Actress Hwang Jung Eum has become a plus size woman, for her role in her new drama “Money Incarnation”

SBS aired a special called "2013 SBS Drama Special – The Date" which highlights and gives sneak peaks at their upcoming dramas.

Her role in the drama is Bok Jane, the daughter of a loan shark, who is fat and honest. Hwang Jung Eum commented “I wanted to take the challenge of this role. There are a lot role of fat women in moves, but none in dramas.”

To get into her character, her transformation took eight hours of hard work, at the end she said “I was excited to have this done, but it's not easy. There is no end to acting”

she also confessed “I was saying I couldn't do it, but at the end I got used to it”

“Money Incarnation” is about a man who lost everything to money and will go through a lot hardship as he deals with corruption.