Ahn Jae Wook Talks About His Morally Ambiguous Character In New Drama “The Empire” – newsdubai
Ahn Jae Wook has shared his ideas on his character in JTBC’s upcoming drama “The Empire”!
“The Empire” is a brand new drama set in probably the most prestigious authorized circles in Korea. The story will observe the personal lives and darkish secrets and techniques of the overly bold “royalty” who rule the nation’s authorized realms.
Ahn Jae Wook stars within the drama as Na Geun Woo, a legislation professor who has risen up in society regardless of dealing with troublesome circumstances early in life. Now on the verge of changing into a presidential candidate, he’s married to Han Hye Ryul (Kim Solar Ah), who comes from a rich and highly effective household and is at present the pinnacle of the Central District Prosecutors’ Workplace’s Particular Department.
Describing his preliminary response to the story, Ahn Jae Wook recalled, “I used to be naturally drawn to the drama out of curiosity about how it could painting these battles fought exterior the legislation, utilizing the ability that solely the privileged courses have—which in addition to the evil that lives on this age, although it ought to have been put to loss of life way back.”
“I used to be fascinated by the topic of the personal lives of ‘authorized royalty’ whose households have the whole lot,” he continued, “and I discovered the character of Na Geun Woo, who subtly seems like an outsider amongst these households, very interesting.”

Ahn Jae Wook went on to notice that though Na Geun Woo hides a darkish aspect beneath his excellent exterior, he’s additionally somebody who could be seen as pitiful.
“To be sincere, if he takes his masks off, individuals would possibly rebuke him [for his true] himself,” mentioned the actor, “however Na Geun Woo is somebody who has lived his life desperately.”
“I feel it’s attainable to interpret Na Geun Woo’s life in a number of other ways,” he added.

Ahn Jae Wook additionally shared that he went by means of a number of preparation to excellent the advanced character.
“From his logical and well-organized means of talking to his clear look, Na Geun Woo is somebody who wears a flawless masks,” he defined, “and I went to numerous conferences to deliver the character to life.”
Lastly, Ahn Jae Wook remarked, “Since this can be a drama that we’ve been working exhausting on for a very long time, I actually hope the viewers will prefer it. We invite you all contained in the Iron Citadel of a household that belongs to official royalty , into which not simply anybody can enter.”

“The Empire” premieres on September 24 at 22:30 KST and will probably be out there with subtitles on Viki. Watch a teaser for the drama right here!
In the meantime, watch Ahn Jae Wook in his drama “Mouse” with subtitles beneath:
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