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Time passed quickly. November. In just one month, Do Gyeoul firmly established herself as a full-fledged adult actor, no longer a child star.
[<Beyond the Closed Door> finally appears in the second half of the year as this year’s talked-about masterpiece.... Breaking rating records every episode]
[Do Gyeoul–Noh Seungchan show perfect chemistry, will the “Milk Couple” become the trend?]
[Let’s look into the ‘Do Gyeoul styling’ showing a sold-out streak]
It was an unbelievable level of buzz. A solid story, a cast with no holes in their acting, heart-fluttering direction, and even a harmonious OST.
Episode 1: 5.4
Episode 2: 7.3
Episode 3: 9.8
Episode 4: 12.6
It was only natural for the ratings to draw an upward curve as the episodes went on.
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[#Beyond the Closed Door Ep.3/ Why are they called the Milk Couple.. ♥︎ Noh Seungchan’s temperature-gap is so real lolol “Bi-gyeoul” and Do Gyeoul discrimination MAX, chaebol man]
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-Just looking at their faces is funny lololol Ah, now I get why it’s a romcom
︎˪222222 so true, even just standing there they’ve got chemistry TT_TT
-Every scene they’re together makes my skin tingle.. give an award to whoever cast them
-There’s been nothing worth watching all year, and then one finally explodes at the end lololol I’ve been waiting for a romcom like this, please, staff, keep it like this until the last episode T_T
-Everyone kept going “Do Gyeoul, Do Gyeoul,” so I checked it out, and the moment I hit play on episode 1, I started going “Do Gyeoul, Do Gyeoul” too
Do Gyeoul spread across SNS and communities. Even in a single day, that name rose and fell dozens, hundreds of times. On the <Beyond the Closed Door> minor gallery, analysis posts packed with effort, captures, gifs, and other bait were uploaded nonstop.
BEST▶ Do Gyeoul Wore/ Flare Long Skirt (Ivory Sold Out)
Do Gyeoul also drew attention through her styling in the drama, pairing an oversized knit with a flare skirt and mass-producing countless “Sonminsu” imitators. With the FW season in full swing, the main pages of internet shopping malls that were uploading like crazy always had that coordination.
Creamy @creammilktea
(A photo.jpg where everyone—people right behind, right beside, even diagonally—are all wearing Do Gyeoul’s knit in the same place)
I thought I did a quick Sonminsu, you know? But it wasn’t just me who thought that. Everyone was nimble, and in an instant I turned into Naruto using the Shadow Clone Jutsu, and my heart just got petty as hell, f*ck
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Memes like that were even going around. And it didn’t end there. Songs from a drama that hadn’t even aired half of its run yet started playing out on the streets.
▶︎Lemon Chart
Wave (<Beyond the Closed Door> OST)
Because You Are You (<Beyond the Closed Door> OST)
Do Gyeoul’s drama OSTs fought for first and second place on the music charts.
Do Gyeoul’s lines became famous lines and spread like memes.
Whenever a few people gathered, at least one of them would definitely talk about Do Gyeoul’s drama.
The best scenario the drama industry dreams of had been completed. The kind of influence that only comes once every few years, from a hit work, moved as if it was ruling Korea.
The public grew curious about Do Gyeoul and Noh Seungchan, and in the end they came to love the characters those two played, and that feeling was once again draped onto the bodies of those characters—Do Gyeoul and Noh Seungchan themselves.
At this very moment, when the public’s attention and love and heart were pouring down uncontrollably.
It felt like the whole world existed for Do Gyeoul.
[Anonymous Board for People in Their 20s/ Do Gyeoul is seriously insane lolol she’s filming in real time and preparing her school play at the same time]
Isn’t she crazy.... They say she films until dawn, then goes to school and practices for the play, and when the sun comes up she goes to the salon and then back to filming T_T I felt it since she took a hiatus to go to college, but she really seems serious about acting
-??? If she’s filming, how does she even go to school.? Do they facts attendance?
︎˪DaeYeJong treats the final play as important, so when they’re preparing for that they don’t do regular classes
︎˪Holy shit that's insane.... I could never do that
-Celebrities who enter college through special admission and then half-ass attendance should seriously learn from this lololol
-My friend goes to DaeYeJong so I know, she’s doing it with Pi Chaewon
︎˪Pi Chaewon goes to DaeYeJong too???? Since it’s a web drama I thought she was just like, theater/film dept or something, but she got into a better school than I expected
So it was only natural that the public would take interest even in the final play.
-Can regular people go watch that play too?? T_T I want to see it too
The rumor that Do Gyeoul and Pi Chaewon would be on stage in the same troupe spread quickly.
