Mrs. Ok, Chu Young-woo, Han Ye-jong senior ♥ Lim Ji-yeon, call her to the practice room separately before reading the script

Feb 05, 2025

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Actor Choo Young-woo expressed his respect for Lim Ji-yeon, who worked with him in 'Occ wife exhibition'.

Choo Young-woo recently met with Sports Chosun at a cafe in Cheongdam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, and said, "(Lim) Ji-yeon showed a lot of warm passion for her work beyond what I expected."

JTBC's Saturday-Sunday drama 'Ok's Wife Exhibition' (scripted by Park Ji-sook, director Jinhyuk Choi Bo-yoon) is a film about a fierce survival scam between Ok Tae-young (Im Ji-yeon), an outsider whose name, status, and husband risked their lives to protect her, and Chun Seung-hwi (Choo Young-woo), an artist who risked his life to protect her. The final episode, which aired on the same day, surpassed 14.0% in the Seoul metropolitan area and 13.6% nationwide (counted by Nielsen Korea), breaking its own highest ratings.

Chu Young-woo said "After the work was aired, even though the only place I could go outside my house was the gym, surprisingly, a lot of people recognized me." Young friends liked the "Severe Trauma Center" and the elderly liked the "Mrs. Ok" a lot, he said. "I still don't realize if this is what happened to me."

Chu Young-woo challenged for the first two roles in his life through 'Occ wife exhibition'. Expressing the roles of Sung Yoon-gyeom and Cheon Seung-hwi in the play, he said "It was a big challenge in acting, but I'm proud of the good results. It was a fond work from the filming process to the result, so it remained a happy memory."

JTBC Saturday Drama "Madam Ok" Still. Photo courtesy =SL, Corpus Korea

He also shared his feelings about working with actor Lim Ji-yeon, a senior at his alma mater, Korea National University of Arts. Chu Young-woo "I've seen a lot of works that my sister has starred in. Since he is a senior at a school with a lot of years of experience, he has never met him in person, but he received a lot of help while working together in this work. He showed a warm passion for the work beyond what I expected. You must have been very busy, but you contacted me before entering the entire reading of the work, so I had time to work with you in advance and think about it."

Then "You can be cool enough and heavier on the spot." He gave me affectionate advice, 'Don't be cute and push on.'"I personally thought that the character Yoon Gyeom should have a mix of gag and wit. There was a lot of explanation in the line itself, and the breathing was long, so I was greedy in the middle, but I trusted my sister and changed the acting tone to push ahead. But when I saw that the viewers liked it, I thought, "Oh, I'm glad I did this."' I wanted to..." he expressed his gratitude. When asked how much he expected the movie to be successful, Chu Young-woo said, "What I expected was that Ji-yeon would do well on the set? Don't you think it's going to work out?He often said '," he replied.

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Mrs. Ok, Chu Young-woo, Han Ye-jong senior ♥ Lim Ji-yeon, call her to the practice room separately before reading the script

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