Joo Won, the dark hero who dominates the screen

Actor Joo Won showed off his ever-changing acting through the drama 'Stealer: Seven Notices of Joseon'.

In the tvN Wednesday-Thursday drama 'Stealer: Seven Reports of Joseon', which aired on the 19th, the story of Daemyeong (played by Joo Won), who participated in the auction of national treasure-level cultural assets under a special order from the Cultural Heritage Administration, was depicted.

On this day's broadcast, Daemyung stimulated curiosity by asking Tae-in (played by Jo Han-cheol), who was in a tense standoff, to reveal to the media a gift that would arrive the next morning.

Daemyung, who returned to work as a civil servant, drew attention by pretending to know nothing while watching the breaking news on the top of Jikji. Here, Daemyung made the director, who proposed a company dinner, slyly grab hold of him and make him laugh.

In addition, Daemyung began work on recovering cultural assets under the instructions of the Director of the Cultural Heritage Administration. Then, as the auction began and Chairman Wang purchased other items, Daemyung was relieved and comforted his colleagues. However, contrary to expectations that it would be flat, Daemyung could not hide his embarrassment as the auction price continued to rise.

However, it was surprising that it was revealed that it was all Daemyung's plan. The person who took the Maebyeong in a last-minute reversal was Chun-ja (played by Choi Hwa-jeong), and even deliberately gave Chairman Wang the amount entrusted by the Cultural Heritage Administration to prevent further competition.

At the end of the episode, Daemyung, who transformed into a skunk, blocked the agents of Yeongsu (Lee Deok-hwa), raising expectations for the next episode to see whether he would be able to recover Chunja's money and whether he would deliver a refreshing blow to the bad guys who used cultural assets.

In this way, Joo Won skillfully portrayed Daemyung's variations as a character with a difference between day and night, filling the drama even more richly. Above all, he captured the center of the play by showing great chemistry with each of the opposing characters, and brought out in detail the points of laughter that burst out at the right place.

In particular, it doubled the fun of vividly embodying various aspects, from Daemyung, who became sulky when he called himself a skunk, to an expert social life skill owner, to a sharp and thorough thief of cultural assets. In this way, Joo Won led the play with acting that was assimilated into the character.

Kang Min-kyung, Ten Asia reporter kkk39@tenasia.co.kr