Actors Do Kyung-soo and Won Jin-ah will embroider the sweet and heartbreaking love of youth on the screen to the beautiful melody of the piano. They will deliver warmth to the chilly winter theaters through the movie ‘Secret That Cannot Be Told’, which opens on the 27th.

‘Secret That Cannot Be Told’, a remake of the 2008 Taiwanese movie of the same name, depicts the romance between Yoo-jun (Do Kyung-soo), a genius pianist and music student, and Jeong-ah (Won Jin-ah), a mysterious girl with an unspeakable secret. Do Kyung-soo and Won Jin-ah, who met on the 22nd in Samcheong-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, expressed great pride in the film as the only melodrama film to be shown in theaters during the Lunar New Year holiday, emphasizing that it is “a work with a different charm from the original.”

O“I played the piano and memorized it like practicing choreography”

Do Kyung-soo said that he was especially happy to appear in this film because he “always waited for the melodrama genre.” He said that the fact that it is set on a college campus particularly touched his heart.

“I’ve never experienced college life, so I have a romantic notion of campus life. I’ve always wanted to experience college life. That‘s why I also felt vicarious satisfaction through this movie.“

He, who plays a genius pianist in the drama, said that he originally couldn’t play the piano at all and couldn‘t even read sheet music, and he recalled that it was the part that ”worried me the most while preparing for the movie.“

”I learned from my teacher and watched videos of pianists’ gestures. I only practiced for about three weeks, but maybe because I‘m a (dance) singer, memorizing how to play the piano like memorizing choreography helped.“

He also said that his ‘indirect experiences’, such as hearing love stories and relationship-related advice from people around him, helped him capture the emotions of the romantic comedy. He carefully said that he also thought of his past love stories, and when asked playfully whether he would be able to see himself like his close senior actors who are in public relationships, such as Lee Kwang-soo and Kim Woo-bin, he firmly answered, “You won’t be able to see that (in the future) either,” drawing attention.
Oh, please look forward to the whole EXO group.”

Recently, he showed off his extraordinary cooking skills through the tvN entertainment show ‘Beanies Reap Where You Sow, and Rice Grows’ (Kongkong Bab Bap), which featured him running a cafeteria with Lee Kwang-soo. Having served in the military as a cook, he said, “My dream is to run my own restaurant someday.”

“I still have a desire to run a restaurant. I’m so happy that I was able to briefly experience that dream through ‘Kongkong Bab Bap’. However, if I were to open a restaurant with (Lee) Kwang Soo hyung like in ‘Kongkongbapbap’, I don’t think I would ever let him enter the kitchen.”

He said that as an actor, always challenging himself with new acting is his top priority, and asked for anticipation for his future activities as a solo singer and as a member of EXO. Recently, at SM Entertainment‘s 30th anniversary concert, only Suho and Chanyeol appeared on stage as EXO members, and there were concerns about a full EXO comeback, but D.O. emphasized, “You don’t have to worry at all.”

“We will start preparing for EXO‘s comeback soon. All the members have personal schedules set in advance, so it won’t be this year, but we will make a comeback as EXO as soon as possible. EXO is going strong.”


Reporter Seungmi Lee smlee@donga.com

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