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Ha Ji-won on Board
Veteran actress Ha Ji-won, one of the highest paid actresses in Korean television, takes on a fresh role two years after her last drama, “The Time We Were Not in Love.” She plays a doctor in the new medical drama called “Hospital Ship” which started airing in August. “Hospital Ship” was filmed in Geojedo, a large island in South Korea.
In the drama, Ha Ji-won plays the role of Song Eun-jae, one of the doctors who provide medical care to locals of a rural village through a hospital ship, a floating medical treatment facility. Two of the other medical fellows are played by CNBLUE’s Kang Min-hyuk, an internal physician, and Lee Seo-won, a Chinese medicine specialist.
Song-Eun-jae was forced to grow up fast because she needed to take care of her family at a young age. She is a cold and calculating surgeon who does not show affection for her colleagues. Given her skills, people expect for her to get easily promoted. However, her detached personality works against her.
It is Ha Ji-won’s first time to play the role of a doctor. Part of her decision to play the role is her goal to select more mature projects that are not just designed to entertain audiences. To be able to portray her role in the new drama effectively, she did a lot of research, watched videos of surgeons performing operations, read some medical books, and even practiced sewing up a banana by herself. According to reports, she also shadowed real surgeons to study them while they are in action.
When people learned about “Hospital Ship,” many fans got very excited about Ha Ji-won’s new role. She is considered a versatile actress for being able to effectively portray roles in genres like comedy, horror, drama, sports, and most importantly, action. She is best known for being the lead star of the hit dramas “Secret Garden,” “The King 2 Hearts,” and “Empress Ki.” Additionally, viewers are also intrigued by the fact that the series is a medical drama that takes place on a ship, making it different from other medical dramas like “Good Doctor,” “Romantic Doctor,” and “Doctors.”