Actor Kim Goeun embodied the face of youth.
You and Everything Else, a Netflix series released on the 12th (Fri) (screenplay by Song Hyejin / directed by Jo Youngmin / produced by Kakao Entertainment), is a work that depicts, moment by moment, two friends, Eunjung and Sangyeon, who like and admire each other most of the time, yet also feel jealousy and hatred, and whose lives are intertwined throughout their lifetimes, facing all of their times together. In the drama, Kim Goeun plays "Ryu Eunjung," realistically portraying moments in her 20s when excitement and anxiety intersect.
In her 20s, Eunjung revealed subtle emotional cracks when she reunited with Sangyeon (played by Park Jihyun) on a college campus. After a fleeting feeling of welcome and excitement, jealousy and anxiety soon overlapped and altered her expression. Fragments of memory evoked by letters and photos and her hesitant attitude in the face of relationships showed youth's instability as it is, drawing sympathy from viewers. Also, 20s Eunjung did not remain merely a moment in time. The moments of reunion and hesitation became the emotional foundation supporting the character's life into her 30s and 40s, serving as the starting point that permeates the whole work.
Kim Goeun expressed the uncertain moments of 20s Eunjung with a delicate gaze, small gestures and hesitations at the ends of her words. In the reunion scene facing her friend Sangyeon, she intricately connected the process in which welcome and excitement brushed across her face and then changed to jealousy and anxiety, allowing viewers to follow Eunjung's inner life.
Especially in scenes that recall the past in letters and photos, she used the space in her gaze and the tension in her body to vividly show moments when memory and emotion intersected. Even small details—a trivial hand movement, a habit of biting her lip, a wavering glance—conveyed the character's confusion and delicate emotions.
These acting choices not only captured the anxiety of youth but also played a role in building the emotional flow that would continue into 30s and 40s Eunjung. By showing the texture of awkward and unfinished youth beyond a firm and perfect image, Kim Goeun received praise for expanding an acting range she hadn't shown before.
Thus, 20s Eunjung, as portrayed by Kim Goeun, took its place as the decisive starting point that connects all the times in the work. The wavering moment of being twenty came alive on the actor's face and opened the long arc of the piece.
Meanwhile, You and Everything Else, starring Kim Goeun, was released in full on Netflix and is streaming amid strong reactions at home and abroad.
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