Actor Jung Eun-Chae captivates viewers with a different image transformation in each work.
Jung Eun-Chae transformed into Kang Shin-jae, the head of L&J, a law firm specializing in female crime victims, in ENA's Monday-Tuesday drama Honor: Their courtroom, which premiered on the 2nd (directed by Park Gun-ho, written by Park Ga-yeon, planned by KT Studio Genie, produced by How Pictures).
Kang Shin-jae, whom Jung Eun-Chae portrayed, is a lion-like figure who does not hesitate to make any choice for her purpose. Toward her colleagues and friends at the firm, Yoon Ra-young (played by Lee Na-young) and Hwang Hyun-jin (played by Lee Chung-ah), she sends boundless support and respect, while as a leader she always maintains a cold-headedness that plans the next move.
Kang Shin-jae, who broke free from the shadow of being the successor of a family of legal professionals running the family business for three generations, is also the person who founded a law firm for those marginalized by the law. Her constant clashes with her mother and her ability to maintain dignity despite pressure from executives further highlight Kang Shin-jae's strong inner core.
In particular, Jung Eun-Chae's delicate acting, which precisely expressed these aspects of Kang Shin-jae, shone. As the team's leader who devises the most meticulous strategies in the most dangerous situations, she revealed leadership while also portraying a competitor's temperament that strikes at the perpetrator's weak points to protect victims, raising the drama's immersion with sharp looks and a firm tone.
Jung Eun-Chae's detailed acting gave viewers catharsis and helped the three friends' friendship and values resonate more quickly. Her diverse ability to inhabit characters once again proved effective in Honor following her previous work.
With the solid image of Kang Shin-jae in Honor, Jung Eun-Chae erased at once the image of Moon Ok-kyung, the prince of the national theater troupe, which she presented in her previous work Jeongnyeon: The Star is Born. At a press conference held last month, she drew attention when she laughed and said the difference of Honor was, "first of all, I appear as a woman."
Jung Eun-Chae said the gender issue aside, "I also find it fresh, and based on feedback from those who have been waiting, it feels new that the three of us appear as friends and charge toward a single goal," and added, "I think such solidarity is the drama's strength and adds depth to talking about parts that society as a whole must take responsibility for."
Jung Eun-Chae showed a new face in each work, playing the blatantly abusive Hyun-joo in Anna, the star and leader of the national theater troupe Moon Ok-kyung in Jeongnyeon: The Star is Born, and in Honor, law firm head Kang Shin-jae with cool intelligence and unwavering determination.
[Photo] OSEN DB, Coupang Play, tvN, ENA broadcast captures of Honor
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