‘A Romance With Someone Else’ premieres today… A ‘four people, four colors’ user guide - 스포츠경향

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“A work that resonates and offers comfort.”

Even before its premiere, KBS 2TV “A Romance With Someone Else” finally arrives today (the 12th), coming to living rooms with four distinct love stories from Seo Kang-joon, Ahn Eun-jin, Lee Joo-an, and Jo Ah-ram as they each seek their own answers in the face of love and relationships.

Premiering today (the 12th), the new KBS 2TV Saturday-Sunday miniseries “A Romance With Someone Else” (directed by Hwang Seung-gi and Lee Garam, written by Yoo Su-ji, produced by Unichem) is a reality-tinged melodrama of empathy in which lovers in their tenth year together come up against unfamiliar emotions. Namgung Ho (Seo Kang-joon) and Lee Mi-do (Ahn Eun-jin), who have been dating for ten years, take a fresh look at their love between marriage and breakup. Meanwhile, Han Tae-seung (Lee Joo-an) and Park Su-ah (Jo Ah-ram) appear as variables of new feelings, and the four men and women each confront love, relationships, and their true hearts. Ahead of the first broadcast, Seo Kang-joon, Ahn Eun-jin, Lee Joo-an, and Jo Ah-ram personally offered a “A Romance With Someone Else user guide” for viewers who have pondered love at least once.

First, Seo Kang-joon recommended this work not only to couples in long-term relationships but also to those who want to look back on ‘myself’ within love and relationships. He began, “Those who have been in long-term relationships will likely relate a great deal,” while adding, “This work is a story of meeting love, meeting someone, facing oneself, and growing. Therefore, people who need self-esteem, those for whom life feels burdensome, and those who are happy yet on the other hand feel empty will find many points at which they can empathize and be comforted,” he emphasized.

Ahn Eun-jin recommended “A Romance With Someone Else” to those who have at least once wondered whether their current relationship is heading in the right direction. Describing the work, she said, “By watching various forms of love, I think you can feel both the preciousness of the person beside you and the sense of anticipation for someone new,” and added, “Choices belong to each individual, and so does responsibility, but by watching characters who quietly shoulder those responsibilities, you can gain comfort and see hope. Also, even when you think it is the end, it is not truly the end. There is a new beginning, and you can gain the courage that within yourself there is strength to overcome.” In that sense, she said, “It feels like a drama you can open when the thought comes to you, ‘Is this relationship moving in the right direction now?’”

Lee Joo-an focused on stories of people who live with their own concerns as well as on love. He began, “As the heat fades and autumn brings more thoughts and a hint of loneliness, I hope viewers will recall many kinds of love beautifully while watching a work that smells of people, not a story that deals only with love.” He continued, “Regardless of age, each person has big worries. I hope you will watch as if in conversation with our characters, rather than suffering alone,” emphasizing the message of comfort contained in the work: “I hope the feeling of ‘Did you feel that way too? I did too. Still, let us keep living. And let us love freely’ is conveyed.”

Jo Ah-ram expressed confidence that viewers who have looked back on themselves through love would relate. “If you have ever, even once, while meeting someone, pondered, ‘What kind of person am I, and what kind of love do I want?’, you will be drawn in deeply,” she said, adding, “Beyond love between a man and a woman, this work depicts various forms of love, so I believe it will be a drama anyone can easily relate to and enjoy.”

In this way, “A Romance With Someone Else” is a work that looks beyond whom to love and asks, through love, ‘What kind of person am I?’ From the feelings we have been missing within familiar relationships, to the self awakened by unfamiliar emotions, and the courage to begin again at the very moment you think love has ended, the realistic process by which Namgung Ho, Lee Mi-do, Han Tae-seung, and Park Su-ah find their own answers within their respective relationships and concerns is set to deliver empathy and strength.

The production team stated, “In ‘A Romance With Someone Else’, not only love between lovers but also various ways of loving family, those around you, and yourself are contained,” adding, “If you have ever pondered love and relationships even once, you will be able to find yourself in any one of the four characters.” They went on to say, “Please watch together from today (the 12th)’s first broadcast to see what choices the four make between marriage and breakup, between the familiar and the thrill of the new, and how they grow.”

The new KBS 2TV Saturday-Sunday miniseries “A Romance With Someone Else” premieres today (the 12th) at 9:20 p.m. on Saturday. Simultaneously with its domestic broadcast, it is also scheduled to be released to viewers in more than 240 countries worldwide via the global streaming service Amazon Prime Video.