Round Table With Couch Kimchi: K-Drama Villains We Love To Hate They’re heartless and even deadly. They are exhaustively persistent and are masters of the art of scheming. Sometimes, they are pitiful victims of circumstance and misguidedly believe that being bad is the only way to get ahead in life. Yet despite their nasty machinations, we learn to appreciate villains because they spice up the show. REASON TO BE BAD & SIMPLY BAD Rinchan: Ahhh … spice is nice except when it makes you want to tear your hair out in frustration. LOL. Leila: In general, villains exist to make the leads miserable or make the protagonists realize life isn’t charmed. I’m watching “My Secret Hotel,” and I don’t consider General Manager Lee a villain, unlike when I think of Jo Gwan Woong of “Gu Family Book.” Gwan Woong is purely evil, the definition of a villain. How about you? Rinchan: For me, Jung Woong In has played several colorful baddies. At times, their actions are straight up wicked, but the characters have an interesting twist. His characters want to do well in life, like the good protagonists, but they choose a destructive path to achieve that goal. Leila: I love Jung Woong In! He played Ji Won in “Coffee House.” Even if he was the “bad guy” there, I couldn’t hate him. He was not stereotypically evil, but his love for Eun Young was superficial. Nonetheless, I liked his role, and he made me laugh because he was shameless in his attempts to win her back, as though leaving her for her friend was as forgivable as cheating on a diet. Rinchan: Haha! I think he chooses the villainous roles that have depth and reason. The characters aren’t evil because they wish to be, but they see that being one is the only means of survival. Right now, Jung Woong In is in the drama “Endless Love.” He is the other half of a very depraved couple, and he is working his wickedness all over the screen. Leila: The designated baddie should have a purpose. I hate those that are plain vile just for the sake of the part. Rinchan: Shin Sung Rok‘s Lee Jae Kyung in “You Who Came From The Stars” was a psycho; he killed anybody in his way and made their murders look like a suicide.
Posted on: Sun, 12 Oct 2014 11:48:02 +0000