Actor Lee Hye-ri delivered a deeply moving performance with a narrative of rebound and growth toward her dream.
Lee Hye-ri plays Joo I-jae in the ENA Monday-Tuesday drama "Dream To You" (written by Jung Eun-bi, directed by Yoo Seon-dong, produced by KT StudioGini), advancing toward the dream she had forgotten with her first love Woo Soo-bin (Hwang Inyoup), whom she reunited with after 15 years, and portraying a healing romance in which they become each other's salvation, offering comfort to viewers.
After the kiss with Woo Soo-bin, Joo I-jae tried hard to pretend it never happened, and when Soo-bin was hurt by that reaction and they had a petty fight that brought laughter, Joo I-jae quietly stayed by Soo-bin's side as his trauma resurfaced after an encounter with his father, offering everyday conversations and, having planted dreams in him during their school days, becoming a salvational relationship that heals his pain.
Lee Hye-ri linked the romance and the growth process with delicate emotional lines. She intricately portrayed the process of becoming his refuge from the coldness shown immediately after reuniting with Woo Soo-bin, and also depicted Joo I-jae's inner change as she gradually began to believe in herself again, shedding the weight of a reality that had made her give up her dream and becoming stronger.
Especially, Lee Hye-ri's acting, which convincingly unfolded the texture of a relationship that heals each other while growing together, completed the transformation of the character Joo I-jae more three-dimensionally and is evaluated to have raised the immersion of the drama.
Lee Hye-ri, coloring living rooms with a warm healing romance. Attention is focusing on the narrative she will show going forward.
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