‘Daughter and Mother’ Jeon Do-yeon’s two faces
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I exclaimed while watching actress Jeon Do-yeon in the tvN Saturday-Sunday drama ‘One Hit Scandal’. Jeon Do-yeon is back. Nam Haeng-seon, mother of a high school daughter and former national handball player.

‘Daughter and Mother’ Jeon Do-yeon’s two faces
What was surprising was Jeon Do-yeon’s aura. Is it possible for an actor who is over 50 years old and a mother of one child to have such a fresh face? This is not to say that there are no wrinkles or that the skin is well taken care of. In fact, there were wrinkles around Jeon Do-yeon's eyes and mouth that showed signs of age. However, the face of Nam Haeng-seon, played by Jeon Do-yeon, was as pale and blue as that of youth.

In the play, Nam Haeng-seon is the owner of a side dish store who is raising a daughter born to an older sister who irresponsibly left her. She doesn't hesitate to run in the morning to register her daughter, whom she gave birth to at the entrance exam academy, and is so happy when she hears that she ranked first in the entire school. Although I was born with a lot of awkwardness, I feel warm rather than uncomfortable. The reality of raising an autistic brother and sister's daughter as if they were one's own can be difficult, but she is brave and positive.

Jeon Do-yeon made this southbound line perfectly her own. In fact, I think the character of Nam Haeng-seon would have been welcome to 50-year-old Jeon Do-yeon, who is raising a daughter. Jeon Do-yeon set her hairstyle, fashion, and speaking style to that of a typical 'mother'. In reality, she is single and has not given birth to children, but on the outside she does not stand out compared to other mothers. Rather, because I run a side dish store, I don't wear much makeup. She was seen as a 'mother' to Haeyi's friends' mothers, Choi Chi-yeol, and viewers.

‘Daughter and Mother’ Jeon Do-yeon’s two faces
The key to 'Ilta Scandal' was how to persuade viewers of the love line between Nam Haeng-seon, known as a married woman with a daughter, and Choi Chi-yeol, an Ilta instructor known as the 'trillion won man'. Jeon Do-yeon did not draw the Namhaengseon's appearance normally, but differentiated it in its personality and behavior. Jeon Do-yeon melted her unique lovely charm into the character of Nam Haeng-seon, creating a lively and innocent character like other mothers. Nam Haeng-seon's behavior was also typical of a mother, so Choi Chi-yeol's emotional attraction to Nam Haeng-seon at the beginning of the play was not awkward.

Adding to this the setting that Choi Chi-yeol ate a warm meal from Nam Haeng-seon's mother's restaurant when he was studying for the civil service examination, the framework was tightly drawn up. The restaurant owner who filled Choi Chi-yeol's stomach when he was cold and hungry was Nam Haeng-seon's mother, and the narrative that Choi Chi-yeol, who suffers from an eating disorder, finds comfort in Nam Haeng-seon's lunch box overlaps with the bright and clear face of Nam Haeng-seon drawn by Jeon Do-yeon. , viewers were able to nod their heads to the love line between the two.

‘Daughter and Mother’ Jeon Do-yeon’s two faces
If Jeon Do-yeon showed off her unique bright and lovely charm through 'Ilta Scandal', Jeon Do-yeon shows off her 'cool' face in the Netflix movie 'Gil Bok-soon', which will be released on March 31. 'Gil Bok-soon' is the story of Gil Bok-soon, a legendary killer in the hitman industry, who gets caught up in an inevitable confrontation just before renewing his contract with the company. Gil Bok-soon is a skilled killer who is called Kil Bok-soon in the industry, but she is a single mother who is having difficulties in her relationship with her 15-year-old daughter, whom she is raising alone.

‘Daughter and Mother’ Jeon Do-yeon’s two faces
In 'Gil Bok-soon', Jeon Do-yeon shows off a simple action with a cool face. Jeon Do-yeon, who tried her hand at action acting for the first time in a long time after the movie 'Hyper Girl: Memories of the Sword' (2015), showed off her exciting moves even at the age of 50. In particular, Jeon Do-yeon attracted attention by immediately explaining Gil Bok-soon's character through a scene where she kills people without blinking, saying, 'It's time to close the supermarket.'

Jeon Do-yeon, known as the ‘Queen of Cannes’, is an actress who has reached the peak. Nevertheless, I am glad and looking forward to his return to meet the public with his constantly changing face.

Choi Ji-ye, Ten Asia Reporter wisdomart@tenasia.co.kr
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