Jo Yuri Faces Criticism Over Acting in 'Squid Game 3' Debut Role

By Jiyoun, Moon

Jun 30, 2025

Jo Yuri Faces Criticism Over Acting in 'Squid Game 3' Debut Role



Singer-turned-singer Cho Yu-ri is on the cutting board for her acting skills through her first commercial drama challenge.

Cho Yu-ri performed as Jun-hee, a pregnant woman, in the Netflix original Siraj 'Squid Game Season 3' (played by Hwang Dong-hyuk, directed by 'Squid Game 3'), which was released on the 27th. Jun-hee is a person who participated in the game after receiving the wrong investment information from her ex-boyfriend Myung-ki (Tim Si-wan) and losing a large amount of money, and emerged as a major character as she received a narrative as the only young female character in the play to appear in the pregnant woman setting from the beginning. In particular, this character was a good character who could express multi-layered emotional lines as he gave birth in season 3 after season 2??It is also true that many people had expectations for the door.

However, after opening the lid, there was a regretful voice about Cho Yu-ri's acting skills. He was able to express the death of Hyun-joo (Park Sung-hoon), who tried to protect him starting with childbirth, and Geum-ja (Kang Ae-sim) gradually becoming black or helpless after a series of incidents in which she took her life. In addition, he was given a physical handicap because he hurt his legs. Even as the story revolves around the child in season 3, attention to Jun-hee, the mother of the child, has increased, and even the power of the story is put on the last step of the main character Sung Ki-hoon (Lee Jung-jae), who is trying to save Jun-hee and the child, so he needed a strong acting ability.




Jo Yuri Faces Criticism Over Acting in 'Squid Game 3' Debut Role
Jo Yuri Faces Criticism Over Acting in 'Squid Game 3' Debut Role
Jun-hee, played by Jo Yu-ri, was depicted as a completely different person from this expectation, causing regret. At the moment Hyun-joo died, he had to give a fearful or resentful look to the master who stabbed him, but he only had a dry expression and continued the play with a single expression that did not change much afterwards, halving the charm of the character. Even in the birth scene, which gave birth to a child in five minutes, his face was hardly seen, perhaps due to his lack of facial expression, and with the help of Sung Ki-hoon, he continued the game with a single expression that seemed to express fear, so only the scenes without impact continued.

As the agency claimed, Jun-hee was a character with complex emotions. Wake One is once again establishing itself as a `Trust and Watch' actor through 'Squid Game Season 3' while releasing a large amount of praise materials for his acting. By weaving the complex inner side of the character 'Jun-hee', he gave the character a sense of reality and proved his brilliant presence even among prominent actors. Attention is also focused on Cho Yu-ri's acting moves, which added another big filmography" was a series of embarrassing compliments, but what viewers actually appreciated was Jun-hee, who kept only one facial expression. Their self-praise is not convincing.

In addition to Jo Yu-ri, a novice in acting, there are many people who showed disappointing acting skills in 'Squid Game'. However, what highlights Jo Yu-ri the most among them is that she blew away this attractive role dryly. Contrary to self-praise that he will be the biggest beneficiary of the "Squid Game", I don't wonder what's next for Cho Yu-ri, who lost her chance with her disappointing acting skills.








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