^Lily is one of the few Exact actresses I like. I think she has potential, and I wasn't underestimating her.
Her acting is still weak, but I did say I think she can improve considering she's still a newbie. As for her looks, Lily mainly receives praise for how pretty she is. I believe her looks play a big part in why people are even willing to give her a chance in here. If she was "average looking" AND a newbie, most people would've never given her the time of day. Viewers nowadays are shallow and would much rather watch a beautiful actress with questionable acting skills rather than a less beautiful actress with superior acting.
If anyone, I think Mo gets overlooked the most for her looks. According to some, she's too "plain looking". To them, Mo isn't nang'ek material because she's "not pretty enough". Lily is actually at an advantage. She's very fortunate that most people find her pretty and therefore, are willing to give her a chance as nang'ek. Even if she has flaws or perhaps never even improves on her acting, people aren't going to criticize her as harshly because she's pretty to look at. Whereas, actresses who are less beautiful but are overall good actresses with a few minor flaws, will be slandered, simply because they're not as beautiful. So people don't give them leeway.
Mo has mainly been casted into tough and bratty roles, which makes people think she can't act as anything other than that. However, judging from Mo's acting in certain scenes in her lakorns, I'm convinced that she'd be able to act as a weak and innocent nang'ek. That's why I'd like to see Mo take on a truly innocent role like Namneung in the future. That way, she can prove to people that she actually is capable of playing these types of roles.
Lily was a good choice for this lakorn, I'm not denying that. :yes: I'm glad it was Lily. If not Mo and Lily, Noona would've been another good choice.