With growing ratings and popularity, Big Mouth starring Lee Jong Suk sees a promising career direction.
MBC’s Friday-Saturday drama Big Mouth, starring Lee Jong Suk, depicts the story of a 10% winning rate lawyer who gets entangled in a murder case, and becomes tagged as a genius con artist ‘big mouse’.
In the drama, Lee Jong Suk takes on the role of Park Chang-ho, a lawyer who is also a sweet and caring husband. As he gets imprisoned, he digs on to the conspiracies of the privileged class while acting as ‘big mouse’, the genius swindler.
After three years since his last drama, the actor was released from the military last year and first appeared in the movie The Witch: Part 2. The Other One earlier this year.
Choosing his next work carefully, actor Lee Jong Suk has again proven his outstanding acting skills through Big Mouth, which highlights his versatility in portraying Park Chang-ho. In his continuous character transformation, the drama has gained popularity and increasing ratings.
Ratings of the drama based from Nielsen Korea, which started with 6.3% from the metropolitan area, continually climbed, reaching 13.3% as the highest ratings recorded through the latest 8th episode.
Moreover, its popularity has also soared as Big Mouth ranks at the top of TV search responses for dramas released by Good Data Corporation (August 8 to August 14).
As the drama garners more attention, Lee Jong Suk who plays Park Chang-ho has exhibited his wide acting spectrum. The actor expands his performance range through his character’s continuous shifts of being evil and good, rather than being statically an upright character.
Lee Jong Suk’s character Park Chang-ho who was an athlete that became a lawyer and loving husband transforms into the dangerous criminal ‘big mouse’. Such powerful acting transformations capture the interest of many after his long hiatus and encourage viewers to look forward to the drama’s broadcast and the actor’s future works.
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Source: Xportsnews
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