Actually if you see WFKBJ, you will notice that the director cleverly reduced his screen time from all the emotional growth part of the problems that he faced conveniently to be solved in the end. I never understood why did they do that, till I saw him acting in another drama. That drama was all about the female lead and her story and I love it for that.
In Dazzling he is not good: he keeps on giving wrong expressions or blank expressions in so many scenes which need to expressed so deeply. even worse when he has to give an expression of being confused he gives that of being bored! When he has to be sad, he gives blank face, like somebody just told him he got down at the wrong stop but he does not understand his accent.
My fav ep in dazzling is ep 3 because he has almost no screen time.

live is one of my favorites from the year and i still can't believe it because i am seriously pro-police reform (literally everywhere.) i don't think i have seen a show/drama in a while that has made me lose it every episode. i really cherish that show and the beautiful writing and relationships. i didn't like IOIL either so i was so..surprised? it's too difficult for me to rewatch the show but it is SO AMAZING SHE KILLED IT

also him being a teacher is believable. we're around the same age and my best friend teaches classes on her own for her grad program. you can become a teacher pretty early. that's the least of our worries.

I've watched him in several drama, and in 3MAD. Something I noticed about Joo-Hyuk and why he's not an excellent actor, it's because he doesn't act freely... Like something is holding up him inside. I don't know if it's just my judgement, and I tried to understand why he can't be an amazing one. For me, he's amazing in "Weightlifting Fairy" because he acted with his free heart.

Yes to everything you said!

I loved his performance in Weightlifting Fairy the most. I thought he played the part beautifully and I didn't see the issues others had with his emotional scenes in that drama. Even Watergod wasn't his fault or maybe that's because I didn't watch all of it.

In The Light In Your Eyes, I am liking his portrayal too. I wouldn't call it mind blowing good but he definitely showed that he can act.

Agree about his portrayal in Dazzling, I esp loved his scenes with the young Hye-ja in their fave restaurant. Those eyes tell a lot.

Baaaaaaaams he's doing SO well.

After coffee friends now I am convinced the boy needs to act in a drama where he plays his real-life version. He's adorably dorky there. Like please give him roles of his age ..not a highschooler or 27-28 ish adult character.

I agree with you and I'm confused as to my acting abilities meter from previous comments here. I thought NJH was doing well acting-wise in Light in Your Eyes, and that's what netizens were saying and even Kim Hyeja (the real one) in the BTS for the show. Oh well.

But my favorite role of his was his first, Big in Surplus Princess. He was a satoori-speaking dork there. I would love it if his character here was something like that.

To be clear, it seems like I'm completely bashing him above, but he'll always have a special place in my heart (he interpreted one of my favorite male leads of all time!). I sincerely hope the best for him! and I have the same sentiment! Fighting!

coffee friends :P

👏 Yes 👏 to 👏 this 👏

I don’t know how to evenly space my claps, but anyways. I love how you’ve articulated how he’s doing in Dazzling, and as I’ve said before, I’m cheering for him to continue to do well in the future.