Lee Jae-won, the loudest in Jeju Island's 'Samdali', has a charm you can't hate

Actor Lee Jae-won played the role of Samdali Too Much Talker 'Kyeong-tae' through 'Welcome to Samdali' and brought laughter to viewers.

Lee Jae-won, who plays the role of Samdali newsman 'Gyeong-tae' in the JTBC Saturday-Sunday drama 'Welcome to Samdali', is adding to the fun of the drama by showing off his unique cheerfulness and bickering chemistry with 'Yong-pil' (played by Ji Chang-wook).

In episodes 3 and 4, which were released last week, 'Gyeong-tae' misexpressed his welcome feelings for 'Sam-dal' (played by Shin Hye-sun), causing conflict. First, 'Samdal', who wanted to keep the fact that he ran away to Jeju to avoid reporters a secret, hid himself among a pile of trash in danger of meeting 'Gyeongtae' on the street, but was caught. Next, 'Gyeong-tae' continued to embarrass 'Sam-dal' by not only informing his friends about this fact, but also believing 'Sam-dal's words that he would see him next time and going to his house. However, it was revealed that 'Gyeong-tae', who had a hard time with the whispers of the villagers when he returned from Seoul after failing, acted without notice in the hope that 'Sam-dal' would not experience the same difficulties. Also, “How hard can it be alone? “He does it to distract me by bothering me,” he said, revealing that Gyeong-tae is a warmer person than anyone else.

Like this, 'Gyeong-tae' thinks of his friends more than anyone else and is happy that 'Sam-dal' has returned, but contrary to his own feelings, he makes the mistake of saying, "Actually, I feel a little happy about Sam-dal becoming like this!", causing 'Sam-dal', who was holding it in, to explode. . However, the character of 'Gyeong-tae', who was embarrassed by a slip of the tongue and was unable to continue speaking, or hesitated from a distance without being able to get close to the drunken 'Sam-dal', clearly portrayed the character of 'Gyeong-tae', who was innocent and innocent, and evoked pity rather than hate. In addition, at the end of episode 4, 'Gyeong-tae' gives cider to 'Yong-pil', who knows 'Chung-gi' (played by Han Eun-seong) as Sam-dal's boyfriend, informing him that 'Chung-gi' cheated on him and they broke up. It made me fall in love with the charm of talker ‘Gyeongtae’.

This year, actor Lee Jae-won showed a variety of characters regardless of genre, going back and forth between romance, occult, and thriller, including 'Can I Become a Stranger?', 'Ghost', and 'Polar Night'. Then, through 'Welcome to Samdali', he appeared with visuals and eyes that were 180 degrees different from his previous works, and once again transformed into 'Gyeongtae', a pure country youth. In addition, Jaewon Lee imprints his presence in the work by realistically depicting the appearance of a friend in real life who cares about his friends more than anyone else but is clumsy at expressing them and instead grumbles. As the joys and sorrows of Samdali come and go with each word of 'Gyeongtae', attention is being paid to what kind of drama 'Gyeongtae' will be the starting point of in the future.

Meanwhile, the JTBC drama 'Welcome to Samdali' airs every Saturday and Sunday at 10:30 pm.

Ryu Ye-ji, Ten Asia Reporter ryuperstar@tenasia.co.kr