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-Shortly, the play <Romeo and Juliet> by the first-year students of Daehan Arts General University will begin. Distinguished guests, please....
An announcement echoed through the auditorium. The seats were packed with audience members, to the point that there wasn’t a single empty spot. The constant murmur unique to a gathered crowd never stopped.
“Did you see the front row? The director from Gyeoul’s drama is here!”
“There are a lot of reporters today too....”
Team A of <Romeo and Juliet> was excited as if they had no fear at all.
Of course they were. The star of today’s stage—Juliet—was Do Gyeoul.
“Gyeoul, are you okay?”
A member of Team A asked Do Gyeoul, who was sitting still in her chair. As always, Gyeoul managed her expression.
Because the strange thrill boiling up from her gut was an emotion she couldn’t tell anyone about.
“Yeah. I’m fine.”
Emotions that were hard to put into words pounded at Gyeoul’s heart. She had never trembled this much on any set until now.
“Of course Gyeoul wouldn’t be nervous.... Yeoreum’s the problem.”
Someone said in a small voice.
Not long ago, Do Gyeoul and Han Yeoreum had been nominated at the MBS Acting Awards at the same time. Both for Rookie of the Year.
-??Do Gyeoul is a rookie?
︎˪Since she became an adult it’s her first work, so I guess they’re counting her as a rookie TT_TT what about the other actors..
-LOOOOL At this point just give Do Gyeoul everything
-My personal taste says Han Yeoreum is good at acting, but this is way too stacked.. if it’s not Do Gyeoul then it’ll probably go to that female lead from Caller ID Restricted? or whatever
Of course, Do Gyeoul wasn’t nominated only for Rookie of the Year. Best Couple Award, Top Excellence Acting Award as well. Since she was the main force that brought MBS back to life this year, it was only natural.
At last, the lights on stage went out.
The curtain rose, and Romeo headed toward the stage. <Romeo and Juliet> began.
“Listen to me. Do not think of that woman.”
“Ah, how can I not think of her.”
Waiting backstage, Gyeoul turned her gaze and looked at Yeoreum, who had her eyes closed.
How Yeoreum opened her eyes, how she lifted her chin, how she moved the corners of her lips. Even though she had memorized every expression that floated across that face, she still watched.
“No matter what you do, you won’t be able to teach me how to forget her.”
Before she knew it, Romeo’s part ended, and it was Juliet’s turn.
“Lady Juliet!”
In the darkness between the extinguished lights, the Nurse’s voice calling for Juliet rang out. Gyeoul walked, one step at a time, picking up speed.
She hadn’t been able to properly rest for quite a long time, but her body was lighter than ever.
And then, the moment everyone had been waiting for arrived.
At last, Do Gyeoul stepped onto the stage.
“Yes? Who’s calling? What is it?”
At the perfect image of Juliet, the audience stirred.
“Isn’t that outfit exactly like the drama?”
“Uh.... That’s insane, seriously. A celebrity really is a celebrity.”
Gyeoul was used to reactions like that. Taking her place between the Nurse and her mother, Gyeoul faced forward so her face could be seen clearly. All of the audience’s eyes were aimed at Gyeoul alone.
Those were, truly, the eyes that watched a protagonist.
“Then now, think about marriage. Count Paris, that gallant man, says he will take you.”
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“Answer simply. Do you think you can love Lord Paris?”
At that, Gyeoul put on an indifferent expression.
Just like Pi Chaewon, whom Yeoreum had acted as, Juliet stared into empty space as if she had no interest whatsoever in something like marriage. Exactly like a girl that age.
Gyeoul answered halfheartedly.
“If it’s something that grows fond when you look at it, then I’ll look at him well— so that I can grow fond.”
From the moment she first met Yeoreum, the habits of studying and practicing for nearly a year overlapped, and at last Do Gyeoul’s Juliet was completed.
At the Nurse’s hand gripping her shoulder, Gyeoul turned her back, and at her mother’s hand that tried to stroke her hair again, she moved her feet.
“Cute. It kind of has that <Beyond the Closed Door> vibe too.”
“Right? Somehow it’s got a bit of a romcom mood.”
The audience whispered as they spoke about Gyeoul’s acting. Nothing else could be seen. On stage, there was only the lovable Juliet.
It drew their eyes even more, as if the heroine of <Beyond the Closed Door>, which was approaching its final episode, had become Juliet.
Because among the people sitting here, there wasn’t a single person who hadn’t watched Do Gyeoul’s <Beyond the Closed Door>.
Gyeoul adjusted the strength and weakness of her lines and finally reached the climax.
That most famous scene in <Romeo and Juliet>.
