‘Goblin’ premiered successfully on December 2, scoring high viewership ratings. The lead character, Gong-Yoo, expressed his gratitude to fans for their wonderful support.
The premiere of the drama, which has a working title “Guardian: The Lonely and Great God,” has been very succesful in gaining viewership ratings. It scores highest in the entire tvN drama for the first week.
On the first day, “Goblin” only scored 6.32% in the viewership ratings of AGB Nielsen Korea. That number is only 0.3% lower than the all-time highest rating tvN drama “Reply 1988” which score 6.7%.
Further spike occured on the second day. The rating upsurge to 7.9% nationwide. That made the first week rating of “Guardian: The Lonely and Great God” has an average 7.1% in AGB Nielsen Korea, while in TnMS it scored 7.4%.
Gong-Yoo, who played the titular character Goblin, expressed his gratitude for the fans as reported by Seoul Daily News.
“Thank you very much for the support,“ Gong-Yoo said. “I also wish to thank director, writer and all the crew members of the drama for a wonderful works.”
“Goblin” is the first drama in Korea which was shot using the wide angle anamorphic lens for its filming. Anamorphic lens provide more detail in its image because of the availability to use longer focal length compared to ordinary lens. The lens also give an ultra-wide angle of view which expose more details in the image.
For Gong-Yoo, this is his return to drama after four years. His last drama was the 2012 romantic comedy “Big” aired on KBS. Following the succes of “Big” he had been busy in four movie projects, “The Suspect” in 2013, and three movies in 2016, “Man and Woman,” the highly successful “Train to Busan” and “The Age of Shadows.”
Watch the 16-second highlight of Gong-Yoo’s acting in “Goblin” Episode 3 which to air Friday, Dec. 9 below:
