"Relaxed" I learned"..Jihyewon, Limited Edition Discovered as 'Hairaki' (Roundup)

Jul 10, 2024

 'Relaxed' I learned'..Jihyewon, Limited Edition Discovered as 'Hairaki' (Roundup)
photo courtesy of XYZ Studio
 'Relaxed' I learned'..Jihyewon, Limited Edition Discovered as 'Hairaki' (Roundup)
photo courtesy of XYZ Studio
New actor Ji Hye-won (26) has emerged as an expected actor.

Ji Hye-won is a newcomer newly discovered in the original Netflix series 'Hairaki' (played by Chu Hye-mi, directed by Bae Hyun-jin). From 'Justice' to 'It's Okay to Not Be Okay', 'Anna Sumanara', 'Anna Sumanara', 'Hairaki' has been driving consistently through 'Hairaki' and is growing by attracting attention from global viewers. 'Hairaki' started in second place in the Netflix Global TOP10 non-English TV category in the first week of June, the first week of its release, and reached the top of the chart in the second week. 'Hairaki' drew attention as it topped the top 10 in a total of nine countries, including Hong Kong, Singapore, and Indonesia, and entered the top 10 in a total of 72 countries.

Ji Hye-won recently met with Sports Chosun and mentioned the reaction of overseas fans, saying, "I felt good because my performance was good. There is a group chat room between the actors and the director, and we talked to each other and liked each other whenever we got good gradesIt's the SNS that I feel with feeling. Fans from various countries left comments in 7 languages, and many overseas fans said they saw it. I realized it when I looked at the comments and followers. There were many people who were immersed in the love line or the 0th commandment, and they asked 'Why did you do that?' but they were immersed in the situation in the drama and asked me 's sister' and left me a story saying they liked it, but I read it all. I was thankful when I saw it."

 'Relaxed' I learned'..Jihyewon, Limited Edition Discovered as 'Hairaki' (Roundup)
photo courtesy of XYZ Studio
'Hairaki' was already a hot topic even before production. As it was a large-scale production cost as a domestic academy and emerged as an expected work, there was a line of auditions by many young stars. Ji Hye-won auditioned "Even all her close friends 'Hairaki". I didn't have high expectations and went to see Herr in the first audition, but I don't think the competition rate would have been low because all my friends at the time watched it together. At that time, I prepared hair, makeup, and style by myself, and I even prepared acting"I went on a trip to Bali for about 2-3 weeks with my mother, but after the first audition of "Hairaki" came within two weeks, I usually didn't get a call, so I was playing comfortably "I guess I dropped out". But the company contacted me saying that the director wanted to see me again. By the way, I was only going to Korea in a week and a half, two weeks, and I thought that if I fell out of here, it wouldn't be mine. So I said, "'If I go back, I think I'll be there in about a week and a half 'Limited Edition', and it felt like I called him but he didn't come. I came back from Bali and went to see the director, and I don't know if there was such an extra point, but I think I was able to be with him because he waited."

 'Relaxed' I learned'..Jihyewon, Limited Edition Discovered as 'Hairaki' (Roundup)
photo courtesy of XYZ Studio
Ji Hye-won, who actually met, has a charm that stands out with a bright smile. He seems to have the opposite personality to Hera, who appears every time with a knife sharpening. Ji Hye-won said, `When you see someone who has a different personality than you, whether they are friends or opposite sex, you get curious, curious, and attracted. When I see someone who is different from me, I want to try it. When I saw Hera's script, in the first part 'Shall we start the welcome party now?There was a drag because the lines themselves were difficult, and they were not lines that could be said in everyday life, but they were part of a script that was too difficult. Instinctively 'I should do more of this' I think there was an instinctive attraction to do more because I had a strong attraction to want to do it more because it was a different tendency from mine."

Some viewers are underwhelmed" was also commented, but Hera was made more colorful by Ji Hye-won's performance. Ji Hye-won said "As long as I'm in charge of this role, I'll do it " It's more contradictory to be natural. No matter how you say the line, 'Queen is away.' I thought that I could hear it without hesitation only when I was imprinted with the characteristic of Hera and thought that 'I'm Hera', so I think the viewers would have moved on well with the idea of 'I'm Hera'."

 'Relaxed' I learned'..Jihyewon, Limited Edition Discovered as 'Hairaki' (Roundup)
photo courtesy of XYZ Studio
In particular, Hera took a competitive composition with Jae-i (Roh Jeong-ui) in the play, but eventually received favorable reviews from viewers due to the emergence of a narrative that the two have a real friendship. Ji Hye-won said "The director said Hera is a character who can look hateful and mean, but he should never look like that." You can't be a typical evil girl. At the end, he said that he had to convince him that he was a lovely friend. It's too hard. So I rather lifted all the framework and restrictions on this friend. I tried not to read the script more than any other work I've ever done. I usually have to look at the script often and analyze it, but I thought Hera was a character who had to not analyze it to be attractive. I thought that the more I made the frame, the less free-spirited and attractive I was, so I gave a feeling by making various gestures in my imagination. I thought freedom was my charm."

'Hairaki' became a work that gave Ji Hye-won confidence and relaxation. Ji Hye-won "Thank you for appreciating the points of villainy. What I felt while playing the opposite character of Hera is that learning from 'putting down' is great. It was also a challenge for me to keep everything and always decide to `act like this' after watching less of the script and putting it down, and doing it in a free-spirited box. Those were the achievements I got as Hera, and I think I learned a lot about how to put it down. I'm relaxed now," he said with a smile.





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