Taecyeon has been steadily establishing
himself in acting through drama and movie casting while flying around the world
as a member of 2PM.
His latest project was “Wonderful Days”, a
family drama which takes us back to see the meaning of a family.
Although it was his first to challenge
such a long piece of work with 50 episodes, he splendidly acted the role of a
single father who speaks in accent and has a relationship with a non-blood
related family, he once again broadens his acting through this workpiece.
Growing as an actor through his first role of a father
Taecyeon showed more of his manly charms after playing
a role as a father for the first time in the drama “Wonderful
Days”.
What he said in the press conference of
the drama about the father role he’d take for the first time.
“Since
this will be my first experience, I worried whether I will be able to pull it
off but the role is too charming for me to give up so I took it as a challenge.”
Taecyeon himself was enamored by the
workpiece in which he played the role of a high-spirited rascal, Kang Donghee.
Donghee is a boy who was left by his real
parents when he was a baby and later was raised by Soshim (Yoon Yeojung).
When he was in his 3rd year of High
School, he became a father of twin babies after his one night stand mistake
with Jungah who was in a similar situation like his but he did not have the
confident in him to raise the kids so he hid the fact and acted like an older
brother with a huge age gap to them. Taecyeon’s value and standing as an actor
have become clearer by doing great at expressing such a demanding character.
Donghee whom Taecyeon acted in the drama
is a clumsy hot tempered character who takes action without thinking but what
kind of a father could he really be if he had been able to become one?
He
laughed and answered, “I want to say, he will become a good father for sure.”
So Taecyeon’s ideal father figure is
biological father.
“For
me, my father is the best father so I think I’m a good father if I could become
like my father.
When I was young, my father always took me
and my sister to play at many places during the school break. I have a lot of
memories of us together, be it playing badminton, mountain climbing or just
playing.
But now that I have had my own work after
being an adult, looking back I came to realize how precious a day off is to an
adult. I felt touched all over again by how great my father is that he used
that precious days off for us.”
A drama
that draws a conflict of a family together with a perfect Gyeongsang-do accent.
Drama
“Wonderful Days” is a workpiece that draws a conflict of a family in Gyeongju
as the setting.
That’s why Taecyeon had a study on his own
to get used to the accent even before the filming started.
“I
stayed for about a week in Busan before the filming and I studied the natural
accent of the people there.
I also asked a favor from my friend who
was born in Busan to check my accent. Actually I kind of used accent too in my
first acting gig but it was my first time to speak my lines in accent for such
a long time and to be honest, it was hard.”
Despite
acting a rough man in the drama, Taecyeon’s friendliness with other casts is well-known.
“Unlike
his role, Taecyeon in reality is calm and he doesn’t seek a fight with anyone,
I have never once seen him angry at the filming site.
He really smiles everyday.” (Yoon Yeojung
who acted Mother Soshim)
“Completely
different from his role in the drama, he is gentle and kind-hearted, he also
bought us meals (laughs) He’s an oppa who imitated cats or joked around at the
filming site.” (Hong Hwari who Dongjoo, Taecyeon’s daughter)
“Although
his character in the drama is ignorant and rough, he is thoughtful like a real
father in reality.” (Choi Kwonsoo who DongWon, Taecyeon’s son)
These 4 people showed their harmonious
family image to the Japanese fans when they participated in “Wonderful Days
Premium Event” which was held in Japan in last November.
During the event, there was a corner where
they had to reenact scenes from the drama and Taecyeon chose his most favorite
scene is the one where Donghee caught a cold and asked Soshim to nurse him.
“Donghee
knows the fact that Soshim is not his biological mother. But that scene
displays well it is because Donghee sincerely believe that Soshim is his real
mother that he can ask to be pampered like that.
Soshim’s motherly love acted but Yoon
Yeojung senior was so greatly expressed that the scene left impression on my
heart.”
He also said that he got a lot of help
from a great senior like Yoon Yeojung at the filming site.
“She
was a great senior who goes with the title of ‘teacher’ so I coud not help but
to feel nervous when we met for the first time but she was so friendly and she
gave me comfort.
When I was practicing my lines alone, she
would play the opposite role at some parts for me or she would give me advices
about acting.”
To participate in a Japanese event as an
actor.
“It
is a fresh thing as well as an honour to particpate in an event as an actor
because I have always came to Japan with 2PM members.”
“Although I was a bit flustered when asked
to act on stage directly, I was happy that the fans gave a great response.
To participate in the event as an actor,
though it was my first time, I would like to participate again if I have the
chance in the future.”
