young expressed the accumulated emotions in a calm tone, making the character silently reflect on the time that has passed.

Park Jin-young maintained the viewers ‘concentration until the end with only exaggerated lines and a look in his eyes, and he balanced the flow of the characters.He controlled his emotions rather than bursting them out, and built up the characters with emotional space instead of explanation.Through the character of Lee Ho-soo, he showed another way of expressing emotions, and he stably held the psychological weight of the play, raising expectations for the future narrative.

‘ Unknown Seoul’ starring Park Jin-young airs every Saturday and Sunday at 9:20 PM on tvN.

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

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