Will Park Eun-bin laugh in competition with Song Hye-kyo in 'The Glory'?

Will actress Park Eun-bin be able to win her first Baeksang Arts Awards for her role in the drama 'Weird Lawyer Woo Young-woo'?

The 59th Baeksang Arts Awards will be held at Paradise City, Incheon on the afternoon of the 28th. This Baeksang Arts Awards is given to people in the popular culture and arts industry who have been active in the fields of TV, film, and theater over the past year.

With Park Eun-bin of 'Weird Lawyer Woo Young-woo (hereinafter referred to as Woo Young-woo)' and Song Hye-kyo of the Netflix series 'The Glory' expected to face fierce competition, attention is being paid to who will be honored with the award.

‘Lawyer Woo Young-woo’ included 10 candidates in 8 categories at this year’s Baeksang Arts Awards. In particular, it is drawing attention as it was selected as one of the top 10 candidates for the Baeksang Arts Awards. At the center is Park Eun-bin. Park Eun-bin is a candidate for the Best Female Actor Award in the TV category.

Starting with Park Eun-bin, 'Woo Young-woo' won Best Picture in the TV category, Best Directing in TV category (Producer Yoo In-sik), Best Original Screenplay in TV category (Ji-won Moon), Best Music/Visual Effects in TV category (Young-shim Noh, Jin-hye Hwang), Best New Female Actor in TV category ( Ha Yoon-kyung, Joo Hyun-young), Best New Actor in TV (Joo Jong-hyuk), and Best Supporting Actor in TV (Kang Ki-young). On the other hand, 'The Glory' received 9 nominations in 8 categories.

Last year's 'Wooyoungwoo', which tells the story of a lawyer with a genius brain and autism spectrum disorder. Park Eun-bin solidified her position through the so-called ‘Woo Young-woo’ syndrome. Park Eun-bin's choice to try various acting transformations worked. In fact, Park Eun-bin was offered 'Woo Young-woo' around the same time as 'Yeonmo', which became the first Korean drama to win an International Emmy Award. Although he was greedy for both works, he said that he had a great desire to show a different side of himself through 'Yeonmo'.

Before the first broadcast of 'Woo Young-woo', he confessed, "It is true that, apart from feeling that it is a good work, I am scared. I am cautious because the role of a lawyer with a genius autism spectrum may be a role that could hurt someone." Park Eun-bin carefully approached ‘Woo Young-woo’. That sincerity was fully revealed on the screen. Of course, it can be seen as a success in terms of work as well. This is because ‘Wooyoungwoo’ is a work that made the name of ENA, an unfamiliar broadcasting station, known.

The first broadcast of ‘Woo Young-woo’ started with a viewership rating of 0.9%. Then, through word of mouth, viewership ratings increased. The final viewership rating was 17.5%. The difference between the first broadcast viewership rating and the last broadcast viewership rating was 16.6%p. 'Wooyoungwoo' was also released on Netflix, serving as an opportunity to solidify Park Eunbin's global fandom following 'Yeonmo'.

Now Park Eun-bin is heading to the Baeksang Arts Awards. Since 'Woo Young-woo' has the most nominations, his chances of winning are high. He competes with Song Hye-kyo of ‘The Glory’ for the trophy. Attention is being paid to whether the trophy will actually end up in Park Eun-bin's arms.

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