Lee Na-young / Courtesy of Eden9
ENA’s thriller “Honour,” which wrapped Tuesday, follows a team of lawyers taking on a powerful sex trafficking cartel in a story that inevitably echoes the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.
Centered on three determined attorneys at the victim advocacy firm L&J — short for Listen & Join — who choose solidarity over silence while investigating scandals linked to the shadowy digital sex trade platform “Connect In,” the drama marks actorLee Na‑young’s first work on the small screen in three years.
Lee plays Yun Ra‑yeong, a celebrity lawyer with millions of followers online, but beneath her polished public image lies a woman shaped by deep personal trauma. Lee's restrained performance has drawn praise from viewers.
"I first read the script with the curiosity of a novel reader, just dying to know what would happen next. Then I went back through it, thinking about the role I had to play and that's when I felt like I just had to be part of this story," Lee said during an interview with The Korea Times at a cafe in central Seoul, Wednesday.
Taking on a role with lengthy legal dialogue for the first time, she initially thought it would be relatively straightforward.
“There weren’t any big crying scenes like in other dramas. So I figured it was just about memorizing the lines and delivering them well," she said.
Lee Na-young in a scene from the ENA's legal thriller "Honour" / Courtesy of ENA
Once filming started, she realized every moment from start to finish was loaded with emotion.
"Ra-yeong is a character who keeps her feelings bottled up inside, so I had to deliver everything with clarity and restraint. Facing people in pain or hurt while giving them courage to keep going together from a shared standpoint — that meant suppressing a ton of emotion. There were hardly any one-note expressions for her," she explained.
Source: Korea Times News
