Actor Choi Won-young shared a heartfelt closing remark after finishing KBS 2TV's Saturday-Sunday miniseries "To My Beloved Thief" (writer Lee Seon / director Ham Young-geol / produced by Studio Dragon).
On the 23rd, Choi Won-young said through his agency Hodu&U Entertainment, "I feel grateful that I could fully share the memories of the first shoot that began last year when the flowers were about to bloom, the times when we roamed nature and fought the heat while everyone worked hard and struggled together, and up to the final broadcast. I want to say thank you to the viewers who loved and supported "To My Beloved Thief.""
He added, "Because of the genre's characteristics as a historical drama, you have to focus even more on every aspect of the work in terms of acting. Personally, it was exhausting to complete Im Sa-hyung, a character who was obsessively and thoroughly consumed by his delusions of power and greed, but nonetheless it was a meaningful work that could convey the message that justice, warmth, humanity and love do not disappear."
Finally, he concluded with a witty greeting, "Please hate Im Sa-hyung, but I hope you won't hate me too much…^^ I will greet you again with an enjoyable and fun work. Have a healthy and prosperous new year."
In this series Choi Won-young played Im Sa-hyung, who races toward the desire for power, showing the essence of a villain and drawing attention every episode. Reviews continued that his precise psychological depiction and delicate acting breathed life into the character Im Sa-hyung while allowing viewers to become deeply immersed in the work.
In particular, Im Sa-hyung's consecutive acts of evil—seizing his son's life himself when in danger and calmly telling lies even in the face of death—gained additional intensity through Choi Won-young's tightly crafted performance.
In the final episode Choi Won-young moved through the series of processes in which Im Sa-hyung's dignity, which seemed eternal, collapsed and faded without any sense of incongruity, adding persuasive power to the story. The villainous Im Sa-hyung's bravado, which had taken many lives lightly, connected just before paying for his sins to a trembling voice and eyes filled with meaning as if recalling days of remorse, leaving the impression that Choi Won-young existed as Im Sa-hyung himself.
?��? Depending on the situation, Choi Won-young's acting, which smartly sensed when to vary the intensity between light and heavy, served as a solid pillar that guarded the center of conflict in "To My Beloved Thief." It is the reason the cold inner self of Im Sa-hyung, who wriggled only toward power and ambition at the center of all incidents and accidents, could be intriguingly revealed.
Meanwhile, "To My Beloved Thief" premiered on Jan. 3 and steadily rose in ratings while showing high topicality, concluding on the 22nd.
[Photo] Hodu&U Entertainment, KBS 2TV provided
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