Ji Chang Wook Captures the Complexity of Love in "Lovestruck in the City"
Ji Chang Wook has once again proven that he is among South Korea's top leading men as the charming Park Jae-Won in "Lovestruck in the City."
Debuting last Dec. 22, the Kakao TV original "Lovestruck in the City" has also made its worldwide debut through the streaming service Netflix. In the new K-Drama, also known as "How to Love Men and Women in the City," Ji plays the role of the honest and passionate architect Park Jae-won.
Critics were quick to point Ji Chang Wook's wide-eyed expression of falling in love, demonstrated in its pilot episode where his character Jae-Won met Lee Eun-Oh, portrayed by Kim Ji-Won. Their characters met by fate at a travel destination, leaving Jae-Won smiling without him even realizing it. An equally compelling narration accompanied the perfectly captured sequence, "It felt like there were only two in the world, it was complete." At this moment, both Ji Chang Wook and Kim Ji-Won expressed how memorable yet ephemeral that meeting was, taking audiences for an emotional rollercoaster.
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However, in the other scene, Chang Wook showed versatility as an actor, showing another side to Jae-Won's personality in trying to break up with Eun-Oh in the past. There was something that revealed how he truly felt, despite saying contrary words and bluff like "Love is nothing" or "Lee Eun-Oh is a bad girl." Despite his attempts at lying, Jae Won is difficult to hate, even gaining sympathy for the complexity of having to let go of unexpected love, and never being able to move on from it.
Fans of "Lovestruck in the City," now on its third episode, can watch the latest episodes every Tuesday and Friday at 5PM KST on Kakao TV, while fans from other parts of the world can follow Park Jae-Won and Lee Eun-Oh's adventures in search of love and life on Netflix at 7PM KST on the same days.
See the official trailer for "Lovestruck in the City" below:
