Lim Ji-yeon revealed the behind-the-scenes story of her mukbang performance.
Genie TV's original drama 'House with a Yard' (hereinafter referred to as 'House with a Yard') is attracting word of mouth with the good performances of the actors. Accordingly, 'Madangjip' broke its own highest viewership rating with a 3.0% viewership rating for households in the metropolitan area on a paid platform based on the 4th episode aired on the 27th.
The explosive performance of Lim Ji-yeon (Chu Sang-eun) is cited as the main secret to the rising popularity of 'Madangjip'. Cho Sang-eun, played by Lim Ji-yeon, is a character who has become accustomed to her husband Kim Yun-beom's (Choi Jae-rim) habitual assault and hardships of life, and ends up murdering her husband in order to escape the hellish reality. Moreover, while hiding her crime, she takes a risky step by accusing Park Jae-ho (Kim Seong-oh), who was in a blackmail relationship with her husband, as the criminal and demanding money.
Lim Ji-yeon is showing off her acting spectrum without regret by playing the character Cho Sang-eun with a large amplitude. Viewers are pouring out rave reviews, saying, “I opened my eyes to the smoke” and “It seems like I was excited” for Lim Ji-yeon’s passionate performance, which shows off her overwhelming control over the screen by going back and forth between empty eyes and eyes wrapped in madness.
Among them, Lim Ji-yeon's mukbang performance is truly a sensational topic. The scene where I came out after the witness investigation related to my husband's death and ate a set of jajangmyeon and sweet and sour pork as if I was possessed. Recalling the day she murdered her, even the apple she chewed on, whenever Lim Ji-yeon eats something, countless posts about it are pouring out on social media.
Above all, the reason Lim Ji-yeon's mukbang has such explosive power is because of her acting ability that melts the character's narrative and detailed emotional lines behind the act of eating beyond simply eating deliciously. In response, Lim Ji-yeon explained her interpretation of the mukbang scene, saying, "Until her husband died, Sang-eun had no appetite and did not even know the joy of eating. I wanted to express the false appetite that comes from the emptiness and liberation of such a woman."
In addition, Lim Ji-yeon actually played the jajangmyeon scene and ate 4 large bowls of jajangmyeon with a large size of sweet and sour pork. On the day of the Jajangmyeon scene shooting, he said that he even digested the soup scene, and the grievances hidden behind the realistic acting were conveyed.
Episode 5 of 'House with a Yard' will be broadcast on Genie TV, Genie TV Mobile and ENA on July 3rd at 10pm.
Reporter Tae Yuna, Ten Asia youyou@tenasia.co.kr