"Undercover Miss Hong" Im Cheol-su is drawing remarkable presence with perfect styling.
Im Cheol-su is receiving much love for his role as the lovable yet fraught boss "Cha Jung-il" in the tvN Saturday-Sunday drama "Undercover Miss Hong." In particular, Im Cheol-su perfectly reproduces 1990s office worker looks in the drama, naturally transporting viewers to the past.
Im Cheol-su evokes office workers of Yeouido from that era with a neat 2:8 side part, flashy colored and patterned ties, and a crisply tailored suit fit. Above all, the tightly fastened tie each episode visually contrasts with a character full of gaps while showing he is a tight‑fisted personality.
This perfect styling harmonizes with Im Cheol-su's realistic acting to create a powerful synergy. The styling, which fully captures the 1990s, is organically connected to the character's speech, gaze and gestures, giving the character credibility. Riding on that, Im Cheol-su adds entertainment to the drama with fiery rival chemistry with Hong Geum‑bo (Park Shin‑hye), and with So Gyeong‑dong (Seo Hyun‑cheol) and Bang Jin‑mok (Kim Do‑hyun) he shows a "So.Bang.Cha" middle‑aged men chemistry.
It is also interesting that the suit styling is of a different kind than the one he showed as lawyer "Lee Chung‑gu" in his previous work "Our Unwritten Seoul." Although the same suit, he completed characters of completely different temperatures. In "Our Unwritten Seoul" he conveyed urban sophistication and weight, while in "Undercover Miss Hong" he captured the mood of the era.
In this way, Im Cheol-su completes the character "Cha Jung-il" through a portrayal that harmonizes styling and acting, raising the realism of "Undercover Miss Hong." Expectations are growing for the direction the character Im Cheol-su will take in future developments.
[Photo] Ha Ji‑eum Studio, provided by tvN
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