I wanted to find Seulgi's pretty nook..Jung Soo-bin, an outstanding newcomer (comprehensive) found through competition in good faith

By Jiyoun, Moon

Apr 04, 2025

I wanted to find Seulgi's pretty nook..Jung Soo-bin, an outstanding newcomer (comprehensive) found through competition in good faith
photo courtesy of JWide Company



New actor Jung Soo-bin (27) is an outstanding actor who is united with deep thought.

Jung Soo-bin made his face known to the public through the STUDIO X+U drama 『A Goodwill Competition" (played by Kim Tae-hee, directed by Kim Tae-hee and Min Ye-ji). It was released on various OTT platforms such as TVing, Wave, and Watcha on the 10th of last month, creating a sensation of binge-watching. It is based on the webcomic of the same name and was praised for portraying the mystery girl thriller surrounding the mysterious death of her father, who was a member of the College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) and her friends who revealed their desires to Chaehwa Girls' High School in the top 1 percent of Korea where fierce competition is taking place.

In the play, Jung Soo-bin played the role of Woo Seul-gi, the central axis of the narrative, and performed enthusiastically until the end. Jung Soo-bin was also praised for carefully drawing the complex psychology of the character coupled with the competition for entrance examinations. The number of popularity rankings and SNS followers, which are measures of popularity growth, has also increased rapidly. Jung Soo-bin realized his popularity by entering the top 10 for two consecutive weeks in the drama cast category announced by Good Data Corporation Fundex. In addition, Jung Soo-bin has 730,000 official Instagram followers, a seven-fold increase from before the drama began. Jung Soo-bin, who recently met with Sports Chosun, said "I found out that the response was good as I saw the increase in Instagram followers and comments. And recently, I went to the opening stage greeting of 'It's okay, it's okay. It's okay. People from all over the world came to give me letters. Through the stage greeting that day, I felt with my skin that you were supporting our drama, and I felt that I should work responsibly and hard. There are people who call me 'Princess', and I was so happy that my parents didn't call me by a nickname, and I feel grateful to see a character named 'Seul-gi' in my precious letter saying 'Thank you for being well with me'" expressed his feelings.




I wanted to find Seulgi's pretty nook..Jung Soo-bin, an outstanding newcomer (comprehensive) found through competition in good faith
photo courtesy of JWide Company
In 'Goodwill Competition', a large number of students who want to improve their grades even by taking medicine due to the burden of their studies appear. Jeong Su-bin, who has actually experienced Daechi-dong Academy, also said, `There were many points that I could fully sympathize with and understand.' Jung Soo-bin "I felt that the competitive society was severe at our time, but these days, it is more overheated, so I have encountered these materials through the news. I knew that the subject matter in our drama was not far from reality. While dealing with the last episode that it would be nice to be a competition where good intentions match rather than vague competition, I thought that if there was a belief from a good person or a good friend, I would be able to compete safely while relying on that belief. I think what we wanted to say about the drama is that we can compete in the world in good faith by learning from each other rather than in negative competition by fighting against anyone."

Jung Soo-bin also expressed that there was also the pressure to lead the play for the first time through 'goodwill competition'. He added "It was also a burden to take on the role of leading for the first time. The point where I didn't feel that Seulgi and I looked alike is that I have a lot of thoughts as Subin, so I think I try to find the activities I want to organize as a hobby. If I read a book, I can only read books and focus on the world, so I organize my thoughts by reading or climbing, but before that, I went to a cafe or studied acting in a reading room, and Seulgi kept walking. I took so many steps in the process of understanding Seulgi together, and when I thought about 'Why did this happen?' Seulgi was a friend who struggled to solve and break down her worries. Walking in the direction of solving it while walking leads to positive ideas, and what would you do as Seulgi?' I also got a solution to. So I think I look like myself, who climbed the mountain as a way to organize my thoughts without realizing it, and I, who took countless steps in the process of understanding Seulgi. I think I learned how to solve my problems through Seulgi."

I wanted to find Seulgi's pretty nook..Jung Soo-bin, an outstanding newcomer (comprehensive) found through competition in good faith
photo courtesy of JWide Company
Jung Soo-bin came to understand Woo Seul-gi and said, "When I lived as Seul-gi, Seul-gi was never loved, was never under protection, and lived alone. Why is he good to me?' It was my first time to receive the warmth of doing it, and I learned about worries, hate, and countless emotions through my friends, and I think I felt Seulgi opening her heart like dominoes went over one by one. He also felt guilty that he could not hold onto Jay, who believed in him while living as Seulgi. Jay was a friend who taught me how to believe, so I felt sorry that I didn't believe him at the last minute."




Then "Seulgi thought he was a child who had never experienced humans. I thought of becoming an actor with power to find the beauty of the child, but I thought that even if it was hard, there would be a beauty that only Seulgi had. It's just that the wall is thick. Because he is a friend who has lived in all kinds of black worlds, he just doesn't know the other colors of the world because of the wall. If someone tells me the red color, I'll paint the red color, and if someone tells me the yellow color, I'll paint the yellow color. When I reached this conclusion, I thought it would be a pretty colored drawing paper. I tried to express it in various ways, and as I followed the process well, I think the viewers made it pretty. They made me a princess and a prince, and they made me like 'Baby Kim Jong-guk'. There were people who saw what we drew as a good picture."

The same-sex kissing scene for the first time must have been a burden, but it is explained that it was completed in a comfortable atmosphere with Lee Hye-ri. Jung Soo-bin "We did it naturally because it was a narrative that we knew enough, but we were surprised by the reaction because it was so hot." Perhaps there was a reason why it could be passed comfortably. It was my first time experiencing it, and (Lee Hye-ri) invited me to her house and provided me with a good point about how to do it in the process. 'I want to give you that I have learning from someone while I'm an actor, but I'm grateful to hear that someone should do what they want to do and support you, but now I think I should support you, so I'll trust and support you if you do everything you want. So I hope you can trust me and show me what you're doingHe told me ', and I was able to communicate comfortably and do it together because I was open to the story. If my sister didn't open the door from the beginning, it would have been more difficult and difficult to shoot or deal with that scene, but I think she did it like Jay and Seulgi's relationship for the first time as a person-to-person person.

I wanted to find Seulgi's pretty nook..Jung Soo-bin, an outstanding newcomer (comprehensive) found through competition in good faith
photo courtesy of JWide Company
Jung Soo-bin won the love of his fans through his 'goodwill competition'. Jung Soo-bin thanked our drama for its comfort to those who said, "'I hated Monday so much, but it was my first time looking forward to Monday, and it was nice to be able to watch it happily while working at the company.'" When I first did this 'Up' through the fans, I thought I was alone, I was so lonely, I had to do better and I shouldn't be a nuisance, but whenever I thought about who wouldn't be to this many people, I was never alone, and there were a lot of people who made it with me. As a result, I wanted to create a world together. He said, `Princess'`Prince````.




Finally, Jung Soo-bin is "Think my name is 'Outstanding (秀)', but 'Bean (彬)' to be able to receive (受)'". As it is a job that receives light, there is a direction in which I want to return this light better. I want to make you so happy. I want to be a good and cheerful character, and I want to play a hurt character, and if the children grow up and overcome in dramas and movies, and if they draw a character really well in any work, some people will see it and see it and see it and say, `Those people overcome it and live a happy life, and I can get up as well. It's okay to fall down now and it's okay to be hard, but I want to be a person who waits and respects it, and I want to be a person who can be a force to get up again. If there is an opportunity and I can choose a work, I want to treat the process carefully and draw a person who can laugh" expressed his aspirations.



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