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Pierce Conran

Lead cast: Park Seo-joon, Won Jin-ah
Latest Nielsen rating: 3.3 per cent
Following a run of high-profile projects that have seen him fight monsters for Netflix in Gyeongseong Creature and rub shoulders with superheroes in Hollywood tentpole The Marvels, Park Seo-joon returns in Surely Tomorrow, his first romantic comedy since the 2018 smash What’s Wrong with Secretary Kim.
Park shares the limelight with rising actress Won Ji-an (Squid Game season 2) in this story of the romantic ups and downs of a couple who repeatedly find themselves thrown together and torn apart.


He plays Lee Gyeong-do, an entertainment news reporter who, at the beginning of the series, is fretting about publishing a story about an affair scandal between a corporate tycoon and an actress.
Gyeong-do is nervous because the aggrieved party – the tycoon’s wife Seo Ji-woo (Won) – is his ex-girlfriend and he does not want to ruin her life.
The pair first meet at university orientation. Gyeong-do catches the eye of Ji-woo, who is not yet a student there. They wind up joining the same small theatre club led by Park Se-young (Lee Joo-young, The 8 Show), forming a tight-knit friend group over the years.
When she first appears on screen, Ji-woo is standing near her bright red convertible, a symbol of her passion. She is the type who pursues what she wants, immediately setting her sights on Gyeong-do.

At first, Gyeong-do is baffled by her behaviour. He is unaware that Ji-woo is the heiress of a major corporation and that she has a very strained relationship with her mother, who keeps trying to plan Ji-woo’s life for her.
Gyeong-do’s frustrations with Ji-woo soon melt away, and the two embark on a tender romance.
When the former lovers reunite in the present, shortly after the scandal has broken, Gyeong-do is surprised to find that Ji-woo is grateful for his article, as it has freed her from a loveless marriage.
She plans to go to London to escape and enjoy her life again, but unbeknown to her, machinations are under way that could leave her penniless.

Ji-woo’s sister, Seo Ji-yeon (Lee El, My Liberation Notes), confides in Gyeong-do about this, revealing she has been diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s and can no longer protect her sister from their family’s scheming. She implores him to stop Ji-woo from leaving Korea.
While the low-stakes Surely Tomorrow feels like a necessary reset for Park after several high-pressure productions – much like Lee Jung-jae is doing in the currently airing romcom Nice to Not Meet You – the show has so few engaging attributes that Park and his charm are left to do the heavy lifting.
But if this opening week is any indication, the burden appears too great this time around.
Park does try to turn on that charm, but Gyeong-do, who is softer and less cocksure than the actor’s other signature roles, is not the best showcase for his brand of screen charisma.

While the name Won Ji-an may not ring a bell for everyone, her face likely will, as she recently appeared in several major productions, including Squid Game 2 and Tempest, and can be seen in the coming Hyun Bin drama Made in Korea.
This is Won’s second leading role, following the poorly received horror romcom Heartbeat alongside Ok Taec-yeon.
While her performance is crisp and clear, it lacks a distinct core, which is at least partly down to the character, as Ji-woo’s mix of freewheeling spirit, heiress insouciance and depression is unwieldy and ill-defined.
Park and Won’s uneven individual performances extend to their chemistry, which is not very pronounced, boding ill for the remainder of this show.

Also worrying is the angle involving the chaebol (Korean family-run corporation), which starts to take over by the end of the second episode and seems poised to dominate the narrative. Its foundations are shaky and it is hard to envision a scenario where this offers a compelling backbone to the central romance.
Given this insipid start and the lack of chemistry, Surely Tomorrow faces an uphill battle in the weeks ahead. If this is indeed a change of pace for Park, perhaps that means he will be ready for his next challenge, the noir drama I Am a Sinner, which began production last month.
Surely Tomorrow is streaming on Prime Video.


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Park Seo-joon and rising actress Won Jin-ah lack chemistry in this Korean drama about a couple repeatedly thrown together and torn apart


Park Seo-joon and rising actress Won Jin-ah lack chemistry in this Korean drama about a couple repeatedly thrown together and torn apart.


Prime Video K-drama Surely Tomorrow: Park Seo-joon makes muted romcom comeback

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Park Seo-joon and rising actress Won Jin-ah lack chemistry in this Korean drama about a couple repeatedly thrown together and torn apart