SF9's Rowoon Opens Up About His Approach To His "She Would Never Know" Character's Signature Romantic Lines

Jan 30, 2021

SF9’s Rowoon has shared his thoughts on his character in his latest drama “She Would Never Know”!

The idol-turned-actor is currently starring in the JTBC romance drama as Chae Hyun Seung, a marketing team employee at a cosmetics brand who is hopelessly in love with his older colleague Yoon Song Ah (played by Won Jin Ah).

Describing how he prepared for the role, Rowoon remarked, “In contrast to my character in my previous drama, where I tried to give off a mysterious vibe, there are parts where Hyun Seung needs to have more energy. So I used my body a lot, and I also tried to change my voice.”

“I worked hard to make Chae Hyun Seung a three-dimensional character,” he added, “and I even took into consideration what kind of sides of himself he would show in the second half of the drama. For the first half of the drama, I thought a lot about what the charms of a younger man might be, and I asked around a lot [about that]. I’m trying to do a good job playing up those charms [in the drama].”

Rowoon’s character is a bold romantic who isn’t afraid to express his feelings, and as “She Would Never Know” is an adaptation of a popular web novel, he faces the daunting task of delivering many famous lines that have already made countless readers swoon. For example, the literal Korean title of the drama is one such line: “Sunbae [a term of address for a senior colleague], don’t wear that lipstick.”

Explaining his approach to these kinds of romantic lines, Rowoon revealed, “I thought that for lines of this kind of temperature, it’s especially important to deliver them in a clean, plain way. So I’ve been reading them in lots of different ways and trying to feel them out.”