Actress Lee Na-eun showcased a transformation in her acting.
With its daring material and captivating development, ENA's Monday-Tuesday drama 'The Defects' (directed by Oh Ki-hwan, written by Ahn So-jung, produced by Group Eight and Take One Studio) captivated viewers from its very first broadcast, telling the story of children abandoned by their adoptive parents as they begin to confront a great evil.
Somi (Lee Na-eun) and the children, after being abandoned by their adoptive parents, were saved from death by Tae-sik (Choi Young-jun) and were living together in a demolition village hideout. However, the children, who were fiercely surviving while relying on each other, found themselves in crisis due to Si-woo (Kang Ji-yong), who newly joined their group. This was because Si-woo called his mother, who had abandoned him, on the way to the hideout, exposing the children's location. This led to the discovery of the children's survival, raising the tension of the drama to its peak.
Among them, Somi, who risked her life to escape from the members of the organization, was shocked to hear the recording of the consent forms for the parental relinquishments brought by Ahyeon (Won Jina) along with the other children. Realizing that they had been abandoned like discarded objects filled Somi with rage, and she decided to obtain membership cards to thoroughly investigate the truth behind the illegal adoption business operated on a selective elite membership basis, resolving to find their father, Han Cheol-su (Lim Jae-myung), who possesses one of the cards.
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Meanwhile, Somi faced the hidden truth of the past through Han Cheol-su. Until now, she had thought that the person who abandoned her was her mother, whom she had hated, but she realized that the person who returned her was Han Cheol-su. Ultimately, Somi expressed her repressed anger toward Han Cheol-su, who refused to reveal the whereabouts of her long-lost mother, evoking sympathy.
In this way, Lee Na-eun delicately portrayed the pain of a character with a heartbreaking past, adding to the viewing experience. In particular, from the confident image of her past when she dreamed of becoming a singer to the tears of agony after realizing that the target of her resentment was not her mother, her expressions of complex emotions captured the character's turmoil and drew viewers in.
It airs every Monday and Tuesday at 10 p.m. and can also be found exclusively on TVING.
[Photo] 'The Defects'
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