Actor Choo Young-woo is heightening the sense of immersion with his delicate portrayal of the character of Bae Gyeon-woo, a young man stained with wounds, in tvN Monday-Tuesday drama ‘The Fairy and the Gyeonwoo.’

In the second episode of ‘Gyeonwoo and the Fairy’ that aired on the 24th, Choo Young-woo appeared as Bae Gyeon-woo, who is once again faced with the fate of death, and showed deep emotional acting.In the drama, Gyeon-woo is a character born with bad luck and has overcome countless near-death experiences since he was young.To him, his grandmother Ok-soon(played by Gil Hae-yeon)was everything in the world.However, when Ok-soon also passes away from an illness, Gyeon-woo begins to build a wall so that no one can easily approach him.

Gyeon-woo, a promising archery prospect, is caught up in everyone’s jealousy and criticism due to an unexpected accident and false accusation.His monologue, “If you keep receiving hatred, you become accustomed to it,” reveals that although he appears cynical and indifferent on the outside, he is actually lonely and hurt.

After facing a water ghost, Gyeon-woo chooses resignation rather than surviving the fire.Sensing death, he coldly draws a line with Seong-ah(played by Jo Yi-hyun)who approaches him, saying, “Go away.Don’t come.” However, this was also an instinctive choice to avoid putting others in danger.

Especially in the scene where he cries after confirming his grandmother’s death, Chu Young-woo’s emotions are fully conveyed, making viewers ‘hearts ache.In the drama, Gyeon-woo cuts himself off by saying, “I hate all people,” but he soon reveals his complex inner self by coldly hurting his friend and then showing himself in pain.

Chu Young-woo expresses the emotions of Gyeon-woo, who lives with pain, like a hedgehog, and completes the character’s narrative in a three-dimensional way, sometimes sharply and sometimes collapsingly.There is growing curiosity about the future story of Gyeon-woo, who has lost his will to live in the face of successive trials.

Meanwhile, ‘The Fairy and the Cowherd’ starring Choo Young-woo airs every Monday and Tuesday at 8:50 PM.



Reporter Lee Su com jin sujinl22@donga

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