Hwang Min-hyun woos with truth in tvN's My Lovely Liar

13 June 27, 2023July 23, 2023

Hwang Min-hyun woos with truth in tvN’s My Lovely Liar

by tccolb

A new teaser has been released for tvN’s My Lovely Liar, this time giving the spotlight to our male lead Hwang Min-hyun (Alchemy of Souls), as well as the first blooms of romance with our heroine Kim So-hyun (Love Alarm 2).

Owing to her special ability to discern lies from truth, it’s usually easy for Mok Sol-hee (Kim So-hyun) to read people and figure out their intentions. But as we learn in the new teaser, even the all-hearing Sol-hee finds songwriter Kim Do-ha (Hwang Min-hyun) puzzling and she looks confused when he asks her, “Do you know me, by any chance?”

As we watch a very conspicuous Do-ha sneaking around in a mask, in voiceover he’s described as being a little odd: he doesn’t seem to meet with people and there’s very little known about him. Sol-hee guesses that Do-ha must be an attention-seeker and acting mysterious is his concept. In the intermittent text screens, we read: “Who is this man? A suspicious man who doesn’t(?) lie has appeared next door to a woman who can hear lies.”

But when Sol-hee actually talks to Do-ha, she’s once again perplexed. In the sequence, we watch as our pair share some charged moments and merrily go out for drinks. A matter-of-fact Do-ha tells Sol-hee outright that she’s pretty and plainly asks her, “Did you not have any thoughts when you saw my face?” Sol-hee starts by saying, “Well… just… he’s good-looking?” But she’s unable to hold her curiosity and the teaser closes on her question to Do-ha, “Do you normally not lie?”

With PD Nam Sung-woo (Love in Contract, My Roommate is a Gumiho) at the helm and scripts by Seo Jung-eun (Let Me Be Your Knight), tvN’s mystery rom-com My Lovely Liar will be coming to our screens on July 31.

Via News1 [1], News1 [2]

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1 DancingEmma

June 27, 2023 at 11:12 PM

I might find out if HMY can really act or maybe not. He was so sweet as Yul but didn’t do much acting beyond look8ng serene in IMHO.

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Cecee

June 28, 2023 at 3:41 AM

100% yes and I'm waiting for it too! I can't tell if the Hong sisters wrote an emotionally stagnant character because they needed a noble yet fairly uni-dimensional character (he's neither a hero nor an antagonist, he's a narrating device designed to help us understand aspects of the mages' and Nak-su's lives) or because HMY didn't have the time/energy/guidance to engage with a more complex role.

But the same can be said for Oh Na-ra, whose acting style seems to revolve around loudness and lack of emotional awareness. I felt her character in AoS was lovingly written and I actually could follow her emotional journey and feel for her. By comparison, I wanted to reach through the screen and punch her characters in a similar way in Hide, Jekyll, Me, and Racket Boys. Is it the only way she can play or is it how people choose to write her characters?

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Unaspirated

June 28, 2023 at 5:23 AM

I haven't seen the other dramas you mentioned (besides AoS), but Oh Na-ra was amazing in My Ajusshi, as the tragic bar owner.

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Cecee

June 28, 2023 at 5:54 AM

I feel she has a good range for the poignant tragedy of little things in life (which is where I'd place her AoS character). I haven't yet watched My Ajusshi, but consider it on my list now!

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Blue (@mayhemf)

June 28, 2023 at 4:20 AM

He had ONE expression until the point I dropped the drama. Don’t know if it changed.
But yes he is pretty when standing.
But I do think he has made some effort here.

Of course Kim So-hyun is the reason I will be tuning in.

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Cecee

June 30, 2023 at 9:14 AM

I don’t know when you dropped, but you’d be pleased to know that he did in fact maintain his one expression throughout til the end. He was very committed to the docile puppy face expression. He put his entire Min-hyun-ness into mastering it and I applaud the dedication. At least, they occasionally gave him a change of outfit so his puppiness received some variety in the form of colours.

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Elinor is trapped in the timeslip

June 30, 2023 at 9:35 AM

I object! His second expression was faint, but it was there. He was almost entirely "puppy, yearning" but by the end of Part 2, he could also do "puppy, in pain." Such growth as an actor!

We'll just have to hope being paired with Kim So-hyun brings out the best in him and that her expression in the second still after the teaser isn't a reaction to his "acting."

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2 Unaspirated

June 28, 2023 at 5:25 AM

This looks like it could be a lot of fun! I'm also interested to see how Minhyun does in a lead role, but ready to give him the benefit of the doubt until I get to see first-hand.