[Interview] Seo In-guk, "Similarities With Kang Si-woo? None at All..."

On July 29th, Seo In-guk sat down with iMBC Entertainment in Seoul's Jongno District for an interview commemorating the conclusion of the tvN Monday-Tuesday drama "See You at Work Tomorrow!"

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"See You at Work Tomorrow!" is an office romance about Cha Ji-yoon (Park Ji-hyun), a seventh-year office worker suffering from the monotony of everyday life, who gradually rediscovers both love and her passion for work after meeting her cold and demanding boss, Kang Si-woo (Seo In-guk). As they become each other's irreplaceable source of support, both their careers and personal lives begin to change.

Seo In-guk played Kang Si-woo, a strict, level-headed supervisor known as the "3NO Man", someone who rarely smiles, keeps people at a distance, and rarely apologizes. A man who puts work and principles above everything else, Kang Si-woo gradually changes as he grows closer to Cha Ji-yoon (Park Ji-hyun).

Although Seo In-guk has starred in numerous romantic comedies, he emphasized that his resemblance to Kang Si-woo is "close to 0%".

"There's nothing about Kang Si-woo that's like me. I could never live the way he does", he joked.

He continued, "There were so many things I couldn't understand about him. Everything in his life revolves around work. I respected that, but I couldn't really relate to it. He even turned his home, and everything from his appliances onward, into an extension of his job. It made me wonder, 'Is that really living? What kind of person lives like that?' I figured there must be something enjoyable about it for him to live that way. I still don't understand it, but I do respect it".

At the same time, Seo In-guk reflected on his own personality.

"I think I can be frustrating at times. I felt Kang Si-woo was the kind of character audiences would come to understand gradually. He's calm and decisive in certain situations, and the way he falls in love with Cha Ji-yoon unfolds very clearly, which helped make his emotional journey convincing".

"See You at Work Tomorrow!" aired its final episode on July 28th.