MBC's "A Bona fide killer" is having a favorable debut when the first 2 episodes recorded viewership ratings of 7.4% and 8%, according to Nielsen Korea. The work also tops the TV shows broadcast in the same Friday and Saturday time slot.
However, Jung Joon Won - who plays Kwon Tae Sung - became the focus of debate.
In the original, this is a character with outstanding appearance, appearance is one of the factors that attracts the female lead Yu Bo Na. Therefore, right from the moment the actor recruitment information was announced, a part of the readers questioned the suitability of Jung Joon Won with the character's image.
After the movie aired, debates continued to appear. Some people think that Jung Joon Won is not like the image of Kwon Tae Sung in webtoons, while others think that adapted TV dramas do not necessarily have to completely copy the image from the original.
Jung Joon Won himself also admitted that being compared to the original is inevitable. The actor said that he read webtoons quite late during filming and noticed that Kwon Tae Sung in the script had some differences from the original version.
Jung Joon Won explained in the webtoon that Yu Bo Na was attracted to Tae Sung's appearance, but he believes that this element does not necessarily have to be maintained when adapted into a TV series.
After that, Jung Joon Won continued to cause controversy when he appeared on MBC's "How do you play?" program with Gong Hyo Jin to promote "Housing Killer".
In the episode broadcast on August 1st, the male actor appeared quite tense when participating in an acting challenge proposed by Yoo Jae Suk and HaHa. Because it took quite a long time to start the challenge, some viewers thought he was not enthusiastic when participating in the movie promotion program.
However, many people think that the male actor is simply stressed because this is his first time participating in an entertainment show. HaHa then spoke out to defend her junior, affirming that Jung Joon Won is lovely, amiable and humorous in real life, and also said that the seemingly impatient reactions on air were just to create laughter.
On August 4, Gong Hyo Jin also shared about the pressure that her co-star had to go through during filming. The actress posted a photo of Jung Joon Won with a tense face in the program and revealed: "This guy really vomited after filming" and regretted not being able to help his junior.
