Lee Jin-wook, Jung Chae-yeon, Lee Hak-joo, and Jeon Hye-bin have joined forces.

JTBC new weekend drama ‘Esquire: Lawyers Dreaming of Becoming Lawyers’ (written by Park Mi-hyun, directed by Kim Jae-hong, abbreviated as Esquire)has confirmed its first broadcast on August 2nd, and is foreshadowing the meeting of four actors Lee Jin-wook, Jung Chae-yeon, Lee Hak-joo, and Jeon Hye-bin who will be active in a large law firm.

‘Esquire’ is an office growth drama about Hyo-min(played by Jung Chae-yeon), a new lawyer at the law firm Yullim who is righteous and confident but awkward in social life, and who grows into a full-fledged lawyer with the help of her partner lawyer Seok-hoon(played by Lee Jin-wook), who is for some reason cold to the world but is the best in terms of skills.

According to the production team, Lee Jin-wook will first take on the role of Yoon Seok-hoon, a partner lawyer at the large law firm Yullim.Yoon Seok-hoon is a cool-headed judge in the courtroom who enjoys new interpretations rather than conventional logic, and a character who shows warm sincerity in front of those he must protect.He is expected to show Lee Jin-wook’s unique serious and weighty acting.

The role of Kang Hyo-min, a new lawyer in the Yulrim litigation team, is played by Jung Chae-yeon.Kang Hyo-min may seem sloppy, but she shows her presence with her intuition and quick reflexes at every moment of crisis.Interest is focused on the growth of rookie lawyer Kang Hyo-min, who will become even stronger as she faces continuous lawsuits.

Meanwhile, Lee Hak-joo plays the role of Lee Jin-woo, a cheerful and witty attorney.With a warm personality who understands his senior Yoon Seok-hoon’s intentions better than anyone else and takes good care of his new juniors, he plays the role of an indispensable mid-level worker at Yullim.


Lastly, Jeon Hye-bin plays Heo Min-jeong, an associate lawyer at Yullim.Heo Min-jeong, who challenged the path of a lawyer late in life, successfully graduated from law school and is a late-blooming lawyer who has paved her own path more confidently than anyone else.After joining Yullim, she displays her presence with her unique driving force.

Lee Jin-wook, Jung Chae-yeon, Lee Hak-joo, and Jeon Hye-bin, who play four characters with distinct personalities and stories, showed off their immersive chemistry right from the script reading.They solidified the center of the drama by portraying four characters with a high level of synchronization.

Above all, the pleasant chemistry shown just through the reading alone is already raising expectations.Lee Jin-wook expressed Yoon Seok-hoon’s strong side with a heavy tone and restrained emotions, and Jung Chae-yeon brought out Kang Hyo-min’s bold charm with bright energy.Add to this Lee Hak-joo’s flexible dialogue tone and Jeon Hye-bin’s unwavering gaze, and the relationships and atmosphere between the characters were vividly displayed from the reading site.

The production team said, “From the first reading, the four actors truly immersed themselves in their characters and created lawyers with different personalities,” and added, “Please look forward to the unique story of ‘Esquire’ that will deliver laughter, empathy, and sometimes even touching tears.”

‘Esquire’ will first air at 10:40 PM on August 2nd.

Meanwhile, the synergy between male and female actors from the same agency has been seen in many recent works.Among them, the synergy between actors from BH Entertainment, which has many actors, is particularly outstanding.If the synergy is good, it is the best, but there are concerns that it may not be the case.Fortunately, Park Bo-young and Park Jin-young’s ‘Unknown Seoul’ is evaluated as showing good synergy.Therefore, ‘Esquire’ is also anticipated.

Hong Se-young, reporter for Donga.com projecthong@donga.com

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