Actors Kim Soo-hyun and Kim Ji-won are showing off their extraordinary chemistry in the drama “Queen of Tears.“
Viewers are expressing their anticipation for the birth of the second Hyun Bin and Son Ye-jin couple and are continuing to immerse themselves in the drama. The popularity of the tvN weekend drama “Queen of Tears” has been hot recently. “Queen of Tears” tells the story of a thrilling crisis and a miraculous love story that begins again for Hong Hae-in (played by Kim Ji-won), the queen of a department store and the third generation of a conglomerate, and Baek Hyun-woo (played by Kim Soo-hyun), the prince of a supermarket and the son of a Yongduri market owner, who are a married couple of three years. Writer Park Ji-eun, who wrote “Crash Landing on You,” which recorded the highest viewership rating in tvN drama history, director Jang Young-woo of “Bulgasal: Immortal Souls,” and director Kim Hee-won of “Vincenzo” and “Little Women” joined forces to raise expectations, and they are living up to those expectations in terms of viewership ratings and hot topic. In just four episodes, it achieved a high viewership rating of 13%, which is faster than the trend of Park Ji-eun’s previous work “Crash Landing on You,” and ranked 7th in the Netflix Global TOP 10, boasting its popularity. In addition, “Queen of Tears” ranked first in TV-OTT integrated drama in the first week of March announced by the official platform FUNdex. Kim Soo-hyun is returning to the small screen for the first time in about four years since tvN’s “Psycho But It’s Okay,” which aired in 2020, and Kim Ji-won is returning for the first time in two years since JTBC’s “My Liberation Diary,” which aired in 2022. The fact that the two of them are making a comeback to the small screen has drawn a lot of attention. Their visual chemistry added to the anticipation. The combination of the two seems perfect. Kim Ji-won plays the cool and confident Hong Hae-in, and Kim Soo-hyun plays Baek Hyun-woo, who is reconfirming his heart for Hong Hae-in. The Cinderella romance of a chaebol male lead and a commoner female lead falling in love is a common trope that is often considered a cliché, but the story with the gender roles reversed adds a sense of freshness. Unlike other works that end with “and they lived happily ever after,” “Queen of Tears” is just beginning to unfold at this point. This point has also been praised and highlighted by foreign media. Viewers are expressing their anticipation for their chemistry, mentioning the Hyun Bin and Son Ye-jin couple. This is because they showed perfect chemistry through Park Ji-eun’s previous work “Crash Landing on You,” and later developed into lovers and tied the knot. The two, who got married in 2022, had a son in November of the same year. Because of this, the line “Look at Hyun Bin and Son Ye-jin. They didn’t fall in love while acting in love. You guys are the same” appeared in the broadcast of “Queen of Tears” on the 17th. In addition, the wedding photo of Kim Soo-hyun and Kim Ji-won drew attention as it perfectly reproduced the actual wedding scene of Hyun Bin and Son Ye-jin. The wedding photo shows the same pink and white flower decorations. The wedding dress and tuxedo are also similar. Amid the favorable reviews and immersion of viewers at home and abroad, “Queen of Tears” has already surpassed the upward trend of “Crash Landing on You.” Attention is focused on whether it will be able to continue to be loved with chemistry connecting Hyun Bin and Son Ye-jin.