Park Jin-young reflects on 'Our Unwritten Seoul': ‘Some moments felt like magic’

Park Jin-young’s portrayal of Lee Ho-su in "Our Unwritten Seoul," is quiet yet deeply resonant, a character shaped as much by silence as by speech. Reflecting on the drama after its finale, Park spoke with calm sincerity, his gaze as steady and reflective as the lake that inspired his character’s name. “There’s a scene where I talk with my mom at our family home,” he recalled. “She kept looking at me and speaking slowly, clearly. I don’t know why, but I felt an overwhelming sadness. It was like a magical moment.” Now in his thirties, Park appeared more grounded than in his earlier years. He shared that he rarely checked the monitor while filming. “From the start, I trusted the director’s vision,” he said. “He told me, ‘The less Ho-su reacts, the sadder he becomes.’ And I understood exactly what he meant.” That trust gave him freedom. “I’m not someone who checks the monitor much anyway, and with the director always right beside the camera, there was never really a moment to step away. We’d talk right there on set.” Even in emotionally charged romantic sWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times