Actress Park Min Young has shocked netizens with her drastic weight loss for an upcoming project.
Park Min Young | @rachel_mypark/Instagram
Throughout her career, Park Min Young has become a firm fan-favorite with some of her most iconic roles, including What’s Wrong With Secretary Kim, Forecasting Love and Weather, and Love In Contract.
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Recently, Park Min Young shocked fans with her transformation for the upcoming K-Drama Marry My Husband.
In the webtoon, the main character Kang Ji Won (Park Min Young’s character) is suffering from an unhappy marriage, and it gets worse when she is diagnosed with cancer. In a shocking turn of events, she is taken ten years into the past with a vow to change her life.
A screenshot from the original webtoon
Of course, with such a sensitive role, it would’ve been easy to try and glamorize it. Yet, the impact cancer has on someone is undeniable and the recent pictures of Park Min Young cement her dedication to the role.
As seen in the webtoon, Park Min Young’s teasers show the actress much skinnier and paler compared to her past roles. In particular, her face is considerably thinner, and the image they have portrayed, while emphasizing the impact cancer has on people.
When the pictures were posted, netizens couldn’t get over the unexpected and dramatic transformation. In particular, after it was revealed that the actress had dropped to 37kg for the role, they admired her admiration and dedication in preparing for such a sensitive and emotional role.
OMG, am not ready to see MinYoung this sickly looking. 🫣 Can we skip to the good part Rachel?
But on the other hand, I’m in awe how they can really get into their webtoon characters. Huge respect to Kdrama actors and actresses for this! #ParkMinYoung #MarryMyHusband pic.twitter.com/tu60uhXc8K
— Missy Ulan (@lala_raine) November 23, 2023
Park Min Young put her heart and soul into losing weight to 37kg in order to digest it more thoroughly.#MarryMyHusband #내남편과결혼해줘 #KangJiWon #강지원 #parkminyoung #박민영 #パクミニョン pic.twitter.com/7OmSCHerNF
— PMYmyWAY (@ParkMinYoungWAY) November 23, 2023
if she doesn’t look like kang jiwon, then i don’t know who resembles jiwon the most my girl who devotes herself to her work so much that she even lost 37kg to play a cancer patient park minyoung, i love you so much #ParkMinYoung #MarryMyHusband pic.twitter.com/fg5F92b74g
— (@pmybean) November 23, 2023
My girl #ParkMinYoung super comeback she lost her weight till only 37kg for Jiwon character 🤍 totally awesome my best actress cant wait see you soon
#박민영 #朴敏英 #パクミニョン #パク・ミニョン #내남편과결혼해줘 #MarryMyHusband pic.twitter.com/sXdhsVKp2A
— Mglovejj (@Mglovejj2) November 23, 2023
#ParkMinYoung lose her weight until 37kg to portray Kang Jiwon, a 37 years old cancer patient for upcoming webtoon-based drama #MarryMyHusband
the dedication 🥹🥹 pic.twitter.com/bpGErOrhoB
— daisy han (@kdramadaisy) November 23, 2023
While weight is always a sensitive topic in Korean entertainment, Park Min Young’s dedication to showcase the reality of suffering from cancer has unsurprisingly gained a lot of praise.
