Actor Cho Han-gyeol is firmly capturing viewers' attention in Undercover Miss Hong by fully revealing a younger-man character who seems indifferent yet helps everyone.
Undercover Miss Hong is a retro office comedy drama set at the end of the 1990s about elite securities regulator Hong Geum-bo (Park Shin-hye) who goes undercover at a securities firm to track suspicious money flows. Cho Han-gyeol plays Albet Oh, the only grandson of the chairman of Hanmin Securities and the only son of executive director Oh Deok-gyu, portraying a free-spirited, orange-generation cinephile character.
Cho Han-gyeol foreshadowed Albet's next growth by showing a clear change in Albet Oh's attitude in episodes 7 and 8 broadcast on the 7th and 8th. Rather than retreating in the face of a crisis, Albet was shown confronting it directly.
Through a clash with the auto shop owner who threatened Geum-bo, Albet found himself for the first time in the middle of physical danger. Even amid aggressive circumstances, Albet resolved to cooperate with Hong Geum-bo and uncle Kang Myung-hwi (Choi Won-young) in investigating their mysterious accident, revealing a role in which he helps lead the story of the case rather than being a parachute chaebol.
Once inside the mess, Albet calmly sorted out the situation with a sense of loyalty rather than being swept up in emotion during the cooperation process. He actively supported the investigation by confirming facts he had secured in advance with Geum-bo and linking them together to unravel clues to solving the case.
Cho Han-gyeol expressed this character change with unexaggerated acting. Instead of strong displays of emotion, he convincingly portrayed it to viewers through eye contact and subtle differences in reactions. The other facet of Albet, who began to move slowly within his idler persona, emerged through natural acting.
Albet's presence in every moment raises expectations for the subsequent development of the case's resolution. Cho Han-gyeol left viewers curious about which direction the character will take next by steadily building the character's process of change.
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