‘Hi~ Hello girl~’.

There is a character who suddenly broke through a drama and made it to an actual music show.In the tvN weekend drama ‘Someday, My Life as a Resident’ (creator Shin Won-ho, Lee Woo-jung, director Lee Min-soo, scriptwriter Kim Song-hee), he is Um Jae-il, a first-year resident in the obstetrics and gynecology department at Jongno Yulje Hospital.Um Jae-il, who is from the idol group ‘High Boys’, is always scolded, but his passion is hotter than any of his peers.With his natural wit and witty personality, he captivates not only obstetrics and gynecology patients but also nurses.And Kang Yoo-seok, who wittily portrayed this Um Jae-il character, even went on stage on Mnet ‘M Countdown ‘(abbreviated as M Countdown)after the drama ended.

“I didn’ t know they would ask me to go on a music show stage.In fact, when I was acting as the character of Um Jae-il, the director asked me, ‘Are you good at dancing?’ I couldn’t lie, so I firmly said no.I really can’t dance.(Laughs)But after I was cast, they gave me a dance instructor.I practiced dancing every day.At first, I thought they told me to just film the footage from the karaoke machine and the scene where I dance with Kim Sa-bi(played by Han Ye-ji).The director said, ‘Since we’ve already filmed it, we’ll put it on at the end of the show like a music video.’So I thought it would be okay until YouTube.But then I got on’ M Countdown.’ I was so flustered and scared.I think I had a million thoughts.So I practiced dancing again for three hours and went on stage.I’m so grateful to my friends from TXT who joined me.”


Although it was a special event, appearing on a music show with Highboyz was a fun experience for Kang Yoo-seok.Thanks to it, he also found a new way of communicating with people around him.The so-called ‘Highboyz’ greeting.”My friends are all busy teasing me.They ask me if I’m going to be an idol instead of an actor.I’m also a tease for the team in my next project, ‘Seocho-dong’.Lee Jong-seok teases me with the Highboyz greeting.He says, ‘Eom Jae-i is here.’ (Laughs)The ‘Someday, Wise Resident Life’ team came to cheer me on on the music show and gave me a lot of encouragement.The internet reaction was hilarious.A foreigner who saw the video of me and Yeonjun and Soobin dancing wrote, ‘Yeonjun dancer, Soobin visual, Eom Jae-i doctor.’ It was really funny and sad that he was called ‘doctor’ instead of ‘actor.’ (Laughs)

Kang Yoo-seok made himself known to the public through the Netflix originals ‘Cheated by a Stranger’ and ‘Someday, the Life of a Wise Resident’ this year.However, the reckless characters in the two works are homework that Kang Yoo-seok has to solve.


“ In ‘Cheated on the Cross’, Yang Eun-myung is awkward in her expressions.On the other hand, Uhm Jae-il is straightforward.I think there are contrasting aspects.Yang Eun-myung grumbles and her inner thoughts and actions are different, whereas Uhm Jae-il speaks and acts as they are.If there is one thing in common, it is that they are both deep.We filmed the two works around the same time, and I think I tried my best to act according to each character.After ‘Cheated on the Cross’ was released, there was a lot of criticism towards Yang Eun-myung.They said, ‘I want to hit her.’(Laughs)Some people agree with me.Some people say that I have been cured by mirrors.I think many people agree with me.There are also many opinions about Uhm Jae-il’s growth.I am grateful.”

The way he talks in a rambling manner is exactly like Jae-il Eom himself.Like a custom casting, Kang Yoo-seok and Seol-je’s personality are similar to Jae-il Eom in many ways.”We are similar in that we like people and have good ‘resilience.’ However, Jae-il Eom has more energy than I do.He also has good ‘resilience.’ When I face a situation, it takes me a while to recover.Jae-il Eom is different.He recovers right away.I want to resemble this kind of energy.I want to maximize the energy inside me.I want to spread good energy as a brighter person.”


Kang Yoo-seok, whose next project has already been decided early on, will meet viewers again this summer.”I think I will greet you with a project called ‘Seocho-dong.’ This time, I am a lawyer, not a doctor.Thank you for loving and appreciating ‘Someday, the Life of a Wise Resident’ and Um Jae-il.Please watch ‘Seocho-dong’ a lot.I want to see you often through various projects.I will be a hard-working Kang Yoo-seok.”

Hong Se-young, reporter for Donga.com projecthong@donga.com

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