Actor Kim Hee-jeong is playing the role of Oh Jeong-ran, the matriarch of Adel Group, in the KBS2 daily drama 'Red Pearl', projecting an overwhelming presence and driving the flow of the story. Kim Hee-jeong perfectly embodies the main wife Oh Jeong-ran, who stops at nothing for her children, raising the drama's tension to a peak.
From episode 13 to 16, Kim Hee-jeong's performance stood out unmistakably. She personally visited Yuna's parents, Samsik (played by Cha Kwang-soo) and Young-sil (played by Kyung-sook), to shake up the game by making a shocking proposal, "Let's get married, us," to install her son Hyun-jun (played by Kang Da Bin) as the successor. In the process, Kim Hee-jeong showed relentless drive, revealing without restraint the intense energy of the character Oh Jeong-ran.
Also, when confronting her rival Dan-hee (played by Park Jin Hee) in the drama, Kim Hee-jeong delicately portrayed the hysterical emotions hidden behind the dignified appearance of a lady. Her passionate acting, which included dousing Young-sil, who provokes her, with juice, grabbing a frying pan and engaging in a no-holds-barred brawl, vividly demonstrated Oh Jeong-ran's fiery temper and drew viewers in.
In front of her son Hyun-jun, Kim Hee-jeong is endlessly warm, yet she fluidly shifted to a cold-blooded figure who shows no mercy to those who obstruct her goals. This solid acting foundation brought vitality to a character that could have been flat, further increasing the drama's density.
In the future course of the drama, Kim Hee-jeong is expected to continue her activities as Oh Jeong-ran, a key figure who will create even fiercer storms by pressuring Dan-hee and Min-jun (played by Kim Kyung-bo), providing unexpected incidents each episode.
Meanwhile, with Kim Hee-jeong fully fused into the character Oh Jeong-ran and responsible for the drama's tension and entertainment, attention is focused on what powerful blow she will show next amid the turbulent succession war at Adel Group.<
[Photo] 'Red Pearl'
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