Actors in adaptation dramas who boast perfect character synchronizations like coming out from webtoons
“Mask Girl” Lee Han Byul, “Moving” Lee Jung Ha and “New Recruit” Nam Tae Woo were highly praised for their perfect transformations.
Rookie actress Lee Han Byul won a 1000:1 audition to get cast as “Mask Girl” Kim Mo Mi
“Mask Girl” tells about the life story of Kim Mo Mi, an ordinary office worker with an appearance complex who gets caught up in an unexpected incident while working as an Internet broadcasting BJ every night with her face covered with a mask. As soon as the casting was revealed, fans of the original webtoon of the same name were very surprised that the appearance of Lee Han Byul, who portrays Kim Mo Mi before plastic surgery, boasts a 99.9% resemblance of the character in the webtoon version.
The casting received compliments, such as “How did they cast an actress who looks exactly like that character?”, “I thought she was Kim Mo Mi coming out of the webtoon”, etc. In addition, Lee Han Byul also received good reviews for her excellent portrayal of Kim Mo Mi’s emotional changes in every moment through the terrible incident.
“Mask Girl” director Kim Yong Hoon, who selected Lee Han Byul out of 1000 people joining the audition, said “I felt like it was fate when I saw Lee Han Byul’s profile”, adding “Lee Han Byul is very calm, intelligent, and friendly in real life so I cast her as I considered those aspects important when doing the casting for Kim Mo Mi”.
Lee Jung Ha gained 30kg to play Bong Seok in “Moving”
The adaptation of Kang Full’s webtoon “Moving” was done by Disney+. Known as a grand project with a production budget of 50 billion won, the drama has gained huge attention since its first stage. According to Disney+, “Moving” was the most-watched Korean series on the OTT platform Hulu in the US during its first broadcasting week.
One of the things that drew keen attention from viewers was the impressive synchronization of Lee Jung Ha and his character Bong Seok, who can fly, in the original webtoon. In fact, Lee Jung Ha’s passion for acting was proved through the story that he gained up to 30kg in order to portray Bong Seok.
In an interview, the actor shared, “I really like this character. I believed that I could play this role well and prepared for it with all my determination.” It is said that Lee Jung Ha even learned modern dance before the filming to perform Flying superpower.
Nam Tae Woo imitated the voice of “New Recruit” main character
Nam Tae Woo also shows off a 100% synchronization with his character in Genie TV’s original series “New Recruit 2”, which is scheduled to premiere on August 28th.
Following the previous season, Nam Tae Woo will continue to play Choi Il Goo, drawing attention with his appearance similar to the character. In fact, fans were also impressed by the fact that the way he acted with lines sounded exactly the same as the character’s voice in the original animated version.
The author actually handled all the narrations for his characters in the original work. However, Nam Tae Woo imitated the voice of Choi Il Goo, making many people misunderstand that it was the original character’s voice.
In an interview conducted after Season 1 ended, the author praised Nam Tae Woo’s portrayal of Choi Il Goo, saying “He truly immersed himself in the character and showed more than 100%”.
Source: Daum
