Ong Seong Wu Exhibits Admirable Performance in 'More Than Friends'
Adult Lee Soo and Kyung Woo Yeon
JTBC's new drama series More Than Friends' lead star, Ong Seong Wu, is admired by many for his exemplary performance of his character. Ong stars with Shin Ye Eun and ZE:A's Kim Dong Jun.
The previous episodes of JTBC's More Than Friends show the admirable charm of Ong Seong Wu in the execution of his character as Lee Soo. His role is an attractive photographer who is known for his narcissistic and cold attitude towards people.
More Than Friends is a youthful romantic story about two people who fell in love with each other after being friends for a long time. Shin Ye Eun portrays the character of Kyung Woo Yeon, a calligrapher who has a secret affection towards Lee Soo.
Lee Soo and Kyung Woo Yeon are high school friends. As the two gets closer, Kyung's feeling for Lee gets deeper until she fell in love with him. When Lee decided to pursue his college studies in the US, Kyung confessed her feelings to him, hoping to change the guy's decision on leaving. But Lee rejected her confession and told Kyung that he likes to keep their relationship as friends.
Kyung Woo Yeon and Lee Soo as high school students
Hopeful of forgetting the painful memories of rejection, Kyung Woo Yeon found herself being into different relationships. None of them succeeded that made her question her worth to be loved.
In the recent episode of , More Than Friends showed the two main characters' reunion after almost a decade of not communicating with each other. When Lee Soo came back after studying and building up his career in the US as a skillful photographer, he realized his romantic feelings towards Kyung Woo Yeon.
Lee Soo
As soon as Lee Soo recognized his affection, Kyung Woo Yeon is getting fond of the attention and admiration that Oh Jeon Soo is showing towards her. The viewers are speculating on what will happen in the story of the three characters. If Lee Soo will confess his feelings to Kyung Woo Yeon, or will he just let Kyung recognize his admiration for her?
Kyung Woo Yeon
ZE:A's Kim Dong Jun will be playing the character of Oh Jeon Soo, a CEO of a publishing company whose looks and personality screams perfection. Jeon Soo will fall in love with Kyung Woo Yeon. Kim Dong Jun's character is likely to be one of the second lead syndromes that the viewers are looking forward to.
Oh Jeon Seo
Ong Seong Wu was first known as a member of Produce 101's spin-off group Wanna One. From a KPop idol, Ong then entered television as one of the main casts of At Eighteen in 2019 coming of age drama series with Kim Hyang Gi and Moon Bin.
Shin Ye Eun is an actress under JYP Entertainment. She debuted as an actress in a romantic web drama series A-Teen in 2018. She also participated in a fantasy series He is Psychometric as one of the main characters together with GOT7's Park Jin Young, Kim Kwon, and SISTAR's Kim Da Som (commonly known as Dasom) in 2019. Shin recently starred in Naver's webtoon drama adaptation Welcome with INFINITE's L.
ZE:A's Kim Dong Jun debuted in acting in 2010 where he participated in the tv series Prosecutor Princess. Kim is notable for his performance as Oh Man Soo in the fantasy thriller series Black in 2017 with Song Seung Hon, Go Ara and Kim Jae Yong. More Than Friends is Kim's first-ever lead role after participating in numerous dramas.
More Than Friends is directed by Choi Sung Bun, popular for his direction in ID: Gangnam Beauty in 2018 starring ASTRO's Cha Eun Woo and Im Soo Yang. The drama airs every Friday and Saturday at 11 p.m. KST.
