Actor Kim Se-jeong is proving she is an all‑around leading lady who can perfectly carry a production through the MBC Friday-Saturday drama Moon River. Far from being hampered by the label of a first historical drama challenge, Kim Se-jeong has clearly proven to the public why there is a "Kim Se‑jeong style historical drama" by perfectly digesting everything from lifelike acting and deep emotional lines to the fantasy setting.
# "full marks for expressiveness" dialectal everyday acting
The bubosang Bak Dal played by Kim Se-jeong is a character from a historical drama but feels unusually realistic. Kim Se-jeong's robust Chungcheong dialect, chewy phrasing and everyday acting that shifts into crafty playfulness captured viewers' hearts from her first appearance. Every line and every expression contains acting that made the character Bak Dal come alive.
# one actor in three roles "endless variations"
In this work especially, Kim Se-jeong is delivering variations close to a one‑person three‑role performance: the tough but warm bubosang Bak Dal, Bin‑gung Yeonwol who carries a tragic fate, and Dal‑yi, who holds the crown prince Lee Gang whose soul has been swapped. The traces of the bubosang who spoke in the Chungcheong dialect disappear, and she broke down into completely different roles and delivered convincing acting that clearly explained the characters' changes. In addition, Kim Se‑jeong's ability to organically carry even the comic reactions that arise within the fantasy setting raises the drama's immersion.
# steady historical drama acting "sunlit leading lady"
Added to that, her stable historical drama voice and precise line delivery once again prove Kim Se‑jeong's acting. With the exact pronunciation required in historical dramas combined with Kim Se‑jeong's characteristic bright and healthy energy, she exerts the pleasant "sunlit leading lady" presence that refreshes the air of the screen just by appearing. It's the power that makes viewers want to keep watching the character Bak Dal.
Thus Kim Se‑jeong embraces witty everyday acting, the one‑person three‑role character variations and steady historical drama acting, firmly holding the center of the drama. She continues to convincingly portray roles that simultaneously demand brightness and depth. Through this work, Kim Se‑jeong has proven at once not just that she is a good actor but the wide spectrum she can show as an actor.
Meanwhile, Moon River, which showcases Kim Se‑jeong's standout acting, has only one episode left until its finale.
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