"Waiting for Gyeongdo" Park Seo-joon's romance in 7 years ♥.."I spent a lot of emotions and listened to a lot of sad songs." [★FULL INTERVIEW]

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"Waiting for Gyeongdo" is a piece that made me want to act emotionally again."

For actor Park Seo-joon, who has been in his 15th year since debut, JTBC's Friday-Saturday drama "Waiting for Gyeongdo" (script Yoo Young-ah, director Lim Hyun-wook) has become a new turning point in showing emotional acting. Park Seo-joon, who was presenting romance movies with dramas "Witch's Love," "She Was Pretty," "Hwarang," "Ssam, My Way," and "What's Wrong with Secretary Kim," returned to a deeply emotional melodrama in about seven years after focusing on genres such as dramas "Itaewon Class," "Gyeongseong Creature," movies "Youth Police," "The Lion," "Concrete Utopia" and "The Marvels."

"There were a lot of emotional scenes this time. When I filmed a drama before (in the genre), a male actor had about three emotional scenes. Previously, when I was dealing with an emotional scene, I focused as much as I could, but if I thought, "I should endure it well," this time, I have an emotional scene, so it's very difficult when I film such a scene, and when I go home, I feel empty. I found out how to fill it well in that case. I thought I wasn't consuming emotions, I was consuming them. I listened to a lot of sad songs because I thought of filling up the emotions that I could consume again. In the past, I used to feel a lot of pressure a day before the emotional scene, but now I can film it easily."

Park Seo-joon, who has a delicate sensitivity like Gyeong-do, woke up well in this drama. As a result, viewers were able to sympathize a lot with the scene of the love scene where he was calm and overly immersed.

"Waiting for Gyeongdo" is a romance in which Lee Kyung-do (Park Seo-joon) and Seo Ji-woo (Park Won-an), who broke up after two relationships, reunite as a reporter who reported an affair scandal and the wife of the scandal's main character. Director Lim Hyun-wook of "The People Like You," "King the Land" and writer Yoo Young-ah of "Your Wedding," "Thirteen, Nine," and "Sacred Divorce."

Park Seo-joon played the role of Lee Kyung-do, deputy director of the entertainment department of the Dongwoon Ilbo, who is a very ordinary and humane office worker but is more sincere than anyone else in front of love. Lee Kyung-do faced the excitement of the past, the pain, and the shaking of the present as she became involved with her first love through an unintended incident while living her daily life.

Won Ji-an plays Seo Ji-woo, the second daughter of Jarim Apparel, who is in the spotlight, and the first love of Lee Kyung-do, deputy director of the Dongwoon Ilbo Entertainment Department. Seo Ji-woo has a beautiful appearance and a bouncy and outspoken personality, which seems to live a life without being indifferent, but he has a pain in his male mother behind it.

-How do you feel about ending "Waiting for Gyeongdo"?

▶I wanted to do a work with a deep lingering feeling, but there were many things I felt while watching the show this time, and I think I expressed various love through "Hardness." I think it will remain in my mind for a long time.

-There were some likes and dislikes from viewers at the ending of "Waiting for Gyeongdo." There is an evaluation that the death of a senior was used as a means of reuniting the main characters.

▶Isn't this too sudden from the perspective of the viewer. I don't think death comes with a notice. Through that, I think it gave me a message that I value my precious person and should not miss now. It was also a meaningful situation.

-I did a romance work after a long time.

▶I haven't thought about it in a long time, but now I tend to choose my work based on my age and mental state. The reason I chose "Waiting for Gyeongdo" was because I wondered if it was possible if it wasn't now. It was good to recall a lot of me from the past.

-Wasn't it burdensome to express the past.

▶I also have my own motives. When we meet, we always stay up all night.(Laughs) I met him the day before yesterday, and when I meet my friends, I remember those days a lot. It was okay to express it, but I was worried about that part because there was an age difference from the other actor on the outside. I cared about language and styling.

-The hardness showed a very static style, but didn't you think it was different from the style of actual reporters.

▶I wanted it to feel conservative, and I tried to make the fit look stunned. I wanted to show that Gyeong-do is not a person who cares about clothes.

-How did you prepare for the reporter role.

▶The director was a reporter, so I heard a lot about him. Some reporters say that even the boss doesn't add a 'nim'. I liked our Dongwoon Ilbo set, and I thought the feeling of space was important when acting.

-How did you understand and act on Gyeong-do.

▶Kyungdo is a delicate and friendly person. I thought I was a person who had pride in my day job and lived hard thinking about others. I think the part that knows how to say 'no' is especially similar. Also, I think I'm as emotional as Gyeong-do. I thought it was very delicate when I looked at Gyeong-do's lines. When we talk about a topic, it's not just "It's hard," but it's solved and said. I don't miss the words that I spill like Gyeong-do, and I'm trying not to get attached too easily because I have a lot of affection.

-What kind of student was Park Seo-joon in his 20s.

▶It was similar to Gyeongdo. Now I speak because I have social skills, but I'm an introvert, so it was worse when I was 20. Don't you first learn social life through college when you are 20 years old. I think I had a strange experience while meeting friends from all over the country.

-While filming this work, he said, "I think I've grown from expressing emotions." In what way do you feel like you've grown up.

▶There was a lot of emotion. When I filmed a drama before, a male actor had about three emotional scenes. There was a lot this time. Previously, when I was dealing with an emotional scene, I focused as much as I could, but if I thought, "I should endure it well," this time, I have an emotional scene, so it's very difficult when I film such a scene, and when I go home, I feel empty. In that case, I learned how to fill it well. I thought I wasn't consuming emotions, I was consuming them. I thought I should fill my feelings well that I could consume again. So I listened to a lot of sad songs. In the past, it was very burdensome a day before the emotional scene, but now I can easily take it. The reason why I love acting is that when I do action, everyone doesn't focus on this situation. That's because the air changes then and I feel like I'm in a different world. It's especially maximized in the emotional scene. In that sense, I gained a lot of confidence. I listened to a lot of ballad singers this time, but I listened to a lot of songs by Sung Si-kyung, Roy Kim, and Jung Seung-hwan.

-At the ending, Gyeong-do was seen sobbing at Ji-woo's fake news. Whether it's acting from real experience.

▶Not only me, but everyone who works on this side will agree. With the activation of SNS, it seems that (fake news) has become worse. When I debuted, when I went to a newspaper company and talked face to face, I think it was based on facts and that there was humanity, but it's a shame that it's been made a lot and consumed.

-In Waiting for Gyeongdo, there were many other sobbing scenes.

▶I tried to feel completely alone in the world. As my emotions came up, my lips were dry, but I think those little things felt real.

-This time, I drew a story of 18 years of love. Did your own experiences get into acting.

▶When I'm in a relationship, I do my best. I hate to regret everything when I act. The same seems to be true of the attitude toward love. If you don't try that, it seems like you're unhappy. I think the feeling of 'love' is a feeling of blessing that humans feel.

-Many people like Park Seo-joon's romance. What advantages do you think Park Seo-joon's romance has.

▶I try to express it according to the character, but the reaction I'm happy about is that they call me a character, saying, "It's just like hardness." Over-indulgence seems to make it so and I just express it in my own way.

-How was your acting chemistry with actor Won Ji-an.

▶I was very curious because it was my first time seeing him. Each actor has his or her own charm, and it was refreshing to have a way of understanding Ji-an's attractive way of speaking and character. It wasn't how I expected it to be. I think reaction is important, but I acted thinking how I would react would be fun. The three of us got close while talking a lot with the director.

-What kind of conversation did you have with actor Won Ji-an in private conversation.

▶The friend was not younger than I thought and was deep and calm. I didn't feel much age difference. If I told you about the past, saying, "I used to stay up all night long, I filmed it," Jian saw it amazingly. When I was in college, I talked about cars and cell phones and MP3 players

-What about a woman like Seo Ji-woo. Can Park Seo-joon like Ji-woo in real life.

