"Acting senior and friend. I learned a lot." A special relationship with Seo Hyun-woo and Kim Dong-wook

Oct 15, 2024

 'Acting senior and friend. I learned a lot.' A special relationship with Seo Hyun-woo and Kim Dong-wook
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Actor Seo Hyun-woo (40) expressed his feelings about his special relationship with actor Kim Dong-wook, who is the same age and alumni, and his teamwork as a fellow actor.

Seo Hyun-woo met with Sports Chosun at a cafe in Samcheong-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 15th and responded to the interview for the Disney+ original series 'Gangmaegang'.

Disney+ original series 'Gangmae Gang' is a comic investigative drama in which the nation's last-place violent class and the new elite class leader team up to solve the case. Seo Hyun-woo plays Jung Jung-hwan, a livelihood detective whose goal is to go thin and long in `Gangmaegang.'

Seo Hyun-woo said, `I've known Kim Dong-wook since I was a student. At school, it was a relationship between seniors and juniors, but after graduation, we developed into friends." He said he has respected Kim Dong-wook as a 'acting senior' and is very happy to act with him in this work. "Kim Dong-wook is very experienced in the field and has a great ability to scan the whole situation. I was able to act comfortably because he read and coordinated the atmosphere of the scene well," he added.

Regarding his relationship with Kim Dong-wook, he said, `It was more natural when acting because we have a deep understanding of each other as friends.' He also added that it is one of the factors that made the pleasant chemistry between the characters in the work even more prominent.

At the same time, Seo Hyun-woo praised Kim Dong-wook's seasoned leadership in the field and said "An actor who is a friend but still has a lot to learn."

Meanwhile, the Disney+ original series 'Gangmaegang' will end in 20 parts on the 30th. Episodes 13 to 14 will be released on the 16th.



mj.cho@sportschosun.com