Won Ji-an, the pain of hiding behind the splendor... "Waiting for Gyeongdo." Seo Jiwoo's life character
Nov 28, 2025
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JTBC's new Saturday-Sunday drama 『Waiting for Gyeongdo』, which premieres on December 6, is a real-life romance that begins when Lee Kyung-do (Park Seo-joon) and Seo Ji-woo (Kwon Ji-an), who loved twice and separated twice, become entangled again as a reporter and the wife of the scandal. As the production team announced that they would draw a salty yet thick emotional line, Seo Ji-woo of Won Ji-an is a 'dimensional character' with a complex texture hidden behind a colorful appearance.
Seo Ji-woo, played by Won Ji-an, is Jarim Apparel's second daughter and Lee Kyung-do's first love. His natural appearance and freewheeling personality draw attention from anywhere, but unlike splendor, he has a deep wound inside. A three-dimensional character who smiles brighter than anyone else, sheds tears, gets angry, and sometimes doesn't hesitate to do unexpected things. Won Ji-an explained "The narrowness of not knowing where it will bounce is Seo Ji-woo's charm".
He also confessed his reasons for choosing the work. It was very impressive that Wen Ji-an delicately deals with the deepening and changing point of relationship in the passage of time"I wanted to challenge myself because I thought I could grow up as an actor."," he said.
In particular, I put a lot of thought into expressing the change in the relationship between Seo Ji-woo and Lee Gyeong-do. Won Ji-an once spent time separately, so he had a lot of time to imagine and infer what emotions Seo Ji-woo had accumulated based on the script" he said. This is the part that reveals the efforts of carefully designing the two's narratives and the weight of their emotions.
Fashion is also a point that you can't miss. It also worked on styling in line with the setting of clothing companies' self-restraint. Won Ji-an wore a modest feel in his first relationship, a neat style in his second relationship, and now a sophisticated style", he explained in detail the step-by-step changes. Especially during the second relationship period "I wore Gyeong-do clothes more often," he added, heralding the romance in the play.
Won Ji-an, who rose as a rookie in 2025, is looking forward to how he will unravel Seo Ji-woo's story of wounds, love, and growth in this work. The chemistry with Park Seo-joon is also a point to watch. Attention is focusing on how to expand the sensibility of the usual but realistically hot 'Romance Next Door'.
'Waiting for Gyeong-do' premieres Dec. 6 at 10:40 p.m.
mj.cho@sportschosun.com
