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Yoo Yeon-seok "I sympathized with Ha Sang-soo's love"
On the 9th, I met actor Yoo Yeon-seok at a cafe in Gangnam-gu, Seoul and conducted an interview for the end of the JTBC Wednesday-Thursday drama 'Love Understanding'.
'Understanding Love' is a melodrama that tells the story of people with different interests meeting and understanding the true meaning of love. Yoo Yeon-seok played the role of Ha Sang-soo, the manager of the general counseling team at KCU Bank.
Yoo Yeon-seok said that he wanted to express Ha Sang-soo as an ordinary character, not a cool character. “I knew to some extent what the character's tendencies and development would be from the original work, but when I received the script, I forgot the original work and tried to understand the character in the drama situation.” I tried to understand. When I first received the script, I was very likable and there were some cool sides to it, but while talking with the writer and director, I said that I could have a more ordinary feel, that I could be more grounded, and that I “I felt more comfortable with that,” He said.
When asked about his synchronicity with Ha Sang-soo's character, Yoo Yeon-seok said, "It's not that we have similarities, but it's not that I only experienced love that came true. Since I also experienced the pain of unrequited love when I was young, I sympathized with Sang-soo's external love." “I don't think I was consumed by the complex emotions and relationships that arise from going to work every day and going through repetitive daily routines, encountering awkward encounters,” he said.
The difference between Ha Sang-soo and Ahn Soo-young in 'Understanding Love' started with Ha Sang-soo's hesitation. Yoo Yeon-seok said, "Sangsu is a person who has a habit of thinking about the ending ahead of time. Even at that moment, he was thinking about the future in an instant. So he was conflicted and hesitated, but he went again and caused a misunderstanding. The hesitation was not noticed. "I shouldn't have done that, but Sooyoung started to go against the grain when she saw that," he said. "Banks handle money and don't they evaluate it numerically during. the loan review process? When you love someone, not only your emotional heart, but also other things are evaluated and conflicted. “I think it was expressed as a comparison between the space called a bank and the character's conflict structure,” he explained.
When asked if he understood that there is a hierarchy in love, Yoo Yeon-seok said, "I think I also had those thoughts while filming the drama. People who watch it also talk passionately, but they can't deny it, and that's "Why they say it's realistic." “People said that 'Love Understanding' is a hyper-realistic drama. I think it was unfortunate that such conflicts could not be denied,” he said.
Taeyuna, Ten Asia Reporter youyou@tenasia.co.kr
