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Actress Park Min-young triumphs with K-drama 'Marry My Husband'

Published Feb 23, 2024 07:37 am

Korean actress Park Min-young triumphed with her latest drama “Marry My Husband,” which aired on Prime Video globally and on OTT platform TVING in South Korea. 

The 16th and final episode of “Marry My Husband” on Feb. 20 garnered a nationwide rating of 11.951 percent in South Korea and placed first. 

The appeal of the drama also resonated with audiences around the world. According to streaming analytics website FlixPatrol, “Marry My Husband” took first place in 61 countries and regions on Prime Video on Feb. 21. 

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Park Min-young in "Marry My Husband" (Prime Video)

It is No. 1 in countries such as the Philippines, Canada, Indonesia, Japan, Peru, Malaysia, Thailand, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates. It is No. 2 in the US, based on FlixPatrol data. 

According to Prime Video, “Marry My Husband” is the No. 1 show in the Philippines for the week. 

In “Marry My Husband,” Park Min-young plays the role of Kang Ji-won who dies at the hands of her husband Park Min-hwan (played by actor Lee Yi-kyung) and her best friend Jung Su-min (Song Ha-yoon) after finding out about their affair. She is transported 10 years into the past and is determined to change her fate. The drama series also stars Na In-woo and Lee Gi-kwang. 

Amid the success of the drama, Park Min-young faced personal controversy in the last two years. 

In September 2022, Korean media outlet Dispatch published an exclusive report about the romance between Park Min-young and businessman Kang Jong-hyun. Her name was dragged into his alleged criminal activities but she was cleared eventually. 

"Park Min Young has broken up with the individual mentioned in the dating reports, and it is by no means true that she received a lot of financial support from him," Hook Entertainment said, SBS News reported then. 

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 "Marry My Husband" (Prime Video)

Before the finale aired, Park Min-young faced Korean media to talk about the drama and herself. 

“I had to face the fact that Park Min-young the person couldn’t be perfect, but I realized that I still had Park Min-young the actor, and she has been working tirelessly for nearly 20 years. She is the reason I can keep going and why I took on this show,” she told the media, referring to “Marry My Husband,” the Korea JoongAng Daily reported. 

About “Marry My Husband” getting popular among audiences in other countries, she said, “We all want a second chance. And it is tempting to imagine we can have a do-over like my character in ‘Marry My Husband.’ Add to that the quick speed at which the plot unfolds — partly stemming from Korea’s unique ppalli ppalli [hurry hurry] culture — I think the show was able to garner global popularity.”

For her role as terminally ill patient, Park Min-young lost weight and didn’t wear makeup, saying, “All the actors wanted to keep everything real.” 

She said like her character in the drama, Ji-won, she personally felt loneliness. 

“I seem like a very outgoing person, but I experience a lot of loneliness like Ji-won. There's a line in the drama where Ji-won says that, from some point in her life, she feels alone and like she is constantly on a boat and never on solid ground, and that really resonated with me,” said Park Min-young. 

The 37-year-old star added, ““I recall crying a lot while filming the scene in the second episode when she gets a complete makeover and is looking at her new self in the mirror. She could be this pretty and confident, but Ji-won in episode one was so busy and insecure that she couldn’t take care of herself. I thought that if I, too, could get a second chance in life, I would like to love and take care of myself more.”

Park MIn-young has been in the entertainment business for nearly two decades and according to her, “I’ve had burnouts and also experience a lot of emptiness while working. I know now that life has its ups and downs and time heals pain and scars.”

“Filming ‘Marry My Husband’ felt especially precious. This drama was really like medicine to me. I spent a lot of time rebuilding myself — going to therapy, exercising and taking up new hobbies,” she said. 

She addressed criticisms. 

“Some people have said that I have some nerve and mentality to go in front of cameras and the press, but I don’t. I don’t have a stronger mind than the average person. But I believe in facing your problems,” she said. 

Park Min-young added, “It takes a long time to accept what you did wrong, but once you can, there is no shame in apologizing, and it is also the first step in moving forward. And then, I want to be better for everyone who supports and loves me and live life under the values that I believe in. The scars may take a long time to heal, and may possibly never heal until I die, but I have hope that I can show better sides of myself.”

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