Actor Jung Eun-Chae presents a new challenge with 'Honor: Their Court'.
On the 21st, ENA's new Monday-Tuesday drama 'Honor: Their Court' (shortened to Honor) released a still cut of Jung Eun-Chae.
Jung Eun-Chae, who has created highly talked-about characters in every work, said of this project, "It is a work I dared to challenge again," raising expectations for another acting transformation.
Jung Eun-Chae's recent moves suit the word "challenge." From the charismatic national theater prince ('Jeongnyeon') to the professional factory foreman ('The story of Manager Kim who works at a large company and owns a house in Seoul'), she has left a strong impression. And this time she takes on another challenge through 'Honor.' Jung Eun-Chae also began by saying she dared to challenge herself again with this work.
The character Kang Shin-jae, played by Jung Eun-Chae, is the head of the women's crime specialist law firm L&J (Listen & Join), a lion-like figure who will do whatever it takes to get what she needs. Jung Eun-Chae defined her with one word: "leader." "I think a good leader is someone who fits 'heart hot, head cool.'" She said. "A leader is someone who has the composure and tolerance to sincerely embrace the weak and the bold strength to never back down against the strong— that is leader Kang Shin-jae." When faced with any situation she moves most rationally and coldly, and toward her law firm colleagues and friends Yoon Ra-young (Lee Nayoung) and Hwang Hyun-jin (Lee Chungah) she gives infinite support and respect. The attractive "leader" who always acts clearly as 'Power J' with the next plan is the new face Jung Eun-Chae has taken on.
Behind Jung Eun-Chae's courage were trust and people. About the decisive reason she chose 'Honor' as her next project she said without hesitation, "There was the production team's belief in trusting and waiting for me as an actor. Although the direction and criteria for choosing works vary at different times, in this project the people who create 'Honor' together were the reason." This also touches on the charm of the work. "The three lawyers must fight and endure to protect honor, and the ones they face are people, but the beings they rely on and love are ultimately people too." This passage pinpoints the core message that 'Honor' wants to convey beneath its mystery-tracking drama exterior.
Kang Shin-jae broke free from the shadow of being the heir of a legal family that has carried on a business for three generations, and her conviction to establish a law firm for those marginalized by the law is of the same strand. So, while opposing her mother the representative and choosing a rougher, thornier path, Jung Eun-Chae said she wants to encourage her by saying, "You started, so see it through to the end." "I feel some pity that she chose a harder and more difficult road, but because I think Kang Shin-jae is probably the choice that suits her best, I want to give her unlimited support," she said, and that support revealed her affection and conviction for the character.
Finally, Jung Eun-Chae left a request: "'Honor,' filmed through a hot summer into a cold winter, is a drama where heat and cold coexist. Sometimes you may feel human helplessness, and sometimes human dignity. Please surrender yourself to the story and enjoy it." As she takes on another bold challenge with a character who has solid leadership and a complex inner world, attention is focused on the new face Jung Eun-Chae will reveal in this work.
'Honor' is a mystery-tracking drama about three women lawyers who confront a past that has returned as a huge scandal head-on. It is based on a Swedish drama of the same name and will premiere on Monday, Feb. 2, at 10 p.m.
[Photo] Provided by KT Studio Jini.
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