Wedding Impossible’s A-Jeong Defies All Female Lead Expectations

Summary:

• • Wedding Impossible is an ongoing rom-com that premiered on February 26, 2024.
• • It features A-Jeong, a no-nonsense protagonist who has fans gushing over her.

Wedding Impossible came out in February 2024. It posts new episodes every Monday and Tuesday; as of today, a total of four episodes have been aired. It might be too early to tell, but the female lead, A-Jeong, might be our new fav in K-dramas!

Fans call A-Jeong a “refreshing” character for a reason: she is not your typical female protagonist in a Korean drama, waiting to be saved by the main character, playing damsel in distress. She’s very outspoken and strong-willed, with a good sense of humor.

She’s very practical and down-to-earth; she treats the sham marriage as a business transaction (which it virtually is, albeit between two friends), hammering down every single detail, analyzing the reactions she will get from her future in-laws. We love it!

A-Jeong is also impulsive, a trait you usually don’t expect from a self-aware and strong person. Emotions sometimes overcome her, and she doesn’t think straight, making rash decisions on the spur of the moment and later changing her mind: for example, she refused to marry Do-Han, which was maybe a very rational thing to do, but later she was hurting and wanted to get back at Ji-han, so she accepted the marriage proposal.

And then, all chaos ensued.

Making up your mind, then changing it because you’re sad or angry—what a very human thing to do! It is indeed refreshing to see a female character on TV that probably does exactly what you would’ve done because she’s not a caricature of a woman, written to further the plot; she is the plot, and she’s beautiful in it.

The star’s (Jeon Jong-seo) acting is next-level. One Reddit user said that “she played the role so well it feels like watching someone I know”. Her realistic acting is probably what makes A-Jeong so true-to-life.

A-Jeong feels like a real person. She’s charming, and she’s ruthless; she’s strong and independent, and she’s emotional and impulsive. She stands up for people she cares about, and she makes the show so fleshed out. The ML blossoms when she’s around, the two working very well together on screen.

Wedding Impossible checks out all the boxes when it comes to strong female leads. It’s clever, it’s got great writing, and it does right by its characters—what more do you need?