Actor Choi Woo-shik once again captivated home viewers with a lovable character.
The SBS Friday-Saturday drama 'Would You Merry Me' (directed by Song Hyun-wook, Hwang In-hyuk / written by Lee Ha-na / produced by Samhwa Networks, Studio S), which premiered on the 10th, is a romantic comedy about a man and a woman who engage in a sweet-and-savage 90-day fake marriage to win a luxury newlywed home giveaway. It got off to a strong start with a hot response immediately after the broadcast, and various online communities have been pouring out praise calling it "the textbook of reality-based romantic comedy."
Choi Woo-shik plays Kim Woo-joo, the fourth-generation sole heir of the confectionery house "Myeongsoondang," bringing the character to life with delicate emotional lines and his trademark warm sense of humor. Kim Woo-joo appears calm and principled on the surface, but through unexpected events becomes entangled with Yume-ri (played by Jung So-min) and is drawn into a "fake marriage."
In episodes 1 and 2, Choi Woo-shik displayed the essence of close-to-life comic acting, freely shifting between everyday laughs and lingering emotions. From incidents in the middle of the street to tender consideration at the hospital and the chaotic episodes to secure the giveaway prize, he carefully built the character's realistic emotional lines and solidly completed the character's initial narrative.
With finely tuned delivery rhythm, timing of expressions and chemistry with co-stars, his acting has earned responses calling it "the standard of everyday acting" and "the handbook of emotional comedy." The Kim Woo-joo he portrayed is not merely a figure who elicits laughter but a person who retains human warmth even in unpredictable situations, raising expectations about what emotional shifts he will undergo next.
In particular, the emotional texture shown through the "Kim Woo-joo" character expands his previously bright and cheerful image into a deeper inner performance, earning praise that it precisely hit the "emotional points of the romantic comedy genre."
Having built his own color across various genres such as Parasite, Our Beloved Summer, The Murderer?, and Melo Movie, Choi Woo-shik is once again proving the evolution of his emotional acting through this work. The Kim Woo-joo he plays is a character who has just entered a whirlpool of unexpected relationships, and anticipation is rising over what choices and emotional turning points he will face and what new acting spectrum Choi Woo-shik will show within them.
Meanwhile, the SBS Friday-Saturday drama 'Would You Merry Me' airs every Friday and Saturday at 9:50 p.m.
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