Dynamite Kiss Pay attention to the eccentric and lovable chaebol daughter Woo Da-bi.
On the 12th, the first episode of the SBS Wednesday-Thursday drama Dynamite Kiss (written by Ha Yoon-a and Tae Kyung-min, directed by Kim Jae-hyun and Kim Hyun-woo) shook living rooms with a thrilling, intense dopamine-exploding romance that starts with a kiss. In addition, from its first week on air it reached No. 2 globally on Netflix, drawing explosive reactions at home and abroad. (OTT ranking aggregation service FlixPatrol as of Nov. 13)
Actress Woo Da-bi (as Yoo Ha-young) plays Yoo Ha-young, the youngest daughter of the chairman of a distribution company and deputy director of an art hall. But Yoo Ha-young drew curiosity as a character who breaks the typical "chaebol woman" formula seen in many dramas. She is a character who is unpredictably quirky and surprisingly pure in love, not someone who calculates with a ledger. That led to interest in how Woo Da-bi, who showed a strong and humane side in the previous tvN drama Jeongnyeon: The Star is Born, would portray the completely different Yoo Ha-young character.
In episodes 1–2 of Dynamite Kiss, Yoo Ha-young was clearly a very different character from the chaebol women we have seen. Yoo Ha-young spoke impassively to the arranged marriage match arranged by her parents, Gong Ji-hyuk (played by Jang Ki-yong), saying brazenly, "Don't you have to try kissing once to know?" and "I'm not the type for premarital virginity, keep that in mind." Her physical move of placing her hand on Gong Ji-hyuk's knee, as if pushing him away, revealed a mischievous charm.
On the other hand, Yoo Ha-young, who had seemed endlessly delicate like a greenhouse flower, delivered a twist for viewers by showing firm personal convictions when it came to work. She aimed for things that were "not luxurious" and "not gorgeous" and said she wanted to create an art hall like "the kimchi stew my mother makes." Furthermore, in Kim Seon-woo's (played by Kim Moo-jun) photograph, she found "the look only someone who is loved can have," showing a crisp, decisive side.
Woo Da-bi captured the eccentric yet decisive and sly-yet-pure Yoo Ha-young with a fresh and lovable performance. She looked so different from Hong Joo-ran in her previous drama Jeongnyeon: The Star is Born that it was hard to believe it was the same person. Added to that was styling that perfectly, not excessively, enhanced the character's traits, amplifying Yoo Ha-young's charm. A rising star to watch has emerged for appearance, acting and styling alike.
Going forward, Yoo Ha-young is expected to become entangled with single dad Kim Seon-woo and begin an unstoppable sprint of unrequited love. It is intriguing and exciting to wonder how Woo Da-bi, armed with charm, will portray Yoo Ha-young's cute one-sided love and how she will win viewers' support.
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