According to many predictions, Park Eun Bin with her role in "The strange female lawyer Woo Young Woo" will have the opportunity to win the "House of God" award in front of famous faces like Kim Hye Soo, Song Hye Kyo in Baeksang this year. .
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| Park Eun Bin and Song Hye Kyo. Photo: Producer |
Baeksang's 5 nominations for Best Actress in a Drama in 2023 caused the public to constantly debate on social networks to predict the results.
Most of the opinions said, "The Queen" this year is mainly a race of the 3 most prominent faces: Park Eun Bin with the movie "Strange female lawyer Woo Young Woo", Kim Hye Soo with the movie "Below". ball center" and Song Hye Kyo in the movie "Glory in hatred" (The Glory).
In which, Park Eun Bin is said to have the highest chance of winning. This prediction is based on several reasons.
Park Eun Bin's "extraordinary" acting
To evaluate the acting of Park Eun Bin, Kim Hye Soo and Song Hye Kyo, who is better than anyone, is not easy. Because each actor transforms into a different type of role.
Song Hye Kyo needs to maintain a cold, empty state and an unpredictable mind with the boiling hatred of a girl who has been subjected to school violence.
Kim Hye Soo needs steel, excitement and also extreme pain on the journey of a Queen to protect her children.
Park Eun Bin needs to act innocent and pitiful but not fall into the ridiculousness of a person with autism spectrum disorder.
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| 3 strong candidates compete for the "Major" Baeksang 2023. Photo: Producer |
However, if Song Hye Kyo and Kim Hye Soo are given roles that are suitable for their own nuances and styles, Park Eun Bin has to transform into a character that will be a challenge for most. actors.
Park Eun Bin revealed that she felt pressured and didn't dare to accept the lead role of the movie "Strange Female Lawyer Woo Young Woo" for fear that, if she did not act well, she might create prejudice against those who are self-centered. century.
The actress had to ask for help from many people, meet the professor to learn more about the syndromes of people with autism.
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| Park Eun Bin's acting conquered the audience. Photo: Producer |
Before the role of autistic lawyer, Park Eun Bin played a princess who had to disguise herself as a man after the death of Crown Prince Lee Hwi, in the movie "The King's Affection".
Park Eun Bin was immediately praised as the best "female disguised male" actor in Korean historical dramas.
And to the role of a lawyer with autism spectrum, Park Eun Bin once again changed. The Korean media praised Park Eun Bin's "extraordinary" acting for creating an amazing "Woo Young Woo syndrome".
Park Eun Bin was also recognized by critics. In October 2022, she won the Best Actress award at the Asia Contents Awards for her role as Woo Young Woo.
In November 2022, Park Eun Bin won the Rising TV Star category at the Asia Pacific Film and Television event, organized by the Choice and Critics Association of America (CCA).
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| Park Eun Bin's role has an influence on Korean society. Photo: Producer |
The influence of "Strange female lawyer Woo Young Woo"
Looking at the faces who have won "The Queen" of Baeksang, it can be seen that Baeksang's criteria for selecting a winner is not only based on acting, but also other factors such as difficulty, uniqueness of the role, and the influence of the film.
Korea has had a lot of movies with autistic characters such as "Good Doctor", "What's wrong with crazy". But "The strange female lawyer Woo Young Woo" is still considered a new work and character.
The film meticulously builds, closes the personality, communication of autistic people with relatives, the community, and helps the audience have a more objective view of autism spectrum disorder.
In particular, through the cases handled by lawyer Woo Young Woo, many painful social issues have been reflected.
The arguments and lines in episode 9 of the drama were used by Korean people as slogans to protest against the proposal of early admission of elementary school students in Korea, causing the Ministry of Education to consider and postpone. the discussion of this new draft admission law.
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| Koreans use the lines in the movie as a slogan to protest against the inadequacies in education. Photo: Yonhap |
It can be seen that the "heat", the influence of the film in Korea in 2022 is extremely large.
On the other hand, even though the series only shows 2 episodes/week on TV channels and parallel shows on Netflix, the "hotness" of the movie on the online platform is also very impressive.
Currently, the film is in the Top 7 most watched non-English TV shows on Netflix globally. While Korean films in the Top 10 such as "Squid Game", "All of Us Are Dead", "The Glory" are all films produced by Netflix themselves, have an advantage when releasing.
Many viewers predicted that, if they didn't win "The Queen", the TV Daesang would probably go to Park Eun Bin.