Kim Hye-yoon, Byun Woo-seok and youth romance

Kim Hye-yoon once again shows off her empathy-inducing acting through tvN's new Monday-Tuesday drama 'Sunjae Wearing and Jumping'.

'Run with Seon-jae', which will be aired for the first time on April 8th, asks, "What if you get a chance to save your favorite?" Ryu Seon-jae (played by Byun Woo-seok), a famous artist who helped him survive the moment he lost his will to live. It is a time-slip salvation romance in which Lim Sol (played by Kim Hye-yoon), a passionate fan who was devastated by Choi Ae's death, goes back in time to 2008 to save Choi Ae. It is based on the web novel 'Tomorrow's Best' by author Kim Bbang, and writer Lee Si-eun, who wrote the drama 'True Beauty' based on the webtoon, was in charge of the screenplay.

In the play, Kim Hye-yoon plays the role of Im Sol, a fan who time-slipped from the age of 34 in 2023 to the age of 19 in 2008 to change the fate of her favorite friend, Ryu Seon-jae. Kim Hye-yoon returns to the small screen after about three years through ‘Seonjae Jumps’. For him, youth dramas are his specialty. Kim Hye-yoon, who made her presence known to the public through the drama 'SKY Castle', successfully transformed her acting by playing three roles in 'An Unexpected Day'.

In particular, she was praised for depicting the emotions of three characters with different personalities in detail, and won both the Female Newcomer Award and the Excellence in Acting Award at the 2019 MBC Drama Awards. Afterwards, Kim Hye-yoon won the Best New Actress Award at the 2022 Blue Dragon Film Awards and Grand Bell Awards for the movie 'The Girl on the Bulldozer'.

In this way, Kim Hye-yoon's youthful acting has become a trustworthy taste among viewers, like the meme of a kimchi stew restaurant that boasts a long tradition. Kim Hye-yoon is expected to make a splash by showing off her acting skills in playing the role of a 34-year-old job seeker and a 19-year-old high school girl at the same time in 'Jumping with Seonjae'. As Im Sol, who goes back 15 years to 2008, struggles to save his favorite love, the light of his life, Kim Hye-yoon's trustworthy acting skills are expected to grab attention.

In 2008, unlike the youthful appearance of a high school girl, she exuded the energy of a 34-year-old senior(?) in the second phase of her life, and in 2023, she plans to convey healthy energy with a positive appearance that does not lose her smile even while riding a wheelchair. In this way, Kim Hye-yoon is expected to fill the home theater with green energy on a warm spring day by arousing sympathy from viewers with her trustworthy and empathetic acting in 'Bounce with Seon-jae', while also showing gum-spot chemistry with Byun Woo-seok through a sweet and soft youth romance.

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