Actor Park Seo Joon has shared his personal anticipation and insight into his highly awaited upcoming romance drama, “Surely Tomorrow.”
The series, which focuses on the complexities of adult relationships and the enduring nature of first love, marks a significant return for the actor, as it is his first television drama appearance in five years.
Park Seo Joon expressed genuine excitement about reviving the fun and emotional connection inherent in a weekly drama broadcast, a format he confessed he also eagerly used to wait for as a viewer.
The Unforgettable Story of Lee Gyeong Do and Seo Ji Woo
“Surely Tomorrow” is set to explore a decades-spanning love story involving the former lovers, Lee Gyeong Do (played by Park Seo Joon) and Seo Ji Woo (played by Won Ji An).
The narrative is structured around three critical periods in their lives, tracking how time and circumstance continually pull them back together, only to face new obstacles:
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- First Love at 20: The couple first falls in love during their youth, setting the stage for an intense, foundational romance.
- Rekindled Love at 28: They find their way back to each other, attempting to navigate the relationship complexities that accompany late-twenties adulthood, before eventually breaking up again.
- Crossed Paths Years Later: In the present timeline, their paths cross dramatically and chaotically. Gyeong Do is now working as a journalist, assigned to cover a high-profile affair scandal. Ji Woo is tragically revealed to be the wife of the man at the center of the scandal, creating an emotionally conflicted and potentially adversarial reunion.
Park Seo Joon’s excitement for the project stemmed directly from the story’s deeply relatable nature.
He noted that in recent years, his focus has largely been on “more genre-driven projects,” making the script for Surely Tomorrow a refreshing change.
He was drawn to how closely the story reflects “our everyday lives” and promised that the narrative would be intensely relatable to a wide audience, tapping into universal experiences of love, loss, and maturity.
Portraying Growth and Unchanging Sincerity
A major appeal of the role for Park Seo Joon was the opportunity to portray the entire arc of a character’s life, spanning from “youth to adulthood.”
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He felt an immediate connection to the early version of his character, Lee Gyeong Do, specifically the young Gyeong Do in his early twenties, finding many aspects of that younger self highly relatable.
Park Seo Joon described Gyeong Do with special affection, highlighting his core traits:
“He’s pure-hearted, and sometimes that makes him seem immature, but he’s steadfast and sincere.”
He specifically pinpointed the enduring nature of Gyeong Do’s sincerity as the character’s most appealing quality, stating that the fact that “his heart and attitude don’t change over time is what makes Gyeong Do so appealing.”
This internal consistency will serve as the emotional anchor as the character confronts the challenging professional and personal conflicts that arise later in life.
The actor’s main focus during filming was capturing the emotional depth required to convey the passage of time without altering the character’s core spirit.
While he made subtle external adjustments, such as changes to Gyeong Do’s tone of voice and manner of speech to reflect his growth and maturity, his primary concentration remained on delivering the deep, complex emotions that define a long, complicated relationship history.
A Warm Holiday Premiere
The anticipation for Park Seo Joon’s return has been building, amplified by the promise of a classic, sweeping romance drama.
The highly anticipated series, “Surely Tomorrow,” is scheduled to premiere on December 6 at 10:40 p.m. KST.
In his closing comments, the actor expressed a hope that the drama would provide comfort to viewers during the upcoming season:
“I hope viewers will spend a warm and comforting holiday season together with our drama.”
The series promises to be a moving and complex examination of love, destiny, and the unforeseen ways past relationships influence the present.
