Lee Jun Young's Epic Soul-Swap Acting Performance

Actor Lee Jun-young is receiving rave reviews from viewers for his legendary soul-swapping performance in JTBC's new Saturday-Sunday drama, 'Kang, the New Intern Chairman.' The second episode depicted the situation where, after an accident, the soul of 72-year-old Choi Sung Group Chairman Kang Yong-ho possessed the body of soccer prodigy Hwang Jun-hyun. Lee Jun-young perfectly embodied Kang Yong-ho, who appears youthful on the outside but is a seasoned chairman on the inside.

In the drama, Hwang Jun-hyun, played by Lee Jun-young, was a promising soccer player and former K League 2 MVP whose career was cut short by a hit-and-run accident involving the Choi Sung Group family. Afterward, Chairman Kang Yong-ho's soul came to inhabit his body. Kang's twin children, Jae-kyung and Jae-sung, attempted to cover up the accident and frame Kang Yong-ho as the culprit, but the episode showed Kang Yong-ho's emotional changes as he witnessed this from his hospital bed.

Kang Yong-ho decides to compensate for Hwang Jun-hyun's lost life and demands a position as an intern at Choi Sung Group. He then elicited laughter with his inability to hide his identity as a 70-year-old chairman, using the speech patterns of his former chairman days and struggling with Excel. At the end of the broadcast, at the intern presentation, he mentioned Jae-sung's slush fund channel and provocatively declared in the executive meeting room, "Then am I also qualified? Qualified to become the chairman of Choi Sung Group?" signaling his future counterattack.

Lee Jun-young made the character captivating with his acting skills, oscillating between the appearance of a young man in his twenties and the charisma of a 70-year-old corporate magnate. Viewers praised his performance with comments such as "It feels like Son Hyun-ju himself is in there," "His tone and gaze are truly amazing," and "His acting, which swings between comedy and seriousness, is superb."

'Kang, the New Intern Chairman' is a fantasy office comedy drama about a conglomerate chairman, known as the "god of business," who is forced to live a second, unwanted life after an accident. It is planned for a total of 12 episodes. Writer Kim Soon-ok participated as a creator, and the drama airs on Saturdays at 10:40 PM and Sundays at 10:30 PM. The second episode recorded a nationwide viewership rating of 5.2%, showing an upward trend.