▶If you think about it, it was Jiwoo who continued to express actively. Gyeong-do seems to be a person who has no choice but to be attracted to the person approaching first. Few men would hate such a pretty, active woman.

-What did you feel new while working on this piece?

▶When all the works are pre-produced, they come out a year later. By the time the work comes out, I have to look at the script again if there's an interview saying, 'What did I film?' The OTT market has been active these days, and I thought it was a long time since the work came out. There used to be a mini-series competition, but it was bloody good then, but I think it was even better. (Laughs)

-Sung Si-kyung participated in the OST and how she gave feedback on the drama.

▶ My brother told me that he liked it so much. At the end of the year, I went to my brother's concert, and the screen went up and down from the circular stage. As the screen went up, it turned into darkness and my voice came out. I was surprised, but as the screen came out, there was a scene called "I cried a lot" in the 6th part of Jiwoo and I. At that time, my brother's live came out, and I cried a lot. I was so grateful that I went to the afterparty and said, "Thank you," and my brother said, "I promoted it to 60,000 people." After the end of the show, I said, 'I think the drama was completed because of you.'

-In fact, Park Seo-joon is also a yard foot and seems to take good care of the people around him.

▶People who get the right code naturally ask how they are doing and see if the time is right. It's hard to plan and meet while doing this. I didn't think of it as 'taking care of it' because it became a natural routine to meet when I had time.

-I'm curious about the secret of being close to people in other areas such as Son Heung-min, V, and Sung Si-kyung.

▶Some friends talk about acting and others about life, but I think they actually talk about similar things. I tend to talk about acting with Woo-sik (Choi). I like the time when I'm soaked in such talk while having a drink. It's so much fun to talk about it all day.

-When did Park Seo-joon's introverted personality change.

▶Basic tendencies never seem to change. I don't really talk much with someone I'm really close to. I'm trying hard to do interviews (to talk a lot). When I was doing "Sister Cafe", I saw Suzy Lee and Jeong-ri say INFP, and I learned how hard they were trying to talk. I'm doing my best, too."

-It's been 15 years since I debuted as an actor.

▶I don't know how I've been doing since I really didn't take a break from work. I didn't mean to take a break, but I was lucky to meet the work each time. So I think it's time for this. I had a year of recharging the year before last year and that helped me a lot. I felt tired because I didn't rest. Another meaning of "Gyeongdo" is the work that I wanted to make hot again.

-What did you do while resting for a year two years ago.

▶At that time, I wasn't going to be in Korea much. I'm getting impatient. While traveling, it's not "What am I going to do tomorrow?" It's "What am I going to do tomorrow?"It's done. In the meantime, I found a way to live a healthy life.

-What genre do you want to try at this point?

▶This is a time full of energy, so I want to continue my work. I want to continue my work because I think I have the power to continue at least for the next few years as well as this year. Even before my debut, I was a diligent person who split my time and used it, but I don't think I spent much time doing activities like that. After "Gyeongdo" ended, it was a little spread out last December because it was the end of the year, but I'm going to live with a routine from January. I try to keep myself busy by folding my blanket, drinking olive oil, exercising, studying language, managing, and running. I want to have a healthy year for my body and mind.

-Recently, the name "Seo-jun" has increased among the names of newborns.

▶Many years ago, when 'My Love from the Star' came out, there were many names for 'Minjun'. Seo-jun also believes that his work has a lot of influence.The fan club member also gave birth to a child and named Seo-jun. I thought I would never commit a crime in my life. There must be a lot of Seo-jun in the world, but as Seo-jun, who goes forward, I will be a person who has a good influence so that he can set a little example. I won't tarnish my name.

-How will "Waiting for Gyeongdo" remain with Park Seo-joon.

▶ How Gyeongdo and Jiwoo's narratives were edited and moved back and forth I was thinking of doing it, but it was meaningful when I saw it again. I thought that there must be a lot of things for drama lovers to open. When I look at it again, it will have a different sense of depth, and I think it will be a work that gives a deep lingering impression.

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