Kong Hyo-jin, who said her marriage to Kevin Oh helped her... 'Affectionate working mom → Cold-blooded married woman killer' thrilling temperature difference

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Actress Kong Hyo-jin returns as a "married woman killer."

The MBC Friday-Saturday drama "Married Woman Killer," which premiered on the 31st (planned by Kwon Seong-chang, scripted by Kim Eun-hee, directed by Yoon Jong-ho and Kim Ji-hoon, produced by Bon Factory, Barum Pictures, Studio Pim), is a drama depicting the struggle of a working mom with the most brutal profession in the world to protect her work-life balance. Kong Hyo-jin plays Kingfisher Yu Bo-na, a legendary sniper who returns after three years of maternity leave.

The temperature difference of Yu Bo-na portrayed by Kong Hyo-jin adds to the drama's appeal. Kong Hyo-jin carefully built up Bo-na's daily life with her family using a soft tone and comfortable expression, but the moment she picked up a gun, she instantly changed the atmosphere of the drama with sharp eyes and a calm demeanor. The twist of a character who shared small happiness with her husband Kwon Tae-seong (Jung Jun-won) and daughter Kwon Yul (Hwang Bom-i) turning into a cold-blooded killer who eliminates vicious criminals amplified the charm of the character through Kong Hyo-jin's precise control of pacing. Kong Hyo-jin, who gracefully moves between these contrasting aspects, is convincingly blending settings that could otherwise feel disjointed into a single character.

Above all, the fresh combination of Kong Hyo-jin, represented by the epithet "rom-com queen," and the unfamiliar noir material created a novel variation. Kong Hyo-jin, who has drawn lovable and human characters with her own style to win public sympathy over the years, fully demonstrated her true worth in this work as well. Her unique naturalistic acting style met the brutal world of killers, adding another color to the existing noir genre. Equipped with strong charisma on top of that, she is building a unique realm of "life-oriented noir" possible only for Kong Hyo-jin, going beyond simple role transformation. Kong Hyo-jin, who expanded her strengths into a new genre, is showing her acting prowess once again by making even noir "Kong Hyo-jin-ized" through "Married Woman Killer."

Kong Hyo-jin drew attention by revealing that her actual marriage life greatly helped her performance in this "Married Woman Killer." At the production presentation for MBC Friday-Saturday drama "Married Woman Killer" (scripted by Kim Eun-hee, directed by Yoon Jong-ho and Kim Ji-hoon) held at Seoul Mapo-gu Sangam MBC Golden Mouse Hall on July 30, when asked what kind of wife and daughter-in-law she is in real life, she said, "I learned well what a mother-in-law is like while working on this drama. Since I got married, it seems easier to act out this role."

Kong Hyo-jin married singer Kevin Oh in 2022 and is approaching her fourth wedding anniversary. She said, "I am also in a very sweet newlywed life, but there are still worlds I don't know about. Tae-seong (played by Jung Jun-won) is an 'E-gyeon-nam' (a man who treats his wife like a daughter), and we encouraged each other saying 'We can do it well' while cheering him on as he played the role of a beloved husband." She added with a smile, "In the drama, my mother-in-law keeps bullying me. She treats me as a daughter-in-law who stole her son. But since I have a personality similar to my mother-in-law, there are times when we get along better than with my actual husband."

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