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In ‘Doctor X,’ actress Kim Ji-won is earning praise for completing the transformation of a solitary character with delicate acting.
In Episodes 9 and 10 of SBS Friday-Saturday drama ‘Doctor X: The Age of the White Mafia’ (hereinafter ‘Doctor X’), which aired on the 6th and 7th respectively, Gye Su-jung (played by Kim Ji-won) was depicted charging forward while looking only at her patients.
In a hospital filled with tension due to medical staffing gaps, Su-jung began persuading others that she absolutely had to operate on patient Lee Hyun-ah (played by Lee Chae-yu). Facing professors who said the surgery was absolutely impossible, Su-jung bowed her head for the first time and pleaded, “I need a team.” Because Su-jung had always been someone who would break rather than bend, the immeasurable desperation in her bowed head resonated deeply with viewers.
Ultimately, Su-jung proceeded with the surgery without approval. In the operating room, there were only three people: Anesthesiologist Cho Won-jin (played by Lee Jin-hee) and intern Park Tae-kyung (played by Kim Woo-seok). While Su-jung was performing a high-difficulty surgery alone in a tense situation, Do Yun-sik (played by Kim Young-min), Bae Heung-gon (played by Lee Seong-uk), and Bu Seung-gwon (played by Son Hyun-joo), as well as the previously mysterious Director Jang Hee-sook (played by Lee Jeong-eun), entered the operating room, completing a heartwarming display of teamwork.
In this process, Kim Ji-won expressed the change in Gye Su-jung, who had been like a cold and solitary wolf, with subtle emotional nuances. Her previously sharp gaze and tone became considerably softer, but her eyes conveyed an even firmer resolve toward her patients, adding depth to the character.
In particular, in the operating room scenes, she maximized immersion by conveying urgency and a sense of mission solely through tense breathing and eye contact behind her mask. As ‘Doctor X’ has only two episodes left until its finale, attention is turning to Gye Su-jung’s final story as depicted by Kim Ji-won.
Episode 11 of ‘Doctor X’ will air at 9:50 p.m. on the 13th.
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