Park Eun-bin has completely changed.

Park Eun-bin, the ‘drama hit queen’, who has led every drama she has starred in to box office success with her unique bright and cheerful energy, has transformed into a creepy villain in the 8-part Disney+ original drama ‘Hyperknife’, presenting the most unconventional character in her filmography.

‘Hyperknife’, which will be released weekly starting on the 19th, is a medical psychological thriller depicting the confrontation between two genius surgeons who are disciples. Park Eun-bin plays Jeong Se-ok, who entered medical school at the age of seventeen and was called a genius, but after her medical license was revoked by her respected teacher Deok-hee (Seol Kyung-gu), she lives as a ‘shadow doctor’ who saves lives in an illegal operating room in the dark.

She is a character who is a doctor who must save patients, but is also a sociopathic murderer who feels an impulsive murderous intent during surgery, and she sets up a fierce confrontation with Deok-hee, who has driven her into the abyss. Park Eun-bin shows a very dark abyss that is the complete opposite of the bright and positive energy she has continuously shown in ‘Yeonmo’, ‘Strange Lawyer Woo Young-woo’, and ‘Diva of the Deserted Island’. In the previously released trailer, Park Eun-bin‘s cold gaze and crazy laughter that we have never seen before caught the attention of netizens.

Park Eun-bin, who attended the production conference held at the Conrad Seoul Hotel in Yeouido, Seoul on the 17th, said that when she received the script, the unique title and strong logline caught her eye, and said, “Actually, I am not the type of person who likes challenges. However, I am constantly evaluating internally what I like and what I am good at. I don’t think that this character was a difficult decision for me. I just think about what kind of emotions I can convey through Se-ok. Please watch until when Se-ok is crazy,” she said with a laugh.

However, she did not hide her excitement about introducing a new character. In particular, she explained, “I will show you a lot of uncontrollable aspects through this drama,” and “On the one hand, there are parts that are so simple that they are childish, so she is a character who shows her inner self transparently.”

Nevertheless, Park Eun-bin caught attention by saying that the best point to watch in this drama is not her drastic transformation, but the synergy she shows with her senior Seol Kyung-gu.

“I met senior Seol Kyung-gu for the first time through this drama, and every scene I did with him was a huge ’dopamine‘ for me. I received good stimulation and energy from him in every scene,” she said, emphasizing, “Please look forward to what kind of scars Se-ok and Deok-hee, two genius doctors who only think of themselves as the right answer, will inflict on each other and what kind of ending they will reach.”


Reporter Seungmi Lee smlee@donga.com

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