Reporter Lee Seung-mi smlee@donga.com
Park Bo-gum is coming out to fill our homes in March. After his military discharge in 2022, he met the public through movies and musicals. After five years since tvN‘s ‘Record of Youth’ in 2020, he will return as a music show MC through ‘The Seasons’.
Park Bo-gum will be releasing the 60 billion won blockbuster ‘Fooled By Too Much’, co-starring with IU, on the 7th of next month. ‘Bokssak Cheotsuda’, written by Im Sang-choon who wrote ‘When the Camellia Blooms’ ‘Fight My Way’, and written by Kim Won-seok who directed ‘My Mister’ ‘Signal’ ‘Misaeng’, have joined forces for ‘Bokssak Cheotsuda’, a work that unfolds the adventurous daily lives of Ae-soon (IU) and Gwan-sik (Park Bo-gum), who were born in Jeju Island in 1960 and Seoul in 2025, through the four seasons.
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Park Bo-gum plays the role of Musoe, a diligent and honest man who breaks down in front of Ae-soon, whom he loves, and portrays the face of a pure and upright youth. Director Kim Won-seok said, “You will be able to see a completely different side of Park Bo-gum that the public typically thinks of,” and was confident that “Park Bo-gum and IU showed the most fun and great chemistry imaginable.”
Meanwhile, Park Bo-gum will meet viewers as the 7th MC for KBS’s late-night music talk show ‘The Seasons’ starting on the 14th, under the title ‘Park Bo-gum‘s Cantabile’. ‘The Seasons’ is a seasonal program where new MCs each season under their own names, and previous MCs include Jay Park (Drive), Lee Hyori (Red Carpet), Zico (Artist), and Lee Young-ji (Rainbow). This is the first time an actor will take the mic as a host.
Park Bo-gum, who has shown his consistent love and interest in music by working as an MC for ‘Music Bank’ in the past and singing drama OSTs and releasing albums himself, conveyed his aspiration through the production team, “As an MC, I will do my best so that the musicians and their music can shine.”
Reporter Seungmi Lee smlee@donga.com
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