Actor Ahn Bo-hyun has risen to many viewers' 'life leading man' status through Spring Fever.
tvN's Monday-Tuesday drama Spring Fever (written by Kim A-jeong, directed by Park Won-guk, planned by CJ ENM STUDIOS, produced by Bon Factory) is a hot! pink romance of spring days that will melt even the frozen hearts of teacher Yoon Bom (Lee Joo-been), who feels the cold wind blowing, and the man Seon Jae-gyu (Ahn Bo-hyun) with a burning heart.
With the final episode set to air on the 10th, Ahn Bo-hyun is captivating living-room viewers as the one-and-only unicorn leading man Seon Jae-gyu, who perfectly pulls off both 'romance' and 'comedy' while possessing strength, power and wealth.
First, Ahn Bo-hyun showed the passion to gain 5 kg of muscle to capture Seon Jae-gyu's overwhelming physique from the original web novel on screen. Becoming Seon Jae-gyu from the outside in, he produced a visual that seemed to break through the original and drew praise of '200% sync' from early in the series. He added plausibility to cartoonish settings—moving a vehicle blocking a fire engine with his bare hands, sprinting to catch up over the distance of one subway stop, lifting benches—making viewers think 'with Ahn Bo-hyun's physicality, this could be possible.'
What stood out most in this Spring Fever was undoubtedly Ahn Bo-hyun's dialect acting. Actually from Busan, Ahn Bo-hyun perfectly showed the seemingly indifferent but considerate 'direct man' side in a native dialect, filling the screen with a seductive charm. Ahn Bo-hyun's plain yet savory line delivery played the finishing touch in bringing out the appeal of the Seon Jae-gyu character.
At the same time, Ahn Bo-hyun's poignant emotional acting also captured viewers' attention. Behind the healthy, beast-like masculine energy, he showed with delicate emotion the guilt and wounds and the desperate desire to escape abuse from his father, which properly induced empathy.
Ahn Bo-hyun's hard-carrying performance quickly became a global topic. Spring Fever ranked in the global top 10 for five consecutive weeks in the Amazon Prime Video TV show category on global OTT viewing ranking site FlixPatrol (as of Feb. 4), and it topped major countries in Southeast Asia. Also, according to Good Data Corporation's FUNdex, Ahn Bo-hyun rose to No. 2 in TV-OTT drama cast buzz in the first week of February, confirming continued high interest in Ahn Bo-hyun.
In this way, Ahn Bo-hyun once again proved his limitless acting prowess by freely moving from heart-fluttering romance to self-deprecating comic acting, fantasy-like action and heartbreaking emotional acting. 'I can't imagine Seon Jae-gyu not being Ahn Bo-hyun,' 'Seon Jae-gyu really feels like a character made for Ahn Bo-hyun. He's surprising every time,' 'Everything about the Seon Jae-gyu character is just so good. It's like a comprehensive gift set,' viewers' enthusiastic praise for Ahn Bo-hyun, who became Seon Jae-gyu himself, continues to pour in.
Meanwhile, the much-anticipated final episode of tvN's Monday-Tuesday drama Spring Fever, starring Ahn Bo-hyun, will air at 8:50 p.m. on the 10th.
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