“I learned from Ji-hoon that I reap what I sow!”

This is a line shouted out by lawyer Baek Ma-ri, portrayed by Kim Ji-eun, as she goes undercover and tries to get hired at a secondhand car dealer, in the hit SBS drama series “One Dollar Lawyer.”

As an unexperienced lawyer working under lawyer Cheon Ji-hoon, played by Nam Koong-min, Ma-ri is willing to do anything to tackle her case: sometimes comically, sometimes touchingly.

Though many had expected veteran actor Nam Koong-min to steal the show, Kim, too, reaped what she sowed in hard work to rise above and leave a big impression.

Together with Ji-hoon’s legal assistant Sa Mu-jang, portrayed by Park Jin-woo, the trio succeeded in wrapping up the 12-episode series in high sails with a viewership rate of 15.2 percent last week.

Kim met with the JoongAng Ilbo, an affiliate of the Korea JoongAng Daily, at the building of her agency HB Entertainment in Gangnam District, southern Seoul, before the series ended and said at the press interview that she felt like she really was part of the show as she “created the scenes together” with Nam and Park.

As part of an elite family and the only heir to a famous law firm, Ma-ri is unafraid to stand up against the majority and has the guts to stick to what she thinks is right. However, Kim said that she “used all of the whimsicalness and mischief” hidden within herself to portray her character.

“Directors and writers initially wanted a more cynical Ma-ri, but she became the lovely...

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