Actor Moon portrays a kindergarten teacher spiraling into cultic mania in "Hellbound" Season 2. Courtesy of Netflix, Culturecap Media. By KTimes The release of "Hellbound" Season 2 on Netflix on Friday sparked a wave of social media posts suggesting that Moon Geun-young’s role marks a new era for “crazy female characters” in Korean dramas.
Formerly known as the “nation’s little sister,” Moon shocked fans with her radical transformation into a fanatical cult leader in the new season. “The era of ‘crazy female characters’ in Korean dramas can be divided into before and after Moon Geun-young,” tweeted user @nmf***. In one of the episodes, Moon takes the stage in a hauntingly captivating look, her face painted blood red and dressed in a hanbok outfit (traditional Korean clothing).
She calls out to the mesmerized crowd, “Will you join me?” Adorned with feather-like white eyebrows, reminiscent of an ancient sage, her lips painted black. Her makeup was so haunting that viewers struggled to recognize her, with one user commenting, “I only realized it was Moon Geun-young after hearing her voice.” Moon Geun-young in "Hellbound" Season 2 / Courtesy of Netflix Bong Joon-ho praises transformation Moon plays Oh Ji-won, a kindergarten teacher who descends into cultic mania.
Eyes glinting with fanaticism, she raises a charred arm at a supernatural death ritual, proclaiming with a smile, “God has forgiven my sins.” Director Bong Joon-ho, who attended a fan even.
