This actress cried so hard after receiving a casting call from famous screenwriter Kim Eun-sook
Kim Ji-won once talked about how she got cast in the blockbuster “Descendants of the Sun” by Kim Eun-sook.
Actress Kim Ji-won has been building a solid filmography and proved herself as a ‘trustworthy actress’ through many famous films and dramas.
One of Kim Ji-won’s iconic works is “The Heirs”, which tells about the growth of a group of privileged high school students who are about to take over their families’ businesses. In this drama, Kim Ji-won played Yoo Rachel, a chic and haughty but lonely heiress who was unlucky in love. Despite playing a villain role, Kim Ji-won did not make the viewers hate her character but even drew sympathy thanks to her excellent emotional acting. After the great success of this drama, Kim Ji-won rose to stardom and even won a Rookie Award.
Another famous drama starring Kim Ji-won was “Fight For My Way”, in which she played the first leading role in her acting career. Playing Choi Ae-ra, a lovely and sassy girl, Kim Ji-won brought about many funny moments as well as a heart-fluttering romance with her co-star Park Seo-joon. After this drama, Kim Ji-won emerged as a representative “Rom-Com Queen” among actresses in their 20s.
In fact, Kim Ji-won once selected a work as the most outstanding achievement in her acting career and called it “the best work of her life” This work gave Kim Ji-won the honorable nickname “Kim Eun-sook’s persona”. In addition, Kim Ji-won even revealed that she shed tears out of happiness when receiving the script of this work from Kim Eun-sook.
It was “Descendants of the Sun”.
Released in 2016, “Descendants of the Sun” is a blockbuster melodrama that tells about young soldiers and doctors dreaming of love and success. This drama made a big hit by recording an overwhelming viewership of 38.8% and was also famous in foreign countries. Kim Ji-won appeared in this work as the army doctor Yoon Myung-joo who has a reckless and honest personality. Working alongside big names, such as Song Joong-ki and Song Hye-kyo, Kim Ji-won also performed an affectionate romance with actor Jin Goo. Thanks to the two’s great chemistry, their couple was as popular as the main one.
Appearing on a variety program in the past, Kim Ji-won once shared a behind story of how she got cast in this drama. Revealing that she was a big fan of screenwriter Kim Eun-sook after working together for “The Heirs”, Kim Ji-won said, “I wondered if I would ever get a chance to act in her drama again. When I heard about the casting for ‘Descendant of the Sun’, I didn’t expect myself to be cast in the drama. Suddenly, writer Kim Eun-sook contacted me and asked if I could make an appearance. I cried a lot that day because I was so happy”.
Meanwhile, Kim Ji-won recently made her comeback on the small screen as Yeom Mi-jeong in JTBC’s drama “My Liberation Notes”